Prarthana Thombare

Prarthana Thombare

Full name	Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare
Country (sports)	India
Born	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 31) Barshi, India
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$154,549
Singles
Career record	112–102
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 335 (25 August 2014)
Doubles
Career record	330–279
Career titles	30 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (16 October 2017)
Current ranking	No. 136 (28 July 2025)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	17–10
Medal record Representing   India Women's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Doubles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Doubles 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Doubles 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Women's team 2016 Guwahati Mixed doubles 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare (born 18 June 1994) is an Indian tennis player. A doubles specialist, she is the former Indian number one in women's doubles, and an Olympian.

Career

Thombare has won three singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 335. On 16 October 2017, she peaked at No. 125 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for India Fed Cup team, Thombare has a win–loss record of 17–10 (10–8 in doubles) as of June 2024.

She won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, along with Sania Mirza. ^{[1] [2]} The pair also represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but lost in the first round. ^[3]

Asian Games finals

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2014	Incheon, South Korea	Sania Mirza	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	6–7, 6–2, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (runner up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2024	Mumbai Open, India	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2025	Mumbai Open, India	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Amina Anshba Elena Pridankina	6–7(4), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	0–3	Jul 2025	Hall of Fame Open, United States	Grass	Arianne Hartono	Carmen Corley Ivana Corley	6–7(4), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	6–7(7), 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–1	Nov 2013	ITF Mumbai, India	15,000	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	6–3, 6–7(10), 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jan 2014	ITF Aurangabad, India	10,000	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Apr 2014	ITF Chennai, India	10,000	Clay	Eetee Maheta	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win	3–2	May 2014	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 61 (30 titles, 31 runner–ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (2–2) W60/75 tournaments (5–3) W40/50 tournaments (2–1) W25/35 tournaments (7–15) W10/15 tournaments (14–10)

Finals by surface Hard (21–18) Clay (7–12) Grass (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2012	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Sri Peddy Reddy	Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2012	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Shweta Rana	Risa Hasegawa Miyabi Inoue	6–1, 5–7, [1–10]
Win	1–2	Mar 2013	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Natasha Palha	Sharmada Balu Sowjanya Bavisetti	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–2	Apr 2013	ITF Chennai, India	10,000	Clay	Natasha Palha	Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	2–3	Apr 2013	ITF Lucknow, India	10,000	Grass	Natasha Palha	Nidhi Chilumula Emi Mutaguchi	4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	2–4	Jun 2013	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Natasha Palha	Rishika Sunkara Naomi Totka	4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win	3–4	Aug 2013	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Akari Inoue	Matilda Hamlin Shweta Rana	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–4	Sep 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Julia Valetova	Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya Evgeniya Svintsova	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–4	Jan 2014	ITF Aurangabad, India	10,000	Clay	Ankita Raina	Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–4	Mar 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Eugeniya Pashkova	Laura Deigman Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–5	Apr 2014	ITF Chennai, India	10,000	Clay	Natasha Palha	Rishika Sunkara Sharmada Balu	0–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	6–6	May 2014	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Shweta Rana	Rishika Sunkara Sharmada Balu	1–6, 5–7
Loss	6–7	Jun 2014	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	Hiroko Kuwata Mari Tanaka	1–6, 4–6
Win	7–7	Aug 2014	ITF Bangalore, India	10,000	Hard	Sharmada Balu	Hsu Ching-wen Natasha Palha	6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win	8–7	Mar 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Vera Lapko Anhelina Kalita	6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Win	9–7	Apr 2015	ITF Dehra Dun, India	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara	6–0, 6–4
Loss	9–8	Apr 2015	ITF Ahmedabad, India	25,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Win	10–8	May 2015	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	25,000	Hard	Harriet Dart	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nudnida Luangnam	6–4, 4–6, [18–16]
Win	11–8	Jun 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Olga Parres Azcoitia	Jenny Claffey Inês Murta	6–4, 6–2
Loss	11–9	Jun 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Olga Parres Azcoitia	Rishika Sunkara Eva Wacanno	1–6, 1–6
Win	12–9	Jun 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Ola Abou Zekry Eleni Kordolaimi	6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss	12–10	Sep 2015	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Clay	Prerna Bhambri	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	3–6, 4–6
Loss	12–11	Sep 2015	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Clay	Sharmada Balu	Fatma Al-Nabhani Prerna Bhambri	5–7, 2–6
Win	13–11	Sep 2015	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Clay	Sharmada Balu	Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win	14–11	Oct 2015	ITF Lucknow, India	10,000	Grass	Prerna Bhambri	Sharmada Balu Nidhi Chilumula	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	15–11	Oct 2015	ITF Raipur, India	10,000	Hard	Sharmada Balu	Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win	16–11	Dec 2015	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Tadeja Majerič Conny Perrin	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	16–12	Dec 2015	Pune Open, India	25,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 2–6, [10–12]
Win	17–12	Mar 2016	ITF Puebla, Mexico	25,000	Hard (i)	Akiko Omae	Irina Khromacheva Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	17–13	Mar 2016	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Akiko Omae	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	1–6, 4–6
Win	18–13	Jun 2016	Open de Montpellier, France	25,000	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Jil Teichmann	7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss	18–14	Oct 2016	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek	5–7, 3–6
Win	19–14	Oct 2016	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	19–15	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Irina Bara	Junri Namigata Riko Sawayanagi	6–7(5), 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	19–16	Apr 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Lina Gjorcheska Bernarda Pera	2–6, 3–6
Loss	19–17	Apr 2017	Kunming Open, China	100,000	Clay	Xun Fangying	Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu	2–6, 5–7
Win	20–17	Jun 2017	Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary	60,000	Clay	Kotomi Takahata	Ulrikke Eikeri Tereza Mrdeža	1–0 ret.
Win	21–17	Jun 2018	Manchester Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Luksika Kumkhum	Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad	7–6(5), 6–3
Loss	21–18	Jul 2018	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Eva Wacanno	An-Sophie Mestach Zheng Saisai	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	21–19	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Sandra Samir	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	21–20	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Sandra Samir	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss	21–21	Jan 2020	ITF Daytona Beach, US	W25	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann	6–7(4), 2–6
Loss	21–22	Mar 2021	ITF New Delhi, India	W15	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Pia Lovrič Adrienn Nagy	2–6, 3–6
Loss	21–23	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Adrienn Nagy	Melanie Klaffner Sinja Kraus	5–7, 3–6
Win	22–23	Feb 2022	Open de l'Isère, France	W60	Hard (i)	Lily Miyazaki	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	6–3, 6–3
Loss	22–24	Feb 2022	Porto Indoor, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Adrienn Nagy	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Quirine Lemoine	2–6, 0–6
Loss	22–25	May 2022	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	W25	Hard	Alana Parnaby	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	3–6, 4–6
Win	23–25	Jun 2022	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W25	Clay	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Leyre Romero Gormaz Tara Würth	w/o
Loss	23–26	Jul 2022	Liepāja Open, Latvia	W60	Clay	Emily Appleton	Dalila Jakupović Ivana Jorović	4–6, 3–6
Loss	23–27	Aug 2022	ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	W25	Clay	Emily Appleton	Cristina Dinu Valeriya Strakhova	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	24–27	Dec 2022	ITF Solapur, India	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	Priska Madelyn Nugroho Ekaterina Yashina	6–1, 6–2
Loss	24–28	Dec 2022	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	Priska Madelyn Nugroho Ekaterina Yashina	3–6, 1–6
Win	25–28	Jan 2023	Pune Open, India	W40	Hard	Ankita Raina	Gozal Ainitdinova Zhibek Kulambayeva	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	25–29	Feb 2023	ITF Mâcon, France	W40	Hard (i)	Darya Astakhova	Magali Kempen Xenia Knoll	3–6, 4–6
Win	26–29	Aug 2023	Internacional de Barcelona, Spain	W60	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Estelle Cascino Diāna Marcinkēviča	3–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	27–29	Apr 2024	Split Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Veronika Erjavec Justina Mikulskyte	6–4, 6–1
Win	28–29	Apr 2024	ITF Shenzhen, China	W50	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Eudice Chong Madeleine Brooks	6–3, 6–2
Loss	28–30	May 2024	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Emily Appleton	Laura Pigossi Céline Naef	6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	29–30	Jul 2024	Porto Open, Portugal	W75	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Anna Rogers Kateryna Volodko	6–3, 6–4
Loss	29–31	May 2025	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	W75	Clay	Arianne Hartono	Estelle Cascino Carole Monnet	2–6, 2–6
Win	30–31	Jul 2025	ITF Evansville, United States	W100	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Ayana Akli Victoria Osuigwe	6–3, 6–3

References

1. "Indian pair of Sania-Prarthana settles for bronze". The Times of India . 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
2. "Asian Games: Yuki Bhambri, Sania-Prarthana settle for bronze". Deccan Chronicle. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
3. "Sania and Prarthana knocked out". ESPN. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

External links

• Prarthana Thombare at the Women's Tennis Association
• Prarthana Thombare at the International Tennis Federation
• Prarthana Thombare at the Billie Jean King Cup ( archived former page )
• Prarthana Thombare at Olympics.com
• Prarthana Thombare at Olympedia