Nishesh Basavareddy

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Nishesh Basavareddy
Nishesh Basavareddy (2024 Cary) 01.jpg
Basavareddy in Cary in 2024
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (2005-05-02) May 2, 2005 (age 19)
Newport Beach, California, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned proDecember 2024
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Stanford University [1]
CoachBryan Smith
Prize moneyUS $499,557
Singles
Career record4–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 100 (March 17, 2025)
Current rankingNo. 108 (March 31, 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
US Open Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 676 (November 25, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 701 (April 7, 2025)
Last updated on: April 7, 2025.

Nishesh Basavareddy (born May 2, 2005) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 100, achieved on March 17, 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 676, achieved on November 25, 2024. [2]

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Personal life

Both of his parents are from Nellore, India and moved to San Francisco in 1999. He has an elder brother Nishanth, born in San Francisco. [3]

He moved to Carmel, Indiana at age eight and graduated from Carmel High School. [4]

Career

Juniors

He and Ozan Baris won the boys' doubles title at the 2022 US Open. [5] He was ranked as high as No. 5 in the ITF Junior U18 Rankings and was a Tennis Recruiting blue-chip prospect, reaching a national ranking of No. 4 in February 2022. In 2022, he won three major junior tournaments: J1 Porto Alegre, JA Criciúma, and JA Milan. He also won the U14 Orange Bowl and was a member of the U.S. U14 team that won the World Junior Team Finals in the Czech Republic. [6]

College

He joined Stanford University in the Fall of 2022. As a freshman in the 2022-23 season, he won the ITA Fall National Championship and was named an ITA All-American. He was selected to the All-Pac-12 second team and earned ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year honors. He finished the season ranked No. 16 in singles and No. 22 in doubles, with a career-high ranking of No. 2 in singles. He won the ITA Northwest Super Regional and advanced to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles at the NCAA Championships.

In his sophomore season (2023–24), He won the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year award and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team. He earned ITA All-America honors for the second consecutive year and was named ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch. He helped Stanford win the Pac-12 regular-season title, the program’s first since 2021. He ended the season ranked No. 12 in singles, with a 16-2 overall record and an 11-2 mark against ranked opponents. He also recorded three Pac-12 Player of the Week honors and reached the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship. Off the court, He was named to the CSC Academic All-America second team and the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll. [7]

2024: Top 150 and Pro debuts, NextGen Finals and maiden ATP win

He reached the top 200 at world No. 199 on September 30, 2024, following his third Challenger final at the 2024 LTP Men's Open where he lost to Edas Butvilas. [8] He won his maiden title at the 2024 Tiburon Challenger with a win over compatriot Eliot Spizzirri. [9] [10] [11]

Following a final at the Champaign Challenger [12] and his second Challenger title at the 2024 Puerto Vallarta Open, [13] Basavareddy moved to a new career-high in the top 150 at world No. 139 on November 25, 2024. [14]

He also qualified for the 2024 Next Generation ATP Finals where he recorded his first ATP win. [15] [16] Following the qualification, he announced he turned professional on December 5, 2024, foregoing his NCAA eligibility. [17] [18]

He also received a main draw wildcard for his Grand Slam debut at the 2025 Australian Open, where he faced in the first round Novak Djokovic, and lost to him in four sets. [19]

2025: ATP main draw debut & first semifinal, top 100

He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2025 Brisbane International after qualifying for the main draw with wins over former top-100 player Borna Gojo and former top-10 player Lucas Pouille. [20] [21] He lost to Gaël Monfils in three sets. A week later he also qualified for the main draw at the 2025 ASB Classic in Auckland and recorded his second win and first in an ATP main draw over lucky loser Francisco Comesaña in straight sets. [22] [23] He defeated the defending champion and world No. 23 Alejandro Tabilo in three sets to reach his maiden ATP quarterfinal and move into the top 115 in the rankings. [24] [25] [26] Next, he defeated eight seed and compatriot Alex Michelsen to reach his first ATP semifinal and moved onto the top 110 in the ATP singles rankings. He became the youngest American to reach a tour-level semifinal on hardcourts since an 18-year-old Reilly Opelka in 2016 in Atlanta. [27] However, he then fell to Gaël Monfils in the semifinals in two tough sets. [28]

At the Australian Open, he lost in the first round to Novak Djokovic, but not before taking the first set against the former #1. He impressed Djokovic and the crowd during the 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 performance. [29]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2025 Țiriac Open.

Tournament 2024 2025 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
French Open A0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon A0 / 00–0  
US Open Q3 0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–10 / 10–10%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Miami Open AA0 / 00–0  
Monte-Carlo Masters A0 / 00–0  
Madrid Open A0 / 00–0  
Italian Open A0 / 00–0  
Canadian Open A0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati Open A0 / 00–0  
Shanghai Masters A0 / 00–0  
Paris Masters A0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–10 / 10–10%
Career statistics
Tournaments066
Overall win–loss1–23–64–8
Year-end ranking13833%

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–5)
ITF WTT (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Oct 2023 Fairfield Challenger, USChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Zachary Svajda 4–6, 1–6
Loss0–2 Jul 2024 Cranbrook Tennis Classic, USChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Learner Tien 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–3 Sep 2024 LTP Men's Open, USChallengerHard Flag of Lithuania.svg Edas Butvilas 4–6, 3–6
Win1–3 Sep 2024 Tiburon Challenger, USChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Eliot Spizzirri 6–1, 6–1
Loss1–4 Oct 2024 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Flag of Japan.svg James Trotter 3–6, 4–6
Loss1–5 Nov 2024 Champaign–Urbana Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Quinn 3–6, 1–6
Win2–5 Nov 2024 Puerto Vallarta Open, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Draxl 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 2024M25 Calabasas, USWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Svajda 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF WTT (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2024 Cranbrook Tennis Classic, USChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Ozan Baris Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Seggerman
Flag of the United States.svg Patrik Trhac
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 2022M15 Vero Beach, USWTTClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Millen Hurrion
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Draxl
6–4, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2022 US Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Ozan Baris Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dylan Dietrich
Flag of Bolivia.svg Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo
6–1, 6–1

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