Nirupama Mankad

Nirupama Mankad née Vasant (born 17 January 1947 in Karachi, now in Pakistan) is a former Indian tennis player.

Nirupama Mankad
Country (sports) Pakistan
 India
Born (1947-01-17) January 17, 1947
Karachi, Pakistan
Turned pro1964
Retired1979
Singles
Career titles9 ITF
Doubles
Career titles17 ITF
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1971)

Nirupama Mankad is the daughter of G. Vasant, a leading tennis player in India in his time. She survives her husband, the late Ashok Mankad, a former Indian Test cricketer. Their son Harsh Mankad is an Indian Davis Cup player.[1]

Mankad won the Asian women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17. She played Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles event in 1971, reaching the second round. She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, winning the national championship seven times during this time. She won the Indian government's Arjuna award in 1980.

Her best ranking was No 1, and was also a two-time Asian champion and a Fed Cup player.[2]

ITF Finals

Singles (9–9)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 3 January 1965 Kolkata, India Hard Lakshmi Mahadevan 6-2, 6-4
Runner-up 2. 16 January 1965 New Delhi, India Hard Marion Law 2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 3. 9 January 1966 Allahabad, India Grass Tiiu Kivi 9-11, 2-6
Runner-up 4. 30 January 1966 Mumbai, India Hard Carol Ann Prosen 3-6, 6-3, 4-6
Runner-up 5. 28 January 1968 New Delhi, India Clay Alexandra Ivanova 3-6, 6-2, 4-6
Winner 6. 29 December 1968 Kolkata, India Hard Alice Tym 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Winner 7. 23 December 1969 New Delhi, India Hard Alice Tym 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Runner-up 8. 5 January 1971 Amritsar, India Hard Alexandra Ivanova 2-6, 5-7
Runner-up 9. 11 January 1971 Amaravati, India Hard Tiiu Kivi 2-6, 5-7
Winner 10. 7 February 1971 Kolkata, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 11. 1 March 1971 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Jenny Paterson 6-0, 6-0
Runner-up 12. 7 February 1972 Pune, India Hard Marilyn Tesch 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 13. 14 February 1972 Chennai, India Hard Alexandra Ivanova 2-6, 1-6
Runner-up 14. 14 February 1974 Chennai, India Hard Susan Das 4-6, 2-6
Winner 15. 6 January 1975 Amritsar, India Hard Susan Das 7–5, 6–4
Winner 16. 18 January 1976 New Delhi, India Hard Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
Winner 17. 2 February 1977 Chennai, India Hard Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
Winner 18. 15 February 1978 New Delhi, India Hard Amreeta Ahluwalia 3–6, 6–1, 8–6

Doubles (17–17)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1 March 1964 Jaipur, India Hard Lakshmi Mahadevan Begum Khan
Jill Rook		 0-6, 1-6
Runner-up 2. 3 January 1965 Kolkata, India Hard Leela Panjabi Begum Khan
Rita Suriya		 2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 3. 16 January 1965 New Delhi, India Hard Leela Panjabi Marion Law
Madonna Schacht		 6-2, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up 4. 9 January 1966 Allahabad, India Grass Begum Khan Alexandra Ivanova
Tiiu Kivi		 4-6, 5-7
Runner-up 5. 17 January 1966 New Delhi, India Grass Leela Panjabi Alexandra Ivanova
Tiiu Kivi		 6-4, 1-6, 4-6
Winner 6. 25 January 1966 Thiruvananthapuram, India Hard Carol Ann Prosen Rita Bentley
Elizabeth Starkie		 6-2, 6-4
Winner 7. 30 January 1966 Mumbai, India Hard Begum Khan Carol Ann Prosen
Susan Tutt		 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
Winner 8. 6 February 1966 Hyderabad, India Hard Susan Tutt Begum Khan
Carol Ann Prosen		 6-1, 6-4
Winner 9. 20 February 1966 Chennai, India Hard Dechu Appaiah Begum Khan
Leela Panjabi		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 10. 20 February 1966 Lucknow, India Hard Dechu Appaiah Rita Bentley
Anthea Rigby		 9–11, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 23 January 1967 Kolkata, India Hard Rita Suriya Rena Abzhanididzye
Alexandra Ivanova		 3-6, 5-7
Winner 12. 29 December 1968 Kolkata, India Hard Rita Suriya Alexandra Ivanova
Nina Turkheli		 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Winner 13. 1 January 1969 Visakhapatnam, India Hard Alexandra Ivanova Alice Tym
Kiran Peshawaria		 6-2, 6-1
Runner-up 14. 5 January 1969 Chennai, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria Judith Dibar
Alice Tym		 7-5, 1-2 ret.
Winner 15. 12 January 1969 New Delhi, India Hard Robin Lloyd Judith Dibar
Alice Tym		 6-4, 7-5
Runner-up 16. 19 January 1969 Amritsar, India Hard Sally Holdsworth Judith Dibar
Alexandra Ivanova		 3-6, 2-6
Runner-up 17. 27 January 1969 Allahabad, India Hard Judy Congdon Judith Dibar
Alexandra Ivanova		 4-6, 1-6
Winner 18. 3 February 1969 Jaipur, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria Eva Lundqvist
Alice Tym		 6-3, 2-6, 8-6
Winner 19. 23 December 1969 New Delhi, India Hard Alexandra Ivanova Marilyn Aschner
Alice Tym		 6-1, 6-3
Winner 20. 30 December 1969 Guwahati, India Hard Judith Dibar Alexandra Ivanova
Nina Turkheli		 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Runner-up 21. 6 January 1970 Amritsar, India Hard Indu Sood Alexandra Ivanova
Irena Škulj		 2-6, 1-6
Runner-up 22. 12 January 1970 New Delhi, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria Rena Abzhanididzye
Alexandra Ivanova		 4-6, 1-6
Runner-up 23. 18 January 1970 Amaravati, India Hard Rita Bentley Alexandra Ivanova
Nina Turkheli		 4-6, 4-6
Runner-up 24. 25 January 1970 Kolkata, India Hard Janice Townsend Kerry Hogarth
Marilyn Tesch		 6-4, 1-6, 2-6
Runner-up 25. 5 January 1971 Amritsar, India Hard Udaya Kumar Alexandra Ivanova
Tiiu Kivi		 1-6, 2-6
Runner-up 26. 11 January 1971 Amaravati, India Hard Udaya Kumar Alexandra Ivanova
Tiiu Kivi		 3-6, 1-6
Winner 27. 7 February 1971 Kolkata, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria Udaya Kumar
Susan Das		 6-1, 6-3
Winner 28. 1 March 1971 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Jenny Paterson Marianna Brummer
Greta Delport		 6-2, 6-2
Winner 29. 12 September 1971 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Cecilie Fleming Somsri Klumsombut
Phanow Sudsawadsi		 7-5, 6-4
Runner-up 30. 7 February 1972 Pune, India Hard Udaya Kumar Alexandra Ivanova
Eugenia Isopaitis		 1-6, 3-6
Winner 31. 14 February 1972 Chennai, India Hard Udaya Kumar Alexandra Ivanova
Irena Škulj		 4-6, 6-4, 8-6
Winner 32. 14 February 1974 Chennai, India Hard Udaya Kumar Susan Das
Kiran Peshawaria		 6-4, 6-4
Runner-up 33. 22 September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Susan Das Lany Kaligis
Lita Liem Sugiarto		 5-7, 6-1, 1-6
Winner 34. 15 February 1978 New Delhi, India Hard Amreeta Ahluwalia Carol Draper
Robin Harris		 5-7, 6-2, 6-0

References
  1. "The Hindu : All eyes on Harsh Mankad". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "At 56, tennis coach Mayur Vasant finally dons India colours". mid-day. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  • K.R. Wadhwaney, Arjuna Awardees, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2002, ISBN 81-230-0286-0
  • P.K. Datta, A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2001, ISBN 81-230-0783-3
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