Tara Deodhar Explained

Tara Deodhar
Birth Place:	Pune, Maharashtra, India

Tara Deodhar (born 1924) is an Indian former badminton and tennis player. She is the daughter of cricketer D. B. Deodhar.

Career

Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister Sunder Deodhar. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman, Sunder, and Tara dominated the Indian National Badminton Champion competition. Besides becoming the singles national champion for three consecutive years (1942-1944), Tara was the women's doubles champion in 1942 and 1943 with her sister Sunder.^{[1] [2]}

While studying at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States,^[3] she was seeded fifth among foreign tennis players in the U.S. Tennis Championship.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badminton Association of India . List of Indian National Championship Winners . 22 August 2014 .
2. News: Sports Team . The Other Trailblazers . . 13 March 2011 . 22 August 2014.
3. Schoenfeld . Clay . There's an international set on campus . Wisconsin Alumnus . 46 . 6 . 5–6 . March 1946 . 22 August 2014.
4. News: Seedings in U.S. Tennis . The Straits Times . Singapore . 8 . 31 August 1946 . 22 August 2014.