Zeel Desai (born 18 February 1999) is an Indian

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player from Ahmedabad. Desai has a career-high singles ranking of 511 by the WTA, achieved on 12 February 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 485, attained on 3 March 2025. Desai has won three singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Desai represents

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at the

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and made her debut at the 2021 play-offs against

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. In February 2024, Desai as a wildcard entry in L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K match won her first match against Greece's Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–2, 6–1. In November 2023, she lost to Shrivalli to finish runners-up at the ITF Women's World Tour Tennis final at the Bowring Institute clay courts in Bengaluru. Earlier in February 2023, she entered the final of the $15,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy with a semifinal victory against Vaidehi on her birthday. In the final, she beat qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the title.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 19 (6 titles, 13 runner–ups)

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* * * * 1999 births Living people Indian female tennis players Sportspeople from Ahmedabad Long stubs with short prose {{India-tennis-bio-stub