Valeria Bhunu
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| Country (sports) |  Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 April 1995 Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$39,496 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 146–101 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 3 ITF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 497 (14 November 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 707 (28 July 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 54–72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 534 (21 November 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 1154 (28 July 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 28 July 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Valeria Bhunu (born 3 April 1995) is a Zimbabwean former tennis player.[1]
Bhunu won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 November 2016, she reached her world's best singles ranking, No. 497. On 21 November 2016, she peaked at No. 534 in the doubles rankings.[2]
In 2015, she played for Zimbabwe in the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo where she won the bronze medal in women's singles and doubles.
In 2022, Bhunu was given three years and three months suspension for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for mesterolone.[3][4] Her sentence ended in 2025 and she started playing tennis again in February of that year.
