Shikha Uberoi
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Uberoi at the 2006 Asian Games
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| Full name | Shikha Devi Uberoi |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States (2000–2005) India (2005–2011) |
| Residence | Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Born |
5 April 1983 Bombay, India |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | August 2003 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed, two-handed backhand |
| Prize money | US$214,908 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 192/205 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 122 (29 August 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2005, 2006) |
| French Open | Q2 (2006) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2005, 2006) |
| US Open | 2R (2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 93–144 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2006, 2007) |
| US Open | 1R (2004) |
Shikha Devi Uberoi (Hindi: शिखा उबेरोई; born 5 April 1983, in Bombay) is an Indian-American professional tennis player and a former Indian No. 1. Her highest ranking is 122nd in the world in singles, which she achieved on 29 August 2005.
Shikha was born to father Mahesh (who was a table-tennis player for India) and mother Madhu in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her family moved to Princeton, New Jersey when she was an infant. She has one older sister (Diya) and three younger sisters (Neha, Nikita and Nimita). Her four sisters are also tennis players, but of all, Shikha is by far the most successful, and the only one to represent India (the other sisters were born-in represented the United States).
She was named the Zee Astitva Athlete of the Year 2007. She was one of the top-10 fastest servers in the world. She earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University in Anthropology and South Asian Studies. She graduated with high academic standing while winning Princeton’s prestigious Kit Harris Memorial Award for Leadership and Ethics.
Shikha launched her media and lifestyle company, SDU Seva, Inc. As of 2013, she is currently creating and producing international social issue television shows, and is a social entrepreneur. She speaks internationally at various diplomatic conferences on female empowerment through sport. She has recently been invited to sit on the board of directors of the World Economic Forum’s "Global Shapers Initiative" for Bhopal. She is also a news and sports presenter and coaches all levels of tennis and fitness.
She turned pro in August 2003. Though she has not won any WTA Tour event till date, Uberoi has three ITF Women's Circuit singles titles to her name- one in Harrisonburg in 2003 and two in Fort Worth and Edmond in 2004.
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