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Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.
Bains has won two singles titles and 24 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
Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake from Britain to Brisbane aged eight and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.
Career
= 2014
=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 and Teliana Pereira, before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the final 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. She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia.
She ended the year with a ranking of 713.
= 2015
=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
=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
=Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Anastasia Rodionova.
= 2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut
=At Wimbledon, Naiktha Bains partnering with Maia Lumsden, the wildcard pair became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years.
Grand Slam performance timelines
= Doubles
=WTA Tour finals
= Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
=WTA Challenger finals
= Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
=ITF Circuit finals
= Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
== Doubles: 46 (24 titles, 22 runner-ups)
=References
External links
Naiktha Bains at the Women's Tennis Association
Naiktha Bains at the International Tennis Federation
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Australia Terbuka 2012 – Ganda Remaja Putri
- Priska Madelyn Nugroho
- Australia Terbuka 2012 – Tunggal Remaja Putri
- Naiktha Bains
- Bains
- Maia Lumsden
- December 17
- Sara Tomic
- List of British Indians
- 2023 Polish Open – Singles
- 2024 WTA Tour
- 2023 Polish Open
- Erin Routliffe
