| Malikaa Marathe | |
| Residence: | Pune, India |
| Birth Place: | Pune, India |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Singlestitles: | 1 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | 343 (21 January 2019) (ITF) 1 (India) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | 369 (8 April 2019) |
| Team: | no |
| Updated: | 15 April 2019 |
Malikaa Marathe is a female tennis player of Indian origin. Born in 2003, in Pune she started playing tennis at the age of seven.
At the age of 4, she was detected with amblyopia, a condition in which the brain prefers the better eye because the nerve development of the defective eye is shut down. She had to wear a patch on her right eye, which was weak for four years until it recovered.[1]
Her coach, Sandeep Kirtane, who happens to be a Davis Cup player recognized her talent.[2] She won her first State Championship in 2013 in the U-10 category.[3] In 2015, she won the National Championship in the U-12 category.[4] She represented India in ITF Asia U-14 and Under Development Championship where she won a gold medal in doubles.[5] In 2017, she qualified for the qualifying Tournament for French Open.[6]