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Manisha Malhotra

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Manisha Malhotra
मनीषा मल्होत्रा
Country (sports) India
ResidenceMumbai, India
Born (1976-09-19) 19 September 1976 (age 48)
Mumbai
Turned pro1996
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$52,259
Singles
Career record136–92136–92
Career titles0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 314 (21 April 2003)
Doubles
Career record93–67
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (8 April 2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup17–15
Manisha Malhotra
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 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

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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

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–4)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 August 1998 Southsea, United Kingdom Grass Greece Eleni Daniilidou 6–7(5), 3–6
Loss 2. 30 May 1999 El Paso, United States Hard United States Sara Walker 3–6, 3–6
Win 3. 8 August 1999 Harrisonburg, United States Hard United States Michelle Dasso 6–4, 6–3
Win 4. 26 September 1999 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Nicola Payne 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Loss 5. 3 October 1999 Glasgow, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Germany Gréta Arn w/o
Win 6. 23 July 2000 Baltimore, United States Hard Japan Rika Fujiwara 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–2
Loss 7. 3 September 2000 Jaipur, India Grass Australia Monique Adamczak 2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 8. 10 September 2000 Delhi, India Hard Czech Republic Veronika Raimřová 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 9. 13 April 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(10)

Doubles (7–8)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 30 May 1999 El Paso, United States Hard United States Julie Scott South Africa Kim Grant
United States Sara Walker
6–2, 6–4
Loss 2. 3 October 1999 Glasgow, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Germany Gréta Arn United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs
Republic of Ireland Karen Nugent
w/o
Win 3. 20 December 1999 Lucknow, India Grass Hong Kong Tong Ka-po Slovenia Maša Vesenjak
Slovenia Urška Vesenjak
6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 4. 27 December 1999 Chandigarh, India Grass Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Slovenia Maša Vesenjak
Slovenia Urška Vesenjak
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6
Loss 5. 16 April 2000 Mumbai, India Hard Japan Satomi Kinjo India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
4–6, 6–4, 1–2 ret.
Win 6. 28 May 2000 El Paso, United States Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker United States Kaysie Smashey
United States Varalee Sureephong
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 7. 4 June 2000 San Antonio, United States Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker Australia Melanie Clayton
Australia Emma Gott
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 8. 11 June 2000 Hilton Head, United States Hard United States Wendy Fix Venezuela Milagros Sequera
Slovakia Gabriela Voleková
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 9. 20 August 2000 London, United Kingdom Hard Germany Susi Bensch South Africa Natalie Grandin
South Africa Nicole Rencken
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 10. 5 March 2001 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Australia Nadia Johnston Romania Simona Arghire
Japan Remi Uda
3–6, 3–6
Win 11. 22 April 2001 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard India Nirupama Vaidyanathan New Zealand Leanne Baker
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
6–3, 7–5
Win 12. 17 June 2001 Marseille, France Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker France Caroline Dhenin
Croatia Maja Palaveršić
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 13. 1 July 2001 Båstad, Sweden Clay New Zealand Leanne Baker Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 6–1
Loss 14. 3 December 2001 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard South Korea Jeon Mi-ra Croatia Ivana Abramović
South Korea Kim Jin-hee
1–6, 5–7
Loss 15. 21 July 2002 Valladolid, Spain Hard New Zealand Leanne Baker United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
2–6, 3–6

Other finals

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Mixed doubles: 1 (silver medal)

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Outcome Date Tournament Location Partnering Opponents Score
Silver 11 October 2002 2002 Asian Games Busan, South Korea India Mahesh Bhupathi Chinese Taipei Janet Lee
Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
6–4, 3–6, 7–9

References

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  1. ^ "rediff.com: Love match for Manisha-Nirupama". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Basel 2001 – results
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Sania, Manisha go down fighting". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ Hyderabad 2003 Full results
  7. ^ "The Fed Cup General Records". Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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