Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina

Born on 11th January 1993 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat; Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina is India's new face in professional tennis. She has won eight singles and 14 doubles titles in the ITF Women Circuit. At the national level, Raina has represented her home state Gujarat. To seek inspiration, she follows tennis tycoons Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Sania Mirza since the age of five.

Major Achievements:-

• Dominated an ITF Circuit final match in doubles in 2011, partnering with Aishwarya Agrawal
• Dominated two matches of the 2017 L & T Mumbai Open
• Bagged gold medals in mixed-doubles and women's singles events at the South Asian Games of 2016
• Earned a bronze medal in the singles event of the 2018 Asian Games. With this feat, Raina became one of the two players to win a medal at the Asian Games singles event, the other being Sania Mirza.