Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1][2]

Naiktha Bains
Country (sports) Great Britain (2019–present)
 Australia (2014–2019)
Born (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 26)
Leeds, England
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 463,897
Singles
Career record218–233 (48.3%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 199 (6 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 565 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2019)
WimbledonQ2 (2021, 2023)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record209–136 (60.6%)
Career titles22 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (9 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 99 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
WimbledonQF (2023)
Last updated on: 11 May 2024.

Bains has won two singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In January 2020, she reached her best WTA ranking of 199 in singles. On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 87 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life

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Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]

Career

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2014

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Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin[5] and Teliana Pereira,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the final qualifying round.

At the qualifying for the Australian Open, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw where they faced 14th-seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying of the Miami Open, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year.She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015

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Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF Circuit, with limited success.She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016

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Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals.From June to October, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinal of the Bendigo International.Bains finished 2016 season ranked world No. 452.

2017

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Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the Brisbane International where she lost in first round to Anastasia Rodionova.

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut

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At Wimbledon, Naiktha Bains partnering with Maia Lumsden, the wildcard pair became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years.[8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Doubles

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WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2024Open de Rouen, FranceWTA 250Clay (i) Maia Lumsden Tímea Babos
Irina Khromacheva
3–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2023Kozerki Open, PolandHard Maia Lumsden Katarzyna Kawa
Elixane Lechemia
3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–4)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Natalija Kostić6–4, 6–2
Win2–0Mar 2019ITF Mildura, Australia25,000Grass Kaylah McPhee6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss2–1Dec 2019ITF Solapur, India25,000Hard Ankita Raina3–6, 3–6
Loss2–2Dec 2019Pune Tennis Championships, India25,000Hard Emma Raducanu6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Oct 2022ITF Cairns, Australia25,000Hard Lizette Cabrera7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss2–4Nov 2022ITF Traralgon, Australia25,000Hard Priska Madelyn Nugroho4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 40 (22 titles, 18 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–5)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (16–11)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–14)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 2014Bendigo International, Australia50,000Hard Karolina Wlodarczak Jessica Moore
Abbie Myers
4–6, 0–6
Loss0–2May 2016ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Alexandra Morozova Dasha Ivanova
Petra Krejsová
1–6, 3–6
Win1–2May 2016ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Dasha Ivanova Marine Partaud
Laëtitia Sarrazin
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win2–2May 2016ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Alexandra Morozova Dasha Ivanova
Petra Krejsová
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss2–3Sep 2016ITF Tweed Heads, Australia25,000Hard Abbie Myers Monique Adamczak
Olivia Rogowska
6–7(6), 6–7(3)
Win3–3Sep 2016ITF Brisbane International, Australia25,000Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Julia Glushko
Liu Fangzhou
6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3]
Win4–3May 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Chiara Grimm Natalija Kostić
Jelena Simić
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win5–3May 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Tereza Mihalíková Francesca Bullani
Veronica Napolitano
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss5–4Jul 2017ITF Middelburg, Netherlands25,000Clay Dasha Ivanova Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Bibiane Schoofs
7–6(8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss5–5Jul 2017ITF Hua Hin, Thailand25,000Hard Karin Kennel Luksika Kumkhum
Ksenia Palkina
3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss5–6Aug 2017ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000Hard Hsu Chieh-yu Miharu Imanishi
Akiko Omae
4–6, 4–6
Win6–6Sep 2017ITF Penrith, Australia25,000Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Tammi Patterson
Olivia Rogowska
6–0, 7–5
Win7–6Sep 2017ITF Brisbane, Australia25,000Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Jennifer Elie
Erika Sema
6–4, 6–1
Loss7–7Oct 2017ITF Toowoomba, Australia25,000Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Momoko Kobori
Ayano Shimizu
5–7, 5–7
Win8–7Oct 2017ITF Cairns, Australia25,000Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Astra Sharma
Belinda Woolcock
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win9–7Apr 2018ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Chiara Scholl Marie Benoît
Xu Shilin
6–4, 7–5
Win10–7Apr 2018ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Rosalie van der Hoek Victoria Kan
Maria Zotova
6–2, 6–2
Win11–7May 2018Open Saint-Gaudens, France60,000Clay Francesca Di Lorenzo Manon Arcangioli
Sherazad Reix
6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss11–8Jun 2018Grado Tennis Cup, Italy25,000Clay Rika Fujiwara Giorgia Marchetti
Alice Matteucci
0–6, 4–6
Loss11–9Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000Hard Barbora Štefková Rutuja Bhosale
Pranjala Yadlapalli
6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss11–10Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000Hard Destanee Aiava Wang Xinyu
Wang Xiyu
5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss11–11Aug 2018ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000Hard Hiroko Kuwata Akiko Omae
You Xiaodi
0–6, 6–7(4)
Win12–11Sep 2018ITF Cairns, Australia25,000Hard Xu Shilin Erin Routliffe
Astra Sharma
6–1, 7–6(7)
Loss12–12Nov 2018Canberra International, Australia60,000Hard Destanee Aiava Ellen Perez
Arina Rodionova
7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win13–12Mar 2019Clay Court International, Australia25,000Clay Tereza Mihalíková Destanee Aiava
Ellen Perez
4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win14–12Oct 2019ITF Brisbane International, Australia25,000Hard Destanee Aiava Alison Bai
Paige Hourigan
6–3, 6–3
Loss14–13Oct 2019Bendigo International, Australia60,000Hard Tereza Mihalíková Maddison Inglis
Kaylah McPhee
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss14–14Nov 2019Playford International, Australia60,000Hard Tereza Mihalíková Asia Muhammad
Storm Sanders
3–6, 4–6
Win15–14May 2022ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Maia Lumsden Kimberly Birrell
Alexandra Osborne
3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss15–15Jun 2022Ilkley Trophy, UK100,000Grass Maia Lumsden Lizette Cabrera
Jang Su-jeong
7–6(7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win16–15Jul 2022ITF Roehampton, UK25,000Hard Maia Lumsden Lauryn John-Baptiste
Katarína Strešnáková
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss16–16Aug 2022GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK25,000Hard (i) Maia Lumsden Freya Christie
Ali Collins
3–6, 3–6
Loss16–17Aug 2022ITF Roehampton, UK25,000Hard Maia Lumsden Rutuja Bhosale
Erika Sema
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win17–17Oct 2022ITF Cairns, Australia25,000Hard Alexandra Bozovic Destanee Aiava
Lisa Mays
6–4, 6–4
Win18–17Nov 2022ITF Traralgon, Australia25,000Hard Alana Parnaby Haruna Arakawa
Natsuho Arakawa
7–6(4), 6–2
Win19–17Feb 2023Burnie International, Australia25,000Hard Destanee Aiava Lily Fairclough
Olivia Gadecki
7–5, 6–3
Win20–17Apr 2023ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Maia Lumsden Ankita Raina
Rutuja Bhosale
6–1, 6–4
Win21–17Apr 2023ITF Calvi, France40,000Hard Maia Lumsden Ankita Raina
Estelle Cascino
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win22–17May 2023ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Maia Lumsden Lu Jiajing
Elena Malõgina
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss22–18Jan 2024ITF Pune Open, India50,000Hard Fanny Stollár Alexandra Eala
Darja Semeņistaja
6–7(8), 3–6

References

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  1. ^ a b Ornstein, David (17 May 2011). "The one who got away". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Naiktha Bains formally requests to change playing nationality from Australian to GB". 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hanlon, Peter (25 January 2012). "Britain loses bright spark to Australia". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ Briggs, Simon (17 May 2011). "Lawn Tennis Association's fingers burned by defection of young talent Naiktha Bains to Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. ^ Rogers, Leigh (3 January 2014). "Australian teen Naiktha Bains a winner on day one of qualifying". Hobart International. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ Smith, Adam (5 January 2014). "Giant killer Naiktha Bains eyes the tennis big time at Hobart International". The Sunday Tasmanian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bains awarded Miami qualifying wildcard". Tennis Australia. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Wimbledon 2023: Maia Lumsden & Naiktha Bains break new ground as they head for quarter-finals". 7 October 2023.
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