Sharmada Balu

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Sharmada Balu
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
ResidenceBengaluru, India
Born (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31)
Bengaluru
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$44,806
Singles
Career record121–133
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 582 (30 November 2015)
Doubles
Career record177–108
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 335 (3 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 581 (19 February 2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg India
Women's tennis
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati Women's doubles
Last updated on: 19 February 2024.

Sharmada Balu (born 9 August 1993) is a professional Indian tennis player.

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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]

ITF finals

$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 2011ITF Lucknow, India10,000Grass Flag of Austria.svg Yvonne Neuwirth 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win2–0May 2015ITF Bhopal, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2012ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain10,000Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Sirui Flag of Germany.svg Carolin Daniels
Flag of Russia.svg Eugeniya Pashkova
4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Mar 2013ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti Flag of Germany.svg Michaela Frlicka
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tereza Malíková
7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss1–2Mar 2013ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha
Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare
1–6, 4–6
Win2–2Jul 2013ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina
Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana
6–2, 6–4
Win3–2Apr 2014ITF Chennai, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha
Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare
6–0, 7–6(4)
Win4–2May 2014ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana
Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 7–5
Loss4–3Aug 2014ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiyao Flag of India.svg Rutuja Bhosale
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Da-bin
3–6, 4–6
Win5–3Aug 2014ITF Bangalore, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Ching-wen
Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha
6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win6–3Oct 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiyao Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss6–4Feb 2015ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia10,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Michika Ozeki Flag of Italy.svg Deborah Chiesa
Flag of Italy.svg Beatrice Lombardo
3–6, 2–6
Win7–4Apr 2015ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Pei-chi Flag of Serbia.svg Tamara Čurović
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss7–5Apr 2015ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Hard Flag of Oman.svg Fatma Al-Nabhani Flag of Hungary.svg Anna Bondár
Flag of Austria.svg Lisa-Maria Moser
3–6, 5–7
Loss7–6May 2015ITF Bhopal, India10,000Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Ching-wen Flag of India.svg Snehadevi Reddy
Flag of India.svg Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
6–0, 6–7(1), [3–10]
Win8–6Jun 2015 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadeja Majerič Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Vlada Ekshibarova
Flag of India.svg Natasha Palha
7–5, 6–3
Loss8–7Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare Flag of Oman.svg Fatma Al-Nabhani
Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri
5–7, 2–6
Win9–7Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000Clay Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare Flag of India.svg Nidhi Chilumula
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss9–8Oct 2015ITF Lucknow, India10,000Grass Flag of India.svg Nidhi Chilumula Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri
Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win10–8Oct 2015ITF Raipur, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare Flag of India.svg Prerna Bhambri
Flag of India.svg Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win11–8Jul 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Egypt.svg Ola Abou Zekry Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Kordolaimi
Flag of Romania.svg Ana Bianca Mihăilă
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win12–8Aug 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of Georgia.svg Mariam Bolkvadze
Flag of Romania.svg Ana Bianca Mihăilă
4–6, 7–6(2), [10–8]
Win13–8Aug 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Flag of Portugal.svg Inês Murta
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mirabelle Njoze
6–3, 6–3
Loss13–9Sep 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Flag of Romania.svg Ana Bianca Mihăilă
Flag of Egypt.svg Sandra Samir
4–6, 1–6
Win14–9Sep 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Suzy Larkin
Flag of Sweden.svg Linnea Malmqvist
6–1, 6–3
Win15–9Oct 2016ITF Pune, India10,000Hard Flag of India.svg Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Flag of India.svg Riya Bhatia
Flag of India.svg Shweta Rana
6–4, 6–0
Win16–9Sep 2021ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi Flag of the United States.svg Dalayna Hewitt
Flag of Serbia.svg Elena Milovanović
7–5, 6–3
Loss16–10Dec 2021ITF Solapur, India15,000Hard Flag of India.svg Sowjanya Bavisetti Flag of India.svg Ramya Natarajan
Flag of India.svg Sathwika Sama
3–6, 6–1, [11–13]
Loss16–11Feb 2022ITF Ahmedabad, India15,000Clay Flag of India.svg Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi Flag of Thailand.svg Punnin Kovapitukted
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Ureke
3–6, 1–6
Loss16–12Nov 2022ITF Nairobi, Kenya15,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Sabastiani Leon Flag of India.svg Smriti Bhasin
Flag of Kenya.svg Angella Okutoyi
3–6, 5–7
Loss16–13June 2024ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic15,000Hard Flag of India.svg Riya Bhatia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Raphaëlle Lacasse
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ana Carmen Zamburek
3–6, 4–6

References

  1. "2016 South Asian Games Result" (PDF).
  2. Singh, Divyakriti (14 September 2022). "Quit tennis, take up job, return to play: Sharmada Balu back after 5-year break to make it count". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.