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Sharmada Balu

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Sharmada Balu
Country (sports) India
ResidenceBengaluru, India
Born (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31)
Bengaluru
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$44,806
Singles
Career record121–133
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 582 (30 November 2015)
Doubles
Career record177–108
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 335 (3 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 581 (19 February 2024)
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's tennis
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Women's doubles
Last updated on: 19 February 2024.

Sharmada Balu (born 9 August 1993) is a professional Indian tennis player.

Balu has career-high WTA rankings of 582 in singles, achieved on 30 November 2015, and 335 in doubles, reached on 3 August 2015. She has won two singles and 16 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

She won the gold medal for India in the doubles competition in partnership with Prarthana Thombare at the 12th South Asian Games held in Guwahati, India in February 2016.[1]

She decided to quit tennis at the end of 2016 due to an injury and lack of financial support. Five years later she started playing tennis again. Balu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Chennai Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with her compatriot Riya Bhatia.[2]

ITF finals

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$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2011 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass Austria Yvonne Neuwirth 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 May 2015 ITF Bhopal, India 10,000 Hard India Sowjanya Bavisetti 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2012 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 10,000 Hard China He Sirui Germany Carolin Daniels
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova
4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard India Sowjanya Bavisetti Germany Michaela Frlicka
Czech Republic Tereza Malíková
7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 1–2 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard India Sowjanya Bavisetti India Natasha Palha
India Prarthana Thombare
1–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jul 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Sowjanya Bavisetti India Ankita Raina
India Shweta Rana
6–2, 6–4
Win 3–2 Apr 2014 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay India Rishika Sunkara India Natasha Palha
India Prarthana Thombare
6–0, 7–6(4)
Win 4–2 May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard India Rishika Sunkara India Shweta Rana
India Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 7–5
Loss 4–3 Aug 2014 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard China Wang Xiyao India Rutuja Bhosale
South Korea Kim Da-bin
3–6, 4–6
Win 5–3 Aug 2014 ITF Bangalore, India 10,000 Hard India Prarthana Thombare Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
India Natasha Palha
6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win 6–3 Oct 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard China Wang Xiyao United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Eden Silva
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss 6–4 Feb 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Japan Michika Ozeki Italy Deborah Chiesa
Italy Beatrice Lombardo
3–6, 2–6
Win 7–4 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi Serbia Tamara Čurović
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss 7–5 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani Hungary Anna Bondár
Austria Lisa-Maria Moser
3–6, 5–7
Loss 7–6 May 2015 ITF Bhopal, India 10,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen India Snehadevi Reddy
India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
6–0, 6–7(1), [3–10]
Win 8–6 Jun 2015 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova
India Natasha Palha
7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–7 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay India Prarthana Thombare Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
India Prerna Bhambri
5–7, 2–6
Win 9–7 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay India Prarthana Thombare India Nidhi Chilumula
India Rishika Sunkara
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss 9–8 Oct 2015 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass India Nidhi Chilumula India Prerna Bhambri
India Prarthana Thombare
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 10–8 Oct 2015 ITF Raipur, India 10,000 Hard India Prarthana Thombare India Prerna Bhambri
India Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win 11–8 Jul 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Egypt Ola Abou Zekry Greece Eleni Kordolaimi
Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 12–8 Aug 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Montenegro Ana Veselinović Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze
Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă
4–6, 7–6(2), [10–8]
Win 13–8 Aug 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Portugal Inês Murta
United Kingdom Mirabelle Njoze
6–3, 6–3
Loss 13–9 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă
Egypt Sandra Samir
4–6, 1–6
Win 14–9 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal United Kingdom Suzy Larkin
Sweden Linnea Malmqvist
6–1, 6–3
Win 15–9 Oct 2016 ITF Pune, India 10,000 Hard India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal India Riya Bhatia
India Shweta Rana
6–4, 6–0
Win 16–9 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard India Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi United States Dalayna Hewitt
Serbia Elena Milovanović
7–5, 6–3
Loss 16–10 Dec 2021 ITF Solapur, India 15,000 Hard India Sowjanya Bavisetti India Ramya Natarajan
India Sathwika Sama
3–6, 6–1, [11–13]
Loss 16–11 Feb 2022 ITF Ahmedabad, India 15,000 Clay India Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi Thailand Punnin Kovapitukted
Russia Anna Ureke
3–6, 1–6
Loss 16–12 Nov 2022 ITF Nairobi, Kenya 15,000 Clay United States Sabastiani Leon India Smriti Bhasin
Kenya Angella Okutoyi
3–6, 5–7
Loss 16–13 June 2024 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 15,000 Hard India Riya Bhatia Canada Raphaëlle Lacasse
Dominican Republic Ana Carmen Zamburek
3–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "2016 South Asian Games Result" (PDF).
  2. ^ Singh, Divyakriti (14 September 2022). "Quit tennis, take up job, return to play: Sharmada Balu back after 5-year break to make it count". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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