Riya Bhatia
 Bhatia in 2022 at Antalya, Turkey | |
| Country (sports) |  India |
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| Residence | West Delhi, India |
| Born | 24 September 1997 Rohtak, India |
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $108,506 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 199–214 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 338 (2 March 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 902 (26 August 2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 137–162 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 387 (17 May 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 505 (26 August 2024) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 2–8 |
| Last updated on: 3 September 2024. | |
Riya Bhatia (Hindi: रिया भाटिया; born 24 September 1997) is a professional Indian tennis player.
Formerly ranked No. 2 in India, Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 387 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021. She has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She has represented her country at the 2017 Indoor Asian Games, Turkmenistan and the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. Bhatia was a part of Indian National Women's team in the Billie Jean King Cup for five years between 2017 and 2022.
Bhatia is the only woman player who has won two national titles: the hardcourt and grass-court national championships both in the year of 2016.
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]| Legend |
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| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10/15,000 tournaments |
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
[edit]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2015 | ITF Gulbarga, India | 10,000 | Hard | Prerna Bhambri
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6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard |  Ana Bianca Mihăilă
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3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | 10,000 | Hard |  Margarita Lazareva
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6–7(10), 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | 10,000 | Hard | Margarita Lazareva
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2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2017 | ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Georgia Crăciun
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1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2017 | ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka | 15,000 | Hard |  Joséphine Boualem
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7–6(2), 6–1 |
| Win | 3–4 | Oct 2019 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard |  Nastja Kolar
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7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 20 (4 titles, 16 runner-ups)
[edit]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2015 | ITF Nashik, India | 10,000 | Clay | Karman Thandi
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Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara
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6–7(5), 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2016 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | Eetee Maheta
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 Petra Krejsová  Chantal Škamlová
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2016 | ITF Pune, India | 10,000 | Hard | Shweta Chandra Rana
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Sharmada Balu Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
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4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | 10,000 | Hard | Kassandra Davesne
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Margarita Lazareva Kélia Le Bihan
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Dec 2016 | ITF Djibouti City | 10,000 | Hard | Margarita Lazareva
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Kassandra Davesne Kélia Le Bihan
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3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Loss | 1–5 | Mar 2017 | ITF Gwalior, India | 15,000 | Hard | Shweta Chandra Rana
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Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jun 2017 | ITF Niš, Serbia | 15,000 | Clay |  Angelique Svinos
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 Alona Fomina Daria Kruzhkova
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0–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–7 | Jun 2017 | ITF Banja Luka, BiH | 15,000 | Clay |  Tamara Čurović
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 Berfu Cengiz  Ani Vangelova
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5–7, 6–7(4) |
| Loss | 1–8 | Jul 2017 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Oana Gavrilă
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Samantha Harris Belinda Woolcock
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–9 | May 2018 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard |  Shelby Talcott
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Petia Arshinkova Gergana Topalova
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6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 2–9 | May 2018 | ITF Tiberias, Israel | 15,000 | Hard | Madeleine Kobelt
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 Shavit Kimchi Maya Tahan
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–10 | Sep 2018 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 15,000 | Hard |  Lu Jiaxi
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 Cho I-hsuan Wang Danni
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–10 | Aug 2019 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | 25,000 | Hard |  Ramu Ueda
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Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen
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7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–11 | Nov 2020 | ITF Lousada, Portugal | 15,000 | Hard (i) |  Inês Murta
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 Arianne Hartono Lily Miyazaki
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1–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3–12 | Mar 2021 | ITF Pune, India | 25,000 | Hard | Miriam Bulgaru
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Rutuja Bhosale  Emily Webley-Smith
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2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–13 | May 2021 | ITF Oeiras, Portugal | 25,000 | Clay |  Gabriela Cé
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 Adrienn Nagy  Park So-hyun
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4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 3–14 | Aug 2022 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay |  María Paulina Pérez
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Thaísa Grana Pedretti  Noelia Zeballos
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–15 | June 2024 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 15,000 | Hard | Sharmada Balu
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 Raphaëlle Lacasse  Ana Carmen Zamburek
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–15 | Oct 2024 | ITF Mysuru, India | W15 | Hard | Jessie Aney
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Akanksha Dileep Nitture Soha Sadiq
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6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–16 | Oct 2024 | Hamburg Ladies Cup, Germany | W75 | Hard (i) | Lian Tran
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Madeleine Brooks Isabelle Haverlag
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3–6, 2–6 |
External links
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- Riya Bhatia at the International Tennis Federation
- Riya Bhatia at the Billie Jean King Cup
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