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Rajeev Ram
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceCarmel, Indiana, U.S.
Born (1984-03-18) March 18, 1984 (age 40)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeIllinois
CoachBryan Smith
Billy Heiser
Prize money$4,381,325
Official websiterajeev-ram.com
Singles
Career record57–93
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 56 (April 18, 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2013, 2016)
French Open1R (2010, 2016)
Wimbledon2R (2013)
US Open2R (2013, 2015)
Doubles
Career record246–218
Career titles15
Highest rankingNo. 11 (March 20, 2017)
Current rankingNo. 39 (October 1, 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2010, 2012, 2016)
French OpenQF (2011)
WimbledonSF (2016)
US OpenSF (2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (2016)
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2013, 2017, 2018)
French OpenSF (2017)
Wimbledon3R (2011)
US OpenF (2016)
Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 2 October 2018.

Rajeev Ram (/rəˈʒiːv ˈrɑːm/ rə-ZHEEV RAHM;[1] born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He won the Mixed Doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the Rio Olympics 2016 and reached the final of the US Open with Coco Vandeweghe in the same year. He has advanced as far as the semifinals in men's doubles at the US Open and at Wimbledon and has made the quarterfinals of the other two slams. Ram has also won two ATP singles titles at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in 2009 and again in 2015.

Ram has claimed twelve ATP doubles titles in his career, with several different partners. His career-high singles ranking is world no. 56, achieved in April 2016. He reached as high as world no. 11 in doubles in March 2017 by winning his first Masters 1000 tournament.

Personal

Ram was born to Raghav and Sushma Ram. His parents hail from Bangalore, India.[2] Table tennis, cricket, and music are some of his interests.

Career

Early career

In his junior career, Ram won a total of nine national junior titles, including singles and doubles. Amongst his titles were the National Claycourt 14-and-under singles title, the boys 16 and under national championship, the 18 and under Easter Bowl title, Kalamazoo doubles and the Target Cup tournaments. In addition to his nine junior titles, Ram played high school tennis at Carmel High School, earned All-State honors, became the state singles champion, and earned a scholarship in both 1998 and 1999.

Rajeev earned a wild card entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open. Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments [1]. He was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon, partnered with Brian Baker.

Ram then delayed enrollment at the University of Illinois until January 2003 so that he could continue to play tennis as an amateur on the pro circuit.[3] During his one semester at Illinois, he won the national doubles title with Brian Wilson and helped the Fighting Illini go undefeated (32–0) and win the 2003 NCAA team championship.[3]

Professional years

At the 2005 US Open, he lost in five sets to Stanislas Wawrinka. At the 2006 US Open, he lost in the second qualifying round to former college teammate Amer Delić. Rajeev made the 2007 Wimbledon doubles quarterfinals as a qualifier with Harel Levy, before losing to eventual champions Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra. Along the way, Ram and Levy upset the 15th seeded team of Martín García and Sebastián Prieto. In 2007, he won five doubles Challenger titles partnering Bobby Reynolds, and reached three other finals on his way to a career-high doubles ranking of no. 62.

On July 5, 2008, Ram won the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship in Winnetka, Illinois for his first career Challenger-level singles title.

He won his first ATP doubles title in Chennai, India 2009 with compatriot Eric Butorac.

On July 10, 2009, Ram accomplished the unusual feat of winning four professional-level tennis matches in one day. At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island, the tournament had been rained out early in the week, pushing back many scheduled matches. On July 10, Ram advanced to the singles semifinals with wins over Samuel Groth and Jesse Levine and then partnered with Jordan Kerr to advance to the doubles semifinals with wins over Arnaud Clément/Olivier Rochus and Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Santoro. Mahut, Santoro, and Rochus each played three matches that day, though none of them won all their matches. Ram then went on to beat Rochus and world no. 39 Sam Querrey on consecutive days to capture his first ATP title.[4] He also captured the doubles title.

In his return to Newport in July 2010, Ram lost to no. 417-ranked qualifier Raven Klaasen after defeating Iván Navarro in the first round. Having raced to a 5–0 lead in the third set, Ram wasted several match points while serving at 5–1 before eventually losing, 7–5, 1–6, 6–7.

In Atlanta in July 2010, he won his first doubles title with American Scott Lipsky, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen for the outdoor hard court Atlanta Tennis Championships.[5][6] In the semifinals, Lipsky and Ram had defeated John Isner and James Blake.[7] In November, they won a tournament in Eckental, Germany.[8]

Ram started 2011 strong, partnering with Lipsky in February to take the indoor hard court San Jose Open (over Christopher Kas from Germany and Alexander Peya from Austria) and the outdoor hard court Delray Beach titles (over Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Xavier Malisse from Belgium).[5][9][10] In March, he and Lipsky won the Challenger of Dallas.[9] In June, he and Lipsky advanced as far as the quarterfinals at the 2011 French Open, before being defeated.[11]

2013

In 2013, he teamed with Rohan Bopanna. In Chennai, they reached the quarterfinals, only to fall to Benoît Paire and Stanislas Wawrinka.

At the Australian Open, they reached the second round, but lost to the Italian team of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.

In Dubai, they reached the semifinals, where they lost to Mahesh Bhupathi and Michaël Llodra.

2015

In 2015 at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships he reached his second career final and won his second career ATP singles title by defeating Ivo Karlovic.

2016

In singles, Ram defeated 11th-seeded Kevin Anderson in the first round of the 2016 Australian Open before falling to Frenchman Stephane Robert in a grueling five-set match. At the Delray Beach Open Ram reached his third career final losing to Sam Querrey. At the Olympic Games he won silver with Venus Williams in mixed doubles following a loss to compatriots Jack Sock and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Less than a month later, Ram and CoCo Vandeweghe advanced to the Mixed Doubles final at the US Open, where they were defeated in straight sets by Mate Pavić and Laura Siegemund. In men's doubles, Ram and partner Raven Klaasen qualified for the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals. The duo made it out of group play, eventually reaching the finals, where they fell to Henri Kontinen and John Peers in a third set tiebreak.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 US Open Hard United States Coco Vandeweghe Germany Laura Siegemund
Croatia Mate Pavić 		4–6, 4–6

Year-End Championships

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, London Hard (i) South Africa Raven Klaasen Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers 		6–2, 1–6, [8–10]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 Miami Open Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut		 7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 2017 Indian Wells Masters Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo		 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]

Olympic medal matches

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro Hard United States Venus Williams United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Jack Sock 		7–6(7–3), 1–6, [7–10]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 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 (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States 250 Series Grass United States Sam Querrey 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (2) 250 Series Grass Croatia Ivo Karlović 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–1 Feb 2016 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard United States Sam Querrey 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (12–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–8)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (4–2)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (12–10)
Indoor (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2005 New Haven Open, United States Intl Series Hard United States Bobby Reynolds Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez 		4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2009 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard United States Eric Butorac Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States 250 Series Grass Australia Jordan Kerr Germany Michael Kohlmann
Netherlands Rogier Wassen 		6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Win 3–1 Oct 2009 Thailand Open, Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) United States Eric Butorac Spain Guillermo García López
Germany Mischa Zverev 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2010 Atlanta Open, United States 250 Series Hard United States Scott Lipsky India Rohan Bopanna
Belgium Kristof Vliegen 		6–3, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]
Loss 4–2 Feb 2011 SA Tennis Open, South Africa 250 Series Hard United States Scott Lipsky United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin 		3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 5–2 Feb 2011 Pacific Coast Championships, United States 250 Series Hard (i) United States Scott Lipsky Colombia Alejandro Falla
Belgium Xavier Malisse 		6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 6–2 Feb 2011 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard United States Scott Lipsky Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Alexander Peya 		4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 7–2 Sep 2012 St. Petersburg Open, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
Slovakia Igor Zelenay 		6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 7–3 Jul 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States 250 Series Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Chris Guccione
Australia Lleyton Hewitt 		5–7, 4–6
Win 8–3 Jun 2015 Halle Open, Germany 500 Series Grass South Africa Raven Klaasen India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea 		7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 8–4 Oct 2015 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) South Africa Raven Klaasen Philippines Treat Huey
Finland Henri Kontinen 		6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 8–5 Apr 2016 Miami Open, United States Masters 1000 Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut 		7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 8–6 May 2016 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay South Africa Raven Klaasen United States Steve Johnson
United States Sam Querrey 		4–6, 1–6
Win 9–6 Jun 2016 Halle Open, Germany (2) 500 Series Grass South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Alexander Peya 		7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 10–6 Oct 2016 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg 		7−6(7–2), 7−5
Loss 10–7 Oct 2016 Japan Open, Japan 500 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Spain Marcel Granollers
Poland Marcin Matkowski 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10–8 Nov 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) South Africa Raven Klaasen Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers 		6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 11–8 Feb 2017 Delray Beach Open, United States (2) 250 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Philippines Treat Huey
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		7–5, 7–5
Win 12–8 Mar 2017 Indian Wells Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 12–9 Jun 2017 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo 		3–6, 4–6
Win 13–9 Jul 2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States 250 Series Grass Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Australia Matt Reid
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 14–9 Sep 2017 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Austria Alexander Peya Croatia Nikola Mektić
United States Nicholas Monroe 		6–3, 6–2
Win 15–9 May 2018 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Croatia Ivan Dodig Croatia Nikola Mektić
Austria Alexander Peya 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 15–10 May 2018 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Croatia Ivan Dodig Austria Oliver Marach
Croatia Mate Pavić 		6–3, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 15–11 Jul 2018 Atlanta Open, United States 250 Series Hard United States Ryan Harrison United States Nicholas Monroe
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss 15–12 Sep 2018 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Sweden Robert Lindstedt Japan Ben McLachlan
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury 		6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)

Timeline in singles and doubles

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Australian Open A A A Q1 1R Q1 1R Q1 Q1 2R Q2 Q1 2R Q3 2–4
French Open A A A Q2 A Q2 1R A A A A A 1R Q1 0–2
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 Q3 2R Q3 A 1R Q2 1–4
US Open 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 1R Q1 Q3 1R 2R Q3 2R 1R A 2–7
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–4 0-0 5–17
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0-0 2–3
Year-End Ranking 297 195 197 253 190 79 184 149 132 127 139 89 129

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A 1R A 3R 3R QF 1R QF 2R 2R 1R QF 2R 16–11
French Open A A A A A A A 3R 1R 1R QF 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 9-10
Wimbledon A A A A A A QF 2R 1R 1R 2R QF 1R 1R 2R SF 3R 15-11
US Open 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R SF 3R 2R 1R 14–17
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 6–4 3–4 4–4 4–4 9–4 3–4 5–4 3–4 9–4 1-1 45–43
Olympic Games Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R NH 1-1
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–6 2-2 12–20
Year-End Ranking 1099 541 448 133 113 122 65 68 39 67 45 44 78 53 36 14

References

  1. ^ "The pronunciation by Rajeev Ram himself". ATP World Tour. Retrieved November 17, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Resolute Ram Stays Focussed After Newport Titles". South Asia Mail. July 15, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Dicker, Ron (August 20, 2003). "American Decides Old Style Fits Fine". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ram claims maiden ATP Tour title". BBC Sport. July 12, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Scott Lipsky: Good Things Come in Doubles". Center for Sport and Jewish Life. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  6. ^ "Doubles Sunday – Lipsky/Ram Save Match Point To Win Atlanta Doubles Title". ATP World Tour. July 25, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  7. ^ "Long Islander Wins Doubles Title at the Atlanta Tennis Championships". Long Island Tennis Magazine. July 26, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  8. ^ "Tennis Players – Scott Lipsky". ATP World Tour. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Tennis Players – Scott Lipsky". ATP World Tour. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  10. ^ "Americans Lipsky & Ram Win Delray Beach International Doubles Title". Long Island Tennis Magazine. February 28, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  11. ^ "2011 French Open: Scott Lipsky, Casey Dellacqua win mixed doubles; Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan lose in doubles semifinals". ESPN. June 2, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011.

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