1. Sunitha Rao was born on October 27,1985 and is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments.
17 Facts About Sunitha Rao
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Sunitha Rao won eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career.
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Sunitha Rao was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1985 and was raised by her Telugu Indian immigrant parents Manohar and Savithri, who were from Chennai.
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Sunitha Rao played her first WTA Tour match at the 2002 Brasil Open, where she defeated Vanessa Henke in the first round.
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Sunitha Rao was beaten by Anastasia Myskina in the second round.
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Sunitha Rao played at the 2004 Korea Open where she was beaten by Miho Saeki in the first round.
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Sunitha Rao participated at the 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg, but was overpowered by Iveta Benesova in the first round.
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Sunitha Rao took part at the 2006 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, where she lost to Angelique Widjaja in the first round.
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Sunitha Rao suffered a first-round defeat at the 2006 Sunfeast Open to Nicole Pratt.
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Sunitha Rao defeated Sandy Gumulya in the first round of the 2007 Sunfeast Open to advance to the second round where she lost to Anne Keothavong.
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Sunitha Rao then lost in the first round of the 2007 Challenge Bell to Alina Jidkova.
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Sunitha Rao received an entry into the PTT Pattaya Open via a lucky loser spot.
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Sunitha Rao beat Junri Namigata before losing to Ekaterina Bychkova.
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Sunitha Rao received the best result of her WTA career at the 2008 DFS Classic in Birmingham.
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Sunitha Rao beat Petra Kvitova in the first round and Naomi Cavaday in the second before falling to Alona Bondarenko in the third round.
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Sunitha Rao partnered with Sania Mirza, representing India in the women's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Sunitha Rao graduated from the Babson College in 2014 and works in the real estate business.