Name Shikha Uberoi Parents Madhu, Mahesh Prize money US$214,908 | Retired 2014 Height 1.73 m Turned pro August 2003 Role Tennis player | |
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Plays Right-handed, two-handed backhand Siblings Neha Uberoi, Diya, Nimita, Nikita Similar People | ||
Venus williams vs shikha uberoi us open 2004
Shikha Devi Uberoi (Hindi: शिखा उबेरोई; born 5 April 1983, in Bombay) is an former Indian-American professional tennis player and a former Indian No. 1. Her highest ranking is 122nd in the world in singles, which she achieved on 29 August 2005.
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- Venus williams vs shikha uberoi us open 2004
- Us open 2004 shikha uberoi interview
- Biography
- Tennis career
- References
Us open 2004 shikha uberoi interview
Biography
Shikha was born to father Mahesh (who was a table-tennis player for India) and mother Madhu in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her family moved to Princeton, New Jersey when she was an infant. She has one older sister (Diya) and three younger sisters (Neha, Nikita and Nimita). Her four sisters are also tennis players, but of all, Shikha is by far the most successful, and the only one to represent India (the other sisters were born-in represented the United States).
She was named the Zee Astitva Athlete of the Year 2007. She was one of the top-10 fastest servers in the world. She earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University in Anthropology and South Asian Studies. She graduated with high academic standing while winning Princeton’s prestigious Kit Harris Memorial Award for Leadership and Ethics.
Shikha launched her media and lifestyle company, SDU Seva, Inc. As of 2013, she is currently creating and producing international social issue television shows, and is a social entrepreneur. She speaks internationally at various diplomatic conferences on female empowerment through sport. She has recently been invited to sit on the board of directors of the World Economic Forum’s "Global Shapers Initiative" for Bhopal. She is also a news and sports presenter and coaches all levels of tennis and fitness.
Tennis career
She turned pro in August 2003. Though she has not won any WTA Tour event till date, Uberoi has three ITF Women's Circuit singles titles to her name- one in Harrisonburg in 2003 and two in Fort Worth and Edmond in 2004.
At the 2004 US Open, Uberoi became the second ever Indian female player in the modern era to feature and win a round at a main draw Grand Slam Tournament, defeating Japan's Saori Obata. (The first was Nirupama Vaidyanathan at the 1998 Australian Open.)
In 2005, Shikha reached 2 WTA doubles finals partnering sister Neha, one in Kolkata and one in Guangzhou.
In 2006, Uberoi represented India at the 2006 Asian Games where she defeated Linda Ahmad of Bahrain in Round 1, but retired in the second round to Zheng Jie of China.
In 2007, Shikha was the finalist in Auckland, partnering Su-Wei Hsieh.
She was also the India Fed Cup Team leader.