Vaishnavi Adkar
 Adkar at the 2024 BRICS Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 2004 Pune, India | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Savitribai Phule Pune University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 27,968 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 64–45 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 581 (21 July 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vaishnavi Adkar is an Indian female tennis player. She competes primarily on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, where she has won one singles and one doubles title. She won the bronze medal in the women's individual category of the 2025 World Universiade.[1]
Career
Adkar began playing tennis at the age of seven and prefers hard courts. In 2024, she won the singles and doubles titles (along with Pooja Ingale) at the ITF W15 tournament held in Ahmedabad, India.[2]
She became the first Indian woman tennis player to win a medal in the World University Games by winning the bronze medal in the Women's individual event.[3] She also broke the 46-year wait for an Indian to win a tennis medal since Nandan Bal's silver in the 1979 games.[4][3]
References
- ^ "Vaishnavi Adkar becomes first Indian woman tennis player to win medal in WUG". Press Trust of India. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ ""Aiming for WTA Top-400 rank in 2025" - Vaishnavi Adkar". Indian Tennis Daily. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b Nalwala, Ali Asgar (24 July 2025). "FISU World University Games 2025: Vaishnavi Adkar wins bronze; ends India's 46-year-long wait for tennis medal". Olympics.com. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Vaishnavi Adkar to become 2nd Indian to win a tennis medal in WUG". Nagaland Post. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.