Shikha Devi Uberoi is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who formerly represented India in international tournaments and a former Indian No 1.
25 Facts About Shikha Uberoi
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Shikha Uberoi's family moved to Princeton, New Jersey when she was an infant.
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Shikha Uberoi has one older sister and three younger sisters.
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Shikha Uberoi is the niece of actor Suresh Oberoi and first cousin of actors Vivek Oberoi and Akshay Oberoi.
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Shikha Uberoi was named the Zee Astitva Athlete of the Year 2007.
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Shikha Uberoi was one of the top-10 fastest servers in the world.
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Shikha Uberoi earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University in Anthropology and South Asian Studies.
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Shikha Uberoi graduated with high academic standing while winning Princeton's prestigious Kit Harris Memorial Award for Leadership and Ethics.
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Shikha Uberoi 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.
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Shikha Uberoi speaks internationally at various diplomatic conferences on female empowerment through sport.
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Shikha Uberoi has recently been invited to sit on the board of directors of the World Economic Forum's "Global Shapers Initiative" for Bhopal.
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Shikha Uberoi is a news and sports presenter, and coaches all levels of tennis and fitness.
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Shikha Uberoi started competing in the ITF Women's Circuit in 1998.
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Shikha Uberoi lost her opening qualifying match to Elena Bovina.
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Shikha Uberoi won her first WTA Tour-level match in 2004, albeit at the qualifying level.
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Shikha Uberoi defeated Liza Viplav and Aiko Nakamura, before losing to sister Neha in the qualifying finals of the Hyderabad Open.
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Shikha Uberoi finally got to compete in the main draw of a professional-level tournament at the Budapest Grand Prix, with qualifying wins over Christiane Hoppmann, Cristina Torrens Valero, and Edina Gallovits; she would lose the round one encounter to Marion Bartoli later in the tournament.
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At the 2004 US Open, Shikha Uberoi was competing in her first ever Grand Slam tournament as a wildcard into the qualifying draw.
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Shikha Uberoi then won her first-round match, defeating Saori Obata.
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Shikha Uberoi had poor form on the grass court tournaments, failing to qualify at the Birmingham Classic, as well as Wimbledon.
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Also in 2005, Shikha Uberoi reached two WTA Tour doubles finals, partnering sister Neha, one in Kolkata and one in Guangzhou.
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Shikha Uberoi did represent her country at the 2006 Asian Games where she defeated Linda Ahmad of Bahrain in round one, but lost in the second round to Zheng Jie of China.
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In January 2007, Shikha Uberoi was the doubles finalist at the Auckland Open, partnering Hsieh Su-wei.
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Shikha Uberoi played her final singles match in the next tournament she participated in, a year later, at the same tournament in July 2011, losing to Amanda Fink in the first qualifying round.
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Since then, Shikha Uberoi has competed in one last doubles tournament, a $25k event in Mumbai in November 2014, where she and partner Rishika Sunkara lost their opening match.