Rushmi Chakravarthi (; 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.'Sania-Rushmi out of women's doubles' Rediff Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

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Singles: 24 (12–12) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 12 October 1998 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 7–6, 6–3Loss 2. 26 October 1998 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 0–6, 2–6Loss 3. 30 April 1999 Mumbai, India Hard Shruti Dhawan 6–3, 0–6, 0–6 – 17 September 2000 Bangalore, India Clay Radhika Tulpule Win 4. 16 April 2001 Chandigarh, India Hard Dea Sumantri 6–2, 6–4Win 5. 9 September 2001 New Delhi, India Hard Shruti Dhawan 6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss 6. 14 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Jennifer Schmidt 4–6, 3–6Loss 7. 21 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Isabel Collischonn 6–3, 4–6, 6–7Win 8. 10 September 2002 Mysore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–2, 6–1Loss 9. 6 April 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 10. 13 April 2003 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Cheli Bargil 6–0, 6–4Loss 11. 5 October 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Sania Mirza 3–6, 5–7Loss 12. 17 January 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Sandy Gumulya 1–6, 3–6Win 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, 6–4Win 15. 30 August 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–3, 6–2Loss 16. 30 October 2004 Pune, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 0–6, 6–7Win 17. 13 December 2004 Gurgaon, India Clay Ankita Bhambri 6–7, 7–6, 6–4Loss 18. 16 April 2005 Mumbai, India Hard Chan Chin-wei 4–6, 2–6Loss 19. 30 October 2006 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6Loss 20. 20 May 2007 Mumbai, India Hard Marinne Giraud 6–7(7), 2–6Win 21. 28 April 2008 Cochin, India Clay Magda Okruashvili 6–4, 7–5Win 22. 9 June 2008 Gurgaon, India Carpet Ankita Bhambri 6–4, 6–2Win 23. 14 September 2009 New Delhi, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri 6–3, 6–1Loss 24. 21 September 2009 ITF Dehradun, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 73 (40–33) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1.12 October 1998ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Monthika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai1–6, 6–4, 6–3Win2.19 October 1998ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman6–2, 6–4Loss3.26 October 1998ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham4–6, 4–6Win 4. 2 November 1998 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Monthika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai 7–6(4), 1–6, 6–2Win5.17 April 1999Mumbai, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham5–7, 6–0, 6–3Win6.24 April 1999Mumbai, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman7–5, 3–6, 7–6Win7.30 April 1999Mumbai, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham7–5, 6–2Loss 8. 10 May 1999 Mumbai, India Carpet Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham 0–1 ret.Loss 9. 18 October 1999 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Liza Andriyani Benjamas Sangaram 0–6, 3–6Win 10. 16 April 2000 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Manisha Malhotra Satomi Kinjo 6–4, 4–6, 2–1 ret.Loss 11. 17 April 2000 New Delhi, India Carpet Radhika Tulpule Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nirupama Sanjeev 4–6, 2–6Loss 12. 3 September 2000 Jaipur, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Monique Adamczak Jennifer Schmidt 3–6, 6–1, 5–7Win 13. 10 September 2000 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Orawan Wongkamalasai Wang I-ting 6–3, 6–2 – 17 September 2000 Bangalore, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Jyotsna Vasisht Karishma Patel Loss 14. 16 October 2000 Gwalior, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Monica Acosta Larissa Schaerer 2–4, 1–4, 4–0, 3–5Win 15. 23 October 2000 New Delhi, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak 4–2, 4–5(5), 4–1, 4–0Win 16. 30 October 2000 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak 5–3, 4–2, 5–3Loss 17. 6 November 2000 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja 1–4, 2–4, 0–4Win 18. 20 November 2000 Manila, Philippines Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Miho Saeki Remi Uda 5–3, 4–1, 4–2Win19.11 March 2001New Delhi, IndiaHard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman6–1, 6–2Win 20. 16 April 2001 Chandigarh, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Dea Sumantri Radhika Tulpule 6–1, 7–5Win 21. 23 April 2001 Pune, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke 6–2, 6–0Win 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, 6–4Loss 24. 7 July 2002 Tlemcen, Algeria Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Susanne Aigner Elisabeth Bahn 6–7, 6–4, 6–7Win 25. 21 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Christina Zachariadou Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou 6–2, 6–2Win 26. 10 September 2002 Mysore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Alena Dvornikova Anastasia Dvornikova 6–3, 6–3Loss 27. 27 October 2002 Cairo, Egypt Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt 2–6, 1–6Loss 28. 9 February 2003 Chennai, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Akgul Amanmuradova Ivanna Israilova 4–6, 1–6Win 29. 23 February 2003 Bangalore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Maki Arai Natallia Dziamidzenka 7–6, 7–6Loss 30. 10 March 2003 Benalla, Australia Grass Ryoko Takemura Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk 3–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss 31. 31 March 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Akgul Amanmuradova Khoo Chin-bee 2–6, 2–6Win 32. 20 April 2003 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan Yael Glitzenshtein 6–1, 6–4Win 33. 17 August 2003 Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Hwang I-hsuan Varanya Vijuksanaboon 6–0, 6–0Win 34. 8 September 2003 Bangalore, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Khoo Chin-bee Meghha Vakaria 6–2, 6–4Loss 35. 2 November 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Gabriela Chmelinová Hana Šromová 1–6, 1–6Loss 36. 17 January 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria 5–7, 7–5, 3–6Win 37. 23 May 2004 Lucknow, India Grass Ankita Bhambri Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman 6–4, 6–1Loss 38. 30 May 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri Liza Pereira Viplav 7–6, 3–6, 6–7Loss 39. 8 August 2004 Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard Sania Mirza Eden Marama Paula Marama 6–7(4), 5–7Win 40. 15 August 2004 Hampstead, United Kingdom Hard Sania Mirza Anna Hawkins Nicole Rencken 6–3, 6–2Win 41. 21 August 2004 Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Chan Yung-jan Minori Takemoto 6–2, 5–7, 6–3Win 42. 4 September 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Montinee Tangphong Thassha Vitayaviroj w/oWin 43. 13 December 2004 Gurgaon, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri 2–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss 44. 11 April 2005 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nina Bratchikova Francesca Lubiani 3–6, 4–6Loss 45. ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard Paula Marama Anna Smith Rebecca Llewellyn 3–6, 5–7Loss 46. 17 October 2005 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Punam Reddy Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri w/oLoss 47. 6 November 2005 Pune Championships, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nicole Clerico Ksenia Palkina 5–7, 6–7Loss 48. 23 January 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Ksenia Palkina Nicole Clerico w/oLoss 49. 8 May 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Archana Venkataraman Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan 3–6, 4–6Win 50. 15 May 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Archana Venkataraman Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4Win 51. 12 June 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Meghha Vakaria Isha Lakhani Pichittra Thongdach 6–3, 6–4Loss 52. 30 October 2006 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Sanaa Bhambri Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári 3–6, 1–6Win 53. 30 October 2006 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri Tara Iyer Meghha Vakaria 6–2, 6–4Win 54. 15 January 2007 ITF Algiers, Algeria Clay Polona Hercog Bárbora Matusová Anna Savitskaya 6–2, 6–0Win 55. 28 April 2008 ITF Cochin, India Clay Poojashree Venkatesha Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar 6–1, 7–5Loss 56. 24 October 2008 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Isha Lakhani Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh 7–6(6), 3–6, [7–10]Win 57. 8 November 2008 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Sanaa Bhambri Treta Bhattacharyya Shalini Sahoo 6–1, 6–1Win 58. 22 May 2009 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Isha Lakhani Renee Binnie He Chunyan 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]Win 59. 29 May 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard He Chunyan Keren Shlomo Kristina Pejkovic 6–2, 6–1Loss 60. 15 October 2009 Pune Championships, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko 0–6, 3–6Win 61. 21 May 2010 ITF Durban, South Africa Hard Sanaa Bhambri Tegan Edwards Bianca Swanepoel 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]Loss 62. 28 May 2010 ITF Durban, South Africa Hard Sanaa Bhambri Blanka Szávay Nicole Rottmann 6–3, 5–7, [9–11]Win 63. 17 July 2010 ITF Hatyai, Thailand Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 6–3, 7–6(10)Loss 64. 30 October 2010 ITF Kuching, Malaysia Hard Élodie Rogge-Dietrich Sabina Sharipova Sandy Gumulya 3–6, 2–6Loss 65. 4 December 2010 ITF Mandya, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk 1–6, 1–6Win 66. 22 January 2011 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Poojashree Venkatesha Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura 3–6, 6–4, [14–12]Loss 67. 13 May 2011 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Fatma Al-Nabhani Aishwarya Agrawal Ankita Raina 4–6, 3–6Loss 68. 18 June 2011 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Keren Shlomo Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun] 3–6, 4–6Loss 69. 25 June 2011 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Keren Shlomo Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun 5–7, 0–6Win 70. 12 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Raina Liu Yuxuan Zhao Qianqian 6–1, 6–4Win 71. 26 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Raina Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare 6–3, 6–2Loss 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

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