Zeel Desai

Zeel Desai
Country (sports) India
Born (1999-02-18) 18 February 1999
Ahmedabad, India
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$78,965
Singles
Career record199–147
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 511 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 661 (17 April 2025)
Doubles
Career record102–73
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 485 (3 March 2025)
Current rankingNo. 574 (17 April 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–0
Last updated on: 17 April 2025.

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

Desai has a career-high singles ranking of 511 by the WTA, achieved on 12 February 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 485, attained on 3 March 2025. Desai has won three singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

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: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
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
Loss 3–8 Apr 2025 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva 0–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 19 (6 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25,000 tournaments
W10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–12)
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]
Loss 6–12 Apr 2025 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva Vilma Krebs Hyllested
Johanne Svendsen 		0–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss 6–13 Apr 2025 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva Abigail Rencheli
Hibah Shaikh 		4–6, 2–6

References

  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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