Riya Bhatia
Bhatia in 2022 at Antalya, Turkey | |
| Country (sports) | India |
|---|---|
| Residence | West Delhi, India |
| Born | 24 September 1997 Rohtak, Haryana, India |
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $115,273 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 210–223 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 338 (2 March 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 698 (23 December 2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 152–170 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 331 (23 December 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 331 (23 December 2024) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 2–8 |
| Last updated on: 23 December 2024. | |
Riya Bhatia (Hindi: रिया भाटिया; born 24 September 1997) is an Indian professional tennis player.
Formerly ranked No. 2 in India, Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 331 in doubles, reached on 23 December 2024. She has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She has represented her country at the 2017 Indoor Asian Games, Turkmenistan and the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. Bhatia was a part of Indian National Women's team in the Billie Jean King Cup for five years between 2017 and 2022.
Bhatia is the only woman player who has won two national titles: the hardcourt and grass-court national championships both in the year of 2016.
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2021 Bad Homburg Open, losing to Laura Siegemund in the first round.[1]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10/15,000 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2015 | ITF Gulbarga, India | W10 | Hard | Prerna Bhambri | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard | Ana Bianca Mihăilă | 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | W10 | Hard | Margarita Lazareva | 6–7(10), 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | W10 | Hard | Margarita Lazareva | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2017 | ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania | W15 | Clay | Georgia Crăciun | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2017 | ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka | W15 | Hard | Joséphine Boualem | 7–6(2), 6–1 |
| Win | 3–4 | Oct 2019 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | W25 | Hard | Nastja Kolar | 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 24 (4 titles, 20 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| W60/75 tournaments |
| W40/50 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10/15,000 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2015 | ITF Nashik, India | W10 | Clay | Karman Thandi | Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara |
6–7(5), 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2016 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W10 | Clay | Eetee Maheta | Petra Krejsová Chantal Škamlová |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2016 | ITF Pune, India | W10 | Hard | Shweta Chandra Rana | Sharmada Balu Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal |
4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | W10 | Hard | Kassandra Davesne | Margarita Lazareva Kélia Le Bihan |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | W10 | Hard | Margarita Lazareva | Kassandra Davesne Kélia Le Bihan |
3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Loss | 1–5 | Mar 2017 | ITF Gwalior, India | W15 | Hard | Shweta Chandra Rana | Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jun 2017 | ITF Niš, Serbia | W15 | Clay | Angelique Svinos | Alona Fomina Daria Kruzhkova |
0–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–7 | Jun 2017 | ITF Banja Luka, BiH | W15 | Clay | Tamara Čurović | Berfu Cengiz Ani Vangelova |
5–7, 6–7(4) |
| Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2017 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | W15 | Clay | Oana Gavrilă | Samantha Harris Belinda Woolcock |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–9 | May 2018 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Shelby Talcott | Petia Arshinkova Gergana Topalova |
6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 2–9 | May 2018 | ITF Tiberias, Israel | W15 | Hard | Madeleine Kobelt | Shavit Kimchi Maya Tahan |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–10 | Sep 2018 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W15 | Hard | Lu Jiaxi | Cho I-hsuan Wang Danni |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–10 | Aug 2019 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | W25 | Hard | Ramu Ueda | Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–11 | Nov 2020 | ITF Lousada, Portugal | W15 | Hard (i) | Inês Murta | Arianne Hartono Lily Miyazaki |
1–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3–12 | Mar 2021 | ITF Pune, India | W25 | Hard | Miriam Bulgaru | Rutuja Bhosale Emily Webley-Smith |
2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–13 | May 2021 | ITF Oeiras, Portugal | W25 | Clay | Gabriela Cé | Adrienn Nagy Park So-hyun |
4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 3–14 | Aug 2022 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | W25 | Clay | María Paulina Pérez | Thaísa Grana Pedretti Noelia Zeballos |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–15 | June 2024 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W15 | Hard | Sharmada Balu | Raphaëlle Lacasse Ana Carmen Zamburek |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–15 | Oct 2024 | ITF Mysuru, India | W15 | Hard | Jessie Aney | Akanksha Dileep Nitture Soha Sadiq |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–16 | Oct 2024 | Hamburg Ladies Cup, Germany | W75 | Hard (i) | Lian Tran | Madeleine Brooks Isabelle Haverlag |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–17 | Nov 2024 | ITF Funchal, Portugal | W50 | Hard | Polina Iatcenko | Holly Hutchinson Ella McDonald |
6–3, 2–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 4–18 | Dec 2024 | ITF Navi Mumbai, India | W50 | Hard | Zeel Desai | Kanako Morisaki Naho Sato |
6–4, 3–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 4–19 | Apr 2025 | ITF Calvi, France | W75 | Hard | Sada Nahimana | Lia Karatancheva Lisa Zaar |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–20 | Jun 2025 | ITS Bucharest, Romania | W75 | Clay | Sada Nahimana | Estelle Cascino Patricia Maria Țig |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
References
- ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Riya Bhatia.
- Riya Bhatia at the Women's Tennis Association
- Riya Bhatia at the International Tennis Federation
- Riya Bhatia at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)