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{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                  = Karman Thandi
| fullname              = Karman Kaur Thandi
| image                 = Thandi POI21 (3) (51714595445).jpg
| caption               = Thandi at the [[2021 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne|2021 ITF Poitiers]]
| country               = {{IND}}
| residence             = [[New Delhi]], India
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|1998|06|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place           = New Delhi
| height                = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Karman Kaur Thandi Profile |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/karman-kaur-thandi_prs493900/person.shtml |website=[[Eurosport]] |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234159/https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/karman-kaur-thandi_prs493900/person.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
| turnedpro             = 
| plays                 = Right (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney      = US$ 162,231
| singlesrecord         = {{tennis record|won=200|lost=127}}
| singlestitles         = 3 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 196 (20 August 2018)
| currentsinglesranking = {{no wrap|No. 211 (28 August 2023)}}
| AustralianOpenresult  = Q1 ([[2019 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying|2019]], [[2021 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying|2021]])
| FrenchOpenjuniorresult = 2R ([[2016 French Open – Girls' singles|2016]])
| Wimbledonjuniorresult = 2R ([[2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles|2016]])
| USOpenresult          = Q1 ([[2023 US Open – Women's singles qualifying|2023]])
| doublesrecord         = {{tennis record|won=74|lost=60}}
| doublestitles         = 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 180 (14 January 2019)
| currentdoublesranking = No. 553 (28 August 2023)
| AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = QF ([[2016 Australian Open – Girls' doubles|2016]])
| FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = QF ([[2016 French Open – Girls' doubles|2016]])
| WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = 2R ([[2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles|2016]])
| USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R ([[2015 US Open – Girls' doubles|2015]])
| Team                  = yes
| FedCupresult          = {{tennis record|won=5|lost=8}}
| updated               = 28 August 2023
}}

'''Karman Kaur Thandi''' (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional [[tennis]] player.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0|title=Karman Thandi|last=admin|date=16 July 2018|work=WTA Tennis|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825151817/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0|url-status=live}}</ref> She has been a previous Indian number one in singles.

Thandi has career-high [[WTA rankings]] of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0#ranking|title=Karman Thandi|last=admin|date=16 July 2018|work=WTA Tennis|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825151817/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/323593/title/karman-thandi-0#ranking|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Tennis career==
She started playing tennis at the age of eight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|title=Karman Kaur THANDI|website=International Tennis Federation|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223204/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the [[WTA rankings]], after the likes of [[Nirupama Sanjeev]], [[Sania Mirza]], [[Shikha Uberoi]], [[Sunitha Rao]], and [[Ankita Raina]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/karman-kaur-thandi-enters-wta-top-200-only-6th-indian-woman-to-do-so/articleshow/65200986.cms|title=Karman Kaur Thandi enters WTA top-200, only 6th Indian woman to do so - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=15 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915071024/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/karman-kaur-thandi-enters-wta-top-200-only-6th-indian-woman-to-do-so/articleshow/65200986.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thandi has won four doubles titles and three singles titles on the [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF Circuit]]- the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the [[ITF Junior Circuit]], she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|title=Karman Kaur THANDI|website=International Tennis Federation|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223204/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100224129|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|title=Asian Games target is to get medal for India: Karman Kaur Thandi|date=13 August 2018|work=dna|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825160432/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 2017 she has represented [[India Fed Cup team|India]] in [[Fed Cup]], with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IND|title=Fed Cup - Teams|website=www.fedcup.com|access-date=25 February 2023|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825143341/https://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=IND|url-status=live}}</ref>

Karman is supported by the RoundGlass Tennis Academy, Chandigarh<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=Indian tennis star Karman Kaur Thandi to train under former coach Aditya Sachdeva at RoundGlass Tennis Academy |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/tennis/indian-tennis-star-karman-kaur-thandi-to-train-under-former-coach-aditya-sachdeva-at-roundglass-tennis-academy-101656002075450.html |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> and currently trains at the academy under coach Aditya Sachdeva.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karman Kaur Thandi to train under Aditya Sachdeva in Chandigarh |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=971278 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

Thandi participated in the [[2018 Asian Games]], with [[Divij Sharan]] in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of [[Marian Capadocia|Marian Jane Capadocia]] and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair was ousted in third round.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|title=Asian Games target is to get medal for India: Karman Kaur Thandi|date=13 August 2018|work=dna|access-date=25 August 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825160432/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-games-target-is-to-get-medal-for-india-karman-kaur-thandi-2649057|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thandi became the first Indian player to win a WTA Tour main-draw match (defeating [[Lu Jiajing]] at the [[2018 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open|2018 Jiangxi International Open]]) since Sania Mirza's victory over [[Kristina Barrois]] at the [[2012 BNP Paribas Open|2012 Indian Wells Open]].

==Performance timelines==
{{Performance key}}
*Sourced from WTA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323593/karman-thandi/matches|title=Matches|access-date=21 March 2020|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321182038/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323593/karman-thandi/matches|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

===Singles===
''Current through the [[2022 Chennai Open – Singles|2022 Chennai Open]].''
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;
!Tournament
![[2018 WTA Tour|2018]]
![[2019 WTA Tour|2019]]
![[2020 WTA Tour|2020]]
![[2021 WTA Tour|2021]]
![[2022 WTA Tour|2022]]
!SR
!W–L
!Win%
|-
| colspan="9" align="left" |'''[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments]]'''
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|A
|bgcolor=f0f8ff|[[2019 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|bgcolor=f0f8ff|[[2021 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|style="color:#767676;"|NH
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;"
|align=left|Win–loss
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0 / 0
|0–0
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
| colspan="9" align="left" |'''[[WTA 1000 tournaments|WTA 1000]]'''
|-
|align=left|[[Miami Open (tennis)|Miami Open]]
|A
|bgcolor=f0f8ff|[[2019 Miami Open – Women's singles|Q1]]
|style="color:#767676;"|NH
|A
|A
|0–0
|0–0
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
| colspan="9" align="left" |'''Career statistics'''
|-style="background:#efefef;"
|align=left|Tournaments
|2
|0
|0
|0
|1
| colspan="3" |'''Career total: 3'''
|-style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;"
|align=left|Overall win-loss
|1–2
|0–0
|0–0
|0–1
|1–1
|0 / 3
|2–4
|{{Tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}
|- style="background:#efefef;"
| align="left" |Year-end ranking
|
|591
|621
|503
|268
| colspan="3" |'''$110,750'''
|}

==WTA 125 finals==
===Doubles: 1 (title)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| [[2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles|{{dts|Nov 2018}}]]
| bgcolor=silver|[[Taipei Open|Taipei Challenger]], Taiwan
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ankita Raina]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Doroshina]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natela Dzalamidze]]
| 6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.
|}

==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner–ups)===
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:85%
!Legend
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| $60,000 tournaments (1–0)
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments (2–6)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments (0–2)
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>0–1</small>
| {{dts|Dec 2015}}
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Indore, India
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anastasiya Vasylyeva]]
| 5–7, 6–2, 2–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>0–2</small>
| {{dts|Oct 2016}}
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hua Hin, Thailand
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guo Hanyu]]
| 3–6, 3–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>0–3</small>
| {{dts|Jul 2017}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Naiman, China
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Jingjing]]
| 2–6, 1–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>0–4</small>
| {{dts|Nov 2017}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|[[NECC–ITF Women's Tennis Championships|Pune Women's Championships]], India
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Jaqueline Cristian]]
| 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>1–4</small>
| {{dts|Jun 2018}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Hong Kong
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Jiajing]]
| 6–1, 6–2
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
| <small>1–5</small>
| {{dts|Oct 2018}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Nanning, China
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Han Xinyun]]
| 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
| <small>1–6</small>
| {{dts|Dec 2018}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|Pune Women's Championships, India
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tamara Zidanšek]]
| 3–6, 4–6
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
| <small>1–7</small>
| {{dts|Nov 2019}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Bhopal, India
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Chihiro Muramatsu]]
| 1–6, 1–3 ret. 
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
| <small>1–8</small>
| {{dts|Nov 2021}}
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Ortisei, Italy
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard (i) 
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Susan Bandecchi]]
| 4–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–8</small>
|Jun 2022
|style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Gurugram, India
|style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
|Hard
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Sofia Costoulas]]
|6–4, 2–6, 6–1
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>3–8</small>
|[[2022 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay – Singles|Oct 2022]]
|style="background:#addfad;"|[[Challenger de Saguenay]], Canada
|style="background:#addfad;"|60,000
|Hard (i)
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Katherine Sebov]]
|3–6, 6–4, 6–3
|}

===Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)===
{| class=wikitable   style=font-size:85%
! Legend
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| $60,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments (1–2)
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
| $15,000 tournaments (1–0)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments (2–2)
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>0–1</small>
| May 2015
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Nashik, India
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Riya Bhatia]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sowjanya Bavisetti]] <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rishika Sunkara]]
| 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>1–1</small>
| Nov 2015
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Gulbarga, India
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Prerna Bhambri]] <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} Kanika Vaidya
| 1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>2–1</small>
| Nov 2015
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Gulbarga, India
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
| {{flagicon|IND}} Nidhi Chilumula <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} Eetee Maheta
| 6–4, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, [10–7]
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>2–2</small>
| Dec 2015
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Indore, India
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Veronika Kapshay]] <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anastasiya Vasylyeva]]
| 1–6, 3–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>3–2</small>
| Mar 2017
| style="background:#ccccff;"|ITF Heraklion, Greece
| style="background:#ccccff;"|15,000
| Clay
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Mira Antonitsch]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Ianchuk]] <br /> {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Despina Papamichail]]
| 6–0, 6–3
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>3–3</small>
| Sep 2017
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Lubbock, United States
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Ana Veselinović]] 
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Victoria Duval]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alisa Kleybanova]]
| 6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>3–4</small>
| Oct 2017
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Samantha Murray (tennis)|Samantha Murray]] 
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Manon Arcangioli]] <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Shérazad Reix]]
| 1–3 ret.
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>4–4</small>
| Nov 2018
| style="background:lightblue;"|Pune Women's Championships, India
| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ankita Raina]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Aleksandrina Naydenova]] <br /> {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tamara Zidanšek]]
| 6–2, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, [11–9]
|}

==Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation==
===Singles (0–2)===
{|class=wikitable
!Edition
!Stage
!Date
!Location
!Against
!Surface
!Opponent
!W/L
!Score
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2019 Fed Cup|2019]]
| style="background:#ccf;" rowspan="2" | [[2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A|Z1 R/R]]
| 7 Feb 2019
| rowspan="3" | [[Astana]] ({{Abbr|KAZ|Kazakhstan}})
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thailand Fed Cup team|Thailand]]
| rowspan="3" | Hard (i)
| [[Nudnida Luangnam]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
|-
| 8 Feb 2019
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kazakhstan Fed Cup team|Kazakhstan]]
| [[Zarina Diyas]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 3–6, 2–6
|}

===Doubles (1–0)===
{|class=wikitable
!Edition
!Stage
!Date
!Location
!Against
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!W/L
!Score
|-
| [[2019 Fed Cup|2019]]
| style="background:#ccf;"|[[2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A|Z1 R/R]]
| 7 Feb 2019
| Astana (KAZ)
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thailand Fed Cup team|Thailand]]
| Hard (i)
| [[Ankita Raina]]
| [[Nudnida Luangnam]] <br />  [[Peangtarn Plipuech]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W
| 6–4, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 7–5
|}
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