Neha Uberoi
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
Born | Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | 6 February 1986
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | October 2003 |
Retired | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed, two-handed backhand |
Prize money | US$152,586 |
Official website | http://www.nehauberoi.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNehaUberoi |
Singles | |
Career record | 135–149 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 196 (29 January 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2007) |
US Open | Q2 (2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 58–111 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 107 (22 May 2006) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 2R (2005) |
Last updated on: 20 August 2010. |
Neha Uberoi, also known by her married name Neha Uberoi Khangoora (born 6 February 1986), is an American former professional tennis player[1] and fitness blogger.[2]
On 29 January 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 196. On 22 May 2006, she peaked at world number 107 in the doubles rankings. In doubles, she was a finalist at the 2005 Sunfeast Open and the 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open.[3][4] Uberoi retired from tennis in 2010.
Personal life
Neha retired from professional tennis in 2008 and graduated from Princeton with a degree in sociology in 2012. In 2016 she got married. She co-founded a non-profit organization South Asians in Sports.
Neha is one of five sisters (two professional) who all played tennis. Her father, Mahesh, is a serial entrepreneur and managed her tennis career; her mother, Madhu, is a homemaker; and she has two older sisters, Diya and Shikha Uberoi (also a professional tennis player), and two younger sisters, Nikita (also a professional tennis player) and Nimita. She speaks Hindi, English and Spanish. Neha loves to visit relatives in Mumbai, India. She is the niece of actor Suresh Oberoi and first cousin of actors Vivek Oberoi and Akshay Oberoi.
Tennis career
Uberoi began playing at age 5 and at age 9 moved with her sister, Shikha Uberoi to attend Saddlebrook Tennis Academy in Tampa, Florida. At 16 years old, she attended her freshman year at Princeton University, where she was All-Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and named an All-American in singles and doubles the same year. She took a 6-year leave of absence from Princeton University to play on the World Tennis Association tour.
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Uberoi played her last singles match in late June 2009 at the ITF $10,000 tournament in Wichita, Kansas, losing in the first round to Courtney Dolehide. Her final doubles match was at the same tournament also, losing to Megan Broderick and Anastasia Kharchenko in round one (playing with sister Nikita).
World Tennis Association Tour Finals
Doubles (0–2)
Winner – Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam tournaments |
WTA Tour Championships |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 |
Tier II / Premier |
Tier III, IV & V / International |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 25 September 2005 | Sunfeast Open, Kolkata, India | Hard | Shikha Uberoi | Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina |
1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 October 2005 | Guangzhou Open, China | Hard | Shikha Uberoi | Maria Elena Camerin Emmanuelle Gagliardi |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
ITF finals (0-4)
Singles (0–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 20 June 2004 | Fort Worth, United States | Hard | Shikha Uberoi | 1–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (0–3)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 20 June 2004 | Fort Worth, United States | Hard | Shikha Uberoi | Vania King Anne Mall |
6–2, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 October 2006 | Troy, United States | Hard | Chanelle Scheepers | Nicole Kriz Leanne Baker |
7–6(7–1), 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 29 October 2006 | Augusta, United States | Hard | Chanelle Scheepers | Nicole Kriz Leanne Baker |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
References
- ^ Matthew Stockman/Getty Images. "Neha Uberoi: Adjusting to life after pro-tennis career". SI.com.
- ^ "Neha Uberoi Khangoora – YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Myskina cruises to victory at Sunfeast Open". usatoday.com.
- ^ "Federer, Clijsters Win Titles; Davenport Back from Bad Back". tennis-x.com.