Nirupama Mankad

Nirupama Mankad, born Nirupama Vasant on 17 January 1947, is a former Indian tennis player and the first Indian woman in the modern era to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam. She was active from 1964 to 1979 and contested 25 finals, winning 18 singles titles. She won the Asian women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17, played the Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and in 1971 partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, reaching the second round. She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, won the national championship seven times and received the Arjuna award from the Indian government in 1980. She is the daughter of the tennis player G. Vasant and the widow of the Test cricketer Ashok Mankad.