Zeel Desai

Zeel Desai
Country (sports)	India
Born	18 February 1999 (age 25); Ahmedabad, India
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$60,785
Singles
Career record	164–113
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 549 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 628 (6 November 2023)
Doubles
Career record	80–50
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 510 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 574 (6 November 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–0
	Last updated on: 6 November 2023.

Last updated December 24, 2024

Zeel Desai (born 18 February 1999) is an Indian tennis player from Ahmedabad.

Desai represents India at the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut at the 2021 play-offs against Latvia.^[1] In February 2024, Desai as a wildcard entry in L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K match won her first match against Greece's Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–2, 6–1.^[2] In November 2023, she lost to Shrivalli to finish runners-up at the ITF Women's World Tour Tennis final at the Bowring Institute clay courts in Bengaluru.^[3] Earlier in February 2023, she entered the final of the $15,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy with a semifinal victory against Vaidehi on her birthday.^[4] In the final, she beat qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the title.^[5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Bianca Mihăilă	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2017	ITF Gwalior, India	15,000	Hard	Mahak Jain	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jun 2018	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Maria João Koehler	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Sandra Samir	7–5, 6–7⁽⁷⁾, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Salma Djoubri	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2022	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Anna Ureke	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Feb 2022	ITF Ahmedabad, India	15,000	Clay	Emily Seibold	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–6	Feb 2023	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Sandeepti Singh Rao	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	3–6	Oct 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Hina Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Nov 2023	ITF Bengaluru, India	25,000	Clay	Shrivalli Bhamidipaty	0–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25,000 tournaments
W10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Suzy Larkin Theiviya Selvarajoo	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Rutuja Bhosale Alexandra Walters	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Apr 2018	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	Sheng Yuqi Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Jun 2018	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Cristina Ene	Karola Bejenaru Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	1–6, 0–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 2018	ITF Hong Kong	15,000	Hard	Akari Inoue	Ng Kwan-yau Wu Ho-ching	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Jul 2018	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	15,000	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Arianne Hartono Aldila Sutjiadi	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Sep 2019	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	15,000	Hard	Merel Hoedt	Caroline Roméo Chanel Simmonds	w/o
Win	4–4	Jan 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Bojana Marinković Tereza Mihalíková	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	4–5	Mar 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Stefania Rogozińska Dzik	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Sandra Samir	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Feb 2023	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Vaidehi Chaudhari	Diāna Marcinkēviča Fanny Östlund	2–6, 1–6
Win	5–6	Feb 2023	ITF Gurugram, India	15,000	Hard	Punnin Kovapitukted	Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–7	May 2023	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Anastasia Sukhotina	Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8	Aug 2023	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Vaidehi Chaudhari	Luksika Kumkhum Park So-hyun	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 0–6
Win	6–8	Oct 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Sukhotina	Arabella Koller Camilla Zanolini	6–4, 6–7⁽¹¹⁾, [10–7]
Loss	6–9	Jun 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Naïma Karamoko	Xiao Zhenghua Xu Jiayu	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 5–7
Loss	6–10	Aug 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Celine Simunyu	Sofya Gapankova Kseniya Yersh	2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–11	Dec 2024	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W50	Hard	Riya Bhatia	Kanako Morisaki Naho Sato	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

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References

↑ "Draws Announced For Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs". www.tennis-tourtalk.com.
↑ "Mumbai Open 2024: India's Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Zeel Desai cause major upsets in 1st qualifying round". India Today. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
↑ Sudarshan, N. (26 November 2023). "Shrivalli downs Zeel to claim maiden ITF Women's World Tour Tennis title". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 5 February 2024.
↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh (18 February 2023). "Sandeepti sets up final date against Zeel Desai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 5 February 2024.
↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh (19 February 2023). "Zeel Desai comes from behind to win ITF women's tennis tournament". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

External links

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Zeel Desai at the International Tennis Federation
Zeel Desai at the Billie Jean King Cup
Zeel Desai at ESPN.com

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[1] "Draws Announced For Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs". www.tennis-tourtalk.com.

[2] "Mumbai Open 2024: India's Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Zeel Desai cause major upsets in 1st qualifying round". India Today. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[3] Sudarshan, N. (26 November 2023). "Shrivalli downs Zeel to claim maiden ITF Women's World Tour Tennis title". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[4] Srinivasan, Kamesh (18 February 2023). "Sandeepti sets up final date against Zeel Desai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[5] Srinivasan, Kamesh (19 February 2023). "Zeel Desai comes from behind to win ITF women's tennis tournament". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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