Zeel Desai

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. 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. 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. 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. In the final, she beat qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 to win the title.