# Rishika Sunkara

Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian former tennis player.
In her career, she won 12 titles on the ITF Circuit; two in singles and ten in doubles (four in 2015 of which three were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at No. 375 in the doubles rankings.
She competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the junior and pro number one in India while still being a teenager.
Playing for India in Fed Cup, Sunkara scored a win–loss record of 2–4.

## Early career

Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder brother who used to play tennis, and she started playing tennis at the age of six. One of her earliest coaches was Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic.
Rishika Sunkara teamed up with Sai Samhitha for doubles final in National Hard Court Tennis, in 2021.
Sunkara was part of the Team Tennis Academy under coach Aditya Sachdev for nine years till the split in 2016. She has been coached by Anantha Bhaskar. and sponsored by Head. Previously, she was supported by GVK and Adidas.

## ITF Circuit finals

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments
* $15,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Simran Kaur Sethi | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | Dec 2012 | ITF Kolkata, India | Hard | Katherine Ip | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | May 2014 | ITF Hyderabad, India | Hard | Prarthana Thombare | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | Clay | Fatma Al-Nabhani | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 2015 | ITF Lucknow, India | Grass | Prerna Bhambri | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 6. | Oct 2015 | ITF Raipur, India | Hard | Natasha Palha | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 14 August 2009 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Nova Patel | Sanaa Bhambri Poojashree Venkatesha | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1. | 6 October 2012 | Bidar, India | Hard | Oleksandra Korashvili | Nungnadda Wannasuk Zhang Nannan | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2. | 1 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 28 June 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Naomi Totka | Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare | 6–4, 4–6, [13–11] |
| Loss | 3. | 28 July 2013 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Mayar Sherif Zuzana Zlochová | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 10 January 2014 | Aurangabat, India | Clay | Shweta Rana | Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3. | 11 April 2014 | Chennai, India | Clay | Sharmada Balu | Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare | 6–0, 7–6 |
| Win | 4. | 9 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Sharmada Balu | Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5. | 30 August 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Giulia Bruzzone | Anna Morgina Michelle Sammons | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 6 September 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Gai Ao | Ilze Hattingh Michelle Sammons | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 7. | 3 April 2015 | Dehra Dun, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri | Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 15 May 2015 | Nashik, India | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Riya Bhatia Karman Thandi | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | 20 June 2015 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Eva Wacanno | Olga Parres Azcoitia Prarthana Thombare | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 7. | 22 August 2015 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Eva Siska Shelby Talcott | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 14 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | 25 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Nidhi Chilumula | Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare | 6–2, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Loss | 9. | 30 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri | Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [8–10] |
| Loss | 10. | 7 May 2016 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Nidhi Chilumula | Samantha Murray Despina Papamichail | 6–3, 2–6, [1–10] |
| Loss | 11. | 11 November 2016 | Pune, India | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Irina Khromacheva Aleksandrina Naydenova | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 9. | 4 February 2017 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Natasha Palha | Sandra Samir Shelby Talcott | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 3 March 2017 | Gwalior, India | Hard | Natasha Palha | Riya Bhatia Shweta Rana | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12. | 6 May 2017 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti | María Herazo González Magali Kempen | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 13. | 21 October 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Clay | Natasha Palha | Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli | 4–6, 1–6 |