Her mother is Supriya while her father Bhavaniprasad Yamalapalli works at an engineering college.

Yamalapalli graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2017 where she majored in Food Science and Nutrition.

[5] She was the second tennis player in the university's history to be honored with the award, the first being Irina Sotnikova.

Yamalapalli was Southland Conference women's tennis student-athlete of the year 2018, 2019 and 2021 for being top in studies and sports.

[9] She mainly plays tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, where she has already won three titles in the singles.