Sanaa Bhambri

{{Short description|Indian tennis player}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Sanaa Bhambri | country = {{IND}} | residence = [[New Delhi]], India | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1988|03|07}} | birth_place = New Delhi | turnedpro = November 2002 | college = [[North Carolina State University|NC State]] | plays = Left (two-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $46,738 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=121|lost=83}} | singlestitles = 2 [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] | highestsinglesranking = No. 434 (31 October 2005) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=129|lost=65}} | doublestitles = 12 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 298 (31 October 2005) }}

'''Sanaa Bhambri''' ({{langx|hi|सना भाम्बरी}}; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from India. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 298, which she achieved October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three [[WTA Tour]] tournament main draws.

In her career, Bhambri won two singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the [[ITF Women's World Tennis Tour|ITF Women's Circuit]].

==Career== A left-hander, Bhambri reached the semifinals of the [[2003 French Open]] girls' doubles event, partnering fellow Indian [[Sania Mirza]].

In October 2005, partnering [[Ankita Bhambri]], Sanaa won a $25k event at [[Lagos]]. The sister tandem won both their semifinal and final matches by seeing their opponents withdraw before a point was played.

Her only [[WTA Tour]] main-draw appearances were at Kolkata at the [[Sunfeast Open]], in each of the three years that the event was held – 2005, 2006 and 2007. Competing in doubles, Bhambri lost in the first round each time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/video/live.quals.html|title=Home | AO}}</ref>

Active on tour from 2005 through 2010, competing primarily in events in India and Thailand, Bhambri won twelve $10k tournaments; two in singles (2006 in Ahmedabad and 2008 in Gurgaon) and ten in doubles.

Sanaa won a triple crown at the 2004 DSCL National Championships held in Delhi- in women's singles, women's doubles and girls' under-18s singles. She is the youngest Indian to achieve the feat.

==Personal life== Bhambri's sister [[Ankita Bhambri|Ankita]] and brother [[Yuki Bhambri|Yuki]] all are or have been tour-level tennis players. She has cousins, [[Prerna Bhambri]] and [[Prateek Bhambri]], who also play on the Indian circuit.

==ITF Circuit finals== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" |- style="background:lightblue;" |$25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" |$10,000 tournaments |}

===Singles (2–4)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 1. | 21 May 2005 | ITF Indore, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isha Lakhani]] | 1–6, 7–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 2. | 30 October 2006 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]] | 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 3. | 19 November 2007 | ITF Aurangabad, India | Clay | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ankita Bhambri]] | 3–6, 6–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 4. | 21 June 2008 | ITF Gurgaon, India | Hard | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Han Sung-hee]] | 7–5, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 5. | 8 November 2008 | ITF Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Nicole Thyssen]] | 6–7(3), 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 6. | 14 September 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | 3–6, 1–6 |}

===Doubles (12–11)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 30 May 2004 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Liza Pereira Viplav]] | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 2. | 6 December 2004 | ITF Kolkatta, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Wilawan Choptang]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shruti Dhawan]] | 2–6, 5–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 3. | 13 December 2004 | ITF Gurgaon, India | Clay | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]] | 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 4. | 9 April 2005 | ITF Mumbai, India | Hard | {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mihaela Buzărnescu]] | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Chin-wei]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Julia Efremova]] | 2–6, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 5. | 9 May 2005 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Shruti Dhawan | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri {{flagicon|IND}} Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | 2–6, 5–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 6. | 16 May 2005 | ITF Indore, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|IND}} Isha Lakhani {{flagicon|IND}} [[Meghha Vakaria]] | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 7. | 9 August 2005 | ITF Hampstead, UK | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sarah Coles]] {{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Thomas | 6–3, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 8. | 17 October 2005 | [[Lagos Open (2000–present)|Lagos Open]], Nigeria | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi {{flagicon|IND}} [[Punam Reddy]] | w/o |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 9. | 16 June 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Archana Venkataraman]] | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Jingjing]] {{flagicon|SIN}} Lee Wei-ping | 6–3, 7–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 10. | 30 October 2006 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Surina De Beer]] {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ágnes Szatmári]] | 3–6, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 11. | 30 October 2006 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Tara Iyer]] {{flagicon|IND}} Meghha Vakaria | 6–2, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 12. | 25 May 2007 | ITF Mumbai, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|IND}} Isha Lakhani {{flagicon|MRI}} [[Marinne Giraud]] | 4–6, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 13. | 25 August 2007 | ITF Noida, India | Carpet | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Sophia Mulsap]] {{flagicon|THA}} [[Varatchaya Wongteanchai]] | 6–1, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 14. | 19 November 2007 | ITF Aurangabad, India | Clay | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sandhya Nagaraj]] {{flagicon|THA}} Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 6–7(4), 5–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 15. | 9 June 2008 | ITF Gurgaon, India | Carpet | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elina Gasanova]] {{flagicon|IND}} Isha Lakhani | 3–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 16. | 23 August 2008 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Nungnadda Wannasuk]] {{flagicon|THA}} Kanyapat Narattana | 7–5, 7–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 17. | 8 November 2008 | ITF Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Treta Bhattacharyya]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shalini Sahoo]] | 6–1, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 18. | 1 June 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Bhambri | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Soon-mi {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Jung-yoon | 6–4, 2–6, [10–1] |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 19. | 10 August 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Poojashree Venkatesha]] | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rishika Sunkara]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Nova Patel]] | 6–2, 6–1 |- | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 20. | 5 October 2009 | ITF Noida, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Poojashree Venkatesha | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miki Miyamura]] {{flagicon|JPN}} Moe Kawatoko | 1–6, 6–4, [5–10] |- | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 21. | 5 October 2009 | ITF Pune, India | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Miyamura {{flagicon|JPN}} Moe Kawatoko | 0–6, 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 22. | 17 May 2010 | ITF Durban, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | {{flagicon|RSA}} Tegan Edwards {{flagicon|RSA}} Bianca Swanepoel | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 23. | 28 May 2010 | ITF Durban, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Blanka Szávay]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Nicole Rottmann]] | 6–3, 5–7, [9–11] |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}}

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