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Saketh Myneni
Country (sports)India
ResidenceGreenwich, Connecticut, US
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 36)
Vuyyuru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned proNov 2011
PlaysRight-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money$ 193,599
Singles
Career record2–0 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 138(4 April 2016)
Current rankingNo. 143(22 August 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2016)
French OpenQ2 (2016)
WimbledonQ2 (2015)
US Open1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record5–3 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 113 (25 April 2016)
Current rankingNo. 115 (22 August 2016)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's tennis
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Doubles
Last updated on: 28 August 2016.

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He appears in the Davis Cup tournament for India. He won a Gold medal in Mixed doubles and a Silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014.

Personal and early life

Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh and grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki.[1] He graduated with an economics degree from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music and watching movies and TV shows.[2] He currently resided in Greenwich, Connecticut, US.[3]

Professional career

He has professionally won 9 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 12 ITF and 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles.

At Incheon Asian Games 2014 he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the Gold.[4] He also won won the Silver medal in mens doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.[5]

He made his Indian Davis Cup Team debut at the 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Tie with Chinese Taipei, where he partnered Rohan Bopanna in the doubles[6]

Futures and Challenger finals: 30 (23–7)

Singles: 15 (11-4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures (9–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (11–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 12 November 2011 Chennai, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard United Kingdom James Marsalek 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 10 March 2012 Bhimavaram, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Sanam Singh 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 3. 2 June 2012 Mandya, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Vijayant Malik 6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 28 July 2012 Chennai, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard South Korea Suk-Young Jeong 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner 5. 4 August 2012 Chennai, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard France Antoine Escoffier 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 3 November 2012 Pune, India
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Prakash Amritraj 4–6, 2–6
Winner 7. 3 May 2013 Chandigarh, India
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Vijayant Malik 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 8. 11 May 2013 Rohtak, India
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 6–1, 6–2
Winner 9. 1 June 2013 Bangkok, Thailand
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Australia Andrew Harris 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner 10. 9 June 2013 Tumon, Guam
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Japan Masato Shiga 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 11. 20 September 2013 Mishref, Kuwait
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Kuwait Mohammad Al-Ghareeb 4–6, 1–6
Winner 12. 8 March 2014 Bhimavaram, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Sanam Singh 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winners 13. 13 October 2014 Indore, India
ATP Challenger $50,000
Hard Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6–7(4–7)), 6-3
Winners 14. 18 October 2015 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
ATP Challenger
Hard Australia Jordan Thompson 7-5, 6-3
Runner-up 15. 21 February 2016 New Delhi, India
ATP Challenger $50,000
Hard France Stephane Robert 3-6, 0-6

Doubles: 20 (16-4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (4-0)
ITF Futures (12–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (16–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winners 1. 12 November 2011 Chennai, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash India Rohan Gajjar
India Vijay Kannan
6–4, 6–3
Winners 2. 24 February 2012 Chandigarh, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Rohan Gajjar India Vijay Kannan
India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
7–5, 6–3
Winners 3. 10 March 2012 Bhimavaram, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Rohan Gajjar India N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth
India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
7–5, 6–3
Runners-up 4. 2 June 2012 Mandya, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard China Bowen Ouyang India N. Sriram Balaji
India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
5–7, 1–6
Winners 5. 21 July 2012 Coimbatore, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan India N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth
India Vinayak Sharma Kaza
6–3, 6–2
Runners-up 6. 28 July 2012 Chennai, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Thailand Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana
4–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Winners 7. 4 August 2012 Chennai, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Thailand Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana
6–3, 6–4
Winners 8. 27 October 2012 Mumbai, India
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Purav Raja India N. Sriram Balaji
India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
Winners 9. 3 November 2012 Pune, India
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Purav Raja India N. Sriram Balaji
India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Winners 10. 17 March 2013 Calabasas, USA
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Sanam Singh South Korea Lim Yong-kyu
South Korea Nam Ji Sung
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [14–12]
Runners-up 11. 14 April 2013 Oklahoma City, USA
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard New Zealand Artem Sitak United States Jean-Yves Aubone
United States Dennis Nevolo
1–6, 5–7
Winners 12. 11 May 2013 Rohtak, India
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan India N. Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–3, 6–4
Runners-up 13. 20 September 2013 Mishref, Kuwait
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard United States Patrick Davidson United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Marcus Willis
4–6, 5–7
Winners 14. 15 February 2014 Kolkata, India
ATP Challenger $50,000
Hard India Sanam Singh India Divij Sharan
India Vishnu Vardhan
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Winners 15. 23 February 2014 New Delhi, India
ATP Challenger $100,000
Hard India Sanam Singh Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winners 16. 8 March 2014 Bhimavaram, India
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard India Sanam Singh India N. Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winners 17. 11 August 2014 Edwardsville, USA
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard United States Patrick Davidson United States Bjorn Fratangelo
United States Mitchell Krueger
6–3, 6–4
Winners 18. 24 August 2014 Winnipeg, Canada
ITF Futures $15,000
Hard Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky Canada Philip Bester
New Zealand Marcus Daniell
7–5, 7–5
Winners 19. 20 October 2014 Pune, India
ATP Challenger $50,000
Hard India Sanam Singh Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–3, 6–2
Winners 20. 25 October 2015 Bangalore, India
ATP Challenger $50,000
Hard India Sanam Singh United States John Paul Fruttero
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth
5–7, 6–4, [10–2]

Asian Games

Finals: 2 (1-1)

Singles Finals: 0 (0-0)

Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runners-up (Silver) 1. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games
Hard India Sanam Singh South Korea Hyeon Chung
South Korea Yongkyu Lim
5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Winners (Gold) 2. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games
Hard India Sania Mirza Chinese Taipei Hsien Yin Peng
Chinese Taipei Hao Ching Chan
6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ^ "Saketh Myneni ITF profile".
  2. ^ "Saketh Myneni ATP bio".
  3. ^ "Challenger Stars Reaping Rewards At US Open".
  4. ^ "Asian Games 2014: Sania Mirza-Saketh Myneni Win Mixed-Doubles Gold".
  5. ^ "Asian Games: Sanam Singh, Saketh Myneni Settle for Silver in Men's Tennis Doubles".
  6. ^ "Saketh Myneni Davis cup profile".

External links

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