Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1][2]

Naiktha Bains
Bains at Surbiton, 2015
Country (sports) Australia (–March 2019)
 Great Britain (April 2019–)
Born (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997
Leeds, United Kingdom
Prize moneyUS$ 246,848
Singles
Career record148–157 (48.5%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 202 (23 December 2019)
Current rankingNo. 223 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2019)
WimbledonQ1 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record136–93 (59.4%)
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 134 (24 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 212 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Last updated on: 25 June 2020.

Bains has won two singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 December 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 202. On 24 September 2018, she peaked at No. 134 in the doubles rankings.

Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]

Career

2014

Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin[5] and Teliana Pereira,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the final qualifying round.

At Australian Open qualifying, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the main doubles draw where she faced the 14th seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Sony Open in Miami, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year. She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015

Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF circuit, with limited success. She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016

Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, Bains competed on the ITF circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals. From June to October, she competed on the ITF circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was the quarterfinal of Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 with a ranking of world No. 452.

2017

She started the new season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International where she lost in round one to Anastasia Rodionova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournsments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Natalija Kostić 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 2019 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass Kaylah McPhee 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Loss 2–1 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard Ankita Raina 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Dec 2019 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Emma Raducanu 6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runners-up)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournsments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–11)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 ITF Bendigo, Australia 50,000 Hard Karolina Wlodarczak Jessica Moore
Abbie Myers		 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Alexandra Morozova Dasha Ivanova
Petra Krejsová		 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Dasha Ivanova Marine Partaud
Laëtitia Sarrazin		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Alexandra Morozova Dasha Ivanova
Petra Krejsová		 6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Sep 2016 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 25,000 Hard Abbie Myers Monique Adamczak
Olivia Rogowska		 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–3 Sep 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Julia Glushko
Liu Fangzhou		 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Win 4–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Chiara Grimm Natalija Kostić
Jelena Simić		 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 5–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Tereza Mihalíková Francesca Bullani
Veronica Napolitano		 4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 5–4 Jul 2017 ITF Middelburg, Netherlands 25,000 Clay Dasha Ivanova Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Bibiane Schoofs		 7–6(10–8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 5–5 Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard Karin Kennel Luksika Kumkhum
Ksenia Palkina		 3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss 5–6 Aug 2017 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Hsu Chieh-yu Miharu Imanishi
Akiko Omae		 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2017 ITF Penrith, Australia 25,000 Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Tammi Patterson
Olivia Rogowska		 6–0, 7–5
Win 7–6 Sep 2017 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Jennifer Elie
Erika Sema		 6–4, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Oct 2017 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Momoko Kobori
Ayano Shimizu		 5–7, 5–7
Win 8–7 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Astra Sharma
Belinda Woolcock		 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 9–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Chiara Scholl Marie Benoît
Xu Shilin		 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Rosalie van der Hoek Victoria Kan
Maria Zotova		 6–2, 6–2
Win 11–7 May 2018 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay Francesca Di Lorenzo Manon Arcangioli
Sherazad Reix		 6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss 11–8 Jun 2018 ITF Grado, Italy 25,000 Clay Rika Fujiwara Giorgia Marchetti
Alice Matteucci		 0–6, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Barbora Stefkova Rutuja Bhosale
Pranjala Yadlapalli		 6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Destanee Aiava Wang Xinyu
Wang Xiyu		 5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 11–11 Aug 2018 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Hiroko Kuwata Akiko Omae
You Xiaodi		 0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 12–11 Sep 2018 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Xu Shilin Erin Routliffe
Astra Sharma		 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 12–12 Nov 2018 ITF Canberra, Australia 60,000 Hard Destanee Aiava Ellen Perez
Arina Rodionova		 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win 13–12 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Destanee Aiava Alison Bai
Paige Hourigan		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 13–13 Oct 2019 ITF Bendigo, Australia 60,000 Hard Tereza Mihalíková Maddison Inglis
Kaylah McPhee		 6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 13–14 Nov 2019 ITF Playford, Australia 60,000 Hard Tereza Mihalíková Asia Muhammad
Storm Sanders		 3–6, 4–6

References
  1. Ornstein, David (17 May 2011). "The one who got away". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. "Naiktha Bains formally requests to change playing nationality from Australian to GB". 7 April 2019.
  3. Hanlon, Peter (25 January 2012). "Britain loses bright spark to Australia". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. Briggs, Simon (17 May 2011). "Lawn Tennis Association's fingers burned by defection of young talent Naiktha Bains to Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. Rogers, Leigh (3 January 2014). "Australian teen Naiktha Bains a winner on day one of qualifying". Hobart International. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. Smith, Adam (5 January 2014). "Giant killer Naiktha Bains eyes the tennis big time at Hobart International". The Sunday Tasmanian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  7. "Bains awarded Miami qualifying wildcard". Tennis Australia. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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