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 Sanjeev with Rohan Bopanna at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, October 2010. | |||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  India | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | San Francisco Bay Area, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1976 Coimbatore, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$182,057 | ||||||||||||||
| Official website | www | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 180–155 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 147 (12 May 1997) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (1998) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 (2001) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2001) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q3 (1999) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 106–94 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 10 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 115 (23 July 2001) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (1998, 2001) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2001) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2001) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q1 (1997, 2001) | ||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) | ||||||||||||||
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Nirupama Sanjeev (née Vaidyanathan; born 8 December 1976) is an Indian former professional tennis player. In the 1998 Australian Open, Sanjeev became the second Indian woman (after Nirupama Mankad) in the Open era to feature in a major main draw, the first one in singles, and the first to win a major match, defeating Gloria Pizzichini. She also won the bronze medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games in mixed doubles, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi. Sanjeev was the first Indian woman to enter the top 200 of the rankings in singles.