FULL NAME: Nikkie Gargi
NICK NAME: Nikkie
BORN: September 23, 1992
PARENTS: Father- J Ganta, General Manager BSNL, Mother- Dr Pallishree.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Type-V, No.5, BSNL Colony, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At/Po Gudari, District Rayagada, Odisha, PIN-768026.
CONTACT NUMBERS: Res: 0674-2588300, Mob: 0-9438156700, 0-9437494374
E-MAIL ID: jganta@bsnl.co.in
ACADEMIC Q ALIFICATION: 11th Std student of Kendriya Vidyalaya-1 Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar
COACH: Father J Ganta and Biswanath Gopi (Visakhapatnam)
IDOL: Father J Ganta and former international tennis player and IPS officer Kiran Bedi
EARLY CAREER: Started playing tennis in 1999
AMBITION OF LIFE: Wants to be an IT professional

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
2001: Under-12 singles champion and under-10 singles runner-up in the All-Orissa Talent Search Tournament at Bhubaneswar (Dec 28-30).
2005: Women`s singles champion in the 31st State (Andhra Pradesh) Women`s Sports Festival at Visakhapatnam (Nov 14-16).
2007: Women`s singles runner-up in the Nalco Open All-Orissa Tournament at Bhubaneswar (December).
2009: Won the women`s singles title in the 11th All-Orissa Nalco Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Dec 13, 2009.
2012:
*     Finished mixed doubles runners-up with Lalit Dash as partner in the KDTA Odisha Open Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 11, 2012.
*     Won the women’s singles title in the 14th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Dec 9, 2012.

NATIONAL:
2003: Under-14 doubles champion in the AITA Talent Series Tournament at Visakhapatnam (Dec 8-13)
2005:
*     Under-14 doubles champion in the AITA Talent Series Tournament at Vizayanagram (Feb 7-13).
*     Under-14 doubles champion in the AITA Talent Series Tournament at Balasore (June 27-30).
*     Under-14 doubles champion in the AITA Talent Series Tournament at Chennai (July 25-30).
*     Under-18 singles champion and under-14 singles runner-up in the AITA Talent Series Tournament at Indore (Sept 10-15).
*     Bagged the women`s singles bronze medal in the 31st Women`s National Sports Festival at Bilashpur (Nov 23-26).
2006:
*     Under-16 doubles champion and singles runner-up in the AITA-Gonasika OMC Championship Series Tournament at Keonjhar, Orissa (Jan 9-12).
*     Bagged a double by winning both the singles and doubles titles in girls` under-16 age group of the AITA Grassroots Series Tournament at Puri, Orissa (April 3-6).
*     Under-14 doubles b>champion in AITA Championship Series Tournament at Bangalore (April 17-21).
*     Under-14 doubles runners-up in the DSCL Open National Tournament at Delhi (Oct 14-19).
2007:
*     Under-16 singles champion in AITA Championship Series Tournament at Amritsar, Punjab (June 11-15).
*     Under-16 singles champion in AITA Championship Series Tournament at Bhubaneswar (Nov).
*     Under-18 singles champion in AITA Championship Series Tournament at Bhubaneswar (December).
2008:
*     Under-18 singles champion in AITA Talent Series Tournament at Bhubaneswar (May 19-23).
*     Under-16 doubles champion and singles runner-up in AITA Talent Series Tournament at Bhubaneswar (June 2-5).

INTERNATIONAL:
2006:
*     Under-14 champion in the 1st CMR-WTA Junior Tournament at Visakhapatnam (April 13 to 15).
*     Under-14 singles semifinalist in IOB-GNC Asian Junior Series (Aug 28-Sept 2).

PROFILE FIRST HOSTED: November 10, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: June 23, 2013