| Country (sports) |  India |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 April 1983 Kapurthala, India |
| Retired | 2013 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Prize money | $62,462 |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 340 (13 January 2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–0 (Davis Cup) |
| Highest ranking | No. 296 (23 May 2005) |
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (born 4 April 1983) is an Indian former professional tennis player. [1]
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A left-handed player from Kapurthala, Sipaeya was a national hardcourt champion as a 16-year old in 1999 and made the junior doubles quarter-finals of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. [2]
Sipaeya represented India at the 2002 Asian Games and was a doubles silver-medalist at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.[ citation needed ]
His career best singles ranking of 340 was attained in 2005 and he won two ITF Futures singles titles during his career. As a doubles player he was ranked as high as 296 in the world and won a further 15 ITF tournaments. [3]
In 2007 he made his only Davis Cup appearance for India, as the doubles partner of Leander Paes in a tie against Uzbekistan. He and Paes were victorious in five sets, over Farrukh Dustov and Denis Istomin.[ citation needed ]