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Karman Thandi

{{short description|Indian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Karman Thandi

| fullname = Karman Kaur Thandi

| image = Thandi POI21 (3) (51714595445).jpg

| caption = Thandi at the 2021 ITF Poitiers

| country = {{IND}}

| residence = New Delhi, India

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|06|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = New Delhi

| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Karman Kaur Thandi Profile |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/karman-kaur-thandi_prs493900/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234159/https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/karman-kaur-thandi_prs493900/person.shtml |url-status=live }}

| turnedpro =

| plays = Right (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney = US$ 186,046

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=200|lost=129}}

| singlestitles = 4 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 196 (20 August 2018)

| currentsinglesranking =

| AustralianOpenresult = Q1 (2019, 2021)

| USOpenresult = Q1 (2023)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=74|lost=60}}

| doublestitles = 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 180 (14 January 2019)

| currentdoublesranking =

| Team = yes

| FedCupresult = {{tennis record|won=5|lost=8}}

| updated = 10 September 2024

}}

Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0|title=Karman Thandi|last=admin|date=16 July 2018|work=WTA Tennis|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825151817/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0|url-status=live}} She has been a previous Indian number one in singles.

Thandi has career-high WTA rankings of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0#ranking|title=Karman Thandi|last=admin|date=16 July 2018|work=WTA Tennis|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825151817/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0#ranking|url-status=live}}

In 2023, Karman Kaur Thandi married Gurjant Singh, an Indian national hockey player.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-09 |title=Who is Karman Kaur Thandi and her connection with Hockey player Gurjant Singh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/who-is-karman-kaur-thandi-and-her-connection-with-hockey-player-gurjant-singh/articleshow/112405938.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

Tennis career

She started playing tennis at the age of eight.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|title=Karman Kaur THANDI|website=International Tennis Federation|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223204/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|url-status=live}}

Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the WTA rankings, after the likes of Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, and Ankita Raina.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/karman-kaur-thandi-enters-wta-top-200-only-6th-indian-woman-to-do-so/articleshow/65200986.cms|title=Karman Kaur Thandi enters WTA top-200, only 6th Indian woman to do so - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=15 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915071024/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/karman-kaur-thandi-enters-wta-top-200-only-6th-indian-woman-to-do-so/articleshow/65200986.cms|url-status=live}}

Thandi has won four singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit- the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|title=Karman Kaur THANDI|website=International Tennis Federation|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223204/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|url-status=live}} Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|title=Asian Games target is to get medal for India: Karman Kaur Thandi|date=13 August 2018|work=dna|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825160432/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|url-status=live}}

Since 2017 she has represented India in Fed Cup, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IND|title=Fed Cup - Teams|website=www.fedcup.com|access-date=25 February 2023|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825143341/https://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IND|url-status=live}}

Karman is supported by the RoundGlass Tennis Academy, Chandigarh{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/tennis/indian-tennis-star-karman-kaur-thandi-to-train-under-former-coach-aditya-sachdeva-at-roundglass-tennis-academy-101656002075450.html|title=Indian tennis star Karman Kaur Thandi to train under former coach Aditya Sachdeva at RoundGlass Tennis Academy|work=The Hindustan Times|date=23 June 2022|access-date=6 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828082252/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/tennis/indian-tennis-star-karman-kaur-thandi-to-train-under-former-coach-aditya-sachdeva-at-roundglass-tennis-academy-101656002075450.html|archive-date=28 August 2023|location=New Delhi}} and currently trains at the academy under coach Aditya Sachdeva.{{Cite web |title=Karman Kaur Thandi to train under Aditya Sachdeva in Chandigarh |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=971278 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}

Thandi participated in the 2018 Asian Games, with Divij Sharan in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of Marian Capadocia and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair was ousted in third round.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|title=Asian Games target is to get medal for India: Karman Kaur Thandi|date=13 August 2018|work=dna|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825160432/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|url-status=live}}

Thandi became the first Indian player to win a WTA Tour main-draw match (defeating Lu Jiajing at the 2018 Jiangxi International Open) since Sania Mirza's victory over Kristina Barrois at the 2012 Indian Wells Open.

Performance timelines

{{Performance key}}

  • Sourced from WTA{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323593/karman-thandi/matches|title=Matches|access-date=21 March 2020|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321182038/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323593/karman-thandi/matches|url-status=live}}

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

=Singles=

Current through the 2022 Chennai Open.

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;

!Tournament

!2018

!2019

!2020

!2021

!2022

!SR

!W–L

colspan="9" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|style="color:#767676;"|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;"

|align=left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 0

|0–0

colspan="9" align="left" |WTA 1000
align=left|Miami Open

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|style="color:#767676;"|NH

|A

|A

|0–0

|0–0

colspan="9" align="left" |Career statistics
style="background:#efefef;"

|align=left|Tournaments

|2

|0

|0

|0

|1

| colspan="3" |Career total: 3

style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;"

|align=left|Overall win-loss

|1–2

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|1–1

|0 / 3

|2–4

style="background:#efefef;"

| align="left" |Year-end ranking

|

|591

|621

|503

|268

| colspan="3" |$110,750

WTA Challenger finals

=Doubles: 1 (title)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles

| bgcolor=silver|Taipei Open, Taiwan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Raina

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Olga Doroshina
{{flagicon|RUS}} Natela Dzalamidze

| 6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.

ITF Circuit finals

=Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner–ups)=

class=wikitable style=font-size:85%

!Legend

style="background:#addfad;"

|$60,000 tournaments (2–1)

style="background:lightblue;"

|$25,000 tournaments (2–6)

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

|$10,000 tournaments (0–2)

class="wikitable sortable"
Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 0–1

| {{dts|Dec 2015}}

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Indore, India

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Anastasiya Vasylyeva

| 5–7, 6–2, 2–6

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 0–2

| {{dts|Oct 2016}}

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hua Hin, Thailand

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Guo Hanyu

| 3–6, 3–6

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 0–3

| {{dts|Jul 2017}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Naiman, China

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Jingjing

| 2–6, 1–6

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 0–4

| {{dts|Nov 2017}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|Pune Championships, India

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Jaqueline Cristian

| 3–6, 6–1, 0–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–4

| {{dts|Jun 2018}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Hong Kong

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Jiajing

| 6–1, 6–2

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

| 1–5

| {{dts|Oct 2018}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Nanning, China

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Han Xinyun

| 4–6, 6–2, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

| 1–6

| {{dts|Dec 2018}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|Pune Championships, India

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Tamara Zidanšek

| 3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

| 1–7

| {{dts|Nov 2019}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Bhopal, India

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Chihiro Muramatsu

| 1–6, 1–3 ret.

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

| 1–8

| {{dts|Nov 2021}}

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Ortisei, Italy

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Susan Bandecchi

| 4–6, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–8

|Jun 2022

|style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Gurugram, India

|style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Sofia Costoulas

|6–4, 2–6, 6–1

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–8

|Oct 2022

|style="background:#addfad;"|Challenger de Saguenay, Canada

|style="background:#addfad;"|60,000

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Katherine Sebov

|3–6, 6–4, 6–3

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|3–9

|Jun 2023

|style="background:#addfad;"|ITF Sumter, United States

|style="background:#addfad;"|60,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yuliia Starodubtseva

|7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–9

|Jul 2023

|style="background:#addfad;"|Evansville Classic, United States

|style="background:#addfad;"|60,000

|Hard

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yuliia Starodubtseva

|7–5, 4–6, 6–1

=Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)=

class=wikitable style=font-size:85%

!Legend

style="background:#addfad;"

|$60,000 tournaments (0–1)

style="background:lightblue;"

|$25,000 tournaments (1–2)

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

|$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)

class="wikitable sortable"
Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 0–1

| May 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Nashik, India

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|IND}} Riya Bhatia

| {{flagicon|IND}} Sowjanya Bavisetti
{{flagicon|IND}} Rishika Sunkara

| 6–7(5), 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–1

| Nov 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Gulbarga, India

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|IND}} Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal

| {{flagicon|IND}} Prerna Bhambri
{{flagicon|IND}} Kanika Vaidya

| 1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–1

| Nov 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Gulbarga, India

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|IND}} Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal

| {{flagicon|IND}} Nidhi Chilumula
{{flagicon|IND}} Eetee Maheta

| 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 2–2

| Dec 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Indore, India

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|IND}} Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Veronika Kapshay
{{flagicon|UKR}} Anastasiya Vasylyeva

| 1–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–2

| Mar 2017

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Heraklion, Greece

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|15,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Mira Antonitsch

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Ianchuk
{{flagicon|GRE}} Despina Papamichail

| 6–0, 6–3

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 3–3

| Sep 2017

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Lubbock, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|MNE}} Ana Veselinović

| {{flagicon|USA}} Victoria Duval
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alisa Kleybanova

| 6–2, 4–6, [8–10]

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 3–4

| Oct 2017

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Murray

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Manon Arcangioli
{{flagicon|FRA}} Shérazad Reix

| 1–3 ret.

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–4

| Nov 2018

| style="background:lightblue;"|Pune Championships, India

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Raina

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Aleksandrina Naydenova
{{flagicon|SLO}} Tamara Zidanšek

| 6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4–5

| Jul 2023

| style="background:#addfad;"|ITF Saskatoon, Canada

| style="background:#addfad;"|60,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Stacey Fung

| {{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Rencheli
{{flagicon|USA}} Alana Smith

| 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

=Singles (0–2)=

class=wikitable

!Edition

!Stage

!Date

!Location

!Against

!Surface

!Opponent

!W/L

!Score

rowspan="2" | 2019

| style="background:#ccf;" rowspan="2" | Z1 R/R

| 7 Feb 2019

| rowspan="3" | Astana ({{Abbr|KAZ|Kazakhstan}})

| {{flagicon|THA}} Thailand

| rowspan="3" | Hard (i)

| Nudnida Luangnam

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

8 Feb 2019

| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Kazakhstan

| Zarina Diyas

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 3–6, 2–6

=Doubles (1–0)=

class=wikitable

!Edition

!Stage

!Date

!Location

!Against

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!W/L

!Score

2019

| style="background:#ccf;"|Z1 R/R

| 7 Feb 2019

| Astana (KAZ)

| {{flagicon|THA}} Thailand

| Hard (i)

| Ankita Raina

| Nudnida Luangnam
Peangtarn Plipuech

| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W

| 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportswomen from Delhi

Category:Racket sportspeople from Delhi

Category:Indian female tennis players

Category:Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games

Category:Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games competitors for India