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{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
{{distinguish|Manish Malhotra}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Manisha Malhotra मनीषा मल्होत्रा
|image =
|caption =
|country = {{IND}}
|residence = [[Mumbai]], India
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|09|19}}
|birth_place = Mumbai
|height =
|turnedpro = 1996
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = $52,259
|retired = 2004
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=136|lost=92}}136–92
|singlestitles = 0 [[WTA Tour|WTA]], 5 [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]]
|highestsinglesranking = No. 314 (21 April 2003)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=93|lost=67}}
|doublestitles = 7 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = No. 149 (8 April 2002)
|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes
|OlympicsDoublesresult = 1R ([[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]])
|Team = yes
|FedCupresult = 17–15
}}
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Tennis at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBottom}}

'''Manisha Malhotra''' ({{langx|hi|मनीषा मल्होत्रा}} ''Manīṣā Maľhōtrā''; born 19 September 1976) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from India.

Her career high in singles is 314, achieved on 21 April 2003. In doubles, she peaked at No. 149 in the [[WTA rankings]] on 8 April 2002.
In her career, Malhotra won five singles and seven doubles titles on the [[ITF Women's Circuit]].

Playing for [[India Fed Cup team|India]] in the [[Fed Cup]], Malhotra has a win–loss record of 17–15.

==Career==
Malhotra represented India at the [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]] in the women's doubles tournament, partnering [[Nirupama Vaidyanathan]] but lost in the first round to [[Jelena Dokić]] and [[Rennae Stubbs]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: Love match for Manisha-Nirupama |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/22niru.htm |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-26 |title=Beyond the finish line: Why elite athletes need a plan for their post-retirement career |url=http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/culture/article/beyond-the-finish-line-why-elite-athletes-need-a-plan-for-their-post-retirement-career-23189555 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.mid-day.com |language=en}}</ref>

At the 2001 [[Swiss Indoors]], she was defeated in the first qualifying round by [[Maja Palaveršić]]. This was her first match at [[WTA Tour]]-level.<ref>[https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/basle/sui/2001/w-t4-sui-01a-2001/draws-and-results/ Basel 2001 – results]</ref>

Malhotra had her most successful year in 2002, when she was the runner-up at the [[Tennis at the 2002 Asian Games|Busan Asian Games]] and won the [[silver medal]] in the mixed doubles draw, partnering [[Mahesh Bhupathi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramchandani |first=Haresh |title=Interview with Manisha Malhotra: "The Players don't want to run the sport. We just want to be consulted" |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/interview-with-manisha-malhotra-the-players-dont-want-to-run-the-sport-we-just-want-to-be-consulted |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=16 February 2013 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Malhotra qualified for the [[2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open|2003 Hyderabad Open]], winning three matches; but lost in the first round to [[Tatiana Poutchek]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sania, Manisha go down fighting |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/feb/05wta.htm |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> This was her second and last tournament at the [[WTA Tour|WTA]]-level.<ref>[https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/hyderabad/ind/2003/w-t4-ind-01a-2003/draws-and-results/ Hyderabad 2003 Full results]</ref>

She retired from professional tennis in 2004.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Her last singles match was a loss in the first qualifying round against [[Maki Arai]], at a $50k [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] tournament in [[Shenzhen]], China, in early December 2003. Her last doubles matches came at the [[2004 Fed Cup]] when she won three of her ties (against Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Taiwan), and lost one (against Indonesia) (all partnering [[Sania Mirza]]).

Along with Sania Mirza, Malhotra holds the record of the ''Longest Fed Cup tie break'' (21-19), which they achieved against Uzbekistan in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Fed Cup General Records|url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/statistics/general-records.aspx|access-date=11 September 2020|archive-date=9 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409124005/https://www.fedcup.com/en/statistics/general-records.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==ITF finals==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" width=15%
|- bgcolor="#F88379"
| $100,000 tournaments
|- bgcolor="#F7E98E"
| $75,000 tournaments
|- bgcolor="#ADDFAD"
| $50,000 tournaments
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| $10,000 tournaments
|}

===Singles (5–4)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Result
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 8 August 1998
| [[Southsea]], United Kingdom
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]]
| 6–7(5), 3–6
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 30 May 1999
| [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Sara Walker
| 3–6, 3–6
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| 8 August 1999
| [[Harrisonburg, Louisiana|Harrisonburg]], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Michelle Dasso
| 6–4, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4.
| 26 September 1999
| [[Sunderland]], United Kingdom
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Nicola Payne
| 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 3 October 1999
| [[Glasgow]], United Kingdom
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Gréta Arn]]
| w/o
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 23 July 2000
| [[Baltimore]], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Rika Fujiwara]]
| 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–2
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 3 September 2000
| [[Jaipur]], India
| Grass
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Monique Adamczak]]
| 2–6, 6–2, 3–6
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 10 September 2000
| [[Delhi]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Veronika Raimřová
| 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9.
| 13 April 2003
| [[Mumbai]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Akgul Amanmuradova]]
| 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(10)
|}

===Doubles (7–8)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Result
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| 30 May 1999
| El Paso, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Julie Thu|Julie Scott]]
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kim Grant (tennis)|Kim Grant]] {{flagicon|USA}} Sara Walker
| 6–2, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 3 October 1999
| Glasgow, United Kingdom
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|GER}} Gréta Arn
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lizzie Jelfs]] {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Karen Nugent]]
| w/o
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| 20 December 1999
| [[Lucknow]], India
| Grass
| {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Tong Ka-po]]
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Maša Vesenjak]] {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Urška Vesenjak]]
| 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 27 December 1999
| [[Chandigarh]], India
| Grass
| {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Katarina Mišić]]
| {{flagicon|SLO}} Maša Vesenjak {{flagicon|SLO}} Urška Vesenjak
| 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 16 April 2000
| Mumbai, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Satomi Kinjo
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 1–2 ret.
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 28 May 2000
| El Paso, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Leanne Baker]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kaysie Smashey]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Sureephong|Varalee Sureephong]]
| 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 4 June 2000
| [[San Antonio]], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Melanie Clayton {{flagicon|AUS}} Emma Gott
| 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 11 June 2000
| [[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Hilton Head]], United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Fix]]
| {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Milagros Sequera]] {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Gabriela Voleková]]
| 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 9.
| 20 August 2000
| [[London]], United Kingdom
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GER}} Susi Bensch
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Natalie Grandin]] {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Nicole Rencken]]
| 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 10.
| 5 March 2001
| [[Warrnambool]], Australia
| Grass
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nadia Johnston]]
| {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Arghire {{flagicon|JPN}} Remi Uda
| 3–6, 3–6
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 11.
| 22 April 2001
| [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Nirupama Vaidyanathan]]
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Shelley Stephens]]
| 6–3, 7–5
|- bgcolor="#ADDFAD"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 12.
| 17 June 2001
| [[Marseille]], France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Dhenin]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Maja Palaveršić]]
| 7–6(7–5), 6–2
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 13.
| 1 July 2001
| [[Båstad]], Sweden
| Clay
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Daniela Klemenschits]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Sandra Klemenschits]]
| 6–3, 6–1
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 14.
| 3 December 2001
| [[Nonthaburi Province|Nonthaburi]], Thailand
| Hard
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeon Mi-ra]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivana Abramović]] {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Jin-hee (tennis)|Kim Jin-hee]]
| 1–6, 5–7
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 15.
| 21 July 2002
| [[Valladolid]], Spain
| Hard
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elena Baltacha]] {{flagicon|MAD}} [[Natacha Randriantefy]]
| 2–6, 3–6
|}

===Other finals===
====Mixed doubles: 1 (silver medal)====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Outcome !! Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Partnering !! Opponents !! Score
|-
| [[Image:Silver medal.svg|20px]] Silver
| 11 October 2002
| [[Tennis at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Asian Games]]
| [[Busan]], South Korea
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]
| {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Janet Lee]] {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lu Yen-hsun]]
| 6–4, 3–6, 7–9
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Fed Cup player}}
* https://manishasthoughts.blogspot.com/

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