Prarthana Thombare

Prarthana Thombare
Full namePrarthana Gulabrao Thombare
Country (sports) India
Born (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994
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 Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup17–10
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's tennis
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Doubles
South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati Doubles
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Doubles
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Women's team
2016 Guwahati Mixed doubles
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.

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)

Outcome Year Location Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 2014 Incheon,
South Korea
Sania Mirza Chan Chin-wei
Hsieh Su-wei
6–7, 6–2, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (runner up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2024 Mumbai Open, India Hard Arianne Hartono Dalila Jakupović
Sabrina Santamaria
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2025 Mumbai Open, India Hard Arianne Hartono Amina Anshba
Elena Pridankina
6–7(4), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 0–3 Jul 2025 Hall of Fame Open, U.S. Grass Arianne Hartono Carmen Corley
Ivana Corley
7–6(4), 6–3

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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Yana Sizikova 6–7(7), 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–1 Nov 2013 ITF Mumbai, India 15,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen 6–3, 6–7(10), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jan 2014 ITF Aurangabad, India 10,000 Clay Sowjanya Bavisetti 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Apr 2014 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay Eetee Maheta 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 3–2 May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard Rishika Sunkara 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 60 (29 titles, 31 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–2)
W60/75 tournaments (5–3)
W40/50 tournaments (2–1)
W25/35 tournaments (7–15)
W10/15 tournaments (14–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (20–18)
Clay (7–12)
Grass (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Sri Peddy Reddy Rushmi Chakravarthi
Ankita Raina
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Shweta Rana Risa Hasegawa
Miyabi Inoue
6–1, 5–7, [1–10]
Win 1–2 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard Natasha Palha Sharmada Balu
Sowjanya Bavisetti
6–1, 6–4
Win 2–2 Apr 2013 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay Natasha Palha Rushmi Chakravarthi
Ankita Raina
5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 2–3 Apr 2013 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass Natasha Palha Nidhi Chilumula
Emi Mutaguchi
4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 2–4 Jun 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara
Naomi Totka
4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win 3–4 Aug 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Akari Inoue Matilda Hamlin
Shweta Rana
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–4 Sep 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Julia Valetova Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya
Evgeniya Svintsova
6–1, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jan 2014 ITF Aurangabad, India 10,000 Clay Ankita Raina Shweta Rana
Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–3
Win 6–4 Mar 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Eugeniya Pashkova Laura Deigman
Emily Webley-Smith
6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–5 Apr 2014 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara
Sharmada Balu
0–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 6–6 May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara
Sharmada Balu
1–6, 5–7
Loss 6–7 Jun 2014 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Nao Hibino Hiroko Kuwata
Mari Tanaka
1–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Aug 2014 ITF Bangalore, India 10,000 Hard Sharmada Balu Hsu Ching-wen
Natasha Palha
6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win 8–7 Mar 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ekaterina Yashina Vera Lapko
Anhelina Kalita
6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 9–7 Apr 2015 ITF Dehra Dun, India 10,000 Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk Prerna Bhambri
Rishika Sunkara
6–0, 6–4
Loss 9–8 Apr 2015 ITF Ahmedabad, India 25,000 Hard Nao Hibino Peangtarn Plipuech
Nungnadda Wannasuk
3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Win 10–8 May 2015 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25,000 Hard Harriet Dart Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Nudnida Luangnam
6–4, 4–6, [18–16]
Win 11–8 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Olga Parres Azcoitia Jenny Claffey
Inês Murta
6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–9 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Olga Parres Azcoitia Rishika Sunkara
Eva Wacanno
1–6, 1–6
Win 12–9 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Eva Wacanno Ola Abou Zekry
Eleni Kordolaimi
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 12–10 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay Prerna Bhambri Sowjanya Bavisetti
Rishika Sunkara
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–11 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay Sharmada Balu Fatma Al-Nabhani
Prerna Bhambri
5–7, 2–6
Win 13–11 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay Sharmada Balu Nidhi Chilumula
Rishika Sunkara
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win 14–11 Oct 2015 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass Prerna Bhambri Sharmada Balu
Nidhi Chilumula
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 15–11 Oct 2015 ITF Raipur, India 10,000 Hard Sharmada Balu Prerna Bhambri
Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win 16–11 Dec 2015 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Julia Terziyska Tadeja Majerič
Conny Perrin
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 16–12 Dec 2015 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard Hsu Chieh-yu Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–4, 2–6, [10–12]
Win 17–12 Mar 2016 ITF Puebla, Mexico 25,000 Hard (i) Akiko Omae Irina Khromacheva
Ksenia Lykina
6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 17–13 Mar 2016 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard Akiko Omae Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiia Kichenok
1–6, 4–6
Win 18–13 Jun 2016 Open de Montpellier, France 25,000 Clay Eva Wacanno Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Jil Teichmann
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss 18–14 Oct 2016 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Chayenne Ewijk
Rosalie van der Hoek
5–7, 3–6
Win 19–14 Oct 2016 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Kyra Shroff
Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 19–15 Feb 2017 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Irina Bara Junri Namigata
Riko Sawayanagi
6–7(5), 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 19–16 Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Eva Wacanno Lina Gjorcheska
Bernarda Pera
2–6, 3–6
Loss 19–17 Apr 2017 Kunming Open, China 100,000 Clay Xun Fangying Han Xinyun
Ye Qiuyu
2–6, 5–7
Win 20–17 Jun 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary 60,000 Clay Kotomi Takahata Ulrikke Eikeri
Tereza Mrdeža
1–0 ret.
Win 21–17 Jun 2018 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Luksika Kumkhum Naomi Broady
Asia Muhammad
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss 21–18 Jul 2018 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay Eva Wacanno An-Sophie Mestach
Zheng Saisai
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 21–19 Oct 2019 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Sandra Samir Rutuja Bhosale
Laura Pigossi
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 21–20 Oct 2019 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Sandra Samir Rutuja Bhosale
Laura Pigossi
3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss 21–21 Jan 2020 ITF Daytona Beach, US W25 Clay Paula Ormaechea Dalma Gálfi
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(4), 2–6
Loss 21–22 Mar 2021 ITF New Delhi, India W15 Hard Sowjanya Bavisetti Pia Lovrič
Adrienn Nagy
2–6, 3–6
Loss 21–23 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt W25 Clay Adrienn Nagy Melanie Klaffner
Sinja Kraus
5–7, 3–6
Win 22–23 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France W60 Hard (i) Lily Miyazaki Alicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls
6–3, 6–3
Loss 22–24 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal W25 Hard (i) Adrienn Nagy Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Quirine Lemoine
2–6, 0–6
Loss 22–25 May 2022 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W25 Hard Alana Parnaby Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
3–6, 4–6
Win 23–25 Jun 2022 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia W25 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Leyre Romero Gormaz
Tara Würth
w/o
Loss 23–26 Jul 2022 Liepāja Open, Latvia W60 Clay Emily Appleton Dalila Jakupović
Ivana Jorović
4–6, 3–6
Loss 23–27 Aug 2022 ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia W25 Clay Emily Appleton Cristina Dinu
Valeriya Strakhova
1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 24–27 Dec 2022 ITF Solapur, India W25 Hard Ankita Raina Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Ekaterina Yashina
6–1, 6–2
Loss 24–28 Dec 2022 ITF Navi Mumbai, India W25 Hard Ankita Raina Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Ekaterina Yashina
3–6, 1–6
Win 25–28 Jan 2023 Pune Open, India W40 Hard Ankita Raina Gozal Ainitdinova
Zhibek Kulambayeva
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss 25–29 Feb 2023 ITF Mâcon, France W40 Hard (i) Darya Astakhova Magali Kempen
Xenia Knoll
3–6, 4–6
Win 26–29 Aug 2023 Internacional de Barcelona, Spain W60 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Estelle Cascino
Diāna Marcinkēviča
3–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 27–29 Apr 2024 Split Open, Croatia W75 Clay Valentini Grammatikopoulou Veronika Erjavec
Justina Mikulskyte
6–4, 6–1
Win 28–29 Apr 2024 ITF Shenzhen, China W50 Hard Arianne Hartono Eudice Chong
Madeleine Brooks
6–3, 6–2
Loss 28–30 May 2024 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W75 Clay Emily Appleton Laura Pigossi
Céline Naef
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 29–30 Jul 2024 Porto Open, Portugal W75 Hard Arianne Hartono Anna Rogers
Kateryna Volodko
6–3, 6–4
Loss 29–31 May 2025 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia W75 Clay Arianne Hartono Estelle Cascino
Carole Monnet
2–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Indian pair of Sania-Prarthana settles for bronze". The Times of India. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Prarthana given top billing in ITF event". Shrivathsa Sridhar. The Times of India. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Asian Games: Yuki Bhambri, Sania-Prarthana settle for bronze". Deccan Chronicle. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Players Prarthana Thombare". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 October 2014.