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.

Prarthana Thombare
Full namePrarthana Gulabrao Thombare
Country (sports) India
Born (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30)
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
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Doubles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 13 September 2024.

Career

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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

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Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

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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

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Doubles: 1 (runner up)

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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

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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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: 59 (29 titles, 30 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (1–2)
W60/75 tournaments (5–2)
W40/50 tournaments (2–1)
W25/35 tournaments (7–15)
W10/15 tournaments (14–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (20–18)
Clay (7–11)
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

References

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  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.
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