Prajnesh Gunneswaran

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Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Residence Chennai, India
Born (1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 (age 33)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysLeft-handed (two–handed backhand)
CoachBastian Suwanprateeep
Prize money$888,338 [1]
Singles
Career record11–28 (28.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 75 (22 April 2019)
Current rankingNo. 446 (24 April 2023) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2019, 2020)
French Open 1R (2019)
Wimbledon 1R (2019)
US Open 1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (50.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 248 (24 December 2018)
Current rankingNo. 890 (13 September 2021)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Singles
Last updated on: 13 September 2021.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) [2] is an Indian tennis player. [3] He has won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. [4] He represents India at the Davis Cup. [5] At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles event.

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Personal life

Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019.

Career

2010–2017: Early career

Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour.

In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia. [6] In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Vardhan, the pair lost the final to team of Laurynas Grigelis and Zdeněk Kolář.

Gunneswaran made his Davis Cup debut for India against Uzbekistan in April 2017. [7]

2018: 2 ATP Challenger titles, Asian games Bronze Medal, Indian No. 1

2018 proved to be breakthrough year for Gunneswaran. He reached four ATP Challenger singles finals, winning two of them. He won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the Kunming Open by defeating Mohamed Safwat in the final. [8] In an all-Indian final, he defeated Saketh Myneni at Bengaluru Open to lift his second Challenger singles trophy. [9] He finished as runner-up at the Ningbo Challenger and Pune Challenger. In April he also reached his second ATP Challenger doubles final at Santaizi ATP Challenger in Taipei, where he partnered with Saketh Myneni. [10]

At French Open, Gunneswaran lost in the final qualifying round. Although he was chosen as lucky loser after Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the competition, Gunneswaran could not participate in the main draw event as he had already left Paris before Kyrgios announced his withdrawal, thus failing to debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. [11]

In August, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles tennis event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. He became the sixth Indian male athlete to win a medal in tennis at the Asian Games. [12]

Gunneswaran started the season as World No. 243 in singles ranking. With solid performance on the Challenger tour he finished the season on a career-high ranking of No. 104 and became the highest ranked Indian singles player.

2019: Grand Slam main draw & top 100 debuts

Gunneswaran started the season by entering the Maharashtra Open, where he received a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in the first round to Michael Mmoh in straight sets. [13]

At the Australian Open, he won the qualifying competition and debuted in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He lost in the first round in straight sets to Frances Tiafoe. [14]

On 11 February 2019, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 97, debuting in the top 100 singles rankings. [15]

Gunneswaran came through the qualifying of the 2019 BNP Paribas Open and defeated Frenchman Benoit Paire in straight sets to enter the second round. He won his second round match against the 17th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in three sets to make the third round of an ATP 1000 Tournament for the first time in his career. [16] Gunneswaran's run at the Indian Wells Masters came to an end following a straight set defeat to Ivo Karlovic in the third round. This was Gunneswaran's maiden appearance at an ATP Masters event. [17] Next, he qualified for the Miami Open, a back-to-back main draw appearance at a Masters event. He lost in the opening round to Jaume Munar.

In April, Gunneswaran reached his season's first ATP Challenger singles final at the Anning Challenger. He was the defending champion and lost to British player Jay Clarke in the final. As a result, he rose to a career-high singles ranking of No. 75. [18] In July his ranking automatically enabled him entry to the main draw at Wimbledon, where he lost in the first round to Milos Raonic.

He lost to Daniil Medvedev at the US Open in the first round.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 27 (11–16)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–7)
ITF Futures Tour (9–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–14)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2013India F6, Chennai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Vijayant Malik7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2013Denmark F2, Aarhus FuturesClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Colin van Beem6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Loss2–1Sep 2013Egypt F26, Sharm El Sheikh FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Enrique López Pérez 0–6, 0–6
Loss2–2Sep 2015India F12, Chennai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–7(8–10), 4–6
Loss2–3Nov 2015India F16, Gwalior FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan 3–6, 4–6
Win3–3Dec 2015India F18, JassowalFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ronit Singh Bisht6–4, 6–4
Loss3–4Dec 2015India F19, Mumbai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan 3–6, 3–6
Loss3–5Mar 2016Turkey F9, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Yannick Jankovits 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 3–6
Win4–5Sep 2016India F4, Chennai FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss4–6Sep 2016India F6, Coimbatore FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss4–7 Oct 2016 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win5–7Mar 2017India F4, Bhilai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji 6–4, 6–2
Loss5–8Mar 2017India F5, Bangalore FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win6–8Mar 2017India F6, Trivandrum FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji 7–5, 6–3
Win7–8Jul 2017China F10, Kunshan FuturesHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zhe 6–3, 6–1
Loss7–9Jul 2017China F11, Shenzhen FuturesHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen 6–2, 5–7, 0–5 ret.
Loss7–10Dec 2017Indonesia F8, Jakarta FuturesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Duck-hee 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win8–10Mar 2018India F3, Chandigarh FuturesHard Flag of Vietnam.svg Lý Hoàng Nam 6–3, 6–4
Win9–10 Apr 2018 Anning, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Safwat 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss9–11 Oct 2018 Ningbo, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Fabbiano 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6
Win10–11 Nov 2018 Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni 6–2, 6–2
Loss10–12 Nov 2018 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Elias Ymer 2–6, 5–7
Loss10–13 Apr 2019 Anning, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jay Clarke 4–6, 3–6
Loss10–14 Nov 2020 Cary, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Loss10–15 Nov 2020 Orlando, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Nakashima 3–6, 4–6
Loss10–16 Mar 2022 Monterrey, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win11–16Jan 2023M25, Al Zahra, KuwaitITFHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Khumoyun Sultanov6–2, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 2013Egypt F25, Sharm El Sheikh FuturesClay Flag of Egypt.svg Issam Haitham Taweel Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Borella
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Ivanovich Spirin		6–3, 6–2
Loss1–1 May 2017 Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Grigelis
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Kolář 		6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss1–2 Apr 2018 Taipei, TaiwanChallengerCarpet (i) Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Whittington 		4–6, 7–5, [6–10]

Singles performance timeline

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.

Current through the 2022 Maharashtra Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAA Q1 1R 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 20–20%
French Open AAAAAA Q3 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon AAAAAA Q1 1R NH Q1 0 / 10–10%
US Open AAAAA Q1 A 1R A Q2 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–40–10–00–00 / 50–50%
Year-end championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify0 / 00–0–
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAAAAA 3R NHA0 / 12–167%
Miami Open AAAAAAA 1R NHA0 / 10–10%
Monte-Carlo Masters AAAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0–
Madrid Open AAAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0–
Italian Open AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0–
Canadian Open AAAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0–
Cincinnati Masters AAAAA Q1 AAAA0 / 00–0–
Shanghai Masters AAAAAAAANH0 / 00–0–
Paris Masters AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0–
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–20–00–00–00 / 22–250%
National representation
Summer Olympics ANot HeldANot HeldA0 / 00–0–
Davis Cup AAAAA Z1 PO QR QR A0 / 02–529%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–11–10–210–11–10–00 / 03–633%
Career statistics
Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 0
Overall win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–12–55–141–41–20–110–2728%
Year-end ranking8994841400T484320243110124129219347$701,151

Wins over top 20 players

Season2019Total
Wins11
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore PG Rank
2019
1. Flag of Georgia.svg Nikoloz Basilashvili 18 Indian Wells Masters, USAHard2nd6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4)97

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