| Karman Thandi | |
| Fullname: | Karman Kaur Thandi |
| Residence: | New Delhi, India |
| Birth Date: | 16 June 1998 |
| Birth Place: | New Delhi |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet)[1] |
| Plays: | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$ 186,046 |
| Singlestitles: | 4 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 196 (20 August 2018) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q1 (2019, 2021) |
| Frenchopenjuniorresult: | 2R (2016) |
| Wimbledonjuniorresult: | 2R (2016) --> |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2023) |
| Doublestitles: | 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 180 (14 January 2019) |
| Australianopendoublesjuniorresult: | QF (2016) |
| Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult: | QF (2016) |
| Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult: | 2R (2016) |
| Usopendoublesjuniorresult: | 1R (2015) --> |
| Team: | yes |
| Updated: | 10 September 2024 |
Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player.[2] She has been a previous Indian number one in singles.
Thandi has career-high WTA rankings of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.[3]
In 2023, Karman Kaur Thandi married Gurjant Singh, an Indian national hockey player.[4]
She started playing tennis at the age of eight.[5]
Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the WTA rankings, after the likes of Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao, and Ankita Raina.[6]
Thandi has won four singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit- the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016.[7] Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China.[8]
Since 2017 she has represented India in Fed Cup, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles.[9]
Karman is supported by the RoundGlass Tennis Academy, Chandigarh[10] and currently trains at the academy under coach Aditya Sachdeva.[11]
Thandi participated in the 2018 Asian Games, with Divij Sharan in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of Marian Capadocia and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair was ousted in third round.[12]
Thandi became the first Indian player to win a WTA Tour main-draw match (defeating Lu Jiajing at the 2018 Jiangxi International Open) since Sania Mirza's victory over Kristina Barrois at the 2012 Indian Wells Open.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2022 Chennai Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||
| Miami Open | A | Q1 | NH | A | A | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Tournaments | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 3 | |||
| Overall win-loss | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 3 | 2–4 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 591 | 621 | 503 | 268 | $110,750 | ||||
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| $60,000 tournaments (2–1) | |
| $25,000 tournaments (2–6) | |
| $10,000 tournaments (0–2) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | ITF Indore, India | 10,000 | Hard |  Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 5–7, 6–2, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard |  Guo Hanyu | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | ITF Naiman, China | 25,000 | Hard | Lu Jingjing | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard |  Jaqueline Cristian | 3–6, 6–1, 0–6 | ||
| Win | 1–4 | ITF Hong Kong | 25,000 | Hard | Lu Jiajing | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | ITF Nanning, China | 25,000 | Hard | Han Xinyun | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–6 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard | Tamara Zidanšek | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–7 | ITF Bhopal, India | 25,000 | Hard |  Chihiro Muramatsu | 1–6, 1–3 ret. | ||
| Loss | 1–8 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Susan Bandecchi | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 2–8 | Jun 2022 | ITF Gurugram, India | 25,000 | Hard |  Sofia Costoulas | 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 | |
| Win | 3–8 | Oct 2022 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) |  Katherine Sebov | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 3–9 | Jun 2023 | ITF Sumter, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Yuliia Starodubtseva | 7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Win | 4–9 | Jul 2023 | Evansville Classic, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Yuliia Starodubtseva | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| $60,000 tournaments (0–1) | |
| $25,000 tournaments (1–2) | |
| $10/15,000 tournaments (3–2) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2015 | ITF Nashik, India | 10,000 | Clay |  Riya Bhatia | Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara | 6–7(5), 2–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2015 | ITF Gulbarga, India | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Prerna Bhambri Kanika Vaidya | 1–6, 6–3, [10–7] | |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2015 | ITF Gulbarga, India | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Nidhi Chilumula Eetee Maheta | 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7] | |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2015 | ITF Indore, India | 10,000 | Hard | Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal | Veronika Kapshay Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 1–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 2017 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 15,000 | Clay |  Mira Antonitsch | Olga Ianchuk Despina Papamichail | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2017 | ITF Lubbock, United States | 25,000 | Hard |  Ana Veselinović |  Victoria Duval  Alisa Kleybanova | 6–2, 4–6, [8–10] | |
| Loss | 3–4 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix | 1–3 ret. | ||
| Win | 4–4 | Nov 2018 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard | Ankita Raina | Aleksandrina Naydenova Tamara Zidanšek | 6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9] | |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jul 2023 | ITF Saskatoon, Canada | 60,000 | Hard | Stacey Fung | Abigail Rencheli Alana Smith | 6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Z1 R/R | 7 Feb 2019 | Astana |  Thailand | Hard (i) | Nudnida Luangnam | L | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| 8 Feb 2019 |  Kazakhstan | Zarina Diyas | L | 3–6, 2–6 |