Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains

Bains at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Great Britain (2019–present)   Australia (2014–2019)
Born	(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 27) Leeds, England
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$489,288
Singles
Career record	240–248
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 199 (6 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 486 (13 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2021, 2023)
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	227–144
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (9 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 157 (13 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	QF (2023)
Last updated on: 13 January 2025.

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

Bains has won two singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In January 2020, she reached her best WTA ranking of 199 in singles. On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 87 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life

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 round.

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

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying of the Miami Open, 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. 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, she 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 reaching the quarterfinal of the Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 season ranked world No. 452.

2017

Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Anastasia Rodionova.

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut

At Wimbledon, Naiktha Bains partnering with Maia Lumsden, the wildcard pair became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years. ^{[8] [9]}

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2024	Open de Rouen, France	WTA 250	Clay (i)	Maia Lumsden	Tímea Babos Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Kozerki Open, Poland	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Katarzyna Kawa Elixane Lechemia	3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend W25 tournaments (1–4) W15 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–4) Clay (1–0) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Natalija Kostić	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 2019	ITF Mildura, Australia	W25	Grass	Kaylah McPhee	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss	2–1	Dec 2019	ITF Solapur, India	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Dec 2019	Pune Championships, India	W25	Hard	Emma Raducanu	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Nov 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W25	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 48 (25 titles, 23 runner-ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (0–1) W50/60/75 tournaments (1–5) W40/50 tournaments (2–2) W25 tournaments (17–14) W10/15 tournaments (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (17–17) Clay (8–5) Grass (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	Bendigo International, 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), 6–7(3)
Win	3–3	Sep 2016	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou	6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3]
Win	4–3	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Chiara Grimm	Natalija Stevanović 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(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 International, 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 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Marie Benoît Xu Shilin	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–7	Apr 2018	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Rosalie van der Hoek	Victoria Kan Maria Zotova	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–7	May 2018	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Francesca Di Lorenzo	Manon Arcangioli Sherazad Reix	6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss	11–8	Jun 2018	Grado Tennis Cup, 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 Štefková	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)
Win	12–11	Sep 2018	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Xu Shilin	Erin Routliffe Astra Sharma	6–1, 7–6(7)
Loss	12–12	Nov 2018	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win	13–12	Mar 2019	Clay Court International, Australia	W25	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Destanee Aiava Ellen Perez	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	13–13	Mar 2019	Clay Court International 2, Australia	W25	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	2–6, 2–6
Loss	13–14	May 2019	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Anna Bondár	Gabriela Cé Chiara Scholl	0–6, 5–7
Loss	13–15	Aug 2019	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	Sarah Beth Grey Eden Silva	2–6, 5–7
Win	14–15	Oct 2019	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	W25	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Alison Bai Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–3
Loss	14–16	Oct 2019	Bendigo International, Australia	W60	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	14–17	Nov 2019	Playford International, Australia	W60	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Asia Muhammad Storm Sanders	3–6, 4–6
Win	15–17	May 2022	ITF Nottingham, UK	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Kimberly Birrell Alexandra Osborne	3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss	15–18	Jun 2022	Ilkley Trophy, UK	W100	Grass	Maia Lumsden	Lizette Cabrera Jang Su-jeong	7–6(7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win	16–18	Jul 2022	ITF Roehampton, UK	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Lauryn John-Baptiste Katarína Strešnáková	6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss	16–19	Aug 2022	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	Freya Christie Ali Collins	3–6, 3–6
Loss	16–20	Aug 2022	ITF Roehampton, UK	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Rutuja Bhosale Erika Sema	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	17–20	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Alexandra Bozovic	Destanee Aiava Lisa Mays	6–4, 6–4
Win	18–20	Nov 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W25	Hard	Alana Parnaby	Haruna Arakawa Natsuho Arakawa	7–6(4), 6–2
Win	19–20	Feb 2023	Burnie International, Australia	W25	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Lily Fairclough Olivia Gadecki	7–5, 6–3
Win	20–20	Apr 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Ankita Raina Rutuja Bhosale	6–1, 6–4
Win	21–20	Apr 2023	ITF Calvi, France	W40	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Ankita Raina Estelle Cascino	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	22–20	May 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Lu Jiajing Elena Malõgina	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	22–21	Jan 2024	Pune Open, India	W50	Hard	Fanny Stollár	Alexandra Eala Darja Semeņistaja	6–7(8), 3–6
Win	23–21	Jul 2024	ITF Nottingham, UK	W50	Hard	Amelia Rajecki	Katie Swan Mingge Xu	1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	24–21	Aug 2024	ITF Aldershot, UK	W35	Hard	Mingge Xu	Punnin Kovapitukted Akiko Omae	6–4, 6–3
Loss	24–22	Sep 2024	Perth International 2, Australia	W75	Hard	Ankita Raina	Sakura Hosogi Misaki Matsuda	walkover
Loss	24–23	Nov 2024	ITF Caloundra, Australia	W50	Hard	Ankita Raina	Eudice Chong Cody Wong	3–6, 2–6
Win	25–23	Jan 2025	ITF New Delhi, India	W50	Hard	Ankita Raina	Jessie Aney Jessica Failla	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]

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.
8. "Wimbledon 2023: Maia Lumsden & Naiktha Bains break new ground as they head for quarter-finals". 7 October 2023.
9. "British pair Bains and Lumsden look to build on Wimbledon wildcard success". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

External links

• Naiktha Bains at the Women's Tennis Association
• Naiktha Bains at the International Tennis Federation