Nirupama Mankad

Nirupama Mankad (née Vasant; born 17 January 1947) is a former Indian tennis player. She is the first Indian woman in the modern era to play at a main draw of a Grand Slam.

Nirupama Mankad
Country (sports) India
Born (1947-01-17) 17 January 1947
Karachi, Sindh, British India
Turned pro1964
Retired1979
Singles
Career titles9 ITF
Doubles
Career titles11 ITF
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1971)

Nirupama Mankad is the daughter of G. Vasant, a leading tennis player in India in his time. She survives her husband, the late Ashok Mankad, a former Indian Test cricketer. Their son Harsh Mankad is an Indian Davis Cup player.[1]

Mankad won the Asian women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17. She played Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles event in 1971, reaching the second round. She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, winning the national championship seven times during this time. She won the Indian government's Arjuna award in 1980.

Her best ranking was No 1, and was also a two-time Asian champion and a Fed Cup player.[2]

Career finals

Singles (9–7)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. January 1965 Kolkata, India Hard Lakshmi Mahadevan 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. January 1965 New Delhi, India Hard Marion Law 2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 3. January 1966 Allahabad, India Grass Tiiu Kivi 9–11, 2-6
Runner-up 4. January 1966 Mumbai, India Hard Carol-Ann Prosen 3-6, 6–3, 4-6
Runner-up 5. January 1968 Bombay, India Clay Aleksandra Ivanova 3-6, 6–2, 4-6
Winner 6. December 1968 Kolkata, India Hard Alice Tym 6–4, 4-6, 6–3
Winner 7. December 1969 New Delhi, India Hard Alice Tym 6–1, 3-6, 6–3
Runner-up 8. January 1971 Amaravati, India Hard Tiiu Kivi 2-6, 5-7
Winner 9. February 1971 Kolkata, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 10. March 1971 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Jenny Paterson 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 11. February 1972 Pune, India Hard Marilyn Tesch 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 12. February 1974 Chennai, India Hard Susan Das 4-6, 2-6
Winner 13. January 1975 Amritsar, India Hard Susan Das 7–5, 6–4
Winner 14. January 1976 New Delhi, India Hard Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
Winner 15. February 1977 Chennai, India Hard Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
Winner 16. February 1978 New Delhi, India Hard Amreeta Ahluwalia 3–6, 6–1, 8–6

Doubles (11–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. March 1964 Jaipur, India Hard Lakshmi Mahadevan Begum Khan
Jill Rook		 0-6, 1-6
Runner-up 2. January 1965 Kolkata, India Hard Leela Panjabi Begum Khan
Rita Suriya		 2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 3. January 1965 New Delhi, India Hard Leela Panjabi Marion Law
Madonna Schacht		 6–2, 3-6, 3-6
Winner 4. January 1966 Thiruvananthapuram, India Hard Carol-Ann Prosen Rita Bentley
Elizabeth Starkie		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. January 1966 Mumbai, India Hard Begum Khan Carol-Ann Prosen
Sue Tutt		 6–2, 1-6, 6–4
Winner 6. February 1966 Hyderabad, India Hard Sue Tutt Begum Khan
Carol-Ann Prosen		 6–1, 6–4
Winner 7. February 1966 Chennai, India Hard Dechu Appaiah Begum Khan
Leela Panjabi		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 8. February 1966 Lucknow, India Hard Dechu Appaiah Rita Bentley
Anthea Rigby		 9–11, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 9. January 1967 Calcuta, India Hard Rita Suriya Rena Abzhandadze
Aleksandra Ivanova		 0–6, 5–7
Runner-up 10. January 1968 Bangalore, India Hard Jeroo Vakil Aleksandra Ivanova
Nina Turkheli		 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 11. January 1968 Bombay, India Hard Rattan Thadani Aleksandra Ivanova
Nina Turkheli		 2–6, 3–6
Winner 12. January 1969 Visakhapatnam, India Hard Rita Suriya Alice Tym
Kiran Peshawaria		 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 13. January 1970 Amritsar, India Hard Indu Sood Aleksandra Ivanova
Irena Škulj		 2–6, 1–6
Winner 14. February 1971 Kolkata, India Hard Kiran Peshawaria Udaya Kumar
Susan Das		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 15. March 1971 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Jenny Paterson Marianna Brummer
Greta Delport		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 16. September 1971 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Cecilie Fleming Somsri Klumsombut
Phanow Sudsawadsi		 7–5, 6–4
Winner 17. February 1974 Chennai, India Hard Udaya Kumar Susan Das
Kiran Peshawaria		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 18. September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Susan Das Lany Kaligis
Lita Liem Sugiarto		 5-7, 6–1, 1-6
Winner 19. February 1978 New Delhi, India Hard Amreeta Ahluwalia Carol Draper
Robin Harris		 5-7, 6–2, 6–0

References
  1. "All eyes on Harsh Mankad". The Hindu. 5 June 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "At 56, tennis coach Mayur Vasant finally dons India colours". mid-day. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  • K. R. Wadhwaney, Arjuna Awardees, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2002, ISBN 81-230-0286-0
  • P.K. Datta, A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2001, ISBN 81-230-0783-3
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