Karman Thandi

Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player.^[2] She is a former Indian number one in singles.

Karman Thandi

Thandi at the 2021 ITF Poitiers
Full name	Karman Kaur Thandi
Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Born	(1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 27) New Delhi
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 186,046
Singles
Career record	200–129
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 196 (20 August 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019, 2021)
US Open	Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	74–60
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (14 January 2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–8
Last updated on: 10 September 2024.

Thandi's career-high WTA rankings in singles was No. 196, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.^[3]

Career

She started playing tennis at the age of eight.^[4]

Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the WTA rankings, after Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao and Ankita Raina.^[5]

Thandi has won four singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit - the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016.^[6] Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China.^[7]

Since 2017 she has represented India in Fed Cup, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles.^[8]

Thandi won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger. Partnering Ankita Raina, they defeated Olga Doroshina and Natela Dzalamidze, when their opponents retired in the deciding champions tiebreak because of a hamstring injury suffered by Dzalamidze.^[9]

She participated in the 2018 Asian Games, with Divij Sharan in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of Marian Capadocia and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair lost in third round.^[10]

Personal life

In 2023, Thandi married Indian national hockey player Gurjant Singh.^[11]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

• Sourced from WTA^[12]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Chennai Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
WTA 1000
Miami Open	A	Q1	NH	A	A	0–0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	0	0	0	1	Career total: 3
Overall win-loss	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0 / 3	2–4
Year-end ranking		591	621	503	268	$110,750

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Nov 2018	Taipei Open, Taiwan	Hard	Ankita Raina	Olga Doroshina Natela Dzalamidze	6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–6)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2015	ITF Indore, India	10,000	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	5–7, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Guo Hanyu	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2017	ITF Naiman, China	25,000	Hard	Lu Jingjing	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Nov 2017	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	3–6, 6–1, 0–6
Win	1–4	Jun 2018	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Lu Jiajing	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–5	Oct 2018	ITF Nanning, China	25,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Dec 2018	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Tamara Zidanšek	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–7	Nov 2019	ITF Bhopal, India	25,000	Hard	Chihiro Muramatsu	1–6, 1–3 ret.
Loss	1–8	Nov 2021	ITF Ortisei, Italy	25,000	Hard (i)	Susan Bandecchi	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–8	Jun 2022	ITF Gurugram, India	25,000	Hard	Sofia Costoulas	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win	3–8	Oct 2022	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	60,000	Hard (i)	Katherine Sebov	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–9	Jun 2023	ITF Sumter, United States	60,000	Hard	Yuliia Starodubtseva	7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6
Win	4–9	Jul 2023	Evansville Classic, United States	60,000	Hard	Yuliia Starodubtseva	7–5, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2015	ITF Nashik, India	10,000	Clay	Riya Bhatia	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	6–7(5), 2–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2015	ITF Gulbarga, India	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Prerna Bhambri Kanika Vaidya	1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	2–1	Nov 2015	ITF Gulbarga, India	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Nidhi Chilumula Eetee Maheta	6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss	2–2	Dec 2015	ITF Indore, India	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Veronika Kapshay Anastasiya Vasylyeva	1–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Mar 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Mira Antonitsch	Olga Ianchuk Despina Papamichail	6–0, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Sep 2017	ITF Lubbock, United States	25,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Victoria Duval Alisa Kleybanova	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–4	Oct 2017	ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Samantha Murray	Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix	1–3 ret.
Win	4–4	Nov 2018	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Ankita Raina	Aleksandrina Naydenova Tamara Zidanšek	6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]
Loss	4–5	Jul 2023	ITF Saskatoon, Canada	60,000	Hard	Stacey Fung	Abigail Rencheli Alana Smith	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (0–2)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2019	Z1 R/R	7 Feb 2019	Astana (KAZ)	Thailand	Hard (i)	Nudnida Luangnam	L	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
		8 Feb 2019		Kazakhstan		Zarina Diyas	L	3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–0)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2019	Z1 R/R	7 Feb 2019	Astana (KAZ)	Thailand	Hard (i)	Ankita Raina	Nudnida Luangnam Peangtarn Plipuech	W	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5