Vijay Sundar Prashanth

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Vijay SP Natarajan
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Prashanth in Bengaluru Open 2023
Full nameVijay SP Natarajan
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Residence Chennai, India
Born (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 38)
Chennai, India
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$179,692
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 335 (5 October 2015)
Doubles
Career record4–4
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 83 (27 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 97 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Men's tennis
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Vijay SP Natarajan (born 27 October 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 335 achieved on 5 October 2015. [1]

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Early life

Vijay was born in Chennai. He started playing tennis at the age of 5, when his grandfather introduced him to the sport. [2]

He did his schooling at PSSB (Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan) and completed his graduation from Loyola college. [3]

Professional career

2015: ATP singles debut; National Games in Trivandrum, Kerala

He caught everyone's eye, when he won against Indian Davis Cup player Yuki Bhambri at 2015 Aircel Chennai Open. [4] He went on to become the fourth Indian ever to qualify for the main draw. [5]

Medalist at the 35th National Games held in Trivandrum, Kerala in 2015 [TEAM- Gold medal; INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES- Silver medal]

2016: South Asian Games in Guwahati, India

Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.

2017: Indoor Asian Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Prashanth won Individual Mens Doubles Gold and Individual Mens Singles Silver for India at the Indoor Asian Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017.

2023: Top 100

Prashanth cracked into the Top 100 for the first time on 13 November 2023 after reaching the finals of the 2023 HPP Open in Helsinki, Finland. [6]

2024: Maiden ATP title at the Hangzhou Open

Partnering with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Prashanth won the doubles title at the 2024 Hangzhou Open, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final. [7]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Sep 2024 Hangzhou Open,
China
ATP 250Hard Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of Germany.svg Hendrik Jebens
Flag of Germany.svg Constantin Frantzen
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Doubles: 62 (25–37)

Legend
ATP Challengers (5–9)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (20–28)
Titles by surface
Hard (17–28)
Clay (8–9)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2007India F6, Chennai FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Flag of India.svg Vivek Shokeen
5–7, 4–6
Loss0–2Mar 2009India F1, Chandigarh FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Mithun Murali Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win1–2May 2011India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of Indonesia.svg Elbert Sie
Flag of Thailand.svg Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana
7–5, 6–4
Loss1–3Jun 2011India F8, Delhi FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of Russia.svg Vitali Reshetnikov
Flag of India.svg Karunuday Singh
7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss1–4Aug 2011Turkey F23, Istanbul FuturesHard Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Ghedin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brydan Klein
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dane Propoggia
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss1–5Dec 2011India F12, Kolkata FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss1–6Mar 2012India F2, Bhopal FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss1–7Mar 2012India F3, Bhimavaram FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of India.svg Rohan Gajjar
Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
5–7, 3–6
Win2–7Apr 2012India F4, Trichy FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of India.svg Rupesh Roy
Flag of India.svg Vivek Shokeen
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win3–7Jul 2012Germany F7, Römerberg FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Jastraunig
Flag of Austria.svg Marc Rath
7–5, 6–4
Loss3–8Jul 2012India F10, Coimbatore FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
3–6, 2–6
Loss3–9Dec 2012India F15, Davanagere FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [1–10]
Loss3–10Dec 2012India F17, Belgaum FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Flag of the United States.svg Amrit Narasimhan
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shabaz
6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss3–11Oct 2013Great Britain F20, Sunderland FuturesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg David Pel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Meehan
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win4–11Aug 2014Iran F9, Tehran FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza Flag of Greece.svg Markos Kalovelonis
Flag of Iran.svg Amirvala Madanchi
6–3, 6–4
Loss4–12Nov 2014India F6, KolkataFuturesClay Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
4–6, 2–6
Loss4–13Nov 2014India F7, Raipur FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss4–14Nov 2014India F8, Gwalior FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza Flag of India.svg Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
Flag of India.svg Shahbaaz Khan
2–6, 3–6
Win5–14Mar 2015India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of Spain.svg Enrique López Pérez
Flag of Spain.svg David Pérez Sanz
6–3, 6–4
Win6–14Aug 2015India F11, ChennaiFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of India.svg Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win7–14Sep 2015India F12, ChennaiFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Flag of Greece.svg Markos Kalovelonis
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Timur Khabibulin
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss7–15Sep 2015India F13, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ouyang Bowen
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Win8–15Sep 2015India F15, Madurai FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar
Flag of India.svg Vignesh Peranamallur
6–3, 7–5
Loss8–16 Oct 2015 Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Fruttero Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh
7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Win9–16Apr 2016China F5, Taizhou FuturesHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Christopher Rungkat Flag of the Philippines.svg Jeson Patrombon
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Aoran
6–4, 6–0
Win10–16May 2016India F3, JassowalFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of the United States.svg John Lamble
Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Saraiva
6–3, 6–3
Win11–16Sep 2016Thailand F2, Hua Hin FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of Thailand.svg Pruchya Isaro
Flag of Japan.svg Ken Onishi
6–2, 6–2
Win12–16Sep 2016India F4, ChennaiFuturesClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of India.svg Kunal Anand
Flag of India.svg Anvit Bendre
7–6(7–2), 6–1
Loss12–17Sep 2016India F6, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Anvit Bendre Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
3–6, 1–6
Win13–17Feb 2017India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh Flag of Germany.svg Pirmin Hänle
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Vinsant
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss13–18Feb 2017India F2, Jorhat FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [6–10]
Loss13–19Mar 2017India F3, Guwahati FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Vishnu Vardhan
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss13–20 Jul 2017 Båstad, SwedenChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji Flag of Turkey.svg Tuna Altuna
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Šafránek
1–6, 4–6
Loss13–21Aug 2017Thailand F6, Nonthaburi FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza Flag of Thailand.svg Pruchya Isaro
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Katayama
4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win14–21 Oct 2017 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan
Flag of Japan.svg Go Soeda
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win15–21Dec 2017Indonesia F8, Jakarta FuturesHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Justin Barki Flag of Japan.svg Sora Fukuda
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Puodziunas
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4]
Loss15–22Mar 2018India F1, Bhubaneswar FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe Flag of India.svg Sidharth Rawat
Flag of India.svg Manish Sureshkumar
3–6, 2–6
Win16–22Mar 2018India F2, KolkataFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lý Hoàng Nam
6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Win17–22Mar 2018India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe Flag of India.svg Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza
6–3, 6–1
Win18–22Mar 2018India F4, Trivandrum FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Silva
Flag of Brazil.svg Thales Turini
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Loss18–23Apr 2018Uzbekistan F2, Karshi FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Safiullin
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss18–24 Jun 2018 Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Gakhov
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
4–6, 4–6
Win19–24 Nov 2018 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Cheng-peng
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Tsung-hua
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Loss19–25Jan 2019M15 Anning, ChinaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Ti
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ray Ho
4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Win20–25Mar 2019M15 Manama, BahrainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Igoshin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesper de Jong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sidane Pontjodikromo
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss20–26Apr 2019M25+H Abuja, NigeriaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe Flag of France.svg Dan Added
Flag of Greece.svg Michail Pervolarakis
4–6, 4–6
Loss20–27May 2019M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Turkey.svg Tuna Altuna Flag of Peru.svg Alexander Merino
Flag of Argentina.svg Manuel Peña López
6–3, 4–6, [0–10]
Loss20–28Sep 2019M15 Nanchang, ChinaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Estonia.svg Vladimir Ivanov
Flag of Russia.svg Yan Sabanin
4–6, 5–7
Win21–28Oct 2019M15 Nanchang, ChinaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ray Ho
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yeung Pak-long
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss21–29Mar 2021M15 Lucknow, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of India.svg Vinayak Sharma Kaza Flag of India.svg Yuki Bhambri
Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
2–6, 3–6
Loss21–30Apr 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruben Bemelmans
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore
5–7, 5–7
Loss21–31Apr 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten
1–6, 4–6
Win22–31Jun 2022M25 Arlon, BelgiumWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Germany.svg Constantin Frantzen
Flag of Germany.svg Tim Sandkaulen
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss22–32 Oct 2022 Fairfield, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten
3–6, 1–6
Loss22–33 Feb 2023 Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Yun-seong
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Yu-hsiou
6–3, 6–7(7–9), [9–11]
Win23–33 Feb 2023 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Japan.svg Toshihide Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Uesugi
6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
Win24–33 Mar 2023 Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of India.svg Purav Raja
Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan
7–5, 6–1
Loss24–34 Apr 2023 Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia
Flag of France.svg Fabien Reboul
4–6, 4–6
Win25–34 Jun 2023 Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Zormann
6–3, 6–2
Loss25–35 Jul 2023 Salzburg, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev
Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Molchanov
4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss25–36 Aug 2023 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PolandChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of France.svg Théo Arribagé
Flag of France.svg Luca Sanchez
4–6, 4–6
Loss25–37 Jan 2024 Quimper, FranceChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar Flag of France.svg Manuel Guinard
Flag of France.svg Arthur Rinderknech
6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles Highlights

WINNER – Doubles ATP Challenger 75 in Vicenza, June 2023.

WINNER – Doubles ATP Challenger 75 in Las Franquesas del Valles, March 2023.

WINNER - Doubles ATP Challenger 100 in Pune, March 2023. [8]

FINALIST - Doubles ATP Challenger 100 in Bangalore, February 2023. [9]

WINNER- Doubles Title at LTA British Tour Event in 2020. [10]

WINNER- Doubles ATP Challenger in Pune, November 2018. [11]

WINNER- Doubles ATP Challenger in Ho Chi Minh City, 2017. [12]

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 2011Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh FuturesHard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Karan Rastogi 1–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Jul 2012India F10, Coimbatore FuturesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Suk-young 2–6, 5–7
Loss0–3Sep 2012Iran F1, Esfahan FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji 3–6, 2–6
Loss0–4Mar 2013India F2, Madurai FuturesClay Flag of Romania.svg Victor Crivoi 1–6, 1–6
Win1–4Mar 2015India F3, Tiruchirappalli FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–3, 6–4
Win2–4Mar 2015India F4, Chennai FuturesClay Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Gakhov 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win3–4Sep 2015India F14, ChennaiFuturesHard Flag of India.svg Sidharth Rawat3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss3–5Aug 2017Thailand F6, Nonthaburi FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jacob Grills6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss3–6Mar 2018India F1, Bhubaneswar FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe 3–6, 2–6
Win4–6Mar 2018India F4, Trivandrum FuturesClay Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe6–3, 6–3

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