Ankita , Karman only two Indians in main draw of 22nd edition of NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women’s Tennis Tournament
Pune (Voice News Service): Ankita Raina and Karman Thandi India’s two top players find themselves in the top 20 Main draw list of the the 22nd edition of the NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women’s Tennis Tournament India’s longest running and popular international tennis tournament which will be organised under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts from 21st to 28th January 2023.
Speaking to reporters Mr BSR Shastri General Manager NECC , Mr.Sunder Iyer, Hon.Sec.of MSLTA, Mr Ashwin Girme Tournament Director and tennis secretary of Deccan Gymkhana said that the event this year has been upgraded to a $40000 event from $25000 event with the help and initiative of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)
World Ranked 68 Tatjana Maria of Germany, Nigina Abduraimova of Uzbekistan , Joanne Zuger of Switzerland both top 200 players will lead Top women’s tennis players 15 countries at the championships which is being sponsored by the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA.
I’m very happy that the event has grown over last 21 years from a $5000 event to now a $40000 event , we hope this event will continue to grow and prove beneficial to Indian players who have oppurtunity to make valuable WTA points , said Sunder Iyer Jt Secretary AITA and Hon Sec of MSLTA . I’m thankful to ITF for their Grant and AITA for upgrading our event ensuring more points , he added.The event held yearly since 2001 was a $5000 event , from 2002–2005 it was upgraded to US$10,000 event , then was upgraded to $25,000 in 2006-2008. In 2009, it was $50,000 to celebrate 10 years of the event . Since 2010 till 2020 it has been a $25,000 event
This event enjoys the distinction of being one of the longest running international tournament in the world with the same sponsor and we at NECC are happy to support the event which has given women’s tennis a new dimension in india, The tournament which is popular on the wold tennis calendar and is in news as our tournament Emma Raducanu emerged winner of the US Open and spoke highly of her win and memories of the tournament said Mr Shashtri
This year we are celebrating 21 years of the tournament. We organised this event even in a Bio Bubble last year , but this year it will be a open event , informed Mr Ashwin Girme, Tennis secretary of the club and the tournament director .
” We have resurfaced 5 Tennis courts , upgraded the Lighting to ITF standard lighting to ensure we provide the best world class tennis facilities to the players and ensure evening matches , this year we also have Live Streaming of the event on the ITF web site , he added.
The tournament has seen winners in the past like Emma Raducanu, Aryna Sabalenka, Bojana Jovanovski ,Magda Linette, Kateryna Bondarenko who all went to become top 20 players on the WTA tour .
Apart from Ankita and Karman are the only Indians in the main draw which is dominated by Foreign players , there will be 4 Indian Wildcards in the main draw which will start January 23 .
The ITF has designated Gold Badge Referee Ms Sheetal Iyer, as the supervisor for this tournament. The main draw of the event will be played from Monday with a formal inauguration , while the qualifying rounds of the event will begin on Sunday
Following are some of the notable players in the main draw
1.Tatjana Maria(GER, 68), 2.Nigina Abduraimova(UZB, 180), 3.Joanne Zuger(SUI, 187), 4.Carole Monnet(FRA, 209), 5.Irina Khromacheva(213), 6. Anastasia Tikhonova(229), 7. Ekaterina Makarova(230), 8. Ekaterina Reyngold(239), 9. Dalila Jakupovic(SLO, 251), 10. Ankita Raina(IND, 266), 11. Karman Kaur Thandi(IND, 268)
Following is the List of Singles Winners and Runnersup Since 2001
2001 Radhika Tulpule India bt Archana Venkataraman India 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2002 Kateryna Bondarenko Ukraine bt İpek Şenoğlu Turkey6–1, 6–1
2003 Akgul Amanmuradova Uzbekistan bt Meghha Vakaria India 7–5, 6–3
2004 Akgul Amanmuradova Uzbekistan bt Rushmi Chakravarthi India 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
2005 Naomi Cavaday United Kingdom bt Isha Lakhani India 6–4, 6–1
2006 Nungnadda Wannasuk Thailand bt Amina Rakhimova Kazakhstan 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2007 Sandy Gumulya Indonesia bt Isha Lakhani India 6–3, 7–5
2008 Lu Jingjing China bt Melanie South United Kingdom6–3, 6–1
2009 Rika Fujiwara Japan bt Bojana Jovanovski Serbia5–7, 6–4, 6–3
2010 Bojana Jovanovski Serbia bt Nina Bratchikova Russia6–4, 6–4
2011 Céline Cattaneo France bt Anna Shkudun Ukraine 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
2012 Tadeja Majerič Slovenia bt Başak Eraydın Turkey 6–2, 6–4
2013 Magda Linette Poland bt Kamila Kerimbayeva Kazakhstan 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2014Ankita Raina[1] India bt Katy Dunne United Kingdom6–2, 6–2
2015 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus bt Viktoria Kamenskaya Russia6–3, 6–4
2016 Tamara ZidanšekSlovenia bt Polina Monova Russia 6–4, 6–2
2017 Georgina García Pérez Spain bt Katy DunneUnited Kingdom 6–4, 7–5
2018 Valeria Savinykh Russia bt Lu Jiajing China 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
2019 Emma Raducanu United Kingdom bt Naiktha Bains United Kingdom3–6, 6–1, 6–4
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Moyuka Uchijima Japan bt Diāna Marcinkēviča Latvia 6–2, 7–5
NOTE RADHIKA TULPULE AND ANKITA RAINA ARE THE ONLY INDIAN CHAMPIONS AT THE EVENT
DOUBLES
2001 India Rushmi Chakravarthi India / Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram India bt Sania Mirza India / Sonal Phadke 6–2, 6–0
2002 Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova / Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko bt India Sania Mirza India / Radhika Tulpule 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
2003 Thailand Montinee Tangphong / Thailand Thassha Vitayaviroj bt India Geeta Manohar India /Archana Venkataraman 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2004 Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova / India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram bt Thailand Wilawan Choptang /Thailand Thassha Vitayaviroj 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2005 Italy Nicole Clerico / Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina bt India Rushmi Chakravarthi /India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
2006 India Isha Lakhani / Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina bt India Madura Ranganathan / Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2007 Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai /Hong Kong Zhang Ling bt Indonesia Wynne Prakusya /ndonesia Angelique Widjaja 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2008 Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen / Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan bt Romania Elora Dabija / Serbia Bojana Jovanovski 5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
2009 Italy Nicole Clerico / Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva bt Russia Nina Bratchikova / Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina 4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
2010 Russia Nina Bratchikova / Russia Alexandra Panova bt Japan Sachie Ishizu / Ukraine Anna Shkudun 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2011 China Lu Jiaxiang / China Lu Jiajing bt Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai / Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai 6–1, 6–3
2012 Slovenia Tadeja Majerič / Switzerland Conny Perrin bt China Lu Jiaxiang / China Lu Jiajing 3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
2013 Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai / Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech bt United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae/ United Kingdom Anna Smith 7–5, 7–5
2014 Russia Anna Morgina/ Serbia Nina Stojanović bt Georgia Oksana Kalashnikova / Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2015 Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko / Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva bt Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu / India Prarthana Thombare 4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
2016 Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya / Montenegro Ana Veselinović bt Thailand Kamonwan Buayam / United Kingdom Katy Dunne 6–4, 6–3
2017 Indonesia Jessy Rompies / Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai bt United Kingdom Samantha Murray / Montenegro Ana Veselinović 6–4, 6–2
2018 Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya / Montenegro Ana Veselinović bt Canada Sharon Fichman / Russia Valeria Savinykh 7–6(7–4), 1–6, [11–9]
2019 Norway Ulrikke Eikeri / Russia Ekaterina Yashina bt Russia Daria Mishina / Russia Anna Morgina 1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Kazakhstan Anna Danilina / Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova bt Japan Funa Kozaki/ Japan Misaki Matsuda 6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
