# Rushmi Chakravarthi

Rushmi Chakravarthi (Telugu: రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is an Indian former professional tennis player. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA Tour tournament Sunfeast Open, held at Kolkata in September 2005. Her last match on the ITF Circuit took place in June 2017 in Aurangabad.

## Tennis career
### 2005–2010

She was predominantly an ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the WTA Tour on two occasions, at the Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times.
Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were gold) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the Asian Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
Chakravarthi lost in the qualifying of the Malaysian Open. This was her only performance in a WTA tournament outside India.
She has also competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she progressed to the quarterfinals by beating English Katie O'Brien, and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza.

### 2011

Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot Poojashree Venkatesha to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.

### 2012

Chakravarthi was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2012 London Olympics along with Sania Mirza to play in women's doubles. The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter by Taiwanese pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Chuang Chia-jung in round one.

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $15,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 24 (12–12)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 12 October 1998 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2. | 26 October 1998 | Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 30 April 1999 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Shruti Dhawan | 6–3, 0–6, 0–6 |
| DNP | – | 17 September 2000 | Bangalore, India | Clay | Radhika Tulpule | — |
| Win | 4. | 16 April 2001 | Chandigarh, India | Hard | Dea Sumantri | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | 9 September 2001 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Shruti Dhawan | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6. | 14 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | Jennifer Schmidt | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 21 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | Isabel Collischonn | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 8. | 10 September 2002 | Mysore, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9. | 6 April 2003 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | 4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Win | 10. | 13 April 2003 | Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | Cheli Bargil | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11. | 5 October 2003 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Sania Mirza | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 12. | 17 January 2004 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Sandy Gumulya | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 13. | 23 May 2004 | Lucknow, India | Grass | Ankita Bhambri | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 14. | 30 May 2004 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Ankita Bhambri | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 15. | 30 August 2004 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 16. | 30 October 2004 | Pune, India | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | 0–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 17. | 13 December 2004 | Gurgaon, India | Clay | Ankita Bhambri | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 18. | 16 April 2005 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 19. | 30 October 2006 | Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Loss | 20. | 20 May 2007 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Marinne Giraud | 6–7$^{(7)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 21. | 28 April 2008 | Cochin, India | Clay | Magda Okruashvili | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 22. | 9 June 2008 | Gurgaon, India | Carpet | Ankita Bhambri | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 23. | 14 September 2009 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 24. | 21 September 2009 | ITF Dehradun, India | Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha | 3–6, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 73 (40–33)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 12 October 1998 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Monthika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | 19 October 1998 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 26 October 1998 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | 2 November 1998 | Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Monthika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 1–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 17 April 1999 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham | 5–7, 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 24 April 1999 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman | 7–5, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 7. | 30 April 1999 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 10 May 1999 | Mumbai, India | Carpet | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham | 0–1 ret. |
| Runner-up | 9. | 18 October 1999 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Liza Andriyani Benjamas Sangaram | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 10. | 16 April 2000 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Manisha Malhotra Satomi Kinjo | 6–4, 4–6, 2–1 ret. |
| Runner-up | 11. | 17 April 2000 | New Delhi, India | Carpet | Radhika Tulpule | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nirupama Sanjeev | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 3 September 2000 | Jaipur, India | Grass | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Monique Adamczak Jennifer Schmidt | 3–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Win | 13. | 10 September 2000 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Orawan Wongkamalasai Wang I-ting | 6–3, 6–2 |
| DNP | – | 17 September 2000 | Bangalore, India | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Jyotsna Vasisht Karishma Patel | — |
| Runner-up | 14. | 16 October 2000 | Gwalior, India | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Monica Acosta Larissa Schaerer | 2–4, 1–4, 4–0, 3–5 |
| Win | 15. | 23 October 2000 | New Delhi, India | Grass | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak | 4–2, 4–5$^{(5)}$, 4–1, 4–0 |
| Win | 16. | 30 October 2000 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak | 5–3, 4–2, 5–3 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 6 November 2000 | Bandung, Indonesia | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja | 1–4, 2–4, 0–4 |
| Win | 18. | 20 November 2000 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Miho Saeki Remi Uda | 5–3, 4–1, 4–2 |
| Win | 19. | 11 March 2001 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 20. | 16 April 2001 | Chandigarh, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Dea Sumantri Radhika Tulpule | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 21. | 23 April 2001 | Pune, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 22. | 3 September 2001 | Chennai, India | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Samrita Sekar Shubha Srinivasen | 6–0, 7–6$^{(2)}$ |
| Win | 23. | 19 September 2001 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Shruti Dhawan Radhika Tulpule | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 24. | 7 July 2002 | Tlemcen, Algeria | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Susanne Aigner Elisabeth Bahn | 6–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Win | 25. | 21 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | Christina Zachariadou | Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 26. | 10 September 2002 | Mysore, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Alena Dvornikova Anastasia Dvornikova | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 27. | 27 October 2002 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 28. | 9 February 2003 | Chennai, India | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Akgul Amanmuradova Ivanna Israilova | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 29. | 23 February 2003 | Bangalore, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Maki Arai Natallia Dziamidzenka | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 30. | 10 March 2003 | Benalla, Australia | Grass | Ryoko Takemura | Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 31. | 31 March 2003 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Akgul Amanmuradova Khoo Chin-bee | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 32. | 20 April 2003 | Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Shruti Dhawan Yael Glitzenshtein | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 33. | 17 August 2003 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Hwang I-hsuan Varanya Vijuksanaboon | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 34. | 8 September 2003 | Bangalore, India | Grass | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Khoo Chin-bee Meghha Vakaria | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 35. | 2 November 2003 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Gabriela Chmelinová Hana Šromová | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 36. | 17 January 2004 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria | 5–7, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Winner | 37. | 23 May 2004 | Lucknow, India | Grass | Ankita Bhambri | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 38. | 30 May 2004 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Ankita Bhambri | Sanaa Bhambri Liza Pereira Viplav | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 39. | 8 August 2004 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard | Sania Mirza | Eden Marama Paula Marama | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 5–7 |
| Winner | 40. | 15 August 2004 | Hampstead, United Kingdom | Hard | Sania Mirza | Anna Hawkins Nicole Rencken | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 41. | 21 August 2004 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Chan Yung-jan Minori Takemoto | 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 42. | 4 September 2004 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Montinee Tangphong Thassha Vitayaviroj | w/o |
| Win | 43. | 13 December 2004 | Gurgaon, India | Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 44. | 11 April 2005 | ITF Mumbai, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Nina Bratchikova Francesca Lubiani | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 45. | 3 August 2005 | ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard | Paula Marama | Anna Smith Rebecca Llewellyn | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 46. | 17 October 2005 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | Hard | Punam Reddy | Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri | w/o |
| Runner-up | 47. | 6 November 2005 | Pune Championships, India | Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | Nicole Clerico Ksenia Palkina | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 48. | 23 January 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Ankita Bhambri | Ksenia Palkina Nicole Clerico | w/o |
| Runner-up | 49. | 8 May 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Archana Venkataraman | Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 50. | 15 May 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Archana Venkataraman | Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 51. | 12 June 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Meghha Vakaria | Isha Lakhani Pichittra Thongdach | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 52. | 30 October 2006 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 53. | 30 October 2006 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | Tara Iyer Meghha Vakaria | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 54. | 15 January 2007 | ITF Algiers, Algeria | Clay | Polona Hercog | Bárbora Matusová Anna Savitskaya | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 55. | 28 April 2008 | ITF Cochin, India | Clay | Poojashree Venkatesha | Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 56. | 24 October 2008 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | Hard | Isha Lakhani | Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh | 7–6$^{(6)}$, 3–6, [7–10] |
| Winner | 57. | 8 November 2008 | ITF Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | Sanaa Bhambri | Treta Bhattacharyya Shalini Sahoo | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 58. | 22 May 2009 | ITF Mumbai, India | Hard | Isha Lakhani | Renee Binnie He Chunyan | 2–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Winner | 59. | 29 May 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | He Chunyan | Keren Shlomo Kristina Pejkovic | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 60. | 15 October 2009 | Pune Championships, India | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 61. | 21 May 2010 | ITF Durban, South Africa | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | Tegan Edwards Bianca Swanepoel | 3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Runner-up | 62. | 28 May 2010 | ITF Durban, South Africa | Hard | Sanaa Bhambri | Blanka Szávay Nicole Rottmann | 6–3, 5–7, [9–11] |
| Winner | 63. | 17 July 2010 | ITF Hatyai, Thailand | Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha | Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta | 6–3, 7–6$^{(10)}$ |
| Runner-up | 64. | 30 October 2010 | ITF Kuching, Malaysia | Hard | Élodie Rogge-Dietrich | Sabina Sharipova Sandy Gumulya | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 65. | 4 December 2010 | ITF Mandya, India | Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha | Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 66. | 22 January 2011 | ITF Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | Poojashree Venkatesha | Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura | 3–6, 6–4, [14–12] |
| Runner-up | 67. | 13 May 2011 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | Aishwarya Agrawal Ankita Raina | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 68. | 18 June 2011 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Keren Shlomo | Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun] | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 69. | 25 June 2011 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Keren Shlomo | Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Win | 70. | 12 May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Ankita Raina | Liu Yuxuan Zhao Qianqian | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 71. | 26 May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Ankita Raina | Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 72. | 30 April 2013 | ITF Chennai, India | Clay | Ankita Raina | Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare | 7–5, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 73. | 12 December 2014 | ITF Lucknow, India | Grass | Nidhi Chilumula | Ankita Raina Emily Webley-Smith | 2–6, 4–6 |