Divij Sharan

Divij Sharan

Sharan at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Born	(1986-03-02) 2 March 1986 Delhi, India
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$510,969
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 438 (30 July 2007)
Doubles
Career record	66–58 (53.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 36 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 38 (20 August 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	3R (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	3R (2013)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2017)
Medal record Representing India Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's Doubles 2018 Jakarta Men's Doubles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Mixed Doubles 2016 Guwahati Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 24 August 2018.

Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 3 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. He got Gold Medal in Asian Games-2018 in Lawn tennis, Men's doubles.

Personal and early life

Divij Sharan was born in New Delhi. He began playing tennis at the age of seven at a local tennis academy. His favorite surfaces are grass and hard courts. His overall favorite shot is the volley. His idols growing up were Roger Federer, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. Divij has stated that if he did not become a tennis player he would have liked to become a company executive.

Junior career

Divij's best junior world doubles ranking was No. 5 in 2003. His best result at Grand Slam Junior championships was his semifinal appearance at 2004 French Open where he partnered with compatriot Tushar Liberhan.

Professional career

Early years

Divij turned pro in year 2004. He found limited success in singles and developed as doubles specialist. He won his first Futures doubles title in year 2007. He reached his first doubles ATP challenger finals in year 2010 at Kyoto Challenger, Japan. He won his first doubles ATP challenger title in September 2011 at Ningbo Challenger, China. He continued to find success in doubles at ITF and Challengers events. By the end of 2011 he had won 16 ITF titles and 1 ATP Challenger title.

2012: Breakthrough

2012 proved to be breakthrough year for Divij on ATP challenger tour. He reached 8 ATP challenger doubles finals and won 2 titles in the year. Divij won Busan Challenger with Yuki Bhambri and Bangkok Challenger with Vishnu Vardhan. In September Divij made his Davis Cup debut against New Zealand. With his good run he entered into list of top 100 ranked doubles players. He finished year close to top 100 doubles ranking at 107.

2013: First ATP world tour title

Divij continued to impress at Challenger events. He reached 5 finals and won a title at Kyoto Challenger, Japan. This was his first title with his most successful partner Purav Raja. The pair played together throughout the year and they found their biggest success by winning their first ATP world tour title at 2013 Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia. They defeated second-seed French-Dutch combination of Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Igor Sijsling in the finals.

Divij entered qualifying draw at 2013 Wimbledon Championships with Raja. The pair successfully qualified for main draw. They lost in first round to Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler. This was the first match at a Grand Slam event for both Raja and Divij. At 2013 US Open Divij partnered with Lu Yen-hsun from Chinese Taipei. The pair reached third round where they lost to Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer.

As a result of good run Divij finished year for the first time inside top 100 doubles rankings at 71.

2014: Asian games medal

Divij reached four challenger finals and won two titles in year 2014. He won Kyoto Challenger with Purav Raja and Shanghai Challenger with Yuki Bhambri. His best result at an ATP world tour event was semi-final appearance at 2014 Claro Open where he had partnered with Canadian player Adil Shamasdin.

At 2014 Asian Games, Divij won bronze medal for India with Yuki Bhambri.

2015

Year 2015 was not so successful for Divij. He played with many different partners and reached 4 Challenger finals winning 2 out of it. He won Guzzini Challenger with his British partner Ken Skupski and Izmir Challenger with compatriot Saketh Myneni. He played only a single match at ATP world tour level and lost it. He finished the year as 134 ranked doubles player.

2016

Divij made an excellent comeback in 2016. He partnered with Purav Raja and reached 6 ATP Challenger finals winning 4 of it. They won titles at Manchester Trophy Challenger, Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Open Castilla y León and Pune Challenger. The pair also won their second ATP world tour title at Los Cabos Open, Mexico. They defeated pair of Jonathan Erlich and Ken Skupski in the finals. Divij finished the year with doubles ranking of 63.

2017: Entry into top 50

Divij started the new season on strong note. He reached to his third ATP world tour final at 2017 Chennai Open partnering with Purav Raja. In an all Indian final they lost to team of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. He reached his fourth ATP world tour final and won his third ATP title in Belgium at European Open with his new partner Scott Lipsky. They defeated pair of Santiago González and Julio Peralta in the finals.

Divij had good run in Challenger tour as well. He reached four finals winning two of it. He won titles at Bordeaux Challenger with Purav Raja and Bangalore Open with Mikhail Elgin. At the back of good results, Divij entered into top 50 rankings on 27 November 2017 and has been holding spot in top 50 since then.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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 (3–1)

Titles by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (2–1) Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2013	Colombia Open, Columbia	250 Series	Hard	Purav Raja	Édouard Roger-Vasselin Igor Sijsling	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–0	Aug 2016	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Purav Raja	Jonathan Erlich Ken Skupski	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	2–1	Jan 2017	Chennai Open, India	250 Series	Hard	Purav Raja	Rohan Bopanna Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Oct 2017	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Scott Lipsky	Santiago González Julio Peralta	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

Challenger career finals

Doubles: 37 (15–22)

Legend ATP Challengers (15–22)

Finals by Surface Hard (10–17) Clay (1–3) Grass (2–1) Carpet (2–1)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
Runners-up	14 March 2010	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Vishnu Vardhan	Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald	1–6, 2–6
Runners-up	22 August 2010	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Vishnu Vardhan	Gong Maoxin Li Zhe	3–6, 1–6
Winner	18 September 2011	Ningbo, China	Hard	Karan Rastogi	Jan Hernych Jürgen Zopp	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [13–11]
Runners-up	23 October 2011	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Purav Raja	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runners-up	4 February 2012	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Vishnu Vardhan	John Peers John-Patrick Smith	2–6, 4–6
Winner	13 May 2012	Busan, South Korea	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up	20 July 2012	Penza, Russia	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Konstantin Kravchuk Nikolaus Moser	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	5 August 2012	Beijing, China	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–7(3–7), 6–2, [6–10]
Runner-up	12 August 2012	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Vishnu Vardhan	Oleksandr Nedovyesov Ivan Sergeyev	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Winner	2 September 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Vishnu Vardhan	Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9 September 2012	Shanghai, China	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11 November 2012	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard	Purav Raja	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	4–6, 5–7
Winner	10 March 2013	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Purav Raja	Chris Guccione Matt Reid	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	7 April 2013	Leon, Mexico	Hard	Purav Raja	Chris Guccione Matt Reid	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4 May 2013	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Purav Raja	Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram	6–7(1–7), 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	16 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Purav Raja	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Runner-up	13 October 2013	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Purav Raja	Mikhail Elgin Teymuraz Gabashvili	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	14 February 2014	Kolkata, India	Hard	Vishnu Vardhan	Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh	3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Winner	9 March 2014	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Purav Raja	Sanchai Ratiwatana Michael Venus	5–7, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
Winner	7 September 2014	Shanghai, China	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Somdev Devvarman Sanam Singh	7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [10–8]
Runner-up	19 October 2014	Indore, India	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–2, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	22 March 2015	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Runner-up	19 April 2015	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Chung Hyeon	Facundo Argüello Facundo Bagnis	6–3, 2–6, [11–13]
Winner	26 July 2015	Recanati, Italy	Hard	Ken Skupski	Ilija Bozoljac Flavio Cipolla	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]
Winner	27 September 2015	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Malek Jaziri Denys Molchanov	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [0–1] ret.
Runner-up	31 October 2015	Pune, India	Hard	Maximilian Neuchrist	Gerard Granollers Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	24 April 2016	Savannah, United States	Clay	Purav Raja	Brian Baker Ryan Harrison	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Winner	5 June 2016	Manchester, United Kingdom	Grass	Purav Raja	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Winner	12 June 2016	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Purav Raja	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	31 July 2016	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Purav Raja	Quino Muñoz Akira Santillan	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	29 October 2016	Pune, India	Hard	Purav Raja	Luca Margaroli Hugo Nys	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	13 November 2016	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard	Purav Raja	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	21 May 2017	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Purav Raja	Santiago González Artem Sitak	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	14 October 2017	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Andrei Vasilevski	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	29 October 2017	Brest, France	Hard	Scott Clayton	Sander Arends Antonio Šančić	4–6, 5–7
Winner	24 November 2017	Bangalore, India	Hard	Mikhail Elgin	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–3, 6–0
Winner	12 January 2018	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Jonathan Erlich	Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Andrei Vasilevski	7–6(7–1), 6–2

Doubles Performance Timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(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.

Updated through the 2018 Wimbledon.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	1R	3R	0/3	2–3
French Open	A	1R	A	A	3R	2R	0/3	3–3
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	A	2R	QF	0/4	4–4
US Open	3R	A	A	A	1R		0/2	2–2
Win–Loss	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–4	6–3	0/12	11–12

External links

• Divij Sharan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Divij Sharan at the Davis Cup