Unnati Hooda (born 20 September 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She was a member of the 2022 Uber Cup Indian team.
Early life Hooda was born on 20 September 2007 in Rohtak, Haryana. She was seven years old when she started playing badminton. Her father Upkar Hooda was passionate about badminton and enrolled her at the Chottu Ram Stadium badminton academy.
Career 2021–22: First senior title In 2021, Hooda's first tournament was the India International Challenge where she lost to Anupama Upadhyaya in the finals. In January 2022, Unnati played in the 2022 Odisha Open where she won the tournament beating Smit Toshniwal in the finals, winning her first ever BWF World Tour tournament. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 Badminton Asia Junior U17 and U15 Championships held in Nonthaburi, Thailand in the U17 singles event.
2023: Abu Dhabi Masters title In 2023, Unnati Hooda defeated compatriot Samiya Farooqui in the 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters finals and won her second BWF World Tour Title. She then won the India International Challenge by beating compatriot Tasnim Mir in straight games.
Achievements World Tour (3 titles) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the Tour Super 100.
Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Odisha Masters Super 100 Smit Toshniwal 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Samiya Farooqui 21–16, 22–20 Winner 2025 Odisha Masters Super 100 Isharani Baruah 21–17, 21–10 Winner
International Challenge (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2021 India International Anupama Upadhyaya 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 I India International Isharani Baruah 21–13, 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2023 II India International Tasnim Mir 21–18, 21–10 Winner 2025 Singapore International Ruzana 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2026 Polish Open Polina Buhrova 10–21, 21–15, 21–8 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
Junior International (1 runner-up) Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 India Junior International Sarunrak Vitidsarn 25–23, 17–21, 10–21 Runner-up BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Performance timeline
Tournaments Senior events Event 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 RefIndividual Olympic Games NH NH A NH NH World Championships A A NH A 2R Asian Games A NH QF Asian Championships A A A A 2R Team Uber Cup QF NH A NH RR Sudirman CupNHANHANH Asian GamesA NH QF Asian Team ChampionshipsANHANHA Asian Mixed ChampionshipsNHANHANH
Junior events Event 2022 2023 2024 2025 RefIndividual World Championships 4R 3R A QF Team World Championships 13th 7th A B
World Tour Women's singles Tournament World Tour Best Ref 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Thailand Masters NH Q2 A Q2 ('23) German Open A QF A QF ('25) All England Open A 1R 1R ('26) Swiss Open A 1R 1R ('26) Orléans Masters A 1R A 1R ('25) Thailand Open A Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R ('25) Baoji China Masters NA QF A QF ('24) Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R 1R ('24, '25) Singapore Open A 1R 1R 1R ('25, '26) Indonesia Open A 1R 1R ('26) Macau Open NH A 1R A 1R ('25) Japan Open A 1R 1R 1R ('25, '26) China Open A QF 1R QF ('25) Taipei Open A SF SF SF ('25, '26) China Masters A 1R 1R ('26) Al Ain Masters NA W NH A NH W ('23) Arctic Open A 2R A 2R ('24) Denmark Open A 1R A 1R ('24) French Open A 2R 2R ('25) Hylo Open A SF SF ('25) Hong Kong Open NH A Syed Modi International A 2R SF SF SF ('24, '25) Guwahati Masters NA 2R 1R A 2R ('23) Odisha Masters W SF A W W ('22, '25) Year-end ranking 137 56 80 23 23
Women's doubles Tournament World Tour Best Ref 2023 2024 2025 Guwahati Masters 2R 2R 2R ('23, '24)
Record against opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 1 November 2025.
Player Matches Win Lost Wang Zhiyi 2 0 2 –2 Putri Kusuma Wardani 1 0 1 –1 P. V. Sindhu 2 1 1 0 Akane Yamaguchi 1 0 1 –1 Nozomi Okuhara 2 0 2 –2 An Se-young 1 0 1 –1
See also Badminton in India India national badminton team List of Indian sportswomen
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