Rishika Sunkara

Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian former tennis player.

Rishika Sunkara

At the 2011 Australian Open
Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Born	(1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31) Vijayawada, India
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$49,998
Singles
Career record	162–143
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 441 (9 November 2015)
Doubles
Career record	151–125
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 375 (5 August 2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–4
Medal record Representing  India Women's tennis South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Doubles

In her career, she won 12 titles on the ITF Circuit; two in singles and ten in doubles (four in 2015 of which three were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at No. 375 in the doubles rankings.

She competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the junior and pro number one in India while still being a teenager.

Playing for India in Fed Cup, Sunkara scored a win–loss record of 2–4.

Early career

Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder brother who used to play tennis, and she started playing tennis at the age of six. One of her earliest coaches was Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic.^[1]

Rishika Sunkara teamed up with Sai Samhitha for doubles final in National Hard Court Tennis, in 2021. ^[2][3]

Sunkara was part of the Team Tennis Academy under coach Aditya Sachdev for nine years till the split in 2016. She has been coached by Anantha Bhaskar. and sponsored by Head. Previously, she was supported by GVK and Adidas.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	May 2012	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Simran Kaur Sethi	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2.	Dec 2012	ITF Kolkata, India	Hard	Katherine Ip	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	May 2014	ITF Hyderabad, India	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Sep 2015	ITF Hyderabad, India	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	3–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	Oct 2015	ITF Lucknow, India	Grass	Prerna Bhambri	4–6, 1–6
Win	6.	Oct 2015	ITF Raipur, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	7–5, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	14 August 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Nova Patel	Sanaa Bhambri Poojashree Venkatesha	2–6, 1–6
Win	1.	6 October 2012	Bidar, India	Hard	Oleksandra Korashvili	Nungnadda Wannasuk Zhang Nannan	6–4, 7–5
Loss	2.	1 December 2012	Kolkata, India	Hard	Rutuja Bhosale	Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff	4–6, 4–6
Win	2.	28 June 2013	New Delhi, India	Hard	Naomi Totka	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]
Loss	3.	28 July 2013	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Mayar Sherif Zuzana Zlochová	5–7, 3–6
Loss	4.	10 January 2014	Aurangabat, India	Clay	Shweta Rana	Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare	3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	11 April 2014	Chennai, India	Clay	Sharmada Balu	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	6–0, 7–6
Win	4.	9 May 2014	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sharmada Balu	Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 7–5
Loss	5.	30 August 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Giulia Bruzzone	Anna Morgina Michelle Sammons	2–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	6 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Gai Ao	Ilze Hattingh Michelle Sammons	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7.	3 April 2015	Dehra Dun, India	Hard	Prerna Bhambri	Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk	0–6, 4–6
Win	5.	15 May 2015	Nashik, India	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Riya Bhatia Karman Thandi	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	6.	20 June 2015	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Olga Parres Azcoitia Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–1
Win	7.	22 August 2015	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Eva Siska Shelby Talcott	6–1, 6–1
Win	8.	14 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8.	25 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Nidhi Chilumula	Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare	6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	9.	30 October 2015	Raipur, India	Hard	Prerna Bhambri	Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Loss	10.	7 May 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Nidhi Chilumula	Samantha Murray Despina Papamichail	6–3, 2–6, [1–10]
Loss	11.	11 November 2016	Pune, India	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Irina Khromacheva Aleksandrina Naydenova	2–6, 1–6
Win	9.	4 February 2017	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Natasha Palha	Sandra Samir Shelby Talcott	6–2, 6–1
Win	10.	3 March 2017	Gwalior, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	Riya Bhatia Shweta Rana	6–4, 6–2
Loss	12.	6 May 2017	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	María Herazo González Magali Kempen	1–6, 2–6
Loss	13.	21 October 2017	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Clay	Natasha Palha	Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli	4–6, 1–6

References

1. "Interview with Rishika Sunkara". National Sports. IndianTennisDaily. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. "Prithvi makes the semifinals". The Hindu. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
3. K, Kumaraswamy (22 March 2021). "Fourth-time lucky Kadhe lifts national title". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

External links

• Rishika Sunkara at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rishika Sunkara at the International Tennis Federation
• Rishika Sunkara at the Billie Jean King Cup