Zeel Desai

Zeel Desai
Country (sports)	India
Born	18 February 1999 (age 25); Ahmedabad, India
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$60,785
Singles
Career record	164–113 (59.2%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 549 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 628 (6 November 2023)
Doubles
Career record	80–50 (61.5%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 510 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 574 (6 November 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–0
	Last updated on: 6 November 2023.

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

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 three singles titles and six 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] In February 2024, Desai as a wildcard entry in L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K match won her first match against Greece’s Sapfo Sakellaridi 6-2, 6-1.^[2] In November 2023, she lost to Shrivalli to finish runners-up at the ITF Women’s World Tour Tennis final at the Bowring Institute clay courts in Bengaluru.^[3] Earlier in February 2023, she entered the final of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy with a semifinal victory against Vaidehi on her birthday.^[4] In the final, she beat qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 to win the title.^[5]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–3)

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	Feb 2017	ITF Gwalior, India	15,000	Hard	Mahak Jain	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jun 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
Win	3–6	Oct 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Hina Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Nov 2023	ITF Bengaluru, India	25,000	Clay	Shrivalli Bhamidipaty	0–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–7)
Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 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	Apr 2018	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	Sheng Yuqi Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Jun 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	Sep 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
Loss	5–7	May 2023	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Anastasia Sukhotina	Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari	4-6, 3-6
Loss	5–8	Aug 2023	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Vaidehi Chaudhari	Luksika Kumkhum Park So-hyun	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 0–6
Win	6–8	Oct 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Sukhotina	Arabella Koller Camilla Zanolini	6–4, 6–7⁽¹¹⁾, [10–7]