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Maaya Rajeshwaran wins first pro singles title and sets Indian age record
Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, a 17-year-old Indian tennis player, won her first professional singles title at the W35 Lagos tournament in Portugal.
She beat Spain’s Celia Cervino Ruiz 6-4, 6-2 in the final on October 11, 2026.
The win made her the youngest Indian woman to win a W35-level singles title.
At 17 years and three months, she broke a record held by Sania Mirza, who was 17 years and 10 months when she won a title in Lagos in 2004.
Rajeshwaran came through qualifying and beat several opponents on her way to the final, including the top seed.
She also won the doubles title with Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Kotliar.
The titles mark a major early achievement in her professional career; no next step is stated.
Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi won her maiden professional singles title at the W35 Lagos tournament in Portugal on October 11, 2026.
The 17-year-old defeated Spain’s Celia Cervino Ruiz 6-4, 6-2 in the final.
She became the youngest Indian woman to win a W35-level singles title, surpassing Sania Mirza’s record.
Rajeshwaran was 17 years and three months old, while Mirza was 17 years and 10 months when she achieved her milestone in 2004.
Rajeshwaran also won the doubles title with Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Kotliar.
- Who
- Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, an Indian tennis player, and Celia Cervino Ruiz of Spain.
- What
- Rajeshwaran won her first professional singles title and became the youngest Indian woman to win a W35-level singles title.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The W35 Lagos tournament in Portugal.
- Why
- Rajeshwaran won the final and surpassed Sania Mirza’s age record for an Indian woman’s W35-level singles title.
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Sania Mirza won a title in Lagos, Nigeria, aged 17 years and 10 months.
Rajeshwaran won the W35 Lagos singles final in Portugal, aged 17 years and three months.
- Singles final score
- Rajeshwaran beat Celia Cervino Ruiz 6-4, 6-2
- Rajeshwaran's age
- 17 years and three months
- Tournament
- W35 Lagos, Portugal
- Previous record holder
- Sania Mirza, aged 17 years and 10 months
- Doubles title
- Rajeshwaran and Yelyzaveta Kotliar beat Min Liu and Carlotta Moccia 0-6, 6-2, 10-7
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