Manisha Malhotra
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Mumbai, India |
Born | Mumbai | 19 September 1976
Turned pro | 1996 |
Retired | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $52,259 |
Singles | |
Career record | 136–92136–92 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 314 (21 April 2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 93–67 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 149 (8 April 2002) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2000) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 17–15 |
Medal record | ||
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Asian Games | ||
2002 Busan | Mixed doubles |
Manisha Malhotra (Hindi: मनीषा मल्होत्रा Manīṣā Maľhōtrā; born 19 September 1976) is a former professional tennis from India.
Her career high in singles is 314, achieved on 21 April 2003. In doubles, she peaked at No. 149 in the WTA rankings on 8 April 2002. In her career, Malhotra won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Playing for India in the Fed Cup, Malhotra has a win–loss record of 17–15.
Career
[edit]Malhotra represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the women's doubles tournament, partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan but lost in the first round to Jelena Dokić and Rennae Stubbs.[1][2]
At the 2001 Swiss Indoors, she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Maja Palaveršić. This was her first match at WTA Tour-level.[3]
Malhotra had her most successful year in 2002, when she was the runner-up at the Busan Asian Games and won the silver medal in the mixed doubles draw, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi.[4]
Malhotra qualified for the 2003 Hyderabad Open, winning three matches; but lost in the first round to Tatiana Poutchek.[5] This was her second and last tournament at the WTA-level.[6]
She retired from professional tennis in 2004.[citation needed] Her last singles match was a loss in the first qualifying round against Maki Arai, at a $50k ITF tournament in Shenzhen, China, in early December 2003. Her last doubles matches came at the 2004 Fed Cup when she won three of her ties (against Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Taiwan), and lost one (against Indonesia) (all partnering Sania Mirza).
Along with Sania Mirza, Malhotra holds the record of the Longest Fed Cup tie break (21-19), which they achieved against Uzbekistan in 2004.[7]
ITF finals
[edit]$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (5–4)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 8 August 1998 | Southsea, United Kingdom | Grass | 6–7(5), 3–6 | |
Loss | 2. | 30 May 1999 | El Paso, United States | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 3. | 8 August 1999 | Harrisonburg, United States | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 4. | 26 September 1999 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | 2–6, 6–1, 6–0 | |
Loss | 5. | 3 October 1999 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | w/o | |
Win | 6. | 23 July 2000 | Baltimore, United States | Hard | 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–2 | |
Loss | 7. | 3 September 2000 | Jaipur, India | Grass | 2–6, 6–2, 3–6 | |
Win | 8. | 10 September 2000 | Delhi, India | Hard | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 | |
Win | 9. | 13 April 2003 | Mumbai, India | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(10) |
Doubles (7–8)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 30 May 1999 | El Paso, United States | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 2. | 3 October 1999 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | w/o | ||
Win | 3. | 20 December 1999 | Lucknow, India | Grass | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 4. | 27 December 1999 | Chandigarh, India | Grass | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6 | ||
Loss | 5. | 16 April 2000 | Mumbai, India | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 1–2 ret. | ||
Win | 6. | 28 May 2000 | El Paso, United States | Hard | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | ||
Loss | 7. | 4 June 2000 | San Antonio, United States | Hard | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7 | ||
Win | 8. | 11 June 2000 | Hilton Head, United States | Hard | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | ||
Loss | 9. | 20 August 2000 | London, United Kingdom | Hard | 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8) | ||
Loss | 10. | 5 March 2001 | Warrnambool, Australia | Grass | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 11. | 22 April 2001 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Hard | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Win | 12. | 17 June 2001 | Marseille, France | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ||
Win | 13. | 1 July 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 14. | 3 December 2001 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
Loss | 15. | 21 July 2002 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 |
Other finals
[edit]Mixed doubles: 1 (silver medal)
[edit]Outcome | Date | Tournament | Location | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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11 October 2002 | 2002 Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 6–4, 3–6, 7–9 |
References
[edit]- ^ "rediff.com: Love match for Manisha-Nirupama". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Beyond the finish line: Why elite athletes need a plan for their post-retirement career". www.mid-day.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Basel 2001 – results
- ^ Ramchandani, Haresh (16 February 2013). "Interview with Manisha Malhotra: "The Players don't want to run the sport. We just want to be consulted"". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Sania, Manisha go down fighting". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Hyderabad 2003 Full results
- ^ "The Fed Cup General Records". Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1976 births
- Living people
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Indian female tennis players
- Racket sportspeople from Mumbai
- Olympic tennis players for India
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Sportswomen from Maharashtra
- 20th-century Indian women
- 20th-century Indian people
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games