Rishika Sunkara

Rishika Sunkara

Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Born	(1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 Vijayawada, India
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$25,854
Singles
Career record	94–81
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 441 (9 November 2015)
Current ranking	No. 576 (13 July 2016)[1]
Doubles
Career record	82–70
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 375 (5 August 2013)
Current ranking	No. 469 (22 March 2015)[1]
Medal record Representing  India Women's tennis South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Doubles
Last updated on: 13 July 2016.

Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian tennis player. She has won ten titles on the ITF Women's Circuit; two in singles and eight in doubles (4 in 2015 of which 3 were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at world number 375 in the doubles rankings.

She was part of the Team Tennis Academy under coach Aditya Sachdev for 9 years till the split in 2016. She is currently coached by Anantha Bhaskar. Rishika is sponsored by Head. In the past, she was supported by GVK and Adidas.

Sunkara competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the Junior and Pro No.1 in India while still being a teenager.

Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Sunkara has a win–loss record of 2–3.

Early life

Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder brother who used to play tennis. She started playing Tennis at the age of 6. One of her earliest coaches was Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic. ^[2]

Personal life

She started playing tennis at the age of 6. Her elder brother used to play tennis which inspired her to take up the game. She has cited Justin Henin as her role model.^[3]

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles Finals: 6 (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	21 May 2012	New Delhi, India	Hard	Simran Kaur Sethi	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	2.	1 December 2012	Kolkata, India	Hard	Katherine Ip	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	5 May 2014	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	4.	26 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	3–6, 1–6
Runner–up	5.	24 October 2015	Lucknow, India	Grass	Prerna Bhambri	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	31 October 2015	Raipur, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	7–5, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 23 (10–13)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	10 August 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Nova Patel	Sanaa Bhambri Poojashree Venkatesha	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	1 October 2012	Bidar, India	Hard	Oleksandra Korashvili	Nungnadda Wannasuk Zhang Nannan	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	2 December 2012	Kolkata, India	Hard	Rutuja Bhosale	Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	24 June 2013	New Delhi, India	Hard	Naomi Totka	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]
Runner-up	3.	22 July 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Mayar Sherif Zuzana Zlochová	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	6 January 2014	Aurangabat, India	Clay	Shweta Rana	Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare	3–6 3–6
Winner	3.	7 April 2014	Chennai, India	Clay	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	6–0, 7–6
Winner	4.	5 May 2014	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	30 August 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Giulia Bruzzone	Anna Morgina Michelle Sammons	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	6 September 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Gai Ao	Ilze Hattingh Michelle Sammons	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	4 April 2015	Dehra Dun, India	Hard	Prerna Bhambri	Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk	0–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	11 May 2015	Nashik, India	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Riya Bhatia Karman Thandi	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	6.	15 June 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Olga Parres Azcoitia Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–1
Winner	7.	17 August 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Eva Siska Shelby Talcott	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	7 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	21 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Nidhi Chilumula	Sharrmadaa Baluu Prarthana Thombare	6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Runner-up	9.	30 October 2015	Raipur, India	Hard	Prerna Bhambri	Sharrmadaa Baluu Prarthana Thombare	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Runner-up	10.	2 May 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Nidhi Chilumula	Samantha Murray Despina Papamichail	6–3, 2–6, [1–10]
Runner-up	11.	13 November 2016	Pune, India	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Irina Khromacheva Aleksandrina Naydenova	2–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	4 February 2017	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Natasha Palha	Sandra Samir Shelby Talcott	6–2, 6–1
Winner	10.	4 March 2017	Gwalior, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	Riya Bhatia Shweta Chandra Rana	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	6 May 2017	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	María Fernanda Herazo Magali Kempen	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	21 October 2017	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Hard	Natasha Palha	Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli	4–6, 1–6

References

External links

• Rishika Sunkara at the International Tennis Federation
• Rishika Sunkara at the Fed Cup