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Vishnu Vardhana
Country (sports) India
ResidenceSecunderabad
Born (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 37)
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (Two-handed backhand)
CoachC.V. Nagraj
Prize money$240,674[1]
Official websitehttp://www.vishnu-vardhan.com/
Singles
Career record1–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 262 (10 September 2012)
Doubles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 92 (16 July 2018)
Current rankingNo. 202 (4 November 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2018)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's tennis
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 6 November 2019.

Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professional tennis player from India.[2] He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event.[3] He was featured as ITF player of April 2011.[4] He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016[5]

Personal life

Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes[1] He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad.

Career

Vishnuvardhan was considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the World Group.

Vishnuvardhan began to show glimpses of his talent right from a young age, performing well on the junior circuit. The year 2003 proved to be his defining year on the junior circuit with Vishnuvardhan winning the Junior Nationals, and earning himself a place in the Indian Junior Davis Cup team. This success on the junior circuit translated itself into glory in Inter-University tournaments as well, with Vishnuvardhan capturing the gold medal in successive tournaments as the team captain.

Vishnuvardhan has won the Grass Court Nationals and achieving a career-high national ranking of two.[6]

J.Vishnuvardhan won this first futures tournament on 11 July.

In 2012, Vishnu won the Zuari Garden City-ITF against Sriram Balaji 7–6(7), 6–3.[7]

Vishnu won the Toyota Bangalore Open ITF in June 2012 by defeating Ti-Chen of Chinese Taipei 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.[8]

Vishnu participated in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Leander Paes.[9] Vishnu and partner Leander Paes crashed out of the Olympic doubles after a 7–6 (7/3), 4–6, 6–3 defeat against French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra.[10] Vishnu won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016 by defeating left-hander Siddharth Vishwakarma from Varanasi 6-3, 6-4.[11] For the year of 2018, Vishnu is focusing on doubles by partnering with Sriram Balaji with a goal of playing at the Wimbledon.[12]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (10–14)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (10–14)
Titles by Surface
Hard (10–14)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2009 India F3, New Delhi Futures Hard India Yuki Bhambri 6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2009 India F6, New Delhi Futures Hard India Rohan Gajjar 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Aug 2009 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard South Korea Kim Young-jun 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–3 Aug 2009 India F8, New Delhi Futures Hard India Yuki Bhambri 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2010 India F3, Vijayawada Futures Hard India Rupesh Roy 6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–5 Aug 2010 Great Britain F12, London Futures Hard United Kingdom Joshua Milton 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Jan 2011 Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Thailand Danai Udomchoke 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–6 Apr 2011 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Yuki Bhambri 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–6 Apr 2011 India F4, Noida Futures Hard South Korea Kim Young-jun 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(15–13)
Loss 3–7 Apr 2011 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard Sweden Patrik Rosenholm 6–5 ret.
Loss 3–8 Nov 2011 India F10, Pune Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–8 Nov 2011 India F11, New Delhi Futures Hard India Rohan Gajjar 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 5–8 Apr 2012 Uzbekistan F2, Andijan Futures Hard Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 6–8 Jun 2012 India F8, Mysore Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win 7–8 Jun 2012 India F9, Bangalore Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 7–9 Feb 2014 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard Netherlands Antal van der Duim 5–7, 3–6
Loss 7–10 May 2015 India F6, Mysore Futures Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7–11 Jun 2015 India F9, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) France Antoine Escoffier 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 7–12 Jul 2015 India F10, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) France Antoine Escoffier 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 7–13 Sep 2015 India F15, Madurai Futures Hard India Sumit Nagal 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 8–13 Apr 2016 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard Indonesia David Agung Susanto 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 9–13 May 2016 India F3, Jassowal Futures Hard India Dalwinder Singh 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 10–13 Sep 2016 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji 6–4, 6–3
Loss 10–14 Feb 2017 India F2, Jorhat Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji 2–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 69 (41–28)

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures Tour (33–17)
Titles by Surface
Hard (34–22)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2008 India F4, Gurgaon Futures Hard India Divij Sharan Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han
China Wang Yu jr.
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2008 India F6, Chennai Futures Clay India Divij Sharan India Ashutosh Singh
India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Sep 2008 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Ashutosh Singh
India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
2–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2009 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Mithun Murali
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 3–2 May 2009 India F4, New Delhi Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Tushar Liberhan
India Vishal Punna
6–1, 6–3
Win 4–2 Jul 2009 India F5, New Delhi Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Rohan Gajjar
India Purav Raja
6–1, 7–5
Win 5–2 Jul 2009 India F6, New Delhi Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Vivek Shokeen
India Ashutosh Singh
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–2 Aug 2009 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard India Ashutosh Singh United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Sean Thornley
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Loss 6–3 Aug 2009 India F9, New Delhi Futures Hard India Ashutosh Singh United Kingdom Chris Eaton
India Rohan Gajjar
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 6–4 Oct 2009 India F10, Kolkata Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Rohan Gajjar
India Purav Raja
4–6, 5–7
Win 7–4 Oct 2009 India F11, Pune Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Rohan Gajjar
India Purav Raja
7–5, 6–3
Loss 7–5 Mar 2010 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) India Divij Sharan Austria Martin Fischer
Austria Philipp Oswald
1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–6 Mar 2010 India F1, Kolkata Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Vivek Shokeen
India Ashutosh Singh
3–6, 2–6
Win 8–6 Apr 2010 India F3, Vijayawada Futures Hard India Divij Sharan India Sriram Balaji
India Vignesh Peranamallur
2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 9–6 Jul 2010 Great Britain F8, Manchester Futures Grass India Divij Sharan Republic of Ireland Barry King
United States Ashwin Kumar
6–2, 7–5
Loss 9–7 Jul 2010 Great Britain F9, Ilkley Futures Grass India Divij Sharan United Kingdom Andrew Fitzpatrick
United Kingdom Josh Goodall
6–3, 5–7, [3–10]
Win 10–7 Jul 2010 Great Britain F11, Chiswick Futures Hard India Divij Sharan United Kingdom James Chaudry
United Kingdom George Coupland
6–2, 6–2
Loss 10–8 Aug 2010 Karshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard India Divij Sharan China Gong Maoxin
China Li Zhe
3–6, 1–6
Loss 10–9 Oct 2010 Spain F35, Martos Futures Hard India Divij Sharan Spain Agustín Boje-Ordóñez
Spain Pablo Martín-Adalia
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [8–10]
Loss 10–10 Jan 2011 Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh Futures Hard India Divij Sharan Thailand Danai Udomchoke
Thailand Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
4–6, 4–6
Win 11–10 Mar 2011 Australia F2, Berri Futures Grass India Divij Sharan Australia Chris Letcher
Australia Brendan Moore
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 12–10 Mar 2011 India F2, Kolkata Futures Clay India Divij Sharan India Sriram Balaji
India Ashutosh Singh
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
Win 13–10 Apr 2011 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Divij Sharan Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han
Japan Bumpei Sato
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 14–10 Aug 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard (i) India Karan Rastogi Finland Harri Heliövaara
Ukraine Denys Molchanov
7–6(7–3), 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 14–11 Oct 2011 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard India Karan Rastogi India Yuki Bhambri
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
2–6, 5–7
Loss 14–12 Nov 2011 India F10, Pune Futures Hard India Karan Rastogi India Rohan Gajjar
Germany Alexander Satschko
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Win 15–12 Nov 2011 India F11, New Delhi Futures Hard India Karan Rastogi India Sriram Balaji
India Vijayant Malik
6–1, 6–3
Loss 15–13 Feb 2012 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard India Divij Sharan Australia John Peers
Australia John-Patrick Smith
2–6, 4–6
Loss 15–14 Aug 2012 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay India Divij Sharan Ukraine Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 16–14 Sep 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard India Divij Sharan Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han
Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–15 May 2013 India F4, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan India Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
3–6, 4–6
Win 17–15 Aug 2013 Gabon F1, Libreville Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Republic of Ireland Sam Barry
France Elie Rousset
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Loss 17–16 Aug 2013 Gabon F2, Libreville Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Republic of Ireland Sam Barry
France Elie Rousset
0–6, 0–6
Loss 17–17 Feb 2014 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard India Divij Sharan India Saketh Myneni
India Sanam Singh
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win 18–17 Mar 2014 India F3, Chennai Futures Clay India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan India Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 18–18 Apr 2014 Uzbekistan F2, Namangan Futures Hard Poland Piotr Gadomski India Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
3–6, 1–6
Win 19–18 Jun 2014 Thailand F7, Bangkok Futures Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Thailand Timo Sivapruksa
Thailand Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
6–1, 6–2
Loss 19–19 Nov 2014 India F6, Kolkata Futures Clay India Vijay Sundar Prashanth India Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
4–6, 2–6
Win 20–19 Nov 2014 India F7, Raipur Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan India Vinayak Sharma Kaza
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 21–19 Mar 2015 India F2, Bhimavaram Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji India Ramkumar Ramanathan
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Win 22–19 Jun 2015 India F9, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) India Sriram Balaji India Bhavesh Gour
India Sidharth Rawat
6–3, 6–0
Win 23–19 Jun 2015 India F10, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) India Sriram Balaji France Antoine Escoffier
France Hugo Grenier
6–4, 6–2
Win 24–19 Nov 2015 India F16, Gwalior Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Chinese Taipei Hung Jui-chen
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 25–19 Apr 2016 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Japan Yuichi Ito
Japan Sho Katayama
6–1, 6–4
Loss 25–20 Jun 2016 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Japan Toshihide Matsui France Yannick Jankovits
Switzerland Luca Margaroli
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 26–20 Jul 2016 Zimbabwe F2, Harare Futures Hard France Hugo Nys South Africa Nicolaas Scholtz
South Africa Tucker Vorster
6–4, 6–2
Win 27–20 Jul 2016 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Futures Hard France Hugo Nys Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
Zimbabwe Courtney John Lock
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 27–21 Aug 2016 Indonesia F1, Jakarta Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-chi
China Wang Aoran
3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win 28–21 Sep 2016 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji India Kunal Anand
India Anvit Bendre
6–3, 6–4
Win 29–21 Sep 2016 India F6, Coimbatore Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji India Anvit Bendre
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–3, 6–1
Win 30–21 Feb 2017 India F2, Jorhat Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji India Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
Win 31–21 Mar 2017 India F3, Guwahati Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji India Vijay Sundar Prashanth
India Sanam Singh
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 32–21 Mar 2017 India F4, Bhilai Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji United States Alexander Centenari
Germany Sami Reinwein
6–2, 6–4
Loss 32–22 Mar 2017 India F5, Bangalore Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji India Chandril Sood
India Lakshit Sood
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 33–22 Mar 2017 India F6, Trivandrum Futures Clay India Sriram Balaji Chinese Taipei Hung Jui-chen
Hong Kong Wong Hong-kit
6–3, 7–5
Win 34–22 Apr 2017 Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Belarus Sergey Betov
Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
6–4, 7–5
Loss 34–23 Apr 2017 Uzbekistan F2, Karshi Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Uzbekistan Sanjar Fayziev
Kazakhstan Timur Khabibulin
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 34–24 May 2017 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard India Prajnesh Gunneswaran Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 35–24 Jun 2017 Uzbekistan F3, Andijan Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Russia Denis Matsukevitch
6–3, 6–2
Win 36–24 Jun 2017 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard India Sriram Balaji Japan Yuya Kibi
Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi
6–3, 6–3
Win 37–24 Jul 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Japan Toshihide Matsui Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy
Russia Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 38–24 Aug 2017 Chengdu, China, P.R. Challenger Hard India Sriram Balaji Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss 38–25 Aug 2017 Jinan, China, P.R. Challenger Hard India Sriram Balaji Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 39–25 Nov 2017 Shenzhen, China, P.R. Challenger Hard India Sriram Balaji United States Austin Krajicek
United States Jackson Withrow
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win 40–25 Feb 2018 Chennai, India Challenger Hard India Sriram Balaji Turkey Cem İlkel
Serbia Danilo Petrović
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Win 41–25 May 2018 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay India Sriram Balaji Russia Mikhail Elgin
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
w/o
Loss 41–26 Jul 2018 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay India Sriram Balaji Mexico Santiago González
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 3–6
Loss 41–27 May 2019 Busan, Korea, Rep. Challenger Hard Japan Toshihide Matsui Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss 41–28 Aug 2019 Meerbusch, Germany Challenger Clay India Sriram Balaji Germany Andre Begemann
Romania Florin Mergea
6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–4), [3–10]

See also

References

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