Unnati Hooda (born 20 September 2007) is an Indian

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player. In 2022, she won the women's singles event at the

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. She was also part of India's 2022 Uber Cup team.

Early life

Hailing from

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9 (old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the Nationa ...

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

, Unnati first started playing badminton when she was seven years old. Her father, Upkar, who was passionate about badminton, enrolled her in a badminton academy at Chottu Ram Stadium.

Career

2021–22: First senior title

In 2021, Hooda's first tournament was the

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where she lost to

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in the finals. In January 2022, Unnati played in the 2022 Odisha Open where she won the tournament beating Smit Toshniwal in the finals, winning her first ever BWF World Tour tournament. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 Badminton Asia Junior U17 and U15 Championships held in

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, Thailand in the U17 singles event.

2023: Abu Dhabi Masters title

In 2023, Unnati Hooda defeated compatriot Samiya Imad Farooqui in the

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finals and won her second BWF World Tour Title. She then won the India International Challenge by beating compatriot

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in straight games.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge (1 title, 3 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

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tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

''Girls' singles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

Senior level

=Women's singles

=Women's doubles

Record against opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 28 May 2025.

References

External links

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