Sunitha Rao (born October 27, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player.
She has won 8 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career.
On 7 July 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 144.
On 19 May 2008, she peaked at world number 108 in the doubles rankings.
Rao retirement from tennis 2009.
Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Rao has a win–loss record of 5–6.
Rao also is the fourth female tennis player in history representing India to enter the top-200 world rankings, after Nirupama Sanjeev, Shikha Uberoi, and Sania Mirza.