Astra Sharma

Sharma at the2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Perth, Western Australia
Born	(1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (age 30) Singapore[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	David Taylor
Prize money	US$ 1,953,612
Singles
Career record	231–170
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 84 (21 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 154 (5 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
French Open	2R (2020,2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2019,2021,2022)
US Open	1R (2019,2020,2021)
Doubles
Career record	110–88
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 91 (21 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 309 (5 May 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2018,2019,2020,2021,2023,2024)
French Open	1R (2019,2020,2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	1R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	F (2019)
Last updated on: 5 May 2025.

Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is an Australian professionaltennis player. She has career-highWTA rankings of 84 in singles and 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on theWTA Tour. In addition, she has won one singles title on theWTA Challenger Tour as well as eight titles in singles and seven in doubles on theITF Circuit.

In December 2017, she won theAustralian Open Wildcard Playoff alongsideBelinda Woolcock, their main-draw entry into the2018 Australian Open.

At the2019 Australian Open, she and fellow AustralianJohn-Patrick Smith reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw.

Sharma's father, Devdutt Sharma, is aSingaporean Indian with roots fromAzamgarh,Uttar Pradesh, Northern India.^[2] He was a high jumper.^[3] He attendedRaffles Institution andNational University of Singapore.^[3] He worked as anacoustic engineer.^[3] Astra's mother, Susan Tan, is aSingaporean Chinese. She was a sprinter fromCHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent.^[3] Astra, named after theAstras wielded by the Hindu gods, has a younger brother Astron who also went into a tennis career.^[2]

Astra was born and raised inSingapore, before her parents emigrated toPerth, Western Australia in 2005, when she was ten years old.^[4] She attendedApplecross Senior High School.^[5] As a junior, she did some training at Bull Creek Tennis Club, nearWilletton.

Sharma made her ITF Circuit debut in October 2011, after qualifying in Kargoorlie. In 2012, Sharma played just four tournaments, without a win. In March 2013, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles at an ITF event in Sydney. In 2014, she competed in qualifying in three tournaments across the U.S., making the main draw in just one, where she lost in the first round.

In 2015, Sharma played just three tournaments on theITF Circuit, reaching the quarterfinal or better in all three. She won her first title in July 2015 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Sharma ended the season with a singles rank of 787. She also received a scholarship toVanderbilt University, graduating in 2018, majoring in medicine, Health and Society, along the way helping theCommodores win their first NCAA team tournament in2015, with various honors such as a selection to the 2014 SEC All Freshman team and being the 2017 SEC Player of the Year.^[6] Originally intent on becoming an orthopedic surgeon, she decided not to continue in medical school as her professional tennis career took off.^[7] Still in 2022, she used a partnership between the WTA and theUniversity of Florida to earn a Master's degree in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology.^[8]

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In 2016, Sharma competed on the EuropeanITF Circuit. She experienced little singles success but partneringFrances Altick, won two doubles titles in July.

She commenced the next season in June, qualifying and making the main draw in Sumter, USA. Across July and August 2017, Sharma won her second and third ITF titles in Târgu Jiu and Graz. She ended the year with a singles rank of 440.

In 2018, Sharma competed mostly onITF events across North America. In March, she reached the final of the ITF Orlando. In June and July, she won her fourth and fifth singles titles in Baton Rouge and Gatineau, Canada. In October, she returned to Australia and reached the quarterfinals in three consecrative tournaments. Sharma ended 2018 with a singles rank of 225.

In January 2019, Sharma qualified for theAustralian Open and won her first-round match over fellow AustralianPriscilla Hon, before losing in the second round.^[9] In mixed doubles, she andJohn-Patrick Smith made it through to the final, after they defeated the second seed team ofBruno Soares andNicole Melichar in the semifinals, but lost to the third seeds,Barbora Krejčíková andRajeev Ram.^[10] In March, Sharma won the $25k singles and doubles atIrapuato, Mexico. In April, Sharma reached her first WTA Tour final, losing toAmanda Anisimova at theCopa Colsanitas. In May, she qualified for and reached the second round of theStrasbourg International, and later lost in the first round at theFrench Open. Sharma competed in qualifying events across the European grass-court season and lost in the first round of Wimbledon. In August, she travelled to North America and qualified forCincinnati. At theUS Open, Sharma lost in the first round. She ended the year with a singles rank of 108, and a doubles rank of 136.

Sharma started 2020, losing in the singles and doubles first rounds of bothHobart International andAustralian Open. For themixed doubles, she partnered again withJohn-Patrick Smith, and they reached the semifinals in Melbourne. In March, Sharma reached the second round of theMonterrey Open and the quarterfinal of the ITF event in Irapuato, Mexico, before the tour was stopped due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

At theUS Open, Sharma lost in the first round to 19th seedDayana Yastremska in a third set tie-breaker.

She qualified for theFrench Open and reached the second round of this year's much later held event.

Sharma defeated top seedOns Jabeur to win theMUSC Health Women's Open (Charleston II), her first career title.^[12]

In May, she made the second round of theFrench Open for a second consecutive year.In June, she enteredWimbledon as a lucky loser and was defeated byKristýna Plíšková in the first round.^{[citation needed]}

At theUS Open, she qualified before losing to eighth seedBarbora Krejčíková in the first round.^{[citation needed]} In October, she reached the second round at theIndian Wells Open.^{[citation needed]}

Sharma ended 2021 with a singles ranking of 98, a career year-end high, and a doubles ranking of world No. 107.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, Sharma reached the second round atIndian Wells with a win overMagda Linette,^[13] before losing to 13th seedVictoria Azarenka.^[14]

In 2024, she entered theCharleston Open as a lucky loser and defeated compatriotArina Rodionova^[15] and 16th seedLesia Tsurenko^[16] to reach the round of 16 where she lost to third seedMaria Sakkari.^[17]

PartneringVeronika Erjavec, Sharma was runner-up in the doubles at theWTA 1252024 Canberra Tennis International, losing toVeronika Erjavec andDarja Semeņistaja in the final.^[18]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[19]

Current through the2025 Australian Open.

Current through the2024 US Open.

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Australian Open	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Barbora Krejčíková Rajeev Ram	6–7(3–7), 1–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2019	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Amanda Anisimova	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2021	Charleston Open, United States	WTA 250	Clay	Ons Jabeur	2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2019	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Zoe Hives	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 2021	Abierto Zapopan,Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Ellen Perez	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jul 2021	Hamburg European Open, Germany	WTA 250	Clay	Rosalie van der Hoek	Jasmine Paolini Jil Teichmann	0–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Apr 2022	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia(2)	WTA 250	Clay	Aldila Sutjiadi	Emina Bektas Tara Moore	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2023	Open Romania Ladies, Romania	Clay	Sara Errani	0–6, 7–5, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2024	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Kaylah McPhee	Veronika Erjavec Darja Semeņistaja	2–6, 4–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh,Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win	2–0	Jul 2017	ITF Târgu Jiu,Romania	15,000	Clay	Belinda Woolcock	1–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Aug 2017	ITF Graz,Austria	15,000	Clay	Vendula Žovincová	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	ITF Toowoomba,Australia	25,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–2	Mar 2018	ITF Orlando,United States	15,000	Clay	Sophie Chang	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	4–2	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge,United States	25,000	Hard	Maria Mateas	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–2	Jul 2018	Challenger de Gatineau,Canada	25,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6–2	Sep 2018	ITF Cairns,Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	0–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win	7–2	Mar 2019	ITF Irapuato,Mexico	25,000	Hard	Verónica Cepede Royg	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–3	Jun 2023	ITF Ystad, Sweden	40,000	Clay	İpek Öz	1–6, 3–6
Loss	7–4	Jul 2023	Open de Montpellier, France	60,000	Clay	Clara Burel	3–6, 5–7
Win	8–4	Oct 2023	Playford International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Joanna Garland	7–6(6), 6–0
Loss	8–5	Oct 2023	Sydney Open, Australia	60,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–6	Mar 2025	ITF Sabadell, Spain	W35	Clay	Guiomar Maristany	3–6, 3–6
Win	9–6	Apr 2025	FineMark Women's Pro Tennis Championship, United States	W100	Clay	Whitney Osuigwe	6–2, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2016	ITF Amstelveen,Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Frances Altick	Erika Vogelsang Mandy Wagemaker	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2016	ITF Knokke,Belgium	10,000	Clay	Frances Altick	Déborah Kerfs Kelly Versteeg	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Oct 2017	ITF Cairns,Australia	25,000	Hard	Belinda Woolcock	Naiktha Bains Abigail Tere-Apisah	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	3–1	Jun 2018	ITF Sumter,United States	25,000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Julia Elbaba Xu Shilin	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	3–2	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge,United States	25,000	Hard	Gabriela Talabă	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Mar 2019	ITF Irapuato,Mexico	25,000	Hard	Paige Hourigan	Verónica Cepede Royg Renata Voráčová	6–1, 4–6, [12–10]
Loss	4–3	Apr 2019	Dothan Pro Classic,United States	80,000	Clay	Destanee Aiava	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	6–7(5), 4–6
Loss	4–4	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston Pro,United States	100,000	Clay	Mayar Sherif	Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa	6–4, 4–6, [2–10]
Win	5–4	May 2023	ITF Naples, United States	60,000	Clay	Christina Rosca	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	6–1, 7–6(15-13)
Win	6–4	Jun 2023	ITF Ystad, Sweden	40,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Jenny Dürst Fanny Östlund	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Win	7–4	Sep 2023	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	40,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Anastasia Gasanova Ekaterina Makarova	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–5	Oct 2023	Playford International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Kaylah McPhee	Talia Gibson Priscilla Hon	1–6, 2-6

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