Riya Bhatia (; born 24 September 1997) is an Indian professional

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player. Formerly ranked No. 2 in India, Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 331 in doubles, reached on 23 December 2024. She has won three singles and four doubles titles on the

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. 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. She made her

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main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the

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, losing to

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in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 23 (4 titles, 19 runner-ups)

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* * * 1997 births Living people Indian female tennis players Racket sportspeople from Haryana Sportswomen from Haryana {{India-tennis-bio-stub