Sharmada Balu

Sharmada Balu
Country (sports)	India
Residence	Bengaluru, India
Born	9 August 1993 (age 31); Bengaluru
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$44,806
Singles
Career record	121–133
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 582 (30 November 2015)
Doubles
Career record	177–108
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 335 (3 August 2015)
Current ranking	No. 581 (19 February 2024)
Medal record
Representing India
Women's tennis
South Asian Games
	Last updated on: 19 February 2024.

Sharmada Balu (born 9 August 1993) is a professional Indian tennis player.

Balu has career-high WTA rankings of 582 in singles, achieved on 30 November 2015, and 335 in doubles, reached on 3 August 2015. She has won two singles and 16 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

She won the gold medal for India in the doubles competition in partnership with Prarthana Thombare at the 12th South Asian Games held in Guwahati, India in February 2016.^[1]

She decided to quit tennis at the end of 2016 due to an injury and lack of financial support. Five years later she started playing tennis again. Balu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Chennai Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with her compatriot Riya Bhatia.^[2]

ITF finals

$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2011	ITF Lucknow, India	10,000	Grass	Yvonne Neuwirth	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	May 2015	ITF Bhopal, India	10,000	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2012	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	10,000	Hard	He Sirui	Carolin Daniels Eugeniya Pashkova	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2013	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Michaela Frlicka Tereza Malíková	7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	1–2	Mar 2013	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2013	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Ankita Raina Shweta Rana	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 2014	ITF Chennai, India	10,000	Clay	Rishika Sunkara	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	6–0, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	4–2	May 2014	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Aug 2014	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Wang Xiyao	Rutuja Bhosale Kim Da-bin	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2014	ITF Bangalore, India	10,000	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	Hsu Ching-wen Natasha Palha	6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win	6–3	Oct 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Wang Xiyao	Harriet Dart Eden Silva	7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss	6–4	Feb 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Michika Ozeki	Deborah Chiesa Beatrice Lombardo	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–4	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Tamara Čurović Aryna Sabalenka	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss	7–5	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Anna Bondár Lisa-Maria Moser	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7–6	May 2015	ITF Bhopal, India	10,000	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	Snehadevi Reddy Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–0, 6–7⁽¹⁾, [3–10]
Win	8–6	Jun 2015	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	Vlada Ekshibarova Natasha Palha	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–7	Sep 2015	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Fatma Al-Nabhani Prerna Bhambri	5–7, 2–6
Win	9–7	Sep 2015	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss	9–8	Oct 2015	ITF Lucknow, India	10,000	Grass	Nidhi Chilumula	Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	10–8	Oct 2015	ITF Raipur, India	10,000	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [10–8]
Win	11–8	Jul 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Eleni Kordolaimi Ana Bianca Mihăilă	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	12–8	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Mariam Bolkvadze Ana Bianca Mihăilă	4–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, [10–8]
Win	13–8	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Inês Murta Mirabelle Njoze	6–3, 6–3
Loss	13–9	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Ana Bianca Mihăilă Sandra Samir	4–6, 1–6
Win	14–9	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Suzy Larkin Linnea Malmqvist	6–1, 6–3
Win	15–9	Oct 2016	ITF Pune, India	10,000	Hard	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	Riya Bhatia Shweta Rana	6–4, 6–0
Win	16–9	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi	Dalayna Hewitt Elena Milovanović	7–5, 6–3
Loss	16–10	Dec 2021	ITF Solapur, India	15,000	Hard	Sowjanya Bavisetti	Ramya Natarajan Sathwika Sama	3–6, 6–1, [11–13]
Loss	16–11	Feb 2022	ITF Ahmedabad, India	15,000	Clay	Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi	Punnin Kovapitukted Anna Ureke	3–6, 1–6
Loss	16–12	Nov 2022	ITF Nairobi, Kenya	15,000	Clay	Sabastiani Leon	Smriti Bhasin Angella Okutoyi	3–6, 5–7
Loss	16–13	June 2024	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	15,000	Hard	Riya Bhatia	Raphaëlle Lacasse Ana Carmen Zamburek	3–6, 4–6