Ramkumar Ramanathan

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Ramanathan Ramkumar
Ramanathan BOR22 (52082932812).jpg
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Residence Barcelona, Spain &
Chennai, India
Born (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29)
Chennai
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Juan Balcells &
Sergio Casal
Prize money$1,204,597 [1]
Singles
Career record25–36 (41.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 111 (30 July 2018)
Current rankingNo. 462 (12 February 2024) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2018)
French Open Q2 (2015, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon Q3 (2021)
US Open Q2 (2015, 2017)
Doubles
Career record18–22 (45.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 58 (15 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 189 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2023)
French Open 2R (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 1R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 8–7 (singles 8–7)
Medal record
tennis
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Guwahati Doubles
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. [2] He has been ranked as high as No. 111 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. He has represented India in the Davis Cup. In 2018, he became the first Indian player to reach an ATP Tour singles final since Somdev Devvarman in 2011.

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Personal and early life

Ramkumar started playing tennis at the age of five. He was introduced to the sport by his father Ramanathan who hailed from Karaikudi. His mother's name is Alagammai and sister's name is Uma. Both his parents are into the textile business. He speaks Tamil, English and Spanish. He trains at Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain. [3] He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Loyola College. [4] [5]

Career

2008–2010: Junior career and turning pro

Ramanathan began playing tennis at the age of five, turning professional in 2009.

2014–2016: Early career

In 2014, Ramanathan qualified for the main draw of the Chennai Open and beat the then-Indian No. 1 Somdev Devvarman in the first round. [6] [7] [8] He then lost to Marcel Granollers in the second round.

In 2015, Ramanathan played mostly on Futures and Challenger level. He entered the Chennai Open, where he lost in first round to Tatsuma Ito in straight sets. [3] In April, he reached his first doubles final at a challenger event at the Mersin Cup in Turkey. Partnering with Riccardo Ghedin, the pair lost the final to Mate Pavić and Michael Venus. [9] He entered his second ATP world tour event of the year at Malaysian Open where he lost in the first round to Mikhail Kukushkin. [3]

Ramanathan at the 2016 Wimbledon qualifying Ramanathan WMQ16 (3) (27595402684).jpg
Ramanathan at the 2016 Wimbledon qualifying

In the 2016 season, Ramanathan entered the Chennai Open and reached the quarterfinals, his best result at an ATP World Tour event. He defeated Daniel Gimeno Traver and Alexander Kudryavtsev in the first and second rounds respectively. He lost to Aljaž Bedene in the quarterfinals. [10] In October, Ramanathan partnered with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The pair reached the final at the Vietnam Open Challenger, where they lost to Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana. [11]

2017: Challenger breakthrough, first ATP top-10 win

In April, Ramanathan reached his first singles challenger final at the Tallahassee challenger. He lost to Blaž Rola. [12]

Ramanathan entered the 2017 Antalya Open, where he upset world No. 8 and top seed Dominic Thiem in the second round. This was his first match against a top-10 player. Ranked world No. 222, Ramanathan defeated Thiem in straight sets, 6–3, 6–2. [13] He progressed to the quarterfinals, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis.

In July, he reached his second singles Challenger final at Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships. He lost in straight sets to Akira Santillan. [14] [15]

In August, Ramanathan qualified for the first time in a main draw of a Masters 1000 tournament at the Cincinnati Masters. He defeated Christopher Eubanks in the first round, before losing to Jared Donaldson. [16] Ramanathan entered qualifying draw of US Open. He defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round but lost to Nicolas Mahut in the second. [17] He finished year with singles ranking of 148.

2018: Hall of Fame Tennis Championships finalist

Ramanathan opened his new season by entering Maharashtra Open as a wildcard. He lost in round two to top seed Marin Cilic in straight sets. [18] He then entered qualifying draw of Australian Open where he lost in the final qualifying round to Vasek Pospisil. [19]

In April, Ramanathan reached his first Challenger singles final of the season at Taipei Challenger. He was defeated in the final by compatriot Yuki Bhambri. [20]

In July, Ramanathan reached the final at Newport where he lost to Steve Johnson. He became the first Indian to reach an ATP World Tour singles final since Somdev Devvarman at the 2011 Johannesburg Open. [21]

In November, he won his first doubles ATP Challenger title at Pune Challenger. He paired with compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth and defeated Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua in the final. [22] He finished the year with singles ranking of 133.

2019–20: Singles final & four doubles titles in Challengers

Ramanthan won the doubles titles in Japan, France, Italy, and two in India. [23]

2021: Major debut in mixed doubles, maiden singles Challenger title

Ramanathan entered men's singles qualifying draw of Wimbledon. He defeated Jozef Kovalík and Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the first and second rounds respectively in straight sets but lost to Marc Polmans in last qualifying round in a five sets thriller in the tiebreaker. He made his Grand Slam main draw debut in mixed doubles where he entered the draw after a last minute withdrawal partnering Ankita Raina. This was a Grand Slam mixed doubles debut for both players. They lost to compatriots Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza in straight sets. It was a historic first ever all Indian match at a Grand Slam level.

He won his first singles Challenger title at Manama Challenger where he defeated Evgeny Karlovskiy in straight sets. [24] Ramanathan ended 2021 year by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021 Antalya Challenger III in singles and the semifinals of doubles with Vladyslav Orlov.

2022: First ATP Tour title & top 100 debut in doubles

Ramkumar had good start to 2022 season with a title win in Adelaide, Ramanathan partnered with Rohan Bopanna and won the title by defeating top seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the final. This was his first ATP Tour title. Just a month later, he won his second ATP title with Rohan Bopanna at Maharastra Open by defeating Australian pair of Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith in the final. Following his title victory he broke into ATP Top 100 doubles rankings by reaching career best ranking of World No. 94. [25] [26] Whereas he lost to Holger Rune in Adelaide qualifiers and Gian Marco Moroni in Australian Open qualifiers in straight sets respectively. He had also lost to Stefano Travaglia in Maharashtra first round in three sets.

Ramanathan lost in the first round of 2022 Bengaluru Open to Max Purcell in three sets but went on to win the doubles title with Saketh Myneni seeded no.3 defeating French pair of Hugo Grenier and Alexandre Müller in straight sets in the final. The pair didn't drop a single set in winning the title. He then lost to Mathias Bourgue at Bengaluru Open 2 but reached the doubles final with Saketh Myneni again losing to Arjun Kadhe and Alexander Erler in the tie breaker. Ramanathan and Saketh lost in the 1st round of 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships to John Peers and Filip Polášek in straight sets after receiving a wildcard.

Ramanathan lost to Liam Broady in the qualifying round of 2022 Indian Wells Masters. Ramanathan was the top seed in the singles qualifying round of 2022 Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi II but lost to Francesco Maestrelli. He reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. He then reached the final of the Challenger Biel/Bienne with Purav Raja where they lost to top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti in straight sets. He then lost to JC Aragone in the first round of Salinas Challenger. As the top seeds with Jeevan in doubles, he still lost to eventual champions and compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500 Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States250 SeriesGrass Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson 5–7, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500 Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jan 2022 Adelaide International, Australia250 SeriesHard Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo
7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win2–0 Jan 2022 Maharashtra Open, India250 SeriesHard Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith
6–7(10–12), 6–3, [10–6]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 33 (21–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–6)
ITF Futures Tour (20–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (19–8)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Dec 2012India F16, Dharwad FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss0–2Jun 2013Spain F17, Martos FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steven Diez 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Win1–2Nov 2013India F11, Raipur FuturesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Duck-hee 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win2–2Dec 2013Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win3–2May 2014Turkey F14, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Anton Zaitcev 6–7(6–8), 6–0, 6–2
Win4–2Jul 2014Spain F17, Getxo FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Marc Giner6–4, 6–1
Loss4–3Jul 2014Spain F18, Gandia FuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arthur De Greef 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win5–3Sep 2014Turkey F32, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of France.svg Rémi Boutillier 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Win6–3Sep 2014Turkey F33, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Ricardo Rodríguez 6–3, 6–0
Win7–3Nov 2014India F7, RaipurFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni 6–1, 6–2
Loss7–4Dec 2014Qatar F5, Doha FuturesHard Flag of Georgia.svg Nikoloz Basilashvili 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss7–5Mar 2015India F3, Tiruchirapalli FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Vijay Sundar Prashanth 3–6, 4–6
Win8–5May 2015India F6, Mysore FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
Win9–5Sep 2015India F13, Coimbatore FuturesHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ouyang Bowen 6–4, 6–2
Loss9–6Oct 2015Turkey F40, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim van Rijthoven 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win10–6Nov 2015India F16, Gwalior FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–3, 6–4
Win11–6Dec 2015India F19, Mumbai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran6–3, 6–3
Win12–6May 2016Spain F12, Lleida FuturesClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win13–6Dec 2016Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Ofner 7–5, 6–3
Win14–6Dec 2016Qatar F6, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Ofner7–5, 6–3
Loss14–7 Apr 2017 Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Rola 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Win15–7Jun 2017Singapore F2, Singapore FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Sarmiento 6–2, 6–2
Win16–7Jun 2017Singapore F3, SingaporeFuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas S. Hu7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss16–8 Jul 2017 Winnetka, USAChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Akira Santillan 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss16–9 Nov 2017 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Yuki Bhambri 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss16–10 Apr 2018 Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard (i) Flag of India.svg Yuki Bhambri3–6, 4–6
Loss16–11 Nov 2020 Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet (i) Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda 4–6, 4–6
Loss16–12 Jul 2021 Cary, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Krueger 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win17–12 Nov 2021 Manama, BahrainChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 6–1, 6–4
Win18–12Oct 2023M25 Dharwad, IndiaWorld TourHard Flag of India.svg Digvijay Pratap Singh7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win19–12Nov 2023M25 Mumbai, IndiaWorld TourHard Flag of India.svg Siddharth Vishwakarma6–0, 6–4
Win20–12Nov 2023M25 Kalaburagi, IndiaWorld TourHard Flag of Austria.svg David Pichler6–2, 6–1
Win21–12Mar 2024M25 New Delhi, IndiaWorld TourHard Flag of India.svg Karan Singh6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 48 (24–24)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures Tour (16–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (16–14)
Clay (8–8)
Grass (0–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2011Spain F29, Vigo FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Mazón-Hernández Flag of Japan.svg Taro Daniel
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyasu Ehara
6–3, 6–2
Win2–0Jul 2012Turkey F28, İzmir FuturesClay Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Dmitriev Flag of France.svg Julien Demois
Flag of France.svg Yanais Laurent
6–2, 6–2
Win3–0Jun 2013Spain F17, Martos FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ashwin Vijayragavan Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Flag of Spain.svg Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss3–1Sep 2013Spain F32, Sevilla FuturesClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Esteve Lobato
Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla
2–6, 3–6
Win4–1Oct 2013Spain F33, Sabadell FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg David Pérez Sanz Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Esteve Lobato
Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla
6–7(4), 6–3, [10–8]
Loss4–2Oct 2013Spain F36, El Prat de Llobregat FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg David Pérez Sanz Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Campo
Flag of Italy.svg Omar Giacalone
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss4–3Nov 2013India F9, Delhi FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ashwin Vijayragavan Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(3), 3–6
Loss4–4Nov 2013India F11, Raipur FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
1–6, 3–6
Win5–4Dec 2013Cambodia F3, Phnom Penh FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Karunuday Singh Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Niki
Flag of Japan.svg Arata Onozawa
6–4, 6–3
Win6–4Mar 2014India F4, Trichy FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Portaluri
Flag of Sweden.svg Lucas Renard
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss6–5May 2014Turkey F14, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of Moldova.svg Andrei Ciumac Flag of Japan.svg Sho Katayama
Flag of Japan.svg Bumpei Sato
3–6, 1–6
Loss6–6May 2014Turkey F16, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of France.svg Hugo Grenier Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitar Kuzmanov
Flag of Venezuela.svg Ricardo Rodríguez
w/o
Win7–6Jun 2014Spain F15, Palma del Río FuturesHard Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Pla Malfeito Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Esteve Lobato
Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla
7–6(2), 4–6, [10–7]
Win8–6Jul 2014Spain F17, Getxo FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg David Pérez Sanz Flag of Portugal.svg João Domingues
Flag of Spain.svg José Antón Salazar Martín
5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss8–7Jul 2014Spain F18, Gandia FuturesClay Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Flag of Spain.svg Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Martin Beran
6–2, 6–7(3), [9–11]
Loss8–8Sep 2014Turkey F33, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Ricardo Rodríguez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb
5–7, 6–7(7)
Win9–8Oct 2014Turkey F34, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Turkey.svg Tuna Altuna Flag of Turkey.svg Barış Ergüden
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hájek
6–4, 6–2
Win10–8Dec 2014Qatar F5, Doha FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Barry
Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Neuchrist
6–3, 6–4
Loss10–9Mar 2015India F2, Bhimavaram FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
7–6(5), 3–6, [6–10]
Win11–9Mar 2015India F3, TrichyFuturesClay Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of India.svg Anvit Bendre
Flag of India.svg Akash Wagh
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss11–10 Apr 2015 Mersin Cup, TurkeyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Ghedin Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus
7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win12–10Oct 2015Turkey F41, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Turkey.svg Sarp Ağabigün Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Dmitriev
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Luca Margaroli
6–4, 6–4
Loss12–11Nov 2015India F16, GwaliorFuturesHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hung Jui-chen Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
4–6, 6–7(5)
Win13–11Dec 2015India F19, Mumbai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Kaliyanda Poonacha Flag of India.svg Anvit Bendre
Flag of India.svg Chandril Sood
6–4, 6–3
Win14–11May 2016Spain F12, Lleida FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg David Vega Hernández Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
6–3, 6–1
Loss14–12Oct 2016France F21, Nevers FuturesHard (i) Flag of Venezuela.svg Jordi Muñoz Abreu Flag of France.svg Antoine Hoang
Flag of France.svg Grégoire Jacq
3–6, 4–6
Loss14–13 Oct 2016 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of Thailand.svg Sanchai Ratiwatana
Flag of Thailand.svg Sonchat Ratiwatana
5–7, 4–6
Win15–13Feb 2017USA F8, Indian Harbour Beach FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Pla Malfeito Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Callahan
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Chappell
6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]
Loss15–14Mar 2017USA F9, Orlando FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Pla Malfeito Flag of the United States.svg Connor Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Rhyne Williams
4–6, 4–6
Loss15–15 Nov 2018 Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Flag of Belarus.svg Andrei Vasilevski Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Molchanov
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Zelenay
2–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win16–15 Nov 2018 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Vijay Sundar Prashanth Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Cheng-peng
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Tsung-hua
7–6(3), 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss16–16 Jun 2019 Surbiton Trophy, UKChallengerGrass Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Soon-woo Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers
Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan
6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Win17–16 Jul 2019 Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Flag of Portugal.svg Gonçalo Oliveira Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori
Flag of Spain.svg David Vega Hernández
6–2, 6–4
Loss17–17 Oct 2019 Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli
Flag of Spain.svg David Vega Hernández
4–6, 5–7
Loss17–18 Nov 2019 Shenzhen, ChinaChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Elgin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Cheng-peng
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Tsung-hua
2–6, 5–7
Win18–18 Nov 2019 Kobe, JapanChallengerHard (i) Flag of India.svg Purav Raja Flag of Sweden.svg André Göransson
Flag of Indonesia.svg Christopher Rungkat
7–6(6), 6–3
Win19–18 Nov 2019 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Purav Raja Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe
Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
7–6(3), 6–3
Win20–18 Feb 2020 Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Purav Raja Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden
6–0, 6–3
Win21–18 Sep 2021 Cassis, FranceChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of Mexico.svg Hans Hach Verdugo
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win22–18 Feb 2022 Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of France.svg Hugo Grenier
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Müller
6–3, 6–2
Loss22–19 Feb 2022 Bangalore II, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler
Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe
3–6, 7–6(4), [7–10]
Loss22–20 Mar 2022 Biel/Bienne, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Flag of India.svg Purav Raja Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Flag of France.svg Albano Olivetti
3–6, 4–6
Loss22–21 June 2022 Ilkley Trophy, UKChallengerGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten
5–7, 4–6
Loss22–22Jun 2023M25 Martos, SpainFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Parikshit Somani Flag of Portugal.svg Jaime Faria
Flag of Portugal.svg Henrique Rocha
3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss22–23 Jun 2023 Emilia-Romagna, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Luca Margaroli Flag of France.svg Jonathan Eysseric
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
2–6, 3–6
Loss22–24 Aug 2023 Mallorca, SpainChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Paris
4–6, 4–6
Win23–24Nov 2023M25 Mumbai, IndiaFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Purav Raja Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Orlov
Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Adams
6–3, 6–3
Win24–24 Feb 2024 Chennai Open, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of India.svg Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Flag of India.svg Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

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 Atlanta Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 A Q3 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 00–0
French Open A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AA Q2 A Q1 Q2 NH Q3 Q1 0 / 00–0
US Open A Q2 Q1 Q2 A Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
National representation
Davis Cup AA PO Z1 PO Z1 QR WG1 0 / 510–950%
Win–loss0–00–01–35–11–21–10–10–12–00 / 010–950%
Career statistics
Titles/Finals0–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–1
Overall win–loss1–10–23–58–57–73–50–20–42–224–3342%
Year-end ranking241248227148132174190144$783,648

Wins over top-10 players

Season201720182019202020212022Total
Wins1000001
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreRRR
2017
1. Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 8 Antalya, TurkeyGrass2R6–3, 6–2221

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