Naiktha Bains
Australian-British tennis player
Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1] [2]
Bains has won two singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit . In January 2020, she reached her best WTA ranking of 199 in singles. On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 87 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Personal life
Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]
Career
2014
Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International , where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin [5] and Teliana Pereira ,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza , in the final qualifying round.
At the qualifying for the Australian Open , Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia , she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw where they faced 14th-seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová , also losing in straight sets.
In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying of the Miami Open , for just her third appearance at WTA Tour -level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano . Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year.
She ended the year with a ranking of 713.
2015
Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International , Hobart International and Australian Open . She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF Circuit, with limited success.
She ended the year with a ranking of 630.
2016
Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International , Hobart International and Australian Open . She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals.
From June to October, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinal of the Bendigo International .
Bains finished 2016 season ranked world No. 452.
2017
Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the Brisbane International where she lost in first round to Anastasia Rodionova .
2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut
At Wimbledon , Naiktha Bains partnering with Maia Lumsden , the wildcard pair became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years.[8]
Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
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WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–4)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
May 2017
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
15,000
Clay
Natalija Kostić
6–4, 6–2
Win
2–0
Mar 2019
ITF Mildura, Australia
25,000
Grass
Kaylah McPhee
6–4, 6–7(5) , 6–2
Loss
2–1
Dec 2019
ITF Solapur, India
25,000
Hard
Ankita Raina
3–6, 3–6
Loss
2–2
Dec 2019
Pune Tennis Championships , India
25,000
Hard
Emma Raducanu
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
2–3
Oct 2022
ITF Cairns, Australia
25,000
Hard
Lizette Cabrera
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
2–4
Nov 2022
ITF Traralgon, Australia
25,000
Hard
Priska Madelyn Nugroho
4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 40 (22 titles, 18 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–5)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (16–11)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–14)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Nov 2014
Bendigo International , Australia
50,000
Hard
Karolina Wlodarczak
Jessica Moore Abbie Myers
4–6, 0–6
Loss
0–2
May 2016
ITF Bol, Croatia
10,000
Clay
Alexandra Morozova
Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová
1–6, 3–6
Win
1–2
May 2016
ITF Bol, Croatia
10,000
Clay
Dasha Ivanova
Marine Partaud Laëtitia Sarrazin
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win
2–2
May 2016
ITF Bol, Croatia
10,000
Clay
Alexandra Morozova
Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss
2–3
Sep 2016
ITF Tweed Heads, Australia
25,000
Hard
Abbie Myers
Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska
6–7(6) , 6–7(3)
Win
3–3
Sep 2016
ITF Brisbane International , Australia
25,000
Hard
Abigail Tere-Apisah
Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou
6–7(4) , 6–2, [10–3]
Win
4–3
May 2017
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
15,000
Clay
Chiara Grimm
Natalija Kostić Jelena Simić
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win
5–3
May 2017
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
15,000
Clay
Tereza Mihalíková
Francesca Bullani Veronica Napolitano
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss
5–4
Jul 2017
ITF Middelburg, Netherlands
25,000
Clay
Dasha Ivanova
Valentini Grammatikopoulou Bibiane Schoofs
7–6(8) , 5–7, [5–10]
Loss
5–5
Jul 2017
ITF Hua Hin, Thailand
25,000
Hard
Karin Kennel
Luksika Kumkhum Ksenia Palkina
3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss
5–6
Aug 2017
ITF Tsukuba, Japan
25,000
Hard
Hsu Chieh-yu
Miharu Imanishi Akiko Omae
4–6, 4–6
Win
6–6
Sep 2017
ITF Penrith, Australia
25,000
Hard
Abigail Tere-Apisah
Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska
6–0, 7–5
Win
7–6
Sep 2017
ITF Brisbane, Australia
25,000
Hard
Abigail Tere-Apisah
Jennifer Elie Erika Sema
6–4, 6–1
Loss
7–7
Oct 2017
ITF Toowoomba, Australia
25,000
Hard
Abigail Tere-Apisah
Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu
5–7, 5–7
Win
8–7
Oct 2017
ITF Cairns, Australia
25,000
Hard
Abigail Tere-Apisah
Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win
9–7
Apr 2018
ITF Pula, Italy
25,000
Clay
Chiara Scholl
Marie Benoît Xu Shilin
6–4, 7–5
Win
10–7
Apr 2018
ITF Pula, Italy
25,000
Clay
Rosalie van der Hoek
Victoria Kan Maria Zotova
6–2, 6–2
Win
11–7
May 2018
Open Saint-Gaudens , France
60,000
Clay
Francesca Di Lorenzo
Manon Arcangioli Sherazad Reix
6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss
11–8
Jun 2018
Grado Tennis Cup , Italy
25,000
Clay
Rika Fujiwara
Giorgia Marchetti Alice Matteucci
0–6, 4–6
Loss
11–9
Aug 2018
ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand
25,000
Hard
Barbora Štefková
Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli
6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss
11–10
Aug 2018
ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand
25,000
Hard
Destanee Aiava
Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu
5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss
11–11
Aug 2018
ITF Tsukuba, Japan
25,000
Hard
Hiroko Kuwata
Akiko Omae You Xiaodi
0–6, 6–7(4)
Win
12–11
Sep 2018
ITF Cairns, Australia
25,000
Hard
Xu Shilin
Erin Routliffe Astra Sharma
6–1, 7–6(7)
Loss
12–12
Nov 2018
Canberra International , Australia
60,000
Hard
Destanee Aiava
Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova
7–6(5) , 3–6, [7–10]
Win
13–12
Mar 2019
Clay Court International , Australia
25,000
Clay
Tereza Mihalíková
Destanee Aiava Ellen Perez
4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win
14–12
Oct 2019
ITF Brisbane International, Australia
25,000
Hard
Destanee Aiava
Alison Bai Paige Hourigan
6–3, 6–3
Loss
14–13
Oct 2019
Bendigo International, Australia
60,000
Hard
Tereza Mihalíková
Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss
14–14
Nov 2019
Playford International , Australia
60,000
Hard
Tereza Mihalíková
Asia Muhammad Storm Sanders
3–6, 4–6
Win
15–14
May 2022
ITF Nottingham, UK
25,000
Hard
Maia Lumsden
Kimberly Birrell Alexandra Osborne
3–6, 7–6(6) , [11–9]
Loss
15–15
Jun 2022
Ilkley Trophy , UK
100,000
Grass
Maia Lumsden
Lizette Cabrera Jang Su-jeong
7–6(7) , 0–6, [9–11]
Win
16–15
Jul 2022
ITF Roehampton, UK
25,000
Hard
Maia Lumsden
Lauryn John-Baptiste Katarína Strešnáková
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss
16–16
Aug 2022
GB Pro-Series Foxhills , UK
25,000
Hard (i)
Maia Lumsden
Freya Christie Ali Collins
3–6, 3–6
Loss
16–17
Aug 2022
ITF Roehampton, UK
25,000
Hard
Maia Lumsden
Rutuja Bhosale Erika Sema
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win
17–17
Oct 2022
ITF Cairns, Australia
25,000
Hard
Alexandra Bozovic
Destanee Aiava Lisa Mays
6–4, 6–4
Win
18–17
Nov 2022
ITF Traralgon, Australia
25,000
Hard
Alana Parnaby
Haruna Arakawa Natsuho Arakawa
7–6(4) , 6–2
Win
19–17
Feb 2023
Burnie International , Australia
25,000
Hard
Destanee Aiava
Lily Fairclough Olivia Gadecki
7–5, 6–3
Win
20–17
Apr 2023
ITF Nottingham, UK
25,000
Hard
Maia Lumsden
Ankita Raina Rutuja Bhosale
6–1, 6–4
Win
21–17
Apr 2023
ITF Calvi, France
40,000
Hard
Maia Lumsden
Ankita Raina Estelle Cascino
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win
22–17
May 2023
ITF Nottingham, UK
25,000
Hard
Maia Lumsden
Lu Jiajing Elena Malõgina
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss
22–18
Jan 2024
ITF Pune Open, India
50,000
Hard
Fanny Stollár
Alexandra Eala Darja Semeņistaja
6–7(8) , 3–6
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