Zeel Desai

Zeel Desai (born 18 February 1999) is an Indian tennis player.

Zeel Desai

Country (sports)	India
Born	(1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 24) Ahmedabad, India
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 45,933
Singles
Career record	97–67 (59.1%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 549 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 651 (9 January 2023)
Doubles
Career record	50–29 (63.3%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 510 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 669 (9 January 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–0
Last updated on: 4 April 2021.

Desai has a career-high singles ranking of 549 by the WTA, achieved on 19 September 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 510, attained on 10 September 2018. Desai has won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Desai represents India at the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut at the 2021 play-offs against Latvia.^[1]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments (2–5) $10,000 tournaments (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (1–2) Grass Carpet

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Bianca Mihăilă	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2017	ITF Gwalior, India	15,000	Hard	Mahak Jain	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jul 2018	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Maria João Koehler	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Sandra Samir	7–5, 6–7^(7), 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Salma Djoubri	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2022	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Anna Ureke	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Feb 2022	ITF Ahmedabad, India	15,000	Clay	Emily Seibold	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–6	Feb 2023	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Sandeepti Singh Rao	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments (4–6) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (0–1) Grass Carpet

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Suzy Larkin   Theiviya Selvarajoo	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Rutuja Bhosale   Alexandra Walters	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	May 2018	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	Sheng Yuqi   Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Jul 2018	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Cristina Ene	Karola Bejenaru   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	1–6, 0–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 2018	ITF Hong Kong	15,000	Hard	Akari Inoue	Ng Kwan-yau   Wu Ho-ching	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Jul 2018	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	15,000	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Arianne Hartono   Aldila Sutjiadi	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2019	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	15,000	Hard	Merel Hoedt	Caroline Roméo   Chanel Simmonds	w/o
Win	4–4	Jan 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Bojana Marinković   Tereza Mihalíková	7–6^(4), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	4–5	Mar 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Stefania Rogozińska Dzik	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad   Sandra Samir	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Feb 2023	ITF Jhajjar, India	15,000	Clay	Vaidehi Chaudhari	Diāna Marcinkēviča   Fanny Östlund	2–6, 1–6
Win	5–6	Feb 2023	ITF Gurugram, India	15,000	Hard	Punnin Kovapitukted	Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty   Vaidehi Chaudhari	6–2, 6–2

References

1. "Draws Announced For Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs". www.tennis-tourtalk.com.

External links

• Zeel Desai at the Women's Tennis Association
• Zeel Desai at the International Tennis Federation
• Zeel Desai at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Zeel Desai at ESPN.com