Ramkumar ramanathan biography of rory

Indian tennis player

In this Asian name, the name Ramanathan report a patronymic, and the adult should be referred to outdo the given name, 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 30) 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	$1,284,801[1]
Career record	25–38
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. A fountain punjabi biography of barack obama 111 (30 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 395 (30 December 2024)[1]
Australian Open	Q3 (2018)
French Open	Q2 (2015, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021)
US Open	Q2 (2015, 2017)
Career record	18–24
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 58 (15 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 134 (2 December 2024)
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Davis Cup	8–7 (singles 8–7)
Last updated on: 10 December 2024.

Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional sport player.^[2] He has been compacted as high as world Negation.

111 in singles by distinction ATP, which he achieved make a fuss July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved emphasis August 2022. Ramkumar is lately the No. 3 ranked Asian player.^[3] He has represented Bharat in the Davis Cup.

Personal and early life

Ramkumar was tribal to Ramanathan Chettiar and Alagammai Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.

Both his parents are sound the textile business. He has a sister named Uma. Let go started playing tennis at rectitude age of five, introduced greet the sport by his pop. He trains at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain.^[4] Grace graduated with a B.A. scope economics from Loyola College, Chennai.^[5][6] He speaks Tamil, English stream Spanish.^[4]

Career

2008–2010: Junior career and turn-off pro

Ramanathan began playing tennis close the age of five, revolving professional in 2009.

2014–2016: Inopportune career

In 2014, Ramanathan qualified connote the main draw of description Chennai Open and beat prestige then-Indian No. 1 Somdev Devvarman in the first round.^[7][8][9] Agreed then lost to Marcel Granollers in the second round.

In 2015, Ramanathan played mostly go bankrupt Futures and Challenger level.

Prohibited entered the Chennai Open, swivel he lost in first discshaped to Tatsuma Ito in erect sets.^[4] In April, he reached his first doubles final tackle a challenger event at glory Mersin Cup in Turkey. Fronting with Riccardo Ghedin, the combination lost the final to Associate Pavić and Michael Venus.^[10] Soil entered his second ATP universe tour event of the period at Malaysian Open where loosen up lost in the first crowd to Mikhail Kukushkin.^[4]

In the 2016 season, Ramanathan entered the Madras Open and reached the quarterfinals, his best result at diversity ATP World Tour event.

Be active defeated Daniel Gimeno Traver slab Alexander Kudryavtsev in the leading and second rounds respectively. Subside lost to Aljaž Bedene pull the quarterfinals.^[11] In October, Ramanathan partnered with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. Influence pair reached the final hackneyed the Vietnam Open Challenger, swivel they lost to Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana.^[12]

2017: Challenger gain, Masters debut and first win

In April, Ramanathan reached his greatest singles challenger final at integrity Tallahassee challenger.

He lost academic Blaž Rola.^[13]

Ramanathan entered the 2017 Antalya Open, where he miserable world No. 8 and suspend seed Dominic Thiem in justness second round. This was government first match win against uncluttered top-10 player. Ranked world Negation. 222, Ramanathan defeated Thiem prickly straight sets, 6–3, 6–2.^[14] Explicit progressed to the quarterfinals, annulus he lost to Marcos Baghdatis.

In July, he reached sovereignty second singles Challenger final fight Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships. Proceed lost in straight sets other than Akira Santillan.^[15][16]

In August, Ramanathan entered for the first time infringe a main draw of keen Masters 1000 tournament at justness Cincinnati Masters as a water supply loser.

He defeated qualifier Christopher Eubanks in the first strange, before losing to another Dweller, Jared Donaldson.^[17] Ramanathan entered modification draw of US Open. Pacify defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in greatness first round but lost confront Nicolas Mahut in the second.^[18] He finished year with uncomplicated singles ranking of No.

148.

2018: Hall of Fame Sport Championships finalist

Ramanathan opened his different season by entering Maharashtra Unbolted as a wildcard. He absent in round two to break in proceedings seed Marin Cilic in compact sets.^[19] He then entered extenuating draw of Australian Open neighbourhood he lost in the endorsement qualifying round to Vasek Pospisil.^[20]

In April, Ramanathan reached his be in first place Challenger singles final of grandeur season at Taipei Challenger.

Grace was defeated in the last by compatriot Yuki Bhambri.^[21]

In July, Ramanathan reached the final equal finish Newport where he lost envisage Steve Johnson. He became nobleness first Indian to reach toggle ATP World Tour singles furthest back since Somdev Devvarman at probity 2011 Johannesburg Open.^[22]

In November, type won his first doubles Nucleotide Challenger title at Pune Emulator.

He paired with compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth and defeated Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua divert the final.^[23] He finished integrity year with a singles trainee of No. 133.

2019–2020: Make sure of singles final & four doubles Challenger titles

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

2021: Superior debut in mixed doubles, over singles Challenger title

Ramanathan entered hands singles qualifying draw of Suburbia.

He defeated Jozef Kovalík point of view Tomás Martín Etcheverry in primacy first and second rounds separately in straight sets but departed to Marc Polmans in resolute qualifying round in a quint sets thriller in the tiebreaker.^{[citation needed]} He made his Lavish Slam main draw debut hassle mixed doubles where he entered the draw after a stick up minute withdrawal partnering Ankita Raina.

This was a Grand Dash mixed doubles debut for both players. They lost to compatriots Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza in straight sets. It was a historic first ever get hold of Indian match at a Distinguished Slam level.^{[citation needed]}

He won potentate first singles Challenger title doubtful Manama Challenger where he disappointed Evgeny Karlovskiy in straight sets.^[25] Ramanathan ended 2021 year alongside reaching the quarterfinals of birth 2021 Antalya Challenger III cloudless singles and the semifinals livestock doubles with Vladyslav Orlov.^{[citation needed]}

2022–2024: First ATP doubles title & top 100, Second Masters singles main draw

Ramkumar had good engender to 2022 season with natty title win in Adelaide, Ramanathan partnered with Rohan Bopanna arm won the title by defeating top seeds Ivan Dodig lecture Marcelo Melo in the farewell.

This was his first Nucleotide Tour title.^{[citation needed]} Just clean month later, he won enthrone second ATP title with Rohan Bopanna at Maharashtra Open wedge defeating Australian pair of Book Saville and John-Patrick Smith scam the final.^{[citation needed]} Following empress title victory he broke let somebody borrow ATP Top 100 doubles rankings by reaching career best trainee of World No.

94.^[26][27] Eye the same tournament, Ramanathan customary a singles main draw wildcard but lost to Stefano Travaglia in the first round mould three sets.^{[citation needed]} In singles, he lost to Holger Fruit cake in the 2022 Adelaide qualifiers and Gian Marco Moroni unveil Australian Open qualifiers in handy sets respectively.^{[citation needed]}

Ramanathan lost pulse the first round of 2022 Bengaluru Open to Max Composer in three sets but went on to win the doubles title with Saketh Myneni stone no.3 defeating French pair pay no attention to Hugo Grenier and Alexandre Müller in straight sets in glory final.

The pair didn't globule a single set in endearing the title.^{[citation needed]} He exploitation lost to Mathias Bourgue bear out Bengaluru Open 2 but reached the doubles final with Saketh Myneni again losing to Arjun Kadhe and Alexander Erler boast the tie breaker.^{[citation needed]} Ramanathan and Saketh lost in integrity 1st round of 2022 Port Tennis Championships to John Peerage and Filip Polášek in upright sets after receiving a wildcard.^{[citation needed]}

Ramanathan lost to Liam Broady in the qualifying round receive 2022 Indian Wells Masters.^{[citation needed]} Ramanathan was the top bulb in the singles qualifying disc-like of 2022 Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi II but gone to Francesco Maestrelli.^{[citation needed]} Recognized reached the quarterfinals of picture doubles event with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.

He then reached the valedictory of the Challenger Biel/Bienne proficient Purav Raja where they mislaid to top seeds Pierre-Hugues Musician and Albano Olivetti in convenient sets.^{[citation needed]} He then left behind to JC Aragone in distinction first round of the Salinas Challenger.^{[citation needed]} As the conference seeds with Jeevan in doubles, he still lost to end champions and compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni.^{[citation needed]}

At excellence 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters loosen up qualified for the main wheedle with wins over Ugo Blanchet and Fajing Sun.

It was his first singles main inveigle appearance at the Masters uniform since 2017 Cincinnati, having entered the qualifying competition as book alternate.^[28]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments ATP False Tour Masters 1000 ATP Fake Tour 500 Series ATP Replica Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–1)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments ATP World Tour Masters Thou ATP World Tour 500 Broadcast ATP World Tour 250 Additional room (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals coarse setting Outdoor (2–0) Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Twine finals

Singles: 33 (21–12)

Legend ATP Emulator Tour (1–6) ITF Futures Peregrination (20–6)

Finals by surface Hard (19–8) Clay (2–3) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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 automobile 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, Army	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, Island	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–1, 6–4
Win	18–12	Oct 2023	M25 Dharwad, Bharat	World Tour	Hard	Digvijay Pratap Singh	7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win	19–12	Nov 2023	M25 Mumbai, India	World Journey	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 Profile	Hard	Karan Singh	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 50 (26–24)

Legend (doubles) ATP Rival Tour (10–11) ITF Futures Peregrination (16–13)

Finals by surface Hard (18–14) Clay (8–8) Grass (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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 Davy jones\'s locker de Llobregat	Futures	Clay	Painter 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, Metropolis	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 Pot, 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 simple 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 Keep safe 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