Sunitha Rao
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Country (sports)
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United States (2000–09)
India (2007–09; Fed Cup and Olympic tournaments only)
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Residence
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Bradenton, Florida
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Born
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(1985-10-27) October 27, 1985 (age 38)
Jersey City, New Jersey
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Height
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5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
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Turned pro
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2004
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Retired
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2009
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Plays
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Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
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Prize money
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US$ 238,224
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Career record
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196–188
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Career titles
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0
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Highest ranking
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No. 144 (July 7, 2008)
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Australian Open
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Q3 (2003, 2005)
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French Open
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Q2 (2005, 2006)
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Wimbledon
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Q3 (2003)
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US Open
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Q3 (2007)
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Career record
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107–105
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Career titles
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8 ITF
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Highest ranking
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No. 108 (May 19, 2008)
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Olympic Games
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2R (2008)
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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 .
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]
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 .
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]
Akụkọ mgbe ochie
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Asọmpi $75,000
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Asọmpi $50,000
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Asọmpi $25,000
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Asọmpi $10,000
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Result
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No.
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Date
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Location
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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Loss
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1.
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February 24, 2002
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Mumbai, India
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data CHNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Peng Shuai
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3–6, 6–7(3–7)
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Loss
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2.
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November 10, 2002
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Mexico City
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data CZETempleeti:Namespace detect showall Olga Vymetálková
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6–7(2–7), 3–6
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Loss
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3.
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October 17, 2004
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Mackay, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Evie Dominikovic
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5–7, 3–6
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Loss
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4.
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October 24, 2004
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Rockhampton, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Evie Dominikovic
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0–6, 0–2 ret.
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Loss
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5.
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July 8, 2007
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Southlake, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Alexa Glatch
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2–6, 5–7
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Loss
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6.
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October 14, 2007
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San Francisco, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Ashley Harkleroad
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1–6, 2–6
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Loss
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7.
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March 22, 2008
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Noida, India
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data LATTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Anastasija Sevastova
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2–6, 1–6
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Result
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No.
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Date
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Location
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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Loss
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1.
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January 18, 2004
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Tampa, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Milangela Morales
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Templeeti:Country data RUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Alisa Kleybanova
Templeeti:Country data JPNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Mayumi Yamamoto
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2–6, 4–6
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Loss
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2.
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May 16, 2004
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Charlottesville, United States
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Clay
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Templeeti:Country data PURTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Vilmarie Castellvi
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Templeeti:Country data ARGTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Erica Krauth
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Jessica Lehnhoff
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0–6, 1–6
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Win
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1.
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November 14, 2004
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Port Pirie, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Casey Dellacqua
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Daniella Dominikovic
Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Evie Dominikovic
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4–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)
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Win
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2.
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November 13, 2005
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Port Pirie, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data GERTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Gréta Arn
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Monique Adamczak
Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Christina Horiatopoulos
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6–4, 3–6, 6–2
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Win
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3.
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November 27, 2005
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Mount Gambier, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data JPNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Ryōko Fuda
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Templeeti:Country data GERTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Gréta Arn
Templeeti:Country data RUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Anastasia Rodionova
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6–1, ret.
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Win
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4.
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May 7, 2006
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Charlottesville, United States
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Clay
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Templeeti:Country data CANTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Marie-Ève Pelletier
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Templeeti:Country data BRATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Maria Fernanda Alves
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Lilia Osterloh
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6–7(6), 6–2, 6–3
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Loss
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3.
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July 23, 2006
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Hammond, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data JPNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Ryōko Fuda
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Christina Fusano
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Raquel Kops-Jones
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6–7(3), 6–4, 1–6
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Loss
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4.
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October 8, 2006
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Traralgon, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Casey Dellacqua
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Christina Horiatopoulos
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Raquel Kops-Jones
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2–6, 6–7(5)
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Win
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5.
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October 15, 2006
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Melbourne, Australia
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Casey Dellacqua
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Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Daniella Dominikovic
Templeeti:Country data AUSTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Evie Dominikovic
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6–3, 6–2
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Loss
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5.
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January 20, 2007
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Fort Walton Beach, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data CANTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Marie-Ève Pelletier
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Templeeti:Country data GERTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Angelika Bachmann
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Tetiana Luzhanska
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7–5, 6–7(7), 6–7(4)
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Win
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6.
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June 2, 2007
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Carson, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data RSATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Kim Grant
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Angela Haynes
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Lindsay Lee-Waters
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6–4, 6–4
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Win
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7.
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June 17, 2007
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Allentown, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data JPNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Ryōko Fuda
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Angela Haynes
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Lindsay Lee-Waters
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6–7(3), 6–4, 6–1
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Loss
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6.
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March 14, 2008
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New Delhi, India
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data FRATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Aurélie Védy
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Templeeti:Country data CHNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Ji Chunmei
Templeeti:Country data CHNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Sun Shengnan
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6–2, 2–6, [4–10]
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Win
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8.
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May 11, 2008
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Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia
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Clay
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Templeeti:Country data HUNTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Melinda Czink
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Templeeti:Country data FRATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Stéphanie Foretz
Templeeti:Country data CROTempleeti:Namespace detect showall Jelena Kostanić Tošić
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6–4, 6–2
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Loss
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7.
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October 5, 2008
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Troy, United States
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Hard
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Angela Haynes
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Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Raquel Kops-Jones
Templeeti:Country data USATempleeti:Namespace detect showall Abigail Spears
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2–6, 0–6
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- ↑ 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.