Poojashree Venkatesha

Poojashree Venkatesha (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian former tennis player, primarily competing on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Poojashree Venkatesha

Poojashree Venkatesha in action against Heather Watson in XIX Commonwealth Games (Khanna Tennis Stadium, Delhi, 6 October 2010)
Country (sports)	India
Residence	Mysore, India
Born	(1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 35) Mandya, India
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$34,906
Singles
Career record	95–59
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 306 (30 November 2009)
Doubles
Career record	81–48
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 371 (28 February 2011)

Poojashree Venkatesha

Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  India
Commonwealth Youth Games
	2008 Pune	Women's singles

Career

2008

Venkatesha was the runner-up and won the silver medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. In the final, she was beaten by Heather Watson of Great Britain 6–2, 6–1.

2010

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Venkatesha lost and missed out on the bronze medal along with India's Nirupama Sanjeev for the women's doubles, defeated by Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi of India, 6–4, 6–2.

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	24 November 2008	Islamabad, Pakistan	Clay	Kim Hae-sung	7–6(8–10), 6–4
Loss	1.	18 April 2009	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Albina Khabibulina	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6
Win	2.	10 August 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	7–6(10–8), 6–2
Win	3.	7 September 2009	Bangalore, India	Hard	Dalila Jakupović	6–3, 6–3
Win	4.	21 September 2009	Dehradun, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	6–3, 7–5
Win	5.	5 October 2009	Noida, India	Hard	Moe Kawatoko	6–4, 6–0
Loss	2.	17 May 2010	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 16 (9–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	28 April 2008	Cochin, India	Clay	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar	6–1, 7–5
Loss	1.	5 May 2008	Trivandrum, India	Clay	Magda Okruashvili	Miki Miyamura Yu Min-hwa	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss	2.	24 November 2008	Islamabad, Pakistan	Clay	Treta Bhattacharyya	Kim Hae-sung Shin Jung-yoon	1–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	1 December 2008	Islamabad, Pakistan	Hard	Parul Goswami	Kim Hae-sung Shin Jung-yoon	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2.	26 January 2009	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Parija Maloo	Shivika Burman Kumari-Sweta Solanki	6–1, 6–2
Win	3.	10 August 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Rishika Sunkara Nova Patel	6–2, 6–1
Win	4.	7 September 2009	Bangalore, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Kumari-Sweta Solanki Moe Kawatoko	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4.	21 September 2009	Dehradun, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	5 October 2009	Noida, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko	1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	5.	12 July 2010	Hatyai, Thailand	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–3, 7–6(12–10)
Win	6.	26 July 2010	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Yumi Miyazaki Tomoko Taira	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	4 December 2010	Mandya, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	1–6, 1–6
Win	7.	21 January 2011	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	7.	28 January 2011	Kolkata, India	Clay	Ankita Raina	Nicole Clerico Dalila Jakupović	3–6, 1–6
Win	8.	16 December 2011	Djibouti City	Hard	Alexandra Romanova	Diana Isaeva Anna Morgina	6–1, 6–0
Win	9.	23 December 2011	Djibouti City	Hard	Alexandra Romanova	Diana Isaeva Margarita Lazareva	7–5, 7–6(10–8)

References

1. 'Venkatesha gets beaten by Heather Watson in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games'- CWG Tennis Update^{[dead link]}
2. 'Venkatesha wins the 2009 Circuit ITF tournament of US$10000 by beating United Kingdom's Emily Webley-Smith'- ITF Tennis: itftennis.com: 2009 Delhi ITF
3. 'Venkatesha's basic information'- WTA Tour

External links

• Poojashree Venkatesha at the Women's Tennis Association
• Poojashree Venkatesha at the International Tennis Federation