Rutuja Bhosale

Rutuja Bhosale
	Bhosale at the ITF Nonthaburi, 2019
Full name	Rutuja Sampatrao Bhosale
Country (sports)	India
Born	27 March 1996 (age 28); Shrirampur, India
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$131,120
Singles
Career record	187–151
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 313 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 469 (9 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record	223–110
Career titles	26 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (22 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 220 (9 September 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18–13
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing India
Asian Games
	Last updated on: 14 September 2024.

Last updated January 15, 2025

Rutuja Sampatrao Bhosale (born 27 March 1996) is an Indian tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (5 titles)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Location	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2017	Aurangabad, India	W15	Clay	Mahak Jain	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	W15	Hard	Lee Hua-chen	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	3–0	Oct 2020	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Anna Sisková	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–0	Dec 2021	Solapur, India	W15	Hard	Vaidehi Chaudhari	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	5–0	Jun 2023	La Marsa, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Anastasia Gasanova	0–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 40 (25 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (24–12)
Clay (0–3)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2012	ITF Kolkata, India	W10	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2013	ITF Valladolid, Spain	W10	Hard	Camilla Rosatello	Lucía Cervera Vázquez Carolina Prats Millán	6–4, 6–0
Win	2–1	Jul 2014	ITF New Delhi, India	W10	Hard	Kim Da-bin	Nidhi Chilumula Han Sung-hee	6–2, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	3–1	Aug 2014	ITF New Delhi, India	W10	Hard	Kim Da-bin	Sharmada Balu Wang Xiyao	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jun 2017	ITF Aurangabad, India	W15	Clay	Kanika Vaidya	Pranjala Yadlapalli Zhao Xiaoxi	6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	4–2	Jul 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh	W15	Hard	Kanika Vaidya	Linda Prenkovic Jelena Stojanovic	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jul 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh	W15	Hard	Mayar Sherif	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	5–3	Sep 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	W15	Hard	Alexandra Walters	Zeel Desai Pranjala Yadlapalli	2–6, 5–7
Win	6–3	Oct 2017	ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka	W15	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–4	Apr 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh	W15	Hard	Kanika Vaidya	Eleni Kordolaimi Tara Moore	4–6, 1–6
Win	7–4	Jul 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W25	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	7–5, 6–2
Win	8–4	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi	W25	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Naiktha Bains Barbora Štefková	2–6, 6–0, [10–6]
Win	9–4	Sep 2018	Darwin International, Australia	W60	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Kimberly Birrell Katy Dunne	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–5	Oct 2018	ITF Brisbane, Australia	W25	Hard	Xu Shilin	Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee	5–7, 4–6
Loss	9–6	Mar 2019	Keio Challenger, Japan	W25	Hard	Akiko Omae	Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae	1–6, 5–7
Win	10–6	May 2019	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	W25	Hard	Eudice Chong	Anastasia Pribylova Shalimar Talbi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–7	May 2019	ITF Singapore	W25	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	4–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Loss	10–8	Sep 2019	Changsha Open, China	W60	Clay	Erika Sema	Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui	3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	11–8	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Sandra Samir Prarthana Thombare	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	12–8	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Sandra Samir Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–7⁽³⁾, [10–6]
Win	13–8	Nov 2019	ITF Bhopal, India	W25	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Diāna Marcinkēviča Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 7–5
Win	14–8	Feb 2020	ITF Jodhpur, India	W25	Hard	Miyabi Inoue	Snehal Mane Ankita Raina	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	15–8	Mar 2021	ITF Pune, India	W25	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Riya Bhatia Miriam Bulgaru	6–2, 7–5
Loss	15–9	Aug 2021	ITF Pärnu, Estonia	W25	Clay	Magali Kempen	Anna Sisková Justina Mikulskytė	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	16–9	Dec 2021	ITF Bengaluru, India	W15	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Vaidehi Chaudhari Mihika Yadav	6–0, 6–3
Win	17–9	Mar 2022	Bendigo International, Australia	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	Alexandra Bozovic Weronika Falkowska	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	18–9	Jun 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Erika Sema	Haruna Arakawa Natsuho Arakawa	6–1, 6–3
Win	19–9	Aug 2022	ITF Roehampton, UK	W25	Hard	Erika Sema	Naiktha Bains Maia Lumsden	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	19–10	Apr 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	W25	Hard	Ankita Raina	Naiktha Bains Maia Lumsden	1–6, 4–6
Loss	19–11	Apr 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	W25	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Emily Appleton Lauryn John-Baptiste	4–6, 3–6
Win	20–11	Jul 2023	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	W25	Hard	Erika Sema	Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Win	21–11	Jul 2023	ITF Roehampton, UK	W25	Hard	Sarah Beth Grey	Madeleine Brooks Holly Hutchinson	0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	22–11	Jul 2023	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK	W25	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Talia Gibson Petra Hule	6–2, 6–3
Loss	22–12	Mar 2024	Kōfu International Open, Japan	W50	Hard	Ankita Raina	Saki Imamura Erina Hayashi	3–6, 5–7
Win	23–12	Apr 2024	ITF Wuning, China	W50	Hard	Paige Hourigan	Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen	5–7, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [12–10]
Win	24–12	May 2024	Fukuoka International, Japan	W75	Carpet	Paige Hourigan	Haruna Arakawa Aoi Ito	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	25–12	Jun 2024	ITF Tauste, Spain	W35	Hard	Tian Fangran	Alana Parnaby Victoria Rodríguez	6–2, 6–4
Loss	25–13	Jun 2024	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	W50	Hard	Sophie Chang	Martyna Kubka Lara Salden	2–6, 1–6
Loss	25–14	Sep 2024	Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge, United States	W35	Hard	Ema Burgić	Elysia Bolton Maegan Manasse	7–6⁽³⁾, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	25–15	Jan 2025	ITF Nonthaburi 2, Thailand	W75	Hard	Eudice Chong	Jang Su-jeong Zheng Wushuang	6–4, 0–6, [6–10]

Fed Cup participation

Singles (15–9)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone II – Pool B	30 January 2012	Shenzhen, China	Iran	Hard	Madona Najarian	W	6–0, 6–0
		31 January 2012		Oman		Fatma Al-Nabhani	W	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
		1 February 2012		Turkmenistan		Ummarahmat Hummetova	W	6–2, 6–0
		3 February 2012		Philippines		Tamitha Nguyen	W	6–2, 6–3
	Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs	4 February 2012		Hong Kong		Chan Wing-yau	L	4–6, 1–6
2013 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A	8 February 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Thailand	Hard (i)	Nudnida Luangnam	L	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
2013 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Play-offs	9 February 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	South Korea	Hard (i)	Lee So-ra	L	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
2020–21 BJK Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A	3 March 2020	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	China	Hard	Zhang Shuai	L	4–6, 2–6
		4 March 2020		Uzbekistan		Akgul Amanmuradova	W	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
		5 March 2020		South Korea		Jang Su-jeong	W	7–5, 6–4
		6 March 2020		Chinese Taipei		Yang Ya-yi	W	3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
		7 March 2020		Indonesia		Priska Madelyn Nugroho	L	3–6, 6–0, 3–6

Doubles (3–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone II – Pool B	30 January 2012	Shenzhen, China	Oman	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Madona Najarian Ghazaleh Torkaman	W	6–1, 6–0
2013 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A	6 February 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Ankita Raina	Sesil Karatantcheva Galina Voskoboeva	L	3–6, 1–6

Asian Games

In September 2023, Rutuja won the gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games in mixed doubles event, partnering Rohan Bopanna defeating Chinese Taipei pair Liang En-shuo and Huang Tsung-hao in the final.^[4]

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References

↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh (21 April 2020). "Rutuja Bhosale tuning to be a better version". Sportstar. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ K. Kumaraswamy (28 July 2020). "Rutuja, Swapnil to tie the knot next month | Off the field News". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ "Tennis star Rutuja Bhosale engaged to former Maharashtra Ranji team captain". The Bridge. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ "Asian Games 2023: Bopanna-Rutuja win mixed doubles gold". Sportstar. 30 September 2023.

External links

Rutuja Bhosale at the Women's Tennis Association
Rutuja Bhosale at the International Tennis Federation
Rutuja Bhosale at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] Srinivasan, Kamesh (21 April 2020). "Rutuja Bhosale tuning to be a better version". Sportstar. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[2] K. Kumaraswamy (28 July 2020). "Rutuja, Swapnil to tie the knot next month | Off the field News". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[3] "Tennis star Rutuja Bhosale engaged to former Maharashtra Ranji team captain". The Bridge. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[4] "Asian Games 2023: Bopanna-Rutuja win mixed doubles gold". Sportstar. 30 September 2023.

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