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Riya Bhatia

Riya Bhatia
Bhatia in 2022 at Antalya, Turkey
Country (sports) India
ResidenceWest Delhi, India
Born (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27)
Rohtak, Haryana, India
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$115,273
Singles
Career record210–223
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 338 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 698 (23 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record152–170
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 331 (23 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 331 (23 December 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–8
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 India Prerna Bhambri 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W10 Hard Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 1–2 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City W10 Hard Russia Margarita Lazareva 6–7(10), 3–6
Loss 1–3 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City W10 Hard Russia Margarita Lazareva 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2017 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania W15 Clay Romania Georgia Crăciun 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2017 ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka W15 Hard France Joséphine Boualem 7–6(2), 6–1
Win 3–4 Oct 2019 Lagos Open, Nigeria W25 Hard Slovenia Nastja Kolar 7–5, 1–6, 6–3

Doubles: 22 (4 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 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 India Karman Thandi India Sowjanya Bavisetti
India Rishika Sunkara
6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2016 ITF Cairo, Egypt W10 Clay India Eetee Maheta Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Slovakia Chantal Škamlová
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2016 ITF Pune, India W10 Hard India Shweta Chandra Rana India Sharmada Balu
India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
4–6, 0–6
Win 1–3 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City W10 Hard France Kassandra Davesne Russia Margarita Lazareva
France Kélia Le Bihan
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City W10 Hard Russia Margarita Lazareva France Kassandra Davesne
France Kélia Le Bihan
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 1–5 Mar 2017 ITF Gwalior, India W15 Hard India Shweta Chandra Rana India Natasha Palha
India Rishika Sunkara
4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–6 Jun 2017 ITF Niš, Serbia W15 Clay Australia Angelique Svinos Ukraine Alona Fomina
Russia Daria Kruzhkova
0–6, 5–7
Loss 1–7 Jun 2017 ITF Banja Luka, BiH W15 Clay Serbia Tamara Čurović Turkey Berfu Cengiz
Bulgaria Ani Vangelova
5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–8 Jul 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania W15 Clay Romania Oana Gavrilă Australia Samantha Harris
Australia Belinda Woolcock
3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–9 May 2018 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Hard United States Shelby Talcott Bulgaria Petia Arshinkova
Bulgaria Gergana Topalova
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 2–9 May 2018 ITF Tiberias, Israel W15 Hard United States Madeleine Kobelt Israel Shavit Kimchi
Israel Maya Tahan
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–10 Sep 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W15 Hard China Lu Jiaxi Chinese Taipei Cho I-hsuan
China Wang Danni
4–6, 3–6
Win 3–10 Aug 2019 ITF Taipei, Taiwan W25 Hard Japan Ramu Ueda Chinese Taipei Cho I-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Cho Yi-tsen
7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–11 Nov 2020 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i) Portugal Inês Murta Netherlands Arianne Hartono
Japan Lily Miyazaki
1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss 3–12 Mar 2021 ITF Pune, India W25 Hard Romania Miriam Bulgaru India Rutuja Bhosale
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
2–6, 5–7
Loss 3–13 May 2021 ITF Oeiras, Portugal W25 Clay Brazil Gabriela Cé Hungary Adrienn Nagy
South Korea Park So-hyun
4–6, 0–6
Loss 3–14 Aug 2022 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil W25 Clay Colombia María Paulina Pérez Brazil Thaísa Grana Pedretti
Bolivia Noelia Zeballos
3–6, 1–6
Loss 3–15 June 2024 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W15 Hard India Sharmada Balu Canada Raphaëlle Lacasse
Dominican Republic Ana Carmen Zamburek
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–15 Oct 2024 ITF Mysuru, India W15 Hard United States Jessie Aney India Akanksha Dileep Nitture
India Soha Sadiq
6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–16 Oct 2024 Hamburg Ladies Cup, Germany W75 Hard (i) Netherlands Lian Tran United Kingdom Madeleine Brooks
Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag
3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–17 Nov 2024 ITF Funchal, Portugal W50 Hard Polina Iatcenko United Kingdom Holly Hutchinson
United Kingdom Ella McDonald
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 4–18 Dec 2024 ITF Navi Mumbai, India W50 Hard India Zeel Desai Japan Kanako Morisaki
Japan Naho Sato
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024.