Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare (born 18 June 1994) is an Indian tennis player. A doubles specialist, she is the former Indian number one in women's doubles, and an Olympian.

Career Thombare has won three singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 335. On 16 October 2017, she peaked at No. 125 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for the India Fed Cup team, Thombare has a win–loss record of 19–14 (12–12 in doubles) as of August 2026.

She won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, along with Sania Mirza. The pair also represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but lost in the first round.

Asian Games finals Doubles: 1 (bronze medal) OutcomeYearLocationPartnerOpponentsScore Bronze2014Incheon, South Korea Sania Mirza Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei6–7, 6–2, [4–10]

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Mumbai Open, India Hard Arianne Hartono Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Mumbai Open, India Hard Arianne Hartono Amina Anshba Elena Pridankina 6–7(4), 6–2, [7–10]Loss 0–3 Hall of Fame Open, United States Grass Arianne Hartono Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 6–7(4), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Yana Sizikova 6–7(7), 6–3, 5–7Win 1–1 Nov 2013 ITF Mumbai, India 15,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen 6–3, 6–7(10), 6–4Loss 1–2 Jan 2014 ITF Aurangabad, India 10,000 Clay Sowjanya Bavisetti 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Win 2–2 Apr 2014 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay Eetee Maheta 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)Win 3–2 May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Hard Rishika Sunkara 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 62 (30 titles, 32 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (2–2)W60/75 tournaments (5–3)W40/50 tournaments (2–2)W25/35 tournaments (7–15)W10/15 tournaments (14–10)Finals by surfaceHard (21–18)Clay (7–13)Grass (2–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Sri Peddy Reddy Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Jul 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Shweta Rana Risa Hasegawa Miyabi Inoue 6–1, 5–7, [1–10]Win 1–2 Mar 2013ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Hard Natasha Palha Sharmada Balu Sowjanya Bavisetti 6–1, 6–4Win 2–2 Apr 2013ITF Chennai, India10,000 Clay Natasha Palha Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina 5–7, 6–3, [10–6]Loss 2–3 Apr 2013ITF Lucknow, India10,000 Grass Natasha Palha Nidhi Chilumula Emi Mutaguchi 4–6, 6–7(4)Loss 2–4 Jun 2013ITF New Delhi, India10,000 Hard Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara Naomi Totka 4–6, 6–4, [11–13]Win 3–4 Aug 2013ITF New Delhi, India10,000 Hard Akari Inoue Matilda Hamlin Shweta Rana 6–1, 6–4Win 4–4 Sep 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Julia Valetova Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya Evgeniya Svintsova 6–1, 6–4Win 5–4 Jan 2014ITF Aurangabad, India10,000 Clay Ankita Raina Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara 6–3, 6–3Win 6–4 Mar 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Eugeniya Pashkova Laura Deigman Emily Webley-Smith 6–2, 6–4Loss 6–5 Apr 2014ITF Chennai, India10,000 Clay Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara Sharmada Balu 0–6, 6–7(4)Loss 6–6 May 2014ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Hard Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara Sharmada Balu 1–6, 5–7Loss 6–7 Jun 2014Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan25,000 Hard Nao Hibino Hiroko Kuwata Mari Tanaka 1–6, 4–6Win 7–7 Aug 2014ITF Bangalore, India10,000 Hard Sharmada Balu Hsu Ching-wen Natasha Palha 6–4, 0–6, [10–6]Win 8–7 Mar 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Ekaterina Yashina Vera Lapko Anhelina Kalita 6–4, 5–7, [10–6]Win 9–7 Apr 2015ITF Dehra Dun, India10,000 Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara 6–0, 6–4Loss 9–8 Apr 2015ITF Ahmedabad, India25,000 Hard Nao Hibino Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk 3–6, 6–2, [10–12]Win 10–8 May 2015ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia25,000 Hard Harriet Dart Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nudnida Luangnam 6–4, 4–6, [18–16]Win 11–8 Jun 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Olga Parres Azcoitia Jenny Claffey Inês Murta 6–4, 6–2Loss 11–9 Jun 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh10,000 Hard Olga Parres Azcoitia Rishika Sunkara Eva Wacanno 1–6, 1–6Win 12–9 Jun 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh10,000 Hard Eva Wacanno Ola Abou Zekry Eleni Kordolaimi 6–4, 7–6(5)Loss 12–10 Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Clay Prerna Bhambri Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara 3–6, 4–6Loss 12–11 Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Clay Sharmada Balu Fatma Al-Nabhani Prerna Bhambri 5–7, 2–6Win 13–11 Sep 2015ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Clay Sharmada Balu Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara 2–6, 6–3, [12–10]Win 14–11 Oct 2015ITF Lucknow, India10,000 Grass Prerna Bhambri Sharmada Balu Nidhi Chilumula 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]Win 15–11 Oct 2015ITF Raipur, India10,000 Hard Sharmada Balu Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara 6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]Win 16–11 Dec 2015Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000 Hard Julia Terziyska Tadeja Majerič Conny Perrin 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss 16–12 Dec 2015Pune Open, India25,000 Hard Hsu Chieh-yu Valentyna Ivakhnenko Anastasiya Vasylyeva 6–4, 2–6, [10–12]Win 17–12 Mar 2016ITF Puebla, Mexico25,000 Hard (i) Akiko Omae Irina Khromacheva Ksenia Lykina 6–4, 2–6, [10–8]Loss 17–13 Mar 2016ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000 Hard Akiko Omae Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 1–6, 4–6Win 18–13 Jun 2016Open de Montpellier, France25,000 Clay Eva Wacanno Lourdes Domínguez Lino Jil Teichmann 7–5, 2–6, [11–9]Loss 18–14 Oct 2016Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek 5–7, 3–6Win 19–14 Oct 2016Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal 6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]Loss 19–15 Feb 2017ITF Perth, Australia25,000 Hard Irina Bara Junri Namigata Riko Sawayanagi 6–7(5), 6–4, [9–11]Loss 19–16 Apr 2017ITF Pula, Italy25,000 Clay Eva Wacanno Lina Gjorcheska Bernarda Pera 2–6, 3–6Loss 19–17 Apr 2017 Kunming Open, China 100,000 Clay Xun Fangying Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu 2–6, 5–7Win 20–17 Jun 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary 60,000 Clay Kotomi Takahata Ulrikke Eikeri Tereza Mrdeža 1–0 ret.Win 21–17 Jun 2018 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Luksika Kumkhum Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad 7–6(5), 6–3Loss 21–18 Jul 2018 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay Eva Wacanno An-Sophie Mestach Zheng Saisai 6–3, 2–6, [7–10]Loss 21–19 Oct 2019Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000 Hard Sandra Samir Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Loss 21–20 Oct 2019Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000 Hard Sandra Samir Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi 3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]Loss 21–21 Jan 2020ITF Daytona Beach, USW25 Clay Paula Ormaechea Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann 6–7(4), 2–6Loss 21–22 Mar 2021ITF New Delhi, IndiaW15 Hard Sowjanya Bavisetti Pia Lovrič Adrienn Nagy 2–6, 3–6Loss 21–23 Jan 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW25 Clay Adrienn Nagy Melanie Klaffner Sinja Kraus 5–7, 3–6Win 22–23 Feb 2022Open de l'Isère, FranceW60 Hard (i) Lily Miyazaki Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls 6–3, 6–3Loss 22–24 Feb 2022Porto Indoor, PortugalW25 Hard (i) Adrienn Nagy Valentini Grammatikopoulou Quirine Lemoine 2–6, 0–6Loss 22–25 May 2022ITF Montemor-o-Novo, PortugalW25 Hard Alana Parnaby Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge 3–6, 4–6Win 23–25 Jun 2022ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW25 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Leyre Romero Gormaz Tara Würth w/oLoss 23–26 Jul 2022Liepāja Open, LatviaW60 Clay Emily Appleton Dalila Jakupović Ivana Jorović 4–6, 3–6Loss 23–27 Aug 2022ITF Vrnjačka Banja, SerbiaW25 Clay Emily Appleton Cristina Dinu Valeriya Strakhova 1–6, 6–4, [8–10]Win 24–27 Dec 2022ITF Solapur, IndiaW25 Hard Ankita Raina Priska Madelyn Nugroho Ekaterina Yashina 6–1, 6–2Loss 24–28 Dec 2022ITF Navi Mumbai, IndiaW25 Hard Ankita Raina Priska Madelyn Nugroho Ekaterina Yashina 3–6, 1–6Win 25–28 Jan 2023Pune Open, IndiaW40 Hard Ankita Raina Gozal Ainitdinova Zhibek Kulambayeva 4–6, 7–5, [10–8]Loss 25–29 Feb 2023ITF Mâcon, FranceW40 Hard (i) Darya Astakhova Magali Kempen Xenia Knoll 3–6, 4–6Win 26–29 Aug 2023Internacional de Barcelona, SpainW60 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Estelle Cascino Diāna Marcinkēviča 3–6, 6–1, [10–7]Win 27–29 Apr 2024 Split Open, Croatia W75 Clay Valentini Grammatikopoulou Veronika Erjavec Justina Mikulskyte 6–4, 6–1Win 28–29 Apr 2024ITF Shenzhen, ChinaW50 Hard Arianne Hartono Eudice Chong Madeleine Brooks 6–3, 6–2Loss 28–30 May 2024 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W75 Clay Emily Appleton Laura Pigossi Céline Naef 6–4, 1–6, [8–10]Win 29–30 Jul 2024 Porto Open, Portugal W75 Hard Arianne Hartono Anna Rogers Kateryna Volodko 6–3, 6–4Loss 29–31 May 2025 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia W75 Clay Arianne Hartono Estelle Cascino Carole Monnet 2–6, 2–6Win 30–31 Jul 2025Evansville Classic, United StatesW100 Hard Arianne Hartono Ayana Akli Victoria Osuigwe 6–3, 6–3Loss 30–32 Aug 2026Serbian Tennis Tour, SerbiaW50 Clay Lia Karatancheva Rositsa Dencheva Maria Golovina 4–6, 7–6(7–0), [7–10]

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