Country (sports) | India | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Bengaluru, India | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bengaluru | 9 August 1993||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
Prize money | $44,806 | ||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 121–133 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 2 ITF | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 582 (30 November 2015) | ||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 177–108 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 16 ITF | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 335 (3 August 2015) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 581 (19 February 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 19 February 2024. |
Sharmada Balu (born 9 August 1993) is a professional Indian tennis player.
Balu has career-high WTA rankings of 582 in singles, achieved on 30 November 2015, and 335 in doubles, reached on 3 August 2015. She has won two singles and 16 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.
She won the gold medal for India in the doubles competition in partnership with Prarthana Thombare at the 12th South Asian Games held in Guwahati, India in February 2016. [1]
She decided to quit tennis at the end of 2016 due to an injury and lack of financial support. Five years later she started playing tennis again. Balu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Chennai Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with her compatriot Riya Bhatia. [2]
$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2011 | ITF Lucknow, India | 10,000 | Grass | Yvonne Neuwirth | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2015 | ITF Bhopal, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | 6–2, 6–3 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2012 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | He Sirui | Carolin Daniels Eugeniya Pashkova | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2013 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Michaela Frlicka Tereza Malíková | 7–5, 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2013 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare | 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2013 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Ankita Raina Shweta Chandra Rana | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Apr 2014 | ITF Chennai, India | 10,000 | Clay | Rishika Sunkara | Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare | 6–0, 7–6(4) |
Win | 4–2 | May 2014 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Rishika Sunkara | Shweta Chandra Rana Prarthana Thombare | 6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–3 | Aug 2014 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Wang Xiyao | Rutuja Bhosale Kim Da-bin | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Aug 2014 | ITF Bangalore, India | 10,000 | Hard | Prarthana Thombare | Hsu Ching-wen Natasha Palha | 6–4, 0–6, [10–6] |
Win | 6–3 | Oct 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Wang Xiyao | Harriet Dart Eden Silva | 7–5, 2–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | 10,000 | Hard | Michika Ozeki | Deborah Chiesa Beatrice Lombardo | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7–4 | Apr 2015 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 10,000 | Hard | Lee Pei-chi | Tamara Čurović Aryna Sabalenka | 4–6, 6–3, [10–2] |
Loss | 7–5 | Apr 2015 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 10,000 | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | Anna Bondár Lisa-Maria Moser | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 7–6 | May 2015 | ITF Bhopal, India | 10,000 | Hard | Hsu Ching-wen | Snehadevi Reddy Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | 6–0, 6–7(1), [3–10] |
Win | 8–6 | Jun 2015 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Tadeja Majerič | Vlada Ekshibarova Natasha Palha | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 8–7 | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Prarthana Thombare | Fatma Al-Nabhani Prerna Bhambri | 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 9–7 | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Prarthana Thombare | Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara | 2–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
Loss | 9–8 | Oct 2015 | ITF Lucknow, India | 10,000 | Grass | Nidhi Chilumula | Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare | 3–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 10–8 | Oct 2015 | ITF Raipur, India | 10,000 | Hard | Prarthana Thombare | Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara | 6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8] |
Win | 11–8 | Jul 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Ola Abou Zekry | Eleni Kordolaimi Ana Bianca Mihăilă | 2–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Win | 12–8 | Aug 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Ana Veselinović | Mariam Bolkvadze Ana Bianca Mihăilă | 4–6, 7–6(2), [10–8] |
Win | 13–8 | Aug 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Inês Murta Mirabelle Njoze | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 13–9 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Ana Bianca Mihăilă Sandra Samir | 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 14–9 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Suzy Larkin Linnea Malmqvist | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 15–9 | Oct 2016 | ITF Pune, India | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Riya Bhatia Shweta Chandra Rana | 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 16–9 | Sep 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi | Dalayna Hewitt Elena Milovanović | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 16–10 | Dec 2021 | ITF Solapur, India | 15,000 | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Ramya Natarajan Sathwika Sama | 3–6, 6–1, [11–13] |
Loss | 16–11 | Feb 2022 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | 15,000 | Clay | Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi | Punnin Kovapitukted Anna Ureke | 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 16–12 | Nov 2022 | ITF Nairobi, Kenya | 15,000 | Clay | Sabastiani Leon | Smriti Bhasin Angella Okutoyi | 3–6, 5–7 |
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