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Indian lawn tennis player

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Ramanathan at the 2016 Wimbledon Men’s Qualifiers
Land (sports)	Republic of india
Residence	Barcelona, Spain & Chennai, India
Born	(1994-eleven-08) 8 November 1994 (age 27) Chennai, India
Peak	i.88 m (6 ft two in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (2-handed backhand)
Autobus	Juan Balcells & Sergio Casal
Prize money	$907,791 (xiii September 2021)[ane]
Singles
Career record	22–32 (xl.7% in ATP Bout and Chiliad Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
Highest ranking	No. 111 (30 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 184 (20 December 2021)[i]
Thou Slam Singles results
Australian Open up	Q3 (2018)
French Open up	Q2 (2015, 2021)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021)
United states Open	Q2 (2015, 2017)
Doubles
Career record	9–vii (56.iii% in ATP Tour and One thousand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	ane
Highest ranking	No. 101 (2 March 2020)
Electric current ranking	No. 122 (13 September 2021)
One thousand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Loving cup	8–7 (Singles 8–7, Doubles 0–0)
Medal tape Representing India Men’s tennis Due south Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Men’southward Singles 2016 Guwahati Men’s Doubles
Last updated on: 16 June 2021.

Ramkumar Ramanathan
(born 8 November 1994) is a professional person Indian tennis player.^[2]
He is the offset Indian player to reach an ATP world tour singles concluding since Somdev Devvarman. He achieved his highest singles ranking of 111 on 30 July 2018, and represents India in the Davis Loving cup.

Personal and early life

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Ramanathan started playing tennis at the age of five. He was introduced to the sport past his father Ramanathan. His mother’due south proper noun is Alagammai and sister’s name is Uma. Both his parents are into the fabric business organization. He speaks English, Spanish and Tamil. He trains at Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain.^[iii]
He is currently pursuing B.A. in Economics at Loyola Higher.^[iv]
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Career

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2014–2016: Early career

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In 2014, Ramanathan striking the headlines when he qualified for the primary depict of the Chennai Open up and beat then Indian No.1 Somdev Devvarman in the showtime circular.^{[half-dozen]
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He eventually lost to Marcel Granollers in the 2nd round.

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

In the 2016 flavor Ramanathan entered Chennai Open and reached the quarterfinals. This was the start time he reached to quarterfinals at an ATP Globe Bout event. He defeated Daniel Gimeno Traver and Alexander Kudryavtsev in starting time and second rounds respectively. He eventually lost to Aljaž Bedene in quarterfinals.^[10]
In October, Ramanathan partnered with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The pair reached the final at Vietnam Open Challenger where they lost to Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana from Thailand to finish equally runners-up.^[11]

2017: Challenger breakthrough and kickoff top-10 win

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In April, Ramanathan reached his commencement singles challenger final at Tallahassee challenger. He lost the final to Blaž Rola from Slovenia to finish every bit runner-upwardly.^[12]

Ramanathan entered 2017 Antalya Open where he produced a big upset past defeating earth No. eight and superlative seed Dominic Thiem in the second circular. This was his outset friction match against a top-10 player. Ranked world No. 222, Ramanathan defeated Thiem in direct sets half-dozen–3, 6–ii.^[13]
He progressed till the quarterfinals where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in a 3rd prepare necktie break.

In July, he reached his second singles challenger final at Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships. But here too he had to be content equally runner-up. He lost the final in direct sets to Akira Santillan from Japan.^[xiv]
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In August, Ramanathan qualified for the first time in main draw of a Masters 1000 tournament at Cincinnati Masters. He defeated Christopher Eubanks in beginning circular only lost to Jared Donaldson in second round.^[16]
Ramanathan entered qualifying depict of US Open. He defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in first round but lost to Nicolas Mahut in second round.^[17]
He finished year with singles ranking of 148.

2018: Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

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Ramanathan opened his new season by inbound Maharashtra Open equally a wild bill of fare. He lost in circular 2 to top seed Marin Cilic in straight sets.^[18]
He then entered qualifying depict of Australian Open where he lost in final qualifying round to Vasek Pospisil.^[19]

In April, Ramanathan reached his starting time challenger singles final of the flavour at Taipei Challenger. He was defeated in the finals by compatriot Yuki Bhambri.^[20]

In July, Ramanathan reached his first ATP 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles|Newport. He lost in the final to Steve Johnson from USA. He became commencement Indian player to achieve an ATP globe tour singles last since Somdev Devvarman who had reached the last at Johannesburg in 2011.^[21]

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

2019–2021: 2 Singles Challenger Titles, 8 Doubles Challenger Finals, 5 Titles

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

2022: Starting time ATP Doubles title

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In Adelaide, Ramanathan partnering with Rohan Bopanna and win the championship defeating pinnacle seed Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the final.This is his commencement ATP Doubles title.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (i runner-upward)

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Result	Due west–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–ane	Jul 2018	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Steve Johnson	5–7, half dozen–3, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result	W–L	Appointment	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7–6(8–6), vi–1

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 29 (17–12)

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Result	W–Fifty	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2012	Republic of india F16, Dharwad	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	2–6, half-dozen–7(4–7)
Loss	0–two	Jun 2013	Kingdom of spain F17, Martos	Futures	Hard	Steven Diez	5–7, seven–half dozen(7–4), 4–6
Win	1–ii	Nov 2013	India F11, Raipur	Futures	Hard	Lee Duck-hee	3–6, 7–6(eight–vi), half dozen–4
Win	2–2	Dec 2013	Kingdom of cambodia F2, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Josh Goodall	vi–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win	3–2	May 2014	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Difficult	Anton Zaitcev	6–7(6–eight), half-dozen–0, 6–2
Win	four–2	Jul 2014	Espana F17, Getxo	Futures	Clay	Marc Giner	six–iv, vi–one
Loss	4–three	Jul 2014	Spain F18, Gandia	Futures	Clay	Arthur De Greef	4–6, vi–4, iii–6
Win	v–three	Sep 2014	Turkey F32, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Rémi Boutillier	half-dozen–4, 7–6(x–8)
Win	six–3	Sep 2014	Turkey F33, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Rodríguez	6–iii, 6–0
Win	7–3	Nov 2014	India F7, Raipur	Futures	Hard	Saketh Myneni	6–ane, half dozen–ii
Loss	7–4	Dec 2014	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Difficult	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6–seven(5–7), 2–half dozen
Loss	vii–5	Mar 2015	Bharat F3, Tiruchirapalli	Futures	Clay	Vijay Sundar Prashanth	iii–vi, 4–6
Win	eight–5	May 2015	India F6, Mysore	Futures	Difficult	Vishnu Vardhan	vii–vi(7–two), 3–6, 6–3
Win	9–5	Sep 2015	India F13, Coimbatore	Futures	Hard	Ouyang Bowen	vi–4, 6–2
Loss	9–6	Oct 2015	Turkey F40, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	3–half dozen, 6–4, iv–6
Win	ten–six	Nov 2015	India F16, Gwalior	Futures	Hard	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	6–iii, half dozen–4
Win	11–6	Dec 2015	India F19, Mumbai	Futures	Difficult	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	6–3, 6–iii
Win	12–6	May 2016	Espana F12, Lleida	Futures	Clay	Félix Auger-Aliassime	7–6(7–1), 6–ii
Win	13–vi	Dec 2016	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Difficult	Sebastian Ofner	seven–five, 6–three
Win	14–half-dozen	Dec 2016	Qatar F6, Doha	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Ofner	7–5, half-dozen–iii
Loss	14–vii	Apr 2017	Tallahassee, USA	Challenger	Dirt	Blaž Rola	ii–half-dozen, 7–half dozen(viii–six), 5–7
Win	15–7	Jun 2017	Singapore F2, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Raymond Sarmiento	6–2, 6–two
Win	xvi–7	Jun 2017	Singapore F3, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Nicholas S. Hu	7–vi(7–four), six–2
Loss	16–viii	Jul 2017	Winnetka, U.s.	Challenger	Hard	Akira Santillan	6–7(1–seven), 2–half-dozen
Loss	16–9	Nov 2017	Pune, Bharat	Challenger	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	half-dozen–four, 3–6, 4–vi
Loss	16–10	Apr 2018	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yuki Bhambri	3–6, 4–6
Loss	16–11	Nov 2020	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpeting (i)	Sebastian Korda	4–six, 4–6
Loss	16–12	Jul 2021	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–vii(4–seven), 2–half-dozen
Win	17–12	Nov 2021	Manama, Bahrain	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–1, 6–iv

Doubles: 39 (21–18)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	ane–0	Aug 2011	Spain F29, Vigo	Futures	Clay	Rafael Mazón-Hernández	Taro Daniel Hiroyasu Ehara	6–3, 6–2
Win	ii–0	Jul 2012	Turkey F28, İzmir	Futures	Dirt	Kirill Dmitriev	Julien Demois Yanais Laurent	six–2, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jun 2013	Espana F17, Martos	Futures	Hard	Ashwin Vijayragavan	Roberto Ortega Olmedo Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso	half-dozen–3, 5–vii, [11–9]
Loss	iii–1	Sep 2013	Kingdom of spain F32, Sevilla	Futures	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Eduard Esteve Lobato Oriol Roca Batalla	2–vi, 3–6
Win	iv–1	October 2013	Spain F33, Sabadell	Futures	Clay	David Pérez Sanz	Eduard Esteve Lobato Oriol Roca Batalla	6–7(4–7), half-dozen–3, [x–eight]
Loss	4–2	Oct 2013	Spain F36, El Prat de Llobregat	Futures	Clay	David Pérez Sanz	Antonio Campo Omar Giacalone	6–iii, 4–6, [vi–10]
Loss	4–3	Nov 2013	Bharat F9, Delhi	Futures	Hard	Ashwin Vijayragavan	Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan	half dozen–7(3–7), three–6
Loss	4–4	November 2013	India F11, Raipur	Futures	Hard	Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash	Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan	1–half-dozen, three–6
Win	5–4	Dec 2013	Kingdom of cambodia F3, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Karunuday Singh	Takuto Niki Arata Onozawa	half dozen–4, half-dozen–3
Win	6–4	Mar 2014	India F4, Trichy	Futures	Clay	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Giorgio Portaluri Lucas Renard	half dozen–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	6–five	May 2014	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Andrei Ciumac	Sho Katayama Bumpei Sato	3–6, 1–vi
Loss	6–half-dozen	May 2014	Turkey F16, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Hugo Grenier	Dimitar Kuzmanov Ricardo Rodríguez	west/o
Win	7–6	Jun 2014	Spain F15, Palma del Río	Futures	Hard	Jaume Pla Malfeito	Eduard Esteve Lobato Oriol Roca Batalla	7–6(vii–2), four–6, [ten–7]
Win	8–6	Jul 2014	Spain F17, Getxo	Futures	Clay	David Pérez Sanz	João Domingues José Antón Salazar Martín	five–7, vi–three, [10–4]
Loss	eight–7	Jul 2014	Spain F18, Gandia	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Martin Beran	six–2, 6–7(three–7), [9–xi]
Loss	eight–eight	Sep 2014	Turkey F33, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Rodríguez	Scott Clayton Richard Gabb	five–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win	nine–8	Oct 2014	Turkey F34, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tuna Altuna	Barış Ergüden Jan Hájek	vi–iv, 6–two
Win	x–viii	Dec 2014	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Difficult	Sriram Balaji	Sam Barry Maximilian Neuchrist	half dozen–3, vi–4
Loss	ten–9	Mar 2015	India F2, Bhimavaram	Futures	Hard	Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [6–ten]
Win	xi–9	Mar 2015	Republic of india F3, Tiruchirappalli	Futures	Clay	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Anvit Bendre Akash Wagh	three–half dozen, vi–2, [10–six]
Loss	xi–10	Apr 2015	Mersin, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Riccardo Ghedin	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	seven–5, 3–6, [four–ten]
Win	12–10	Oct 2015	Turkey F41, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Sarp Ağabigün	Kirill Dmitriev Luca Margaroli	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12–eleven	November 2015	Bharat F16, Gwalior	Futures	Hard	Hung Jui-chen	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	iv–half-dozen, vi–7(5–7)
Win	13–xi	Dec 2015	India F19, Mumbai	Futures	Hard	Kaliyanda Poonacha	Anvit Bendre Chandril Sood	6–4, 6–iii
Win	14–eleven	May 2016	Kingdom of spain F12, Lleida	Futures	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alex de Minaur	6–3, 6–1
Loss	14–12	Oct 2016	French republic F21, Nevers	Futures	Hard (i)	Jordi Muñoz Abreu	Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq	3–6, four–6
Loss	xiv–13	Oct 2016	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	5–seven, iv–6
Win	fifteen–xiii	February 2017	U.s. F8, Indian Harbour Beach	Futures	Dirt	Jaume Pla Malfeito	Hunter Callahan Nick Chappell	6–two, six–seven(5–7), [11–9]
Loss	15–14	Mar 2017	USA F9, Orlando	Futures	Clay	Jaume Pla Malfeito	Connor Smith Rhyne Williams	4–6, 4–6
Loss	15–fifteen	Nov 2018	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Difficult (i)	Andrei Vasilevski	Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay	ii–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	sixteen–fifteen	November 2018	Pune, India	Challenger	Difficult	Vijay Sundar Prashanth	Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua	7–vi(7–3), half-dozen–7(v–7), [10–7]
Loss	16–16	Jun 2019	Surbiton, Great United kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Kwon Before long-woo	Marcel Granollers Ben McLachlan	6–four, iii–6, [ii–ten]
Win	17–sixteen	Jul 2019	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Difficult	Gonçalo Oliveira	Andrea Vavassori David Vega Hernández	vi–2, 6–iv
Loss	17–17	Oct 2019	Barcelona, Kingdom of spain	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Martos Gornés	Simone Bolelli David Vega Hernández	four–six, 5–seven
Loss	17–18	Nov 2019	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua	2–vi, 5–7
Win	18–18	Nov 2019	Kobe, Nippon	Challenger	Hard (i)	Purav Raja	André Göransson Christopher Rungkat	7–6(8–6), six–3
Win	19–18	November 2019	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Purav Raja	Arjun Kadhe Saketh Myneni	vii–six(7–three), 6–3
Win	20–18	Feb 2020	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Purav Raja	Leander Paes Matthew Ebden	half-dozen-0, vi-iii
Win	21–18	Sep 2021	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Sriram Balaji	Hans Hach Verdugo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, iii–half-dozen, [x–6]

Singles performance timeline

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(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, iii, 2, i; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent-minded; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gilded, (F-S) silverish or (SF-B) statuary Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Serial/grand tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avert confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player’southward participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Maharashtra Open up.

Wins over top-ten players

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#	Player	Rank	Effect	Surface	Rd	Score	RR Rank
2017
one.	Dominic Thiem	8	Antalya, Turkey	Grass	2R	6–three, half dozen–two	221

References

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External links

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