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

Naiktha Bains

Bains at the Surbiton Trophy, 2015
Country (sports)	Australia (–March 2019)  Great Britain (April 2019–)
Born	(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 24) Leeds, England
Prize money	US$ 345,575
Singles
Career record	187–202 (48.1%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 199 (6 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 345 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2021)
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	172–120 (58.9%)
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (24 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 222 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 6 November 2022.

Bains has won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has reached best WTA ranking of world No. 199 in singles. On 24 September 2018, she peaked at No. 134 in the WTA doubles rankings.

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 main doubles 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, Bains 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 round one to Anastasia Rodionova.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

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Doubles

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Natalija Kostić	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 2019	ITF Mildura, Australia	25,000	Grass	Kaylah McPhee	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss	2–1	Dec 2019	ITF Solapur, India	25,000	Hard	Ankita Raina	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Dec 2019	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Emma Raducanu	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	7–5, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 33 (16 titles, 17 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	Bendigo International, Australia	50,000[lower-alpha 1]	Hard	Karolina Wlodarczak	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	May 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Morozova	Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	May 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Marine Partaud Laëtitia Sarrazin	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	2–2	May 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Morozova	Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Sep 2016	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abbie Myers	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	6–7(6), 6–7(3)
Win	3–3	Sep 2016	Brisbane International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou	6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3]
Win	4–3	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Chiara Grimm	Natalija Kostić Jelena Simić	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	5–3	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Francesca Bullani Veronica Napolitano	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	5–4	Jul 2017	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Bibiane Schoofs	7–6(8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss	5–5	Jul 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Karin Kennel	Luksika Kumkhum Ksenia Palkina	3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss	5–6	Aug 2017	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Miharu Imanishi Akiko Omae	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–6	Sep 2017	ITF Penrith, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	6–0, 7–5
Win	7–6	Sep 2017	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Jennifer Elie Erika Sema	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–7	Oct 2017	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	5–7, 5–7
Win	8–7	Oct 2017	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	9–7	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Marie Benoît Xu Shilin	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–7	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Rosalie van der Hoek	Victoria Kan Maria Zotova	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–7	May 2018	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Francesca Di Lorenzo	Manon Arcangioli Sherazad Reix	6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss	11–8	Jun 2018	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Giorgia Marchetti Alice Matteucci	0–6, 4–6
Loss	11–9	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Barbora Stefkova	Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli	6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss	11–10	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu	5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss	11–11	Aug 2018	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Akiko Omae You Xiaodi	0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	12–11	Sep 2018	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Xu Shilin	Erin Routliffe Astra Sharma	6–1, 7–6(7)
Loss	12–12	Nov 2018	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win	13–12	Oct 2019	Brisbane International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Alison Bai Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–3
Loss	13–13	Oct 2019	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	13–14	Nov 2019	Playford International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Asia Muhammad Storm Sanders	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–14	May 2022	ITF Nottingham, UK	25,000	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Kimberly Birrell Alexandra Osborne	3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss	14–15	Jun 2022	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Maia Lumsden	Lizette Cabrera Jang Su-jeong	7–6(9–7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win	15–15	Jul 2022	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Lauryn John-Baptiste Katarína Strešnáková	6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss	15–16	Aug 2022	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	Freya Christie Ali Collins	3–6, 3–6
Loss	15–17	Aug 2022	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Maia Lumsden	Rutuja Bhosale Erika Sema	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	16–17	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Alexandra Bozovic	Destanee Aiava Lisa Mays	6–4, 6–4

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References

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