Karman Thandi

Karman Thandi
Thandi at the 2021 ITF Poitiers
Full name Karman Kaur Thandi
Country (sports) India
Residence New Delhi, India
Born 16 June 1998
New Delhi
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 162,231
Singles
Career record 200–127 (61.2%)
Career titles 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 196 (20 August 2018)
Current ranking No. 211 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2019, 2021)
US Open Q1 (2023)
French Open Junior 2R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 74–60 (55.2%)
Career titles 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 180 (14 January 2019)
Current ranking No. 553 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior QF (2016)
French Open Junior QF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2016)
US Open Junior 1R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 5–8 (38.5%)
Last updated on: 28 August 2023.

Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player. 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.

Tennis career

She started playing tennis at the age of eight.

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.

Thandi has won four doubles titles and three singles 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. Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China.

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.

Karman is supported by the RoundGlass Tennis Academy, Chandigarh and currently trains at the academy under coach Aditya Sachdeva.

Thandi participated in the 2018 Asian Games, with Divij Sharan in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of Marian Jane Capadocia and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair was ousted in third round.

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

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.
  • Sourced from WTA

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.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
WTA 1000
Miami Open A Q1 NH A A 0–0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 0 0 0 1 Career total: 3
Overall win-loss 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0 / 3 2–4 33%
Year-end ranking 591 621 503 268 $110,750

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Nov 2018 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Hard Ankita Raina Olga Doroshina
Natela Dzalamidze 		6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–6)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2015 ITF Indore, India 10,000 Hard Anastasiya Vasylyeva 5–7, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 10,000 Hard Guo Hanyu 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Naiman, China 25,000 Hard Lu Jingjing 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Nov 2017 Pune Women's Championships, India 25,000 Hard Jaqueline Cristian 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
Win 1–4 Jun 2018 ITF Hong Kong 25,000 Hard Lu Jiajing 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–5 Oct 2018 ITF Nanning, China 25,000 Hard Han Xinyun 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Dec 2018 Pune Women's Championships, India 25,000 Hard Tamara Zidanšek 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–7 Nov 2019 ITF Bhopal, India 25,000 Hard Chihiro Muramatsu 1–6, 1–3 ret.
Loss 1–8 Nov 2021 ITF Ortisei, Italy 25,000 Hard (i) Susan Bandecchi 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–8 Jun 2022 ITF Gurugram, India 25,000 Hard Sofia Costoulas 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win 3–8 Oct 2022 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Katherine Sebov 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–9 Jun 2023 ITF Sumter, United States 60,000 Hard Yulia Starodubtseva 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Win 4–9 Jul 2023 ITF Evansville, United States 60,000 Hard Yulia Starodubtseva 7–5, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2015 ITF Nashik, India 10,000 Clay Riya Bhatia Sowjanya Bavisetti
Rishika Sunkara 		6–7(5), 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2015 ITF Gulbarga, India 10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Prerna Bhambri
Kanika Vaidya 		1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 2–1 Nov 2015 ITF Gulbarga, India 10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Nidhi Chilumula
Eetee Maheta 		6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Dec 2015 ITF Indore, India 10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Veronika Kapshay
Anastasiya Vasylyeva 		1–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Mira Antonitsch Olga Ianchuk
Despina Papamichail 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Sep 2017 ITF Lubbock, United States 25,000 Hard Ana Veselinović Victoria Duval
Alisa Kleybanova 		6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 3–4 Oct 2017 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France 25,000 Hard (i) Samantha Murray Manon Arcangioli
Shérazad Reix 		1–3 ret.
Win 4–4 Nov 2018 Pune Women's Championships, India 25,000 Hard Ankita Raina Aleksandrina Naydenova
Tamara Zidanšek 		6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]
Loss 4–5 Jul 2023 ITF Saskatoon, Canada 60,000 Hard Stacey Fung Abigail Rencheli
Alana Smith 		6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (0–2)

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2019 Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2019 Astana (KAZ) Thailand Hard (i) Nudnida Luangnam L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
8 Feb 2019 Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas L 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–0)

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2019 Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2019 Astana (KAZ) Thailand Hard (i) Ankita Raina Nudnida Luangnam
Peangtarn Plipuech 		W 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5