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Zeel Desai

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Zeel Desai
Country (sports) India
Born (1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 25)
Ahmedabad, India
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$60,785
Singles
Career record164–113
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 549 (19 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 628 (6 November 2023)
Doubles
Career record80–50
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 510 (10 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 574 (6 November 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–0
Last updated on: 6 November 2023.

Zeel Desai (born 18 February 1999) is an Indian tennis player from Ahmedabad.

Desai has a career-high singles ranking of 549 by the WTA, achieved on 19 September 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 510, attained on 10 September 2018. Desai has won three singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Desai represents India at the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut at the 2021 play-offs against Latvia.[1] In February 2024, Desai as a wildcard entry in L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K match won her first match against Greece's Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–2, 6–1.[2] In November 2023, she lost to Shrivalli to finish runners-up at the ITF Women's World Tour Tennis final at the Bowring Institute clay courts in Bengaluru.[3] Earlier in February 2023, she entered the final of the $15,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy with a semifinal victory against Vaidehi on her birthday.[4] In the final, she beat qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the title.[5]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2017 ITF Gwalior, India 15,000 Hard India Mahak Jain 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jun 2018 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard Portugal Maria João Koehler 1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Hard Egypt Sandra Samir 7–5, 6–7(7), 2–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard France Salma Djoubri 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2022 ITF Jhajjar, India 15,000 Clay Anna Ureke 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Feb 2022 ITF Ahmedabad, India 15,000 Clay Germany Emily Seibold 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–6 Feb 2023 ITF Jhajjar, India 15,000 Clay India Sandeepti Singh Rao 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–6 Oct 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard United States Hina Inoue 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–7 Nov 2023 ITF Bengaluru, India 25,000 Clay India Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 0–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–9)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Egypt Ola Abou Zekry United Kingdom Suzy Larkin
Malaysia Theiviya Selvarajoo
7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 15,000 Hard India Pranjala Yadlapalli India Rutuja Bhosale
Australia Alexandra Walters
6–2, 7–5
Win 3–0 Apr 2018 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 15,000 Hard Thailand Bunyawi Thamchaiwat China Sheng Yuqi
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi
7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Jun 2018 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard Romania Cristina Ene Romania Karola Bejenaru
Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
1–6, 0–6
Loss 3–2 Jul 2018 ITF Hong Kong 15,000 Hard Japan Akari Inoue Hong Kong Ng Kwan-yau
Hong Kong Wu Ho-ching
4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Jul 2018 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 15,000 Hard Japan Mana Ayukawa Netherlands Arianne Hartono
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi
1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Sep 2019 ITF Pretoria, South Africa 15,000 Hard Netherlands Merel Hoedt France Caroline Roméo
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
w/o
Win 4–4 Jan 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Tikhonova Serbia Bojana Marinković
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
7–6(4), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 4–5 Mar 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Hard Poland Stefania Rogozińska Dzik Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Egypt Sandra Samir
5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–6 Feb 2023 ITF Jhajjar, India 15,000 Clay India Vaidehi Chaudhari Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Sweden Fanny Östlund
2–6, 1–6
Win 5–6 Feb 2023 ITF Gurugram, India 15,000 Hard Thailand Punnin Kovapitukted India Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty
India Vaidehi Chaudhari
6–2, 6–2
Loss 5–7 May 2023 ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand 25,000 Hard Anastasia Sukhotina India Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty
India Vaidehi Chaudhari
4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–8 Aug 2023 ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand 25,000 Hard India Vaidehi Chaudhari Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
South Korea Park So-hyun
6–7(4), 0–6
Win 6–8 Oct 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Anastasia Sukhotina Austria Arabella Koller
Italy Camilla Zanolini
6–4, 6–7(11), [10–7]
Loss 6–9 Jun 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Switzerland Naïma Karamoko China Xiao Zhenghua
China Xu Jiayu
6–7(7), 5–7
Loss 6–10 Aug 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Republic of Ireland Celine Simunyu Sofya Gapankova
Kseniya Yersh
2–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Draws Announced For Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs". www.tennis-tourtalk.com.
  2. ^ "Mumbai Open 2024: India's Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Zeel Desai cause major upsets in 1st qualifying round". India Today. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Sudarshan, N. (26 November 2023). "Shrivalli downs Zeel to claim maiden ITF Women's World Tour Tennis title". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (18 February 2023). "Sandeepti sets up final date against Zeel Desai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (19 February 2023). "Zeel Desai comes from behind to win ITF women's tennis tournament". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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