Poojashree Venkatesha (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian former tennis player, primarily competing on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Career 2008 Venkatesha was the runner-up and won the silver medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. In the final, she was beaten by Heather Watson of Great Britain 6–2, 6–1.
2010 In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Venkatesha lost and missed out on the bronze medal along with India's Nirupama Sanjeev for the women's doubles, defeated by Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi of India, 6–4, 6–2.
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Singles: 7 (5–2) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 24 November 2008 Islamabad, Pakistan Clay Kim Hae-sung 7–6(8–10), 6–4Loss 1. 18 April 2009 Shymkent, Kazakhstan Clay Albina Khabibulina 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6Win 2. 10 August 2009 New Delhi, India Hard Emily Webley-Smith 7–6(10–8), 6–2Win 3. 7 September 2009 Bangalore, India Hard Dalila Jakupović 6–3, 6–3Win 4. 21 September 2009 Dehradun, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi 6–3, 7–5Win 5. 5 October 2009 Noida, India Hard Moe Kawatoko 6–4, 6–0Loss 2. 17 May 2010 Durban, South Africa Hard Chanel Simmonds 1–6, 4–6
Doubles: 16 (9–7) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 28 April 2008 Cochin, India Clay Rushmi Chakravarthi Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar 6–1, 7–5Loss 1. 5 May 2008 Trivandrum, India Clay Magda Okruashvili Miki Miyamura Yu Min-hwa 6–7(6–8), 2–6Loss 2. 24 November 2008 Islamabad, Pakistan Clay Treta Bhattacharyya Kim Hae-sung Shin Jung-yoon 1–6, 3–6Loss 3. 1 December 2008 Islamabad, Pakistan Hard Parul Goswami Kim Hae-sung Shin Jung-yoon 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win 2. 26 January 2009 Hyderabad, India Clay Parija Maloo Shivika Burman Kumari-Sweta Solanki 6–1, 6–2Win 3. 10 August 2009 New Delhi, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri Rishika Sunkara Nova Patel 6–2, 6–1Win 4. 7 September 2009 Bangalore, India Hard Isha Lakhani Kumari-Sweta Solanki Moe Kawatoko 6–4, 6–3Loss 4. 21 September 2009 Dehradun, India Hard Keren Shlomo Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko 1–6, 3–6Loss 5. 5 October 2009 Noida, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko 1–6, 6–4, [5–10]Win 5. 12 July 2010 Hatyai, Thailand Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 6–3, 7–6(12–10)Win 6. 26 July 2010 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Jessy Rompies Yumi Miyazaki Tomoko Taira 6–2, 7–5Runner-up 6. 4 December 2010 Mandya, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk 1–6, 1–6Win 7. 21 January 2011 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Rushmi Chakravarthi Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 7. 28 January 2011 Kolkata, India Clay Ankita Raina Nicole Clerico Dalila Jakupović 3–6, 1–6Win 8. 16 December 2011 Djibouti City Hard Alexandra Romanova Diana Isaeva Anna Morgina 6–1, 6–0Win 9. 23 December 2011 Djibouti City Hard Alexandra Romanova Diana Isaeva Margarita Lazareva 7–5, 7–6(10–8)
References 'Venkatesha gets beaten by Heather Watson in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games'- CWG Tennis Update 'Venkatesha wins the 2009 Circuit ITF tournament of US$10000 by beating United Kingdom's Emily Webley-Smith'- ITF Tennis: itftennis.com: 2009 Delhi ITF 'Venkatesha's basic information'- WTA Tour
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