Sunitha Rao
 Rao at the 2008 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Country (sports) |  United States (2000–09) India (2007–09; Fed Cup and Olympic tournaments only) |
|---|---|
| Residence | Bradenton, Florida |
| Born | October 27, 1985 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Retired | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 238,224 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 196–188 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 144 (July 7, 2008) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q3 (2003, 2005) |
| French Open | Q2 (2005, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2003) |
| US Open | Q3 (2007) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 107–105 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (May 19, 2008) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2008) |
Sunitha Rao (amuru Ọktoba 27, 1985) bu onye India-Amerika bu onye okacha amara tennis, onye nochitere India na asọmpi mba uwa. Ọ meriri utu aha okpukpu asatọ na ITF Circuit n'ọrụ ya. Na Julaị 7, 2008, ọ ruru ogo alụbeghị di ya kacha mma nke mba ụwa 144. [1] Na May 19, 2008, ọ gbagoro na Nke 108 na ọkwa abụọ.
N'ịgba ndị otu India Fed Cup, o nwere ndekọ mmeri – mmeri nke 5–6. Rao bụkwa onye ọkpụkpọ tennis nke anọ na akụkọ ntolite na-anọchite anya India ịbanye n'ọkwa mba ụwa kacha elu 200, ka Nirupama Sanjeev, Shikha Uberoi, na Sania Mirza .
Ndụ onwe onye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Rao na Jersey City, New Jersey na 1985 ma zụlitere ya site n'aka nne na nna ya si India kwabatara Manohar na Savithri, ndị si Chennai . [2]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]2002-2007
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Rao gbara egwuregwu WTA Tour mbụ ya na 2002 Brasil Open, ebe ọ meriri Vanessa Henke na agba nke mbụ. Anastasia Myskina meriri ya na agba nke abụọ.
Rao gbara na 2004 Korea Open ebe Miho Saeki meriri ya na agba nke mbụ. Rao sonyere na 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg, mana Iveta Benešová meriri ya na agba nke mbụ. Mgbe ahụ, ọ gbara na Sunfeast Open ebe ọ meriri Neha Uberoi na agba nke mbụ tupu ọ daa Elena Likhovtseva .
O so na 2006 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, ebe o meriri Angelique Widjaja na agba nke mbu. Ọ merikwara mmeri agba nke mbụ na 2006 Sunfeast Open to Nicole Pratt . Rao meriri Sandy Gumulya na agba nke mbụ nke Sunfeast Open 2007 ka ọ gaa n'agba nke abụọ ebe ọ meriri Anne Keothavong . Ọ tụfuru Alina Jidkova n'agba nke mbụ nke 2007 Challenge Bell .
2008
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Rao nwetara ntinye n'ime PTT Pattaya Open site na ebe onye nwere ihu ọma. Ọ meriri Junri Namigata tupu ya Ekaterina Bychkova merie. Mgbe ahụ, na Copa Colsanitas, Edina Gallovits meriri ya na agba nke mbụ.
Rao nwetara nsonaazụ kacha mma nke ọrụ WTA ya na 2008 DFS Classic na Birmingham . Ọ meriri Petra Kvitová (onye ga-abụ ọdịnihu ụwa No. 2 na Wimbledon titlist) na agba nke mbụ na Naomi Cavaday na nke abụọ tupu ọ daa Alona Bondarenko na nke atọ.
Ya na Sania Mirza jikọrọ aka, na-anọchite anya India na mmemme abụọ nke ụmụ nwanyị na 2008 Summer Olympics na Beijing . Ha nwetara njem n'agba nke mbụ, mana Svetlana Kuznetsova na Dinara Safina nke Rọshịa meriri n'agba nke abụọ.
Rao kwuputara ịla ezumike nka na tennis na 2009. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na kọleji Babson na 2014 wee rụọ ọrụ na azụmaahịa azụmaahịa. [3]
Agba ikpeazụ ITF
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]| Akụkọ mgbe ochie |
|---|
| Asọmpi $75,000 |
| Asọmpi $50,000 |
| Asọmpi $25,000 |
| Asọmpi $10,000 |
| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | February 24, 2002 | Mumbai, India | Hard |  Peng Shuai |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 2. | November 10, 2002 | Mexico City | Hard |  Olga Vymetálková |
6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | October 17, 2004 | Mackay, Australia | Hard |  Evie Dominikovic |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | October 24, 2004 | Rockhampton, Australia | Hard | Evie Dominikovic |
0–6, 0–2 ret. |
| Loss | 5. | July 8, 2007 | Southlake, United States | Hard |  Alexa Glatch |
2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 6. | October 14, 2007 | San Francisco, United States | Hard | Ashley Harkleroad |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7. | March 22, 2008 | Noida, India | Hard |  Anastasija Sevastova |
2–6, 1–6 |
Ugboro abụọ (8–7)
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | January 18, 2004 | Tampa, United States | Hard | Milangela Morales |
 Alisa Kleybanova Mayumi Yamamoto |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | May 16, 2004 | Charlottesville, United States | Clay | Templeeti:Country data PURTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Vilmarie Castellvi |  Erica Krauth Jessica Lehnhoff |
0–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1. | November 14, 2004 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | Casey Dellacqua |
Daniella Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic |
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(6) |
| Win | 2. | November 13, 2005 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard |  Gréta Arn |
Monique Adamczak Christina Horiatopoulos |
6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | November 27, 2005 | Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | Ryōko Fuda |
Gréta Arn Anastasia Rodionova |
6–1, ret. |
| Win | 4. | May 7, 2006 | Charlottesville, United States | Clay |  Marie-Ève Pelletier |
 Maria Fernanda Alves Lilia Osterloh |
6–7(6), 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3. | July 23, 2006 | Hammond, United States | Hard | Ryōko Fuda |
Christina Fusano Raquel Kops-Jones |
6–7(3), 6–4, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4. | October 8, 2006 | Traralgon, Australia | Hard | Casey Dellacqua |
Christina Horiatopoulos Raquel Kops-Jones |
2–6, 6–7(5) |
| Win | 5. | October 15, 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Casey Dellacqua |
Daniella Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | January 20, 2007 | Fort Walton Beach, United States | Hard | Marie-Ève Pelletier |
Angelika Bachmann Tetiana Luzhanska |
7–5, 6–7(7), 6–7(4) |
| Win | 6. | June 2, 2007 | Carson, United States | Hard |  Kim Grant |
Angela Haynes Lindsay Lee-Waters |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | June 17, 2007 | Allentown, United States | Hard | Ryōko Fuda |
Angela Haynes Lindsay Lee-Waters |
6–7(3), 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6. | March 14, 2008 | New Delhi, India | Hard |  Aurélie Védy |
Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan |
6–2, 2–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 8. | May 11, 2008 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | Clay |  Melinda Czink |
Stéphanie Foretz Templeeti:Country data CROTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Jelena Kostanić Tošić |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7. | October 5, 2008 | Troy, United States | Hard | Angela Haynes |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears |
2–6, 0–6 |
Ntụaka
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Das. "The disappearing players of Indian Women's Tennis", Sportskeeda, October 7, 2021.
- ↑ Sawai. "Sunitha Rao: Indian promise from US", The Times of India, 6 March 2002.
- ↑ "Net Gain: From Babson to Financial Freedom", entrepreneurship.babson.edu, January 12, 2022.