Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1][2]

Naiktha Bains
Bains at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Great Britain (2019–present)
 Australia (2014–2019)
Born (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997
Leeds, England
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$456,061
Singles
Career record210–226 (48.2%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 199 (6 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 522 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2019)
WimbledonQ2 (2021, 2023)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record203–133 (60.4%)
Career titles22 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (9 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 87 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
WimbledonQF (2023)
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Bains has won two singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In January 2020, she reached her best WTA ranking of 199 in singles. On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 87 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life

Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]

Career

2014

Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin[5] and Teliana Pereira,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the final qualifying round.

At the qualifying for the Australian Open, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw where they faced 14th-seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying of the Miami Open, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year. She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015

Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF Circuit, with limited success. She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016

Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals. From June to October, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinal of the Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 season ranked world No. 452.

2017

Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the Brisbane International where she lost in first round to Anastasia Rodionova.

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut

At Wimbledon, partnering Maia Lumsden, the wildcard pair became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years.[8]

Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2024 Open de Rouen, France WTA 250 Clay (i) United Kingdom Maia Lumsden Hungary Tímea Babos
Irina Khromacheva		 3–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 WTA 125 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden Poland Katarzyna Kawa
France Elixane Lechemia		 3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–4)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Serbia Natalija Kostić 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 2019 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass Australia Kaylah McPhee 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss 2–1 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard India Ankita Raina 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Dec 2019 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Emma Raducanu 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2022 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Nov 2022 ITF Traralgon, Australia 25,000 Hard Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 40 (22 titles, 18 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–5)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (16–11)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–14)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 ITF Bendigo, Australia 50,000 Hard Australia Karolina Wlodarczak Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Abbie Myers		 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay United States Alexandra Morozova United States Dasha Ivanova
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová		 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay United States Dasha Ivanova France Marine Partaud
France Laëtitia Sarrazin		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay United States Alexandra Morozova United States Dasha Ivanova
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová		 6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Sep 2016 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Abbie Myers Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Olivia Rogowska		 6–7(6), 6–7(3)
Win 3–3 Sep 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Israel Julia Glushko
China Liu Fangzhou		 6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3]
Win 4–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Switzerland Chiara Grimm Serbia Natalija Kostić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jelena Simić		 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 5–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Italy Francesca Bullani
Italy Veronica Napolitano		 4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 5–4 Jul 2017 ITF Middelburg, Netherlands 25,000 Clay United States Dasha Ivanova Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs		 7–6(8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 5–5 Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard Switzerland Karin Kennel Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina		 3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss 5–6 Aug 2017 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu Japan Miharu Imanishi
Japan Akiko Omae		 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2017 ITF Penrith, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Australia Tammi Patterson
Australia Olivia Rogowska		 6–0, 7–5
Win 7–6 Sep 2017 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah United States Jennifer Elie
Japan Erika Sema		 6–4, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Oct 2017 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Japan Momoko Kobori
Japan Ayano Shimizu		 5–7, 5–7
Win 8–7 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Australia Astra Sharma
Australia Belinda Woolcock		 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 9–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay United States Chiara Scholl Belgium Marie Benoît
China Xu Shilin		 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek Russia Victoria Kan
Russia Maria Zotova		 6–2, 6–2
Win 11–7 May 2018 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay United States Francesca Di Lorenzo France Manon Arcangioli
France Sherazad Reix		 6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss 11–8 Jun 2018 ITF Grado, Italy 25,000 Clay Japan Rika Fujiwara Italy Giorgia Marchetti
Italy Alice Matteucci		 0–6, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Barbora Štefková India Rutuja Bhosale
India Pranjala Yadlapalli		 6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava China Wang Xinyu
China Wang Xiyu		 5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 11–11 Aug 2018 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Hiroko Kuwata Japan Akiko Omae
China You Xiaodi		 0–6, 6–7(4)
Win 12–11 Sep 2018 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard China Xu Shilin New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Australia Astra Sharma		 6–1, 7–6(7)
Loss 12–12 Nov 2018 ITF Canberra, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Ellen Perez
Australia Arina Rodionova		 7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win 13–12 Mar 2019 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Clay Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Ellen Perez		 4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win 14–12 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Alison Bai
New Zealand Paige Hourigan		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–13 Oct 2019 ITF Bendigo, Australia 60,000 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Australia Maddison Inglis
Australia Kaylah McPhee		 6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 14–14 Nov 2019 ITF Playford, Australia 60,000 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Storm Sanders		 3–6, 4–6
Win 15–14 May 2022 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden Australia Kimberly Birrell
Australia Alexandra Osborne		 3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss 15–15 Jun 2022 ITF Ilkley, UK 100,000 Grass United Kingdom Maia Lumsden Australia Lizette Cabrera
South Korea Jang Su-jeong		 7–6(7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win 16–15 Jul 2022 ITF Roehampton, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden United Kingdom Lauryn John-Baptiste
Slovakia Katarína Strešnáková		 6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss 16–16 Aug 2022 ITF Foxhills, UK 25,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Maia Lumsden United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Ali Collins		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 16–17 Aug 2022 ITF Roehampton, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden India Rutuja Bhosale
Japan Erika Sema		 6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 17–17 Oct 2022 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alexandra Bozovic Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Lisa Mays		 6–4, 6–4
Win 18–17 Nov 2022 ITF Traralgon, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alana Parnaby Japan Haruna Arakawa
Japan Natsuho Arakawa		 7–6(4), 6–2
Win 19–17 Feb 2023 ITF Burnie, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Lily Fairclough
Australia Olivia Gadecki		 7–5, 6–3
Win 20–17 Apr 2023 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden India Ankita Raina
India Rutuja Bhosale		 6–1, 6–4
Win 21–17 Apr 2023 ITF Calvi, France 40,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden India Ankita Raina
France Estelle Cascino		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 22–17 May 2023 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden China Lu Jiajing
Estonia Elena Malõgina		 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 22–18 Jan 2024 ITF Pune, India 50,000 Hard Hungary Fanny Stollár Philippines Alexandra Eala
Latvia Darja Semeņistaja		 6–7(8), 3–6

Notes

    References
    1. Ornstein, David (17 May 2011). "The one who got away". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
    2. "Naiktha Bains formally requests to change playing nationality from Australian to GB". 7 April 2019.
    3. Hanlon, Peter (25 January 2012). "Britain loses bright spark to Australia". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
    4. Briggs, Simon (17 May 2011). "Lawn Tennis Association's fingers burned by defection of young talent Naiktha Bains to Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
    5. Rogers, Leigh (3 January 2014). "Australian teen Naiktha Bains a winner on day one of qualifying". Hobart International. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
    6. Smith, Adam (5 January 2014). "Giant killer Naiktha Bains eyes the tennis big time at Hobart International". The Sunday Tasmanian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
    7. "Bains awarded Miami qualifying wildcard". Tennis Australia. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
    8. "Wimbledon 2023: Maia Lumsden & Naiktha Bains break new ground as they head for quarter-finals". 7 October 2023.
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