Riya Bhatia (Hindi: रिया भाटिया; born 24 September 1997) is a professional Indian tennis player.

Riya Bhatia
Bhatia in 2022 at Antalya, Turkey
Country (sports) India
ResidenceWest Delhi, India
Born (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27)
Rohtak, India
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$108,506
Singles
Career record199–214
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 338 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 902 (26 August 2024)
Doubles
Career record137–162
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 387 (17 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 505 (26 August 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–8
Last updated on: 3 September 2024.

Formerly ranked No. 2 in India, Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 387 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021. She has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She has represented her country at the 2017 Indoor Asian Games, Turkmenistan and the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. Bhatia was a part of Indian National Women's team in the Billie Jean King Cup for five years between 2017 and 2022.

Bhatia is the only woman player who has won two national titles: the hardcourt and grass-court national championships both in the year of 2016.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 ITF Gulbarga, India 10,000 Hard   Prerna Bhambri 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard   Ana Bianca Mihăilă 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 1–2 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City 10,000 Hard   Margarita Lazareva 6–7(10), 3–6
Loss 1–3 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City 10,000 Hard   Margarita Lazareva 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2017 ITF Curtea de Argeș, Romania 15,000 Clay   Georgia Crăciun 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2017 ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka 15,000 Hard   Joséphine Boualem 7–6(2), 6–1
Win 3–4 Oct 2019 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard   Nastja Kolar 7–5, 1–6, 6–3

Doubles: 21 (4 titles, 17 runner-ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2015 ITF Nashik, India 10,000 Clay   Karman Thandi   Sowjanya Bavisetti
  Rishika Sunkara
6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2016 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay   Eetee Maheta   Petra Krejsová
  Chantal Škamlová
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2016 ITF Pune, India 10,000 Hard   Shweta Chandra Rana   Sharmada Balu
  Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
4–6, 0–6
Win 1–3 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City 10,000 Hard   Kassandra Davesne   Margarita Lazareva
  Kélia Le Bihan
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Dec 2016 ITF Djibouti City 10,000 Hard   Margarita Lazareva   Kassandra Davesne
  Kélia Le Bihan
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 1–5 Mar 2017 ITF Gwalior, India 15,000 Hard   Shweta Chandra Rana   Natasha Palha
  Rishika Sunkara
4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–6 Jun 2017 ITF Niš, Serbia 15,000 Clay   Angelique Svinos   Alona Fomina
  Daria Kruzhkova
0–6, 5–7
Loss 1–7 Jun 2017 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 15,000 Clay   Tamara Čurović   Berfu Cengiz
  Ani Vangelova
5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–8 Jul 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay   Oana Gavrilă   Samantha Harris
  Belinda Woolcock
3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–9 May 2018 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Shelby Talcott   Petia Arshinkova
  Gergana Topalova
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 2–9 May 2018 ITF Tiberias, Israel 15,000 Hard   Madeleine Kobelt   Shavit Kimchi
  Maya Tahan
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–10 Sep 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 15,000 Hard   Lu Jiaxi   Cho I-hsuan
  Wang Danni
4–6, 3–6
Win 3–10 Aug 2019 ITF Taipei, Taiwan 25,000 Hard   Ramu Ueda   Cho I-hsuan
  Cho Yi-tsen
7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–11 Nov 2020 ITF Lousada, Portugal 15,000 Hard (i)   Inês Murta   Arianne Hartono
  Lily Miyazaki
1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss 3–12 Mar 2021 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard   Miriam Bulgaru   Rutuja Bhosale
  Emily Webley-Smith
2–6, 5–7
Loss 3–13 May 2021 ITF Oeiras, Portugal 25,000 Clay   Gabriela Cé   Adrienn Nagy
  Park So-hyun
4–6, 0–6
Loss 3–14 Aug 2022 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25,000 Clay   María Paulina Pérez   Thaísa Grana Pedretti
  Noelia Zeballos
3–6, 1–6
Loss 3–15 June 2024 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 15,000 Hard   Sharmada Balu   Raphaëlle Lacasse
  Ana Carmen Zamburek
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–15 Oct 2024 ITF Mysuru, India W15 Hard   Jessie Aney   Akanksha Dileep Nitture
  Soha Sadiq
6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–16 Oct 2024 Hamburg Ladies Cup, Germany W75 Hard (i)   Lian Tran   Madeleine Brooks
  Isabelle Haverlag
3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–17 Nov 2024 ITF Funchal, Portugal W50 Hard   Polina Iatcenko   Holly Hutchinson
  Ella McDonald
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
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