Prarthana Thombare

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Prarthana Thombare
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Full namePrarthana Gulabrao Thombare
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Born (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30)
Barshi, India
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 136,784
Singles
Career record112–101
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 335 (25 August 2014)
Doubles
Career record304–256
Career titles29 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 125 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 146 (9 September 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 17–10
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's tennis
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon Doubles
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Guwahati Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 13 September 2024.

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.

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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 Asian Games, along with Sania Mirza. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Asian Games finals

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

OutcomeYearLocationPartnerOpponentsScore
Bronze medal.svg Bronze 2014 Incheon,
South Korea
Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
6–7, 6–2, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner up)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2024 Mumbai Open, IndiaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arianne Hartono Flag of Slovenia.svg Dalila Jakupović
Flag of the United States.svg Sabrina Santamaria
4–6, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Russia.svg Yana Sizikova 6–7(7), 6–3, 5–7
Win1–1Nov 2013ITF Mumbai, India15,000Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Ching-wen 6–3, 6–7(10), 6–4
Loss1–2Jan 2014ITF Aurangabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win2–2Apr 2014ITF Chennai, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Eetee Maheta4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win3–2May 2014ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 59 (29 titles, 30 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–2)
W60/75 tournaments (5–2)
W40/50 tournaments (2–1)
W25/35 tournaments (7–15)
W10/15 tournaments (14–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (20–18)
Clay (7–11)
Grass (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2012ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sri Peddy Reddy Flag of India.svg Rushmi Chakravarthi
Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina
3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Jul 2012ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana Flag of Japan.svg Risa Hasegawa
Flag of Japan.svg Miyabi Inoue
6–1, 5–7, [1–10]
Win1–2Mar 2013ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu
Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti
6–1, 6–4
Win2–2Apr 2013ITF Chennai, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha Flag of India.svg Rushmi Chakravarthi
Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina
5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss2–3Apr 2013ITF Lucknow, India10,000Grass Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha Flag of India.svg Nidhi Chilumula
Flag of Japan.svg Emi Mutaguchi
4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss2–4Jun 2013ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
Flag of Hungary.svg Naomi Totka
4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win3–4Aug 2013ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Akari Inoue Flag of Sweden.svg Matilda Hamlin
Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana
6–1, 6–4
Win4–4Sep 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Russia.svg Julia Valetova Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Svintsova
6–1, 6–4
Win5–4Jan 2014ITF Aurangabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–3
Win6–4Mar 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Russia.svg Eugeniya Pashkova Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laura Deigman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith
6–2, 6–4
Loss6–5Apr 2014ITF Chennai, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu
0–6, 6–7(4)
Loss6–6May 2014ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu
1–6, 5–7
Loss6–7Jun 2014 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Nao Hibino Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata
Flag of Japan.svg Mari Tanaka
1–6, 4–6
Win7–7Aug 2014ITF Bangalore, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Ching-wen
Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha
6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win8–7Mar 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Yashina Flag of Belarus.svg Vera Lapko
Flag of Belarus.svg Anhelina Kalita
6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Win9–7Apr 2015ITF Dehra Dun, India10,000Hard Flag of Thailand.svg Nungnadda Wannasuk Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
6–0, 6–4
Loss9–8Apr 2015ITF Ahmedabad, India25,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Nao Hibino Flag of Thailand.svg Peangtarn Plipuech
Flag of Thailand.svg Nungnadda Wannasuk
3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Win10–8May 2015ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart Flag of Thailand.svg Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Flag of Thailand.svg Nudnida Luangnam
6–4, 4–6, [18–16]
Win11–8Jun 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Spain.svg Olga Parres Azcoitia Flag of Ireland.svg Jenny Claffey
Flag of Portugal.svg Inês Murta
6–4, 6–2
Loss11–9Jun 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Spain.svg Olga Parres Azcoitia Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Wacanno
1–6, 1–6
Win12–9Jun 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Wacanno Flag of Egypt.svg Ola Abou Zekry
Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Kordolaimi
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss12–10Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
3–6, 4–6
Loss12–11Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu Flag of Oman.svg Fatma Al-Nabhani
Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri
5–7, 2–6
Win13–11Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu Flag of India.svg Nidhi Chilumula
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win14–11Oct 2015ITF Lucknow, India10,000Grass Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu
Flag of India.svg Nidhi Chilumula
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win15–11Oct 2015ITF Raipur, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sharmada Balu Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win16–11Dec 2015 Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Julia Terziyska Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadeja Majerič
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Conny Perrin
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss16–12Dec 2015 Pune Open, India25,000Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Chieh-yu Flag of Russia.svg Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–4, 2–6, [10–12]
Win17–12Mar 2016ITF Puebla, Mexico25,000Hard (i) Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Omae Flag of Russia.svg Irina Khromacheva
Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Lykina
6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss17–13Mar 2016ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Omae Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok
Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok
1–6, 4–6
Win18–13Jun 2016 Open de Montpellier, France25,000Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Wacanno Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jil Teichmann
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss18–14Oct 2016Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000Hard Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou Flag of the Netherlands.svg Chayenne Ewijk
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rosalie van der Hoek
5–7, 3–6
Win19–14Oct 2016Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000Hard Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou Flag of India.svg Kyra Shroff
Flag of India.svg Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]
Loss19–15Feb 2017ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata
Flag of Japan.svg Riko Sawayanagi
6–7(5), 6–4, [9–11]
Loss19–16Apr 2017ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Wacanno Flag of North Macedonia.svg Lina Gjorcheska
Flag of the United States.svg Bernarda Pera
2–6, 3–6
Loss19–17 Apr 2017 Kunming Open, China100,000Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xun Fangying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Qiuyu
2–6, 5–7
Win20–17 Jun 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary60,000Clay Flag of Japan.svg Kotomi Takahata Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri
Flag of Croatia.svg Tereza Mrdeža
1–0 ret.
Win21–17 Jun 2018 Manchester Trophy, UK100,000Grass Flag of Thailand.svg Luksika Kumkhum Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naomi Broady
Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss21–18 Jul 2018 Contrexéville Open, France100,000Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Wacanno Flag of Belgium (civil).svg An-Sophie Mestach
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss21–19Oct 2019Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000Hard Flag of Egypt.svg Sandra Samir Flag of India.svg Rutuja Bhosale
Flag of Brazil.svg Laura Pigossi
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss21–20Oct 2019Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000Hard Flag of Egypt.svg Sandra Samir Flag of India.svg Rutuja Bhosale
Flag of Brazil.svg Laura Pigossi
3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss21–21Jan 2020ITF Daytona Beach, USW25Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Paula Ormaechea Flag of Hungary.svg Dalma Gálfi
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(4), 2–6
Loss21–22Mar 2021ITF New Delhi, IndiaW15Hard Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Lovrič
Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Nagy
2–6, 3–6
Loss21–23Jan 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW25Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Nagy Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner
Flag of Austria.svg Sinja Kraus
5–7, 3–6
Win22–23 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, FranceW60Hard (i) Flag of Japan.svg Lily Miyazaki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls
6–3, 6–3
Loss22–24Feb 2022Porto Indoor, PortugalW25Hard (i) Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Nagy Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Quirine Lemoine
2–6, 0–6
Loss22–25May 2022ITF Montemor-o-Novo, PortugalW25Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alana Parnaby Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Portugal.svg Matilde Jorge
3–6, 4–6
Win23–25Jun 2022ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW25Clay Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zhibek Kulambayeva Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz
Flag of Croatia.svg Tara Würth
w/o
Loss23–26Jul 2022 Liepāja Open, LatviaW60Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton Flag of Slovenia.svg Dalila Jakupović
Flag of Serbia.svg Ivana Jorović
4–6, 3–6
Loss23–27Aug 2022ITF Vrnjačka Banja, SerbiaW25Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Dinu
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova
1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win24–27Dec 2022ITF Solapur, IndiaW25Hard Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Yashina
6–1, 6–2
Loss24–28Dec 2022ITF Navi Mumbai, IndiaW25Hard Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Yashina
3–6, 1–6
Win25–28Jan 2023Pune Open, IndiaW40Hard Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Gozal Ainitdinova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zhibek Kulambayeva
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss25–29Feb 2023ITF Mâcon, FranceW40Hard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Darya Astakhova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Magali Kempen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xenia Knoll
3–6, 4–6
Win26–29Aug 2023Internacional de Barcelona, SpainW60HardFlag placeholder.svg Anastasia Tikhonova Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča
3–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win27–29Apr 2024 Split Open, CroatiaW75Clay Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou Flag of Slovenia.svg Veronika Erjavec
Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskyte
6–4, 6–1
Win28–29Apr 2024ITF Shenzhen, ChinaW50Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arianne Hartono Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eudice Chong
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madeleine Brooks
6–3, 6–2
Loss28–30May 2024 Zagreb Ladies Open, CroatiaW75Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton Flag of Brazil.svg Laura Pigossi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Céline Naef
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win29–30Jul 2024 Porto Open, PortugalW75Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arianne Hartono Flag of the United States.svg Anna Rogers
Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Volodko
6–3, 6–4

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