The 10-year commitment is also far longer than the WTA has signed in previous host cities, another potential issue if attendance figures don't reach initial expectations.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza overcame a long rain delay in the third set and fought off three-match points before advancing to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open.
It was Svitolina's fourth victory over a top-10 opponent this week and third win in two days.
The likes of Thombare, Kaur and Ankita Bhambri are ranked around 200-250 in the world and that is no mean achievement, the 30-year-old said.
The last time India hosted a WTA event - Royal Indian Open - was in 2012 in Pune when current world number five Elina Svitolina had won the singles title.
Besides Clijsters and Roddick, four-time Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalist Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch of Dutch, tennis historian and journalist Steve Flink and late tennis instructor Vic Braden complete the full list.
After clinching the Wimbledon titles, Roger Federer notches up to No.3 rank in the ATP while Muguruza enters the top ten with a No.5 position in the WTA.
This was Djokovic's first title since January after his triumph in the Qatar Open.
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