Ramkumar Ramanathan

Indian tennis player

In this Indian name, the name Ramanathan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramkumar.

Ramanathan Ramkumar

Ramanathan at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux

Country (sports)|  India
Residence| Barcelona, Spain &
Chennai, India
Born|  (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29)
Karaikudi, Sivaganga District, Tamil Nadu
Height| 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro| 2009
Plays| Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach| Juan Balcells &
Sergio Casal
Prize money| $1,246,341[1]
Singles
Career record| 25–38
Career titles| 0
Highest ranking| No. 111 (30 July 2018)
Current ranking| No. 335 (23 September 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 record| 18–24
Career titles| 2
Highest ranking| No. 58 (15 August 2022)
Current ranking| No. 146 (23 September 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  India
Asian Games
| 2022 Hangzhou | Doubles
South Asian Games
| 2016 Guwahati | Singles
| 2016 Guwahati | Doubles

Last updated on: 30 September 2024.

Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player.[2] He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkumar is currently the No. 2 ranked Indian player.[3] He has represented India in the Davis Cup.

## Personal and early life

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Ramkumar was born to Ramanathan Chettiar and Alagammai Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu. Both his parents are in the textile business. He has a sister named Uma. He started playing tennis at the age of five, introduced to the sport by his father. He trains at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain.[4] He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai.[5][6]He speaks Tamil, English and Spanish.[4]

## Career

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### 2008–2010: Junior career and turning pro

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

### 2014–2016: Early career

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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.[7][8][9] 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.[4] 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.[10] He entered his second ATP world tour event of the year at Malaysian Open where he lost in the first round to Mikhail Kukushkin.[4]

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.[11] 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.[12]

### 2017: Challenger breakthrough, first ATP top-10 win

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In April, Ramanathan reached his first singles challenger final at the Tallahassee challenger. He lost to Blaž Rola.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15][16]

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.[17] Ramanathan entered qualifying draw of US Open. He defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round but lost to Nicolas Mahut in the second.[18] He finished year with a singles ranking of No. 148.

### 2018: Hall of Fame Tennis Championships finalist

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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.[19] He then entered qualifying draw of Australian Open where he lost in the final qualifying round to Vasek Pospisil.[20]

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.[21]

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.[22]

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.[23] He finished the year with a singles ranking of No. 133.

### 2019–20: Singles final & four doubles Challenger titles

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Ramanthan won the doubles titles in Japan, France, Italy, and two in India.[24]

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

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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.[25] 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

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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.[26][27] 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

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### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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| 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)
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Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
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Loss  | 0–1 | Jul 2018 | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States  | 250 Series  | Grass  |  Steve Johnson | 5–7, 6–3, 2–6

### Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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| 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)
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Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
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Win  | 1–0 | Jan 2022 | Adelaide International, Australia  | 250 Series  | Hard  |  Rohan Bopanna |  Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo | 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win  | 2–0  | Jan 2022 | Maharashtra Open, India  | 250 Series  | Hard  |  Rohan Bopanna  |  Luke Saville
John-Patrick Smith | 6–7(10–12), 6–3, [10–6]

## Challenger and Futures finals

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### Singles: 33 (21–12)

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| Legend

ATP Challenger Tour (1–6)
ITF Futures Tour (20–6)
| Finals by surface

Hard (19–8)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–1)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | Dec 2012 | India F16, Dharwad | Futures  | Hard  |  Sanam Singh | 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss  | 0–2 | Jun 2013 | Spain F17, Martos | Futures  | Hard  |  Steven Diez | 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Win  | 1–2 | Nov 2013 | India F11, Raipur | Futures  | Hard  |  Lee Duck-hee | 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win  | 2–2 | Dec 2013 | Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh | Futures  | Hard  |  Josh Goodall | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win  | 3–2 | May 2014 | Turkey F14, Antalya | Futures  | Hard  |  Anton Zaitcev | 6–7(6–8), 6–0, 6–2
Win  | 4–2 | Jul 2014 | Spain F17, Getxo | Futures  | Clay  |  Marc Giner  | 6–4, 6–1
Loss  | 4–3 | Jul 2014 | Spain F18, Gandia | Futures  | Clay  |  Arthur De Greef | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win  | 5–3 | Sep 2014 | Turkey F32, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Rémi Boutillier | 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Win  | 6–3 | Sep 2014 | Turkey F33, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Ricardo Rodríguez | 6–3, 6–0
Win  | 7–3 | Nov 2014 | India F7, Raipur  | Futures  | Hard  |  Saketh Myneni | 6–1, 6–2
Loss  | 7–4 | Dec 2014 | Qatar F5, Doha | Futures  | Hard  |  Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss  | 7–5 | Mar 2015 | India F3, Tiruchirapalli | Futures  | Clay  |  Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 3–6, 4–6
Win  | 8–5 | May 2015 | India F6, Mysore | Futures  | Hard  |  Vishnu Vardhan | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
Win  | 9–5 | Sep 2015 | India F13, Coimbatore | Futures  | Hard  |  Ouyang Bowen | 6–4, 6–2
Loss  | 9–6 | Oct 2015 | Turkey F40, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Tim van Rijthoven | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win  | 10–6 | Nov 2015 | India F16, Gwalior | Futures  | Hard  |  Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 6–3, 6–4
Win  | 11–6 | Dec 2015 | India F19, Mumbai | Futures  | Hard  |  Prajnesh Gunneswaran  | 6–3, 6–3
Win  | 12–6 | May 2016 | Spain F12, Lleida | Futures  | Clay  |  Félix Auger-Aliassime | 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win  | 13–6 | Dec 2016 | Qatar F5, Doha  | Futures  | Hard  |  Sebastian Ofner | 7–5, 6–3
Win  | 14–6 | Dec 2016 | Qatar F6, Doha  | Futures  | Hard  |  Sebastian Ofner  | 7–5, 6–3
Loss  | 14–7 | Apr 2017 | Tallahassee, USA  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Blaž Rola | 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Win  | 15–7 | Jun 2017 | Singapore F2, Singapore | Futures  | Hard  |  Raymond Sarmiento | 6–2, 6–2
Win  | 16–7 | Jun 2017 | Singapore F3, Singapore  | Futures  | Hard  |  Nicholas S. Hu  | 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss  | 16–8 | Jul 2017 | Winnetka, USA  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Akira Santillan | 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss  | 16–9 | Nov 2017 | Pune, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Yuki Bhambri | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss  | 16–10 | Apr 2018 | Taipei, Taiwan  | Challenger  | Hard (i)  |  Yuki Bhambri  | 3–6, 4–6
Loss  | 16–11 | Nov 2020 | Eckental, Germany  | Challenger  | Carpet (i)  |  Sebastian Korda | 4–6, 4–6
Loss  | 16–12 | Jul 2021 | Cary, USA  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Mitchell Krueger | 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win  | 17–12 | Nov 2021 | Manama, Bahrain  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6–1, 6–4
Win  | 18–12 | Oct 2023 | M25 Dharwad, India  | World Tour  | Hard  |  Digvijay Pratap Singh  | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win  | 19–12 | Nov 2023 | M25 Mumbai, India  | World Tour  | Hard  |  Siddharth Vishwakarma  | 6–0, 6–4
Win  | 20–12 | Nov 2023 | M25 Kalaburagi, India  | World Tour  | Hard  |  David Pichler | 6–2, 6–1
Win  | 21–12 | Mar 2024 | M25 New Delhi, India  | World Tour  | Hard  |  Karan Singh  | 6–2, 6–2

### Doubles: 48 (24–24)

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| Legend (doubles)

ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures Tour (16–13)
| Finals by surface

Hard (16–14)
Clay (8–8)
Grass (0–2)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Win  | 1–0 | Aug 2011 | Spain F29, Vigo | Futures  | Clay  |  Rafael Mazón-Hernández  |  Taro Daniel
Hiroyasu Ehara  | 6–3, 6–2
Win  | 2–0 | Jul 2012 | Turkey F28, İzmir | Futures  | Clay  |  Kirill Dmitriev  |  Julien Demois
Yanais Laurent  | 6–2, 6–2
Win  | 3–0 | Jun 2013 | Spain F17, Martos | Futures  | Hard  |  Ashwin Vijayragavan  |  Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso  | 6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss  | 3–1 | Sep 2013 | Spain F32, Sevilla | Futures  | Clay  |  Matwé Middelkoop |  Eduard Esteve Lobato
Oriol Roca Batalla | 2–6, 3–6
Win  | 4–1 | Oct 2013 | Spain F33, Sabadell | Futures  | Clay  |  David Pérez Sanz |  Eduard Esteve Lobato
Oriol Roca Batalla  | 6–7(4), 6–3, [10–8]
Loss  | 4–2 | Oct 2013 | Spain F36, El Prat de Llobregat | Futures  | Clay  |  David Pérez Sanz  |  Antonio Campo
Omar Giacalone  | 6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss  | 4–3 | Nov 2013 | India F9, Delhi | Futures  | Hard  |  Ashwin Vijayragavan  |  Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 6–7(3), 3–6
Loss  | 4–4 | Nov 2013 | India F11, Raipur | Futures  | Hard  |  Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash |  Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan  | 1–6, 3–6
Win  | 5–4 | Dec 2013 | Cambodia F3, Phnom Penh | Futures  | Hard  |  Karunuday Singh  |  Takuto Niki
Arata Onozawa  | 6–4, 6–3
Win  | 6–4 | Mar 2014 | India F4, Trichy | Futures  | Clay  |  Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan  |  Giorgio Portaluri
Lucas Renard  | 6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss  | 6–5 | May 2014 | Turkey F14, Antalya | Futures  | Hard  |  Andrei Ciumac |  Sho Katayama
Bumpei Sato  | 3–6, 1–6
Loss  | 6–6 | May 2014 | Turkey F16, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Hugo Grenier |  Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ricardo Rodríguez | w/o
Win  | 7–6 | Jun 2014 | Spain F15, Palma del Río | Futures  | Hard  |  Jaume Pla Malfeito  |  Eduard Esteve Lobato
Oriol Roca Batalla  | 7–6(2), 4–6, [10–7]
Win  | 8–6 | Jul 2014 | Spain F17, Getxo | Futures  | Clay  |  David Pérez Sanz  |  João Domingues
José Antón Salazar Martín  | 5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss  | 8–7 | Jul 2014 | Spain F18, Gandia | Futures  | Clay  |  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |  Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez
Martin Beran  | 6–2, 6–7(3), [9–11]
Loss  | 8–8 | Sep 2014 | Turkey F33, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Ricardo Rodríguez  |  Scott Clayton
Richard Gabb  | 5–7, 6–7(7)
Win  | 9–8 | Oct 2014 | Turkey F34, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Tuna Altuna |  Barış Ergüden
Jan Hájek | 6–4, 6–2
Win  | 10–8 | Dec 2014 | Qatar F5, Doha | Futures  | Hard  |  Sriram Balaji  |  Sam Barry
Maximilian Neuchrist | 6–3, 6–4
Loss  | 10–9 | Mar 2015 | India F2, Bhimavaram | Futures  | Hard  |  Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan  |  Sriram Balaji
Vishnu Vardhan | 7–6(5), 3–6, [6–10]
Win  | 11–9 | Mar 2015 | India F3, Trichy  | Futures  | Clay  |  Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan  |  Anvit Bendre
Akash Wagh  | 3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss  | 11–10 | Apr 2015 | Mersin Cup, Turkey  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Riccardo Ghedin |  Mate Pavić
Michael Venus | 7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win  | 12–10 | Oct 2015 | Turkey F41, Antalya  | Futures  | Hard  |  Sarp Ağabigün |  Kirill Dmitriev
Luca Margaroli | 6–4, 6–4
Loss  | 12–11 | Nov 2015 | India F16, Gwalior  | Futures  | Hard  |  Hung Jui-chen |  Sriram Balaji
Vishnu Vardhan | 4–6, 6–7(5)
Win  | 13–11 | Dec 2015 | India F19, Mumbai | Futures  | Hard  |  Kaliyanda Poonacha  |  Anvit Bendre
Chandril Sood | 6–4, 6–3
Win  | 14–11 | May 2016 | Spain F12, Lleida | Futures  | Clay  |  David Vega Hernández |  Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Alex de Minaur | 6–3, 6–1
Loss  | 14–12 | Oct 2016 | France F21, Nevers | Futures  | Hard (i)  |  Jordi Muñoz Abreu |  Antoine Hoang
Grégoire Jacq | 3–6, 4–6
Loss  | 14–13 | Oct 2016 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan |  Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana | 5–7, 4–6
Win  | 15–13 | Feb 2017 | USA F8, Indian Harbour Beach | Futures  | Clay  |  Jaume Pla Malfeito  |  Hunter Callahan
Nick Chappell | 6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]
Loss  | 15–14 | Mar 2017 | USA F9, Orlando | Futures  | Clay  |  Jaume Pla Malfeito  |  Connor Smith
Rhyne Williams | 4–6, 4–6
Loss  | 15–15 | Nov 2018 | Bratislava, Slovakia  | Challenger  | Hard (i)  |  Andrei Vasilevski |  Denys Molchanov
Igor Zelenay | 2–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win  | 16–15 | Nov 2018 | Pune, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Vijay Sundar Prashanth |  Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua | 7–6(3), 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss  | 16–16 | Jun 2019 | Surbiton Trophy, UK  | Challenger  | Grass  |  Kwon Soon-woo |  Marcel Granollers
Ben McLachlan | 6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Win  | 17–16 | Jul 2019 | Recanati, Italy  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Gonçalo Oliveira |  Andrea Vavassori
David Vega Hernández | 6–2, 6–4
Loss  | 17–17 | Oct 2019 | Barcelona, Spain  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Sergio Martos Gornés |  Simone Bolelli
David Vega Hernández | 4–6, 5–7
Loss  | 17–18 | Nov 2019 | Shenzhen, China  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Mikhail Elgin |  Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua | 2–6, 5–7
Win  | 18–18 | Nov 2019 | Kobe, Japan  | Challenger  | Hard (i)  |  Purav Raja |  André Göransson
Christopher Rungkat | 7–6(6), 6–3
Win  | 19–18 | Nov 2019 | Pune, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Purav Raja  |  Arjun Kadhe
Saketh Myneni | 7–6(3), 6–3
Win  | 20–18 | Feb 2020 | Bangalore, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Purav Raja  |  Leander Paes
Matthew Ebden | 6–0, 6–3
Win  | 21–18 | Sep 2021 | Cassis, France  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Sriram Balaji  |  Hans Hach Verdugo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win  | 22–18 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Saketh Myneni  |  Hugo Grenier
Alexandre Müller | 6–3, 6–2
Loss  | 22–19 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore II, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Saketh Myneni  |  Alexander Erler
Arjun Kadhe | 3–6, 7–6(4), [7–10]
Loss  | 22–20 | Mar 2022 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland  | Challenger  | Hard (i)  |  Purav Raja  |  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Albano Olivetti | 3–6, 4–6
Loss  | 22–21 | June 2022 | Ilkley Trophy, UK  | Challenger  | Grass  |  John-Patrick Smith |  Julian Cash
Henry Patten | 5–7, 4–6
Loss  | 22–22 | Jun 2023  | M25 Martos, Spain  | Futures  | Hard  |  Parikshit Somani  |  Jaime Faria
Henrique Rocha | 3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss  | 22–23 | Jun 2023 | Emilia-Romagna, Italy  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Luca Margaroli |  Jonathan Eysseric
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 2–6, 3–6
Loss  | 22–24 | Aug 2023 | Mallorca, Spain  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Sriram Balaji  |  Daniel Cukierman
Joshua Paris | 4–6, 4–6
Win  | 23–24 | Nov 2023  | M25 Mumbai, India  | Futures  | Hard  |  Purav Raja  |  Vladyslav Orlov
Harrison Adams  | 6–3, 6–3
Win  | 24–24 | Feb 2024 | Chennai Open, India  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Saketh Myneni  |  Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha | 3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

## Singles performance timeline

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Key  W |  F | SF  | QF  | #R  | RR | Q#  | P#  | DNQ  | A  | Z#  | PO  | G | S  | B  | NMS  | NTI  | P  | NH

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(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 | SR | W–L | Win%

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Australian Open | A  | Q1 | Q1 | A  | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0  | 0–0  | –
French Open | A  | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0  | 0–0  | –
Wimbledon | A  | A  | Q2 | A  | Q1 | Q2 | NH  | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0  | 0–0  | –
US Open | A  | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A  | Q1 | A  | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0  | 0–0  | –
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0 / 0  | 0–0  | –
National representation
Davis Cup | A  | A  | PO | Z1 | PO | Z1 | QR | WG1 |  | 0 / 5  | 10–9  | 50%
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 5–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 0 / 0  | 10–9  | 50%
Career statistics
Titles/Finals  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1
Overall win–loss  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 3–5  | 8–5  | 7–7  | 3–5  | 0–2  | 0–4  | 2–2  | 24–33  | 42%
Year-end ranking  | 241  | 248  | 227  | 148  | 132  | 174  | 190  | 144  |  | $783,648

## Wins over top-10 players

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1\.  |  Dominic Thiem | 8  | Antalya, Turkey  | Grass  | 2R  | 6–3, 6–2  | 221

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## External links

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* Ramkumar Ramanathan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Ramkumar Ramanathan at the International Tennis Federation
* Ramkumar Ramanathan at the Davis Cup

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* 3\. Mukund Sasikumar (408 )
* 4\. Karan Singh (580 34)
* 5\. Siddharth Vishwakarma (596 2)

* 6\. Aryan Shah (636 4)
* 7\. S D Prajwal Dev (738 22)
* 8\. Dev Javia (829 48)
* 9\. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (832 2)
* 10\. Sidharth Rawat (845 44)

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