Ankita Raina
| Country (sports) |
 India |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 January 1993 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $640,000 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 129–98 |
| Career titles | 4 Grand Slams |
| Highest ranking | 1 (20 April 2015) |
| Current ranking | 10 (20 June 2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 90–88 |
| Career titles | 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 15 (5 January 2015) |
| Current ranking | 20 (20 June 2016) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 6–5 |
| Last updated on: 27 July 2015. | |
Ankita Raina (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian tennis player.
Raina has won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 20 April 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 222. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at world number 260 in the doubles rankings. Raina has also won Gold medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles events at the 2016 South Asian Games.
Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Raina has a win-loss record of 3-4. She is currently supported by the Adani Group and Anglian Medal Hunt Company.
Following a promising junior career, Raina made her first professional appearance in 2009, at a small ITF tournament in Mumbai. In 2010, she continued to participate in local ITF tournaments with limited success. Raina's 2011 season saw her advance to three ITF Circuit finals in doubles, winning one with countrywoman Aishwarya Agrawal. In 2012, she won her first professional singles title in New Delhi as well as winning three more in doubles. In 2013, Raina continued to climb up the rankings, achieving a career-high singles ranking of No. 291 in October.
Raina began playing tennis at age five and prefers hard and grass courts. She has cited Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Sania Mirza and Roger Federer as her biggest inspirations on court.
In 2007, she relocated to the PYC Hindu Gymkhana sports facility in Pune, where she began working with Hemant Bendrey and Ketan Dhumal.
Raina is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune. Off court, she enjoys seeing movies, going out with friends, visiting new places and going on outdoor trips. Raina, born in a Kashmiri Pandit family speaks Kashmiri, Hindi, Gujarati and English. Her mother tongue is Kashmiri.
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