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{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Ankita Bhambri
| image =
| native_name = अंकिता भाम्बरी
| native_name_lang = hi
| country = {{IND}}
| residence = [[New Delhi]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = New Delhi
| height =
| turnedpro = 2000
| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = $62,691
| singlesrecord = 162–91
| singlestitles = 9 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 332 (1 May 2006)
| doublesrecord = 100–69
| doublestitles = 9 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 299 (31 October 2005)
}}

'''Ankita Bhambri''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] former professional [[tennis player]] and coach. 

Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 299, which she reached in October 2005.

In her career, Bhambri won a total of nine singles and nine doubles titles on tournaments of the [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF Circuit]]. She has played on the [[WTA Tour]] on five occasions, losing in round one at [[2004 Hyderabad Open|Hyderabad]] (2004), [[2005 Hyderabad Open|Hyderabad]] & [[2005 Sunfeast Open|Kolkata]] (2005), and [[2006 Bangalore Open|Bangalore]] & [[2006 Sunfeast Open|Kolkata]] (2006).

Her sister [[Sanaa Bhambri|Sanaa]], brother [[Yuki Bhambri|Yuki]] and cousins [[Prerna Bhambri|Prerna]] and [[Prateek Bhambri]] also play tennis professionally.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|title=Fed Cup coach Ankita discusses the Bhambri formula for success|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/tennis/fed-cup-coach-ankita-bhambri-yuki-fed-cup-coaching-player-experiences/article31806798.ece|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Sportstar|language=en}}</ref>

Playing for [[India Fed Cup team|India]] at the [[Fed Cup]], Bhambri has a win/loss record of 8–14.

==ITF Circuit finals==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
!Legend
|- bgcolor="#F88379"
| $100,000 tournaments
|- bgcolor="#F7E98E"
| $75,000 tournaments
|- bgcolor="#ADDFAD"
| $50,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments
|}

===Singles: 18 (9–9)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
|-
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!Score
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 22 April 2002
| ITF Pune, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sheethal Goutham]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
|2.
|27 May 2002
|ITF Mumbai, India
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sheethal Goutham]]
|4–6, 6–2, 4–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
|3.
|12 May 2003
|ITF New Delhi, India
|Hard
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Liza Pereira Viplav]]
|4–6, 6–4, 2–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 4.
| 26 May 2003
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isha Lakhani]]
| 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 5.
| 23 May 2004
| ITF Lucknow, India
| Grass
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]]
| 2–6, 6–2, 6–7
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 6.
| 30 May 2004
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| 4–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 7.
| 6 December 2004
| ITF Kolkatta, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Wilawan Choptang]]
| 6–3, 7–5
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 8.
| 13 December 2004
| ITF Gurgaon, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| 7–6, 6–7, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 9.
| 9 May 2005
| ITF Ahmedabad, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Shengnan]]
| 2–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 10.
| 7 November 2005
| ITF Pune, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Parul Goswami]]
| 6–1, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 11.
| 23 January 2006
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Ksenia Palkina]]
| 6–4, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 12.
| 27 March 2006
| ITF Mumbai, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazusa Ito]]
| 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 13.
| 12 June 2006
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isha Lakhani]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 14.
| 25 August 2007
| ITF Noida, India
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Tara Iyer]]
| 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 15.
| 19 November 2007
| ITF Aurangabad, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanaa Bhambri]]
| 6–3, 7–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 16.
| 9 June 2008
| ITF Gurgaon, India
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| 4–6, 2–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 17.
| 18 October 2008
| ITF Lagos, Nigeria
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Tamaryn Hendler]]
| 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 18.
| 1 June 2009
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[He Chunyan]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|}

===Doubles: 17 (9–8)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!Score
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
|1.
|16 June 2002
|ITF [[Mumbai]], India
|Clay
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sonal Phadke]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shruti Dhawan]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sheethal Goutham]]
|3–6, 6–2, 3–6
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
|2.
|1 June 2003
|ITF New Delhi, India
|Clay
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sonal Phadke]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shruti Dhawan]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sheethal Goutham]]
|7–6(3), 6–0
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 3.
| 23 May 2004
| ITF Lucknow, India
| Grass
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Archana Venkataraman]]
| 6–4, 6–1
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 4.
| 30 May 2004
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanaa Bhambri]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Liza Pereira Viplav]]
| 7–6, 3–6, 6–7
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 5.
| 6 December 2004
| ITF Kolkatta, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Wilawan Choptang]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shruti Dhawan]]
| 2–6, 5–7
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 6.
| 13 December 2004
| ITF Gurgaon, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi {{flagicon|IND}} Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
| 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 7.
| 9 May 2005
| ITF Ahmedabad, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri {{flagicon|IND}} Shruti Dhawan
| 6–2, 7–5
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 8.
| 16 May 2005
| ITF Indore, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isha Lakhani]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Meghha Vakaria]]
| 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 9.
| 9 August 2005
| ITF London, United Kingdom
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sarah Coles]] {{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Thomas
| 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 10.
| 17 October 2005
| ITF Lagos, Nigeria
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi {{flagicon|IND}} [[Punam Reddy]]
| w/o
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 11.
| 23 January 2006
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| {{flagicon|KGZ}} Ksenia Palkina {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicole Clerico]]
| w/o
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 12.
| 25 May 2007
| ITF Mumbai, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isha Lakhani]] {{flagicon|MRI}} [[Marinne Giraud]]
| 4–6, 1–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 13.
| 25 August 2007
| ITF Noida, India
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Sophia Mulsap]] {{flagicon|THA}} [[Varatchaya Wongteanchai]]
| 6–1, 6–4
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 14.
| 19 November 2007
| ITF Aurangabad, India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sandhya Nagaraj]] {{flagicon|THA}} Varatchaya Wongteanchai
| 6–7(4), 5–7
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Runner-up
| 15.
| 9 June 2008
| ITF Gurgaon, India
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elina Gasanova]] {{flagicon|IND}} Isha Lakhani
| 3–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 16.
| 23 August 2008
| ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Nungnadda Wannasuk]] {{flagicon|THA}} [[Kanyapat Narattana]]
| 7–5, 7–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner
| 17.
| 1 June 2009
| ITF New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seo Soon-mi]] {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shin Jung-yoon]]
| 6–4, 2–6, [10–1]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Fed Cup player|800215065}}

{{Top Indian female tennis players}}
{{Top Indian female doubles tennis players}}

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