(1947-01-17) 17 January 1947 (age 77) Karachi, Sindh, British India
Turned pro
1964 (amateur)
Retired
1979
Singles
Career titles
18 ILTF/ITF
Doubles
Career titles
11 ITF
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon
2R (1971)
Nirupama Mankad (néeVasant; born 17 January 1947) is a former Indian tennis player. She is the first Indian woman in the modern era to play at a main draw of a Grand Slam. She was active from 1964 to 1979 and constested 25 finals and won 18 singles titles.
NirupamaMankad (née Vasant; born 17 January 1947) is a former Indian tennis player. She is the first Indian woman in the modern era to play at a main...
league cricket in England. Mankad was married to NirupamaMankad (née Vasant), a former Asian Tennis champion. Their son Harsh Mankad is a member of the Indian...
1998 Australian Open, Sanjeev became the second Indian woman (after NirupamaMankad) in the Open era to feature in a major main draw, the first one in...
Mulvantrai Himmatlal "Vinoo" Mankad (pronunciation; 12 April 1917 – 21 August 1978) was a former Captain of Indian cricket team and appeared in 44 Test...
cricketer Vinoo Mankad, and the son of Indian Test cricketer and Mumbai captain Ashok Mankad and pioneer women's tennis player Nirupama Vasant. Harsh resides...
singles. Mirza is the third Indian woman in the Open Era (after NirupamaMankad and Nirupama Sanjeev, and the second in singles after Sanjeev) to contest...
the most women's singles championships with seven titles each, while NirupamaMankad won the most titles during the open era with five titles. Lawn tennis...
Ya-hsuan Lee Kuan-yi Brother India Harsh MankadNirupamaMankad Mother India NirupamaMankad Harsh Mankad Son Georgia Aleksandre Metreveli Alex Metreveli...
feature in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship (after NirupamaMankad, Nirupama Sanjeev, and Sania Mirza), playing doubles alongside Mihaela Buzărnescu...
Arjuna Award Male 1974 Vijay Amritraj Arjuna Award Male 1978–1979 NirupamaMankad Arjuna Award Female 1980–1981 Ramesh Krishnan Arjuna Award Male 1985...
Hard Nina Turkheli 6–2, 6–3 Win 5. January 1968 Bombay, India Hard NirupamaMankad 6–4, 6–3 Win 6. January 1970 Amritsar, India Hard Irena Škulj 6–1,...
22 September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Lany Kaligis Susan Das NirupamaMankad 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 Win 21. 21 April 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany...
September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Lita Liem Sugiarto Susan Das NirupamaMankad 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 Win 16. 21 April 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lita...
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