At the 1934 Wimbledon Championships she became the first Indian female player to win a match, defeating Gladys Southwell in the first round of the singles event.

[2] She entered the singles competition of the French Championships five times (1931–32, 1934–36) but did not manage to win a match.

[5] In 1935 during a tour of England she won the Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships at Bournemouth against Joan Ingram.

[9] Her mother was also an early player of tennis in India, winning the singles title at the Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships in 1927.

[12] Her house there was inherited by her nephew, the Oxford University Press editor and publisher Ravi Dayal.