Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (born 12 December 2001) is an Indian professional tennis player who plays for the

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. She is ranked 330 in the WTA singles ranking as of 26 May 2025 and is the third highest ranked women's player in India.

Early life and career

Shrivalli is from

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

. She was born to BRN Prasad, a chartered accountant, and B Rajshri. She started tennis at the age of 11, attracted by the galmourous tennis outfits. She finished her graduation in commerce and plans to do a course in chartered accountancy in London. She trains under coach Anand Kumar in Hyderabad and has also roped in the services of former Davis Cupper Vishal Uppal from Delhi to fine tune her game. She is sponsored by Phoenix group and Lakshya Sports Edelgive Foundation.

Career

In April 2025, Shrivalli she made her debut for the senior India women’s team in the

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Asia Oceania Group 1 at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune and won all her five singles matches including three against higher ranked players. India made it to the play offs of the Cup. She first defeated Aishi Das of

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6-1, 6-1 on Day 1, and then beat Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand 6-2, 6-4 in second singles. She also won her matches against Hong Kong. On 11 April 2025, she defeated 207 ranked

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6-2, 7-6 (7-3) in 2 hours and 38 minutes. In her fifth and final match, she defeated 248 ranked Sohyun Park of

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5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in 2 hours and 52 minutes on 12 April. In February 2024, she took part in the WTA Mumbai Open and in March 2024, she played the Indore ITF event final, hours after she was discharged from a hospital. In December 2024, she won the Oasis Solapur Open women's ITF tennis tournament at Solapur,

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, where she beat Thamchaiwat B of

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7-5, 6-3 in the final. In 2023, she won her first senior National title, the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship 2023. In November 2023, she won her maiden ITF title winning the Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour finals in Bengaluru.

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