Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player. She is a former Indian number one in singles.

Thandi's career-high WTA rankings was No. 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.

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 Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao and Ankita Raina.

Thandi has won four singles titles and four doubles 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 the Fed Cup, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles.

Thandi won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2018 Taipei Challenger. Partnering Ankita Raina, they defeated Olga Doroshina and Natela Dzalamidze, when their opponents retired in the deciding champions tiebreak because of a hamstring injury suffered by Dzalamidze.

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

Personal life In 2023, Thandi married Indian national hockey player Gurjant Singh.

Performance timelines

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. Tournament20182019202020212022SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ1AQ1A0 / 00–0 French OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0 WimbledonAANHAA0 / 00–0 US OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0WTA 1000Miami OpenAQ1NHAA0–00–0Career statisticsTournaments20001Career total: 3Overall win-loss1–20–00–00–11–10 / 32–4Year-end ranking591621503268$110,750

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Taipei Open, 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) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Indore, India10,000 Hard Anastasiya Vasylyeva 5–7, 6–2, 2–6Loss 0–2 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand10,000 Hard Guo Hanyu 3–6, 3–6Loss 0–3 ITF Naiman, China25,000 Hard Lu Jingjing 2–6, 1–6Loss 0–4 Pune Championships, India25,000 Hard Jaqueline Cristian 3–6, 6–1, 0–6Win 1–4 ITF Hong Kong, China25,000 Hard Lu Jiajing 6–1, 6–2Loss 1–5 ITF Nanning, China25,000 Hard Han Xinyun 4–6, 6–2, 4–6Loss 1–6 Pune Championships, India25,000 Hard Tamara Zidanšek 3–6, 4–6Loss 1–7 ITF Bhopal, IndiaW25 Hard Chihiro Muramatsu 1–6, 1–3 ret.Loss 1–8 Internazionali Val Gardena, ItalyW25 Hard (i) Susan Bandecchi 4–6, 4–6Win2–8Jun 2022ITF Gurugram, IndiaW25Hard Sofia Costoulas6–4, 2–6, 6–1Win3–8Oct 2022Challenger de Saguenay, CanadaW60Hard (i) Katherine Sebov3–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss3–9Jun 2023ITF Sumter, United StatesW60Hard Yuliia Starodubtseva7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6Win4–9Jul 2023Evansville Classic, United StatesW60Hard Yuliia Starodubtseva7–5, 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) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2015ITF Nashik, India10,000 Clay Riya Bhatia Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara 6–7(5), 2–6Win 1–1 Nov 2015ITF Gulbarga, India10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Prerna Bhambri Kanika Vaidya 1–6, 6–3, [10–7]Win 2–1 Nov 2015ITF Gulbarga, India10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Nidhi Chilumula Eetee Maheta 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]Loss 2–2 Dec 2015ITF Indore, India10,000 Hard Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Veronika Kapshay Anastasiya Vasylyeva 1–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Mar 2017ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Mira Antonitsch Olga Ianchuk Despina Papamichail 6–0, 6–3Loss 3–3 Sep 2017ITF Lubbock, United States25,000 Hard Ana Veselinović Victoria Duval Alisa Kleybanova 6–2, 4–6, [8–10]Loss 3–4 Oct 2017ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France25,000 Hard (i) Samantha Murray Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix 1–3 ret.Win 4–4 Nov 2018Pune Championships, India25,000 Hard Ankita Raina Aleksandrina Naydenova Tamara Zidanšek 6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]Loss 4–5 Jul 2023ITF Saskatoon, CanadaW60 Hard Stacey Fung Abigail Rencheli Alana Smith 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation Singles (0–2) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore 2019 Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2019 Astana () Thailand Hard (i) Nudnida LuangnamL 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 8 Feb 2019 Kazakhstan Zarina DiyasL 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–0) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2019Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2019 Astana (KAZ) Thailand Hard (i) Ankita Raina Nudnida Luangnam Peangtarn PlipuechW 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5

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