Nirupama Mankad
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Born | Karachi, Sindh, British India | 17 January 1947
Turned pro | 1964 (amateur) |
Retired | 1979 |
Singles | |
Career titles | 18 ILTF/ITF |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
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Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1971) |
Nirupama Mankad (née Vasant; born 17 January 1947) is a former Indian tennis player. She is the first Indian woman in the modern era to play at a main draw of a Grand Slam. She was active from 1964 to 1979 and constested 25 finals and won 18 singles titles.
Career
[edit]Nirupama Mankad is the daughter of G. Vasant, a leading tennis player in India in his time. She survives her husband, the late Ashok Mankad, a former Indian Test cricketer. Their son Harsh Mankad is an Indian Davis Cup player.[1]
Mankad won the Asian women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17. She played Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles event in 1971, reaching the second round. She took part in tournaments on ILTF European Circuit when she played in Europe such as reaching the semi finals at the Ilkley Open in 1970 where she lost to Corinne Molesworth who went on to win that event.[2] She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, winning the national championship seven times during this time. She won the Indian government's Arjuna award in 1980.
Her best ranking was No 1, and was also a two-time Asian champion and a Fed Cup player.[3]
ILTF Career finals
[edit]Singles:25 (18 titles, 7 runners-up)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | January 1965 | Asian Lawn Tennis Championships | Calcutta, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | January 1965 | National Lawn Tennis Championships of India | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | January 1966 | Central India Championships | Allahabad, India | Grass | ![]() |
9–11, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | January 1966 | Western India Championships | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | January 1968 | ? | Bombay, India | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | March 1968 | Western India Championships (2) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | December 1968 | Asian Lawn Tennis Championships (2) | Calcutta, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | February 1969 | Western India Championships (3) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
8–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | December 1969 | Indian International Championships | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | February 1970 | Western India Championships (4) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | December 1970 | Cricket Club of India Tournament | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | January 1971 | Andhra Pradesh State Championships | Amaravati, India | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 5-7 |
Winner | 8. | January 1971 | National Lawn Tennis Championships of India | New Delhi, India | ? | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 9. | March 1971 | Kenyan International Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 6–0 |
Winner | 10. | February 1972 | Western India Championships (5) | Poona, India | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | February 1974 | Western India Championships | Madras, India | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | January 1975 | National Lawn Tennis Championships of India (2) | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | February 1975 | Western India Championships (6) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 13. | January 1976 | National Lawn Tennis Championships of India (3) | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 14. | February 1976 | Western India Championships (7) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 15. | February 1977 | National Lawn Tennis Championships of India (4) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 16. | February 1977 | Western India Championships (8) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 7. | January 1978 | Southern India Championships | Madras, India | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–4, 8–6 |
Winner | 17. | February 1978 | National Lawn Tennis Championships of India (5) | Calcutta, India | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 8–6 |
Winner | 18. | January 1979 | Western India Championships (9) | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles:19 (11 titles, 8 runners-up)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | March 1964 | Jaipur, India | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 2. | January 1965 | Kolkata, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 3. | January 1965 | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 3-6 |
Winner | 4. | January 1966 | Thiruvananthapuram, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | January 1966 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 1–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | February 1966 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | February 1966 | Chennai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | February 1966 | Lucknow, India | Hard | ![]() |
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9–11, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 9. | January 1967 | Calcuta, India | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 10. | January 1968 | Bangalore, India | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | January 1968 | Bombay, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | January 1969 | Visakhapatnam, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 13. | January 1970 | Amritsar, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 14. | February 1971 | Kolkata, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 15. | March 1971 | Nairobi, Kenya | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 16. | September 1971 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | February 1974 | Chennai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 18. | September 1974 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, 1-6 |
Winner | 19. | February 1978 | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–2, 6–0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "All eyes on Harsh Mankad". The Hindu. 5 June 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2018.[dead link]
- ^ Barrett, John. Tingay, Lance. West, Peter. (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. Queen Anne Press. London. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7. p.270.
- ^ "At 56, tennis coach Mayur Vasant finally dons India colours". mid-day. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- K. R. Wadhwaney, Arjuna Awardees, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2002, ISBN 81-230-0286-0
- P.K. Datta, A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2001, ISBN 81-230-0783-3
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