Valeria Bhunu

Valeria Bhunu
Country (sports)	Zimbabwe
Born	3 April 1995 (age 30); Zimbabwe
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)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Zimbabwe
African Games
	Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

Valeria Bhunu (born 3 April 1995) is a Zimbabwean tennis player.^[1]

Bhunu has 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 anti-doping rules violations.^[3] Her sentence ended in 2025 and she started playing tennis again in February of that year.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2015	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	W10	Hard	Katharina Hering	6–4, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Jun 2016	ITF Grand-Baie, Mauritius	W10	Hard	Snehadevi Reddy	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	1–3	Jul 2018	ITF Corroios, Portugal	W15	Hard	Paige Hourigan	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Jun 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Saki Imamura	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Sep 2021	ITF Johannesburg, South Africa	W25	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3–4	Jun 2025	ITF Hillcrest, South Africa	W15	Hard	Astrid Cirotte	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Jul 2025	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Beatrise Zeltiņa	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (6 runner-ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	W10	Hard	Lesedi Sheya Jacobs	Madrie Le Roux Erika Vogelsang	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2015	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Ester Masuri	Margarita Lazareva Valeriya Strakhova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Nov 2016	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	W10	Hard	Linnea Malmqvist	Kaitlyn Christian Chanel Simmonds	0–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	0–4	Nov 2016	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	W10	Hard	Linnea Malmqvist	Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Mar 2018	ITF Manama, Bahrain	W15	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Fatma Al-Nabhani Marian Capadocia	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–6	May 2025	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Lina Soussi	Anastasiia Gureva Ekaterina Khayrutdinova	1–6, 1–6