Saketh Myneni
Country (sports) | India | |||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Greenwich, Connecticut, US | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Vuyyuru, Andhra Pradesh, India | 19 October 1987|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | Nov 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money | $ 193,599 | |||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 2–0 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 138(4 April 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 143(22 August 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q3 (2016) | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q2 (2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 (2015) | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 5–3 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 113 (25 April 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 115 (22 August 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 12 November 2011 | Chennai, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | James Marsalek | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 10 March 2012 | Bhimavaram, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Winner | 3. | 2 June 2012 | Mandya, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Vijayant Malik | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 28 July 2012 | Chennai, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Suk-Young Jeong | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 4 August 2012 | Chennai, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Antoine Escoffier | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 3 November 2012 | Pune, India ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Prakash Amritraj | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 7. | 3 May 2013 | Chandigarh, India ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Vijayant Malik | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 11 May 2013 | Rohtak, India ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 9. | 1 June 2013 | Bangkok, Thailand ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Andrew Harris | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 9 June 2013 | Tumon, Guam ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Masato Shiga | 6–0, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 11. | 20 September 2013 | Mishref, Kuwait ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Mohammad Al-Ghareeb | 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 12. | 8 March 2014 | Bhimavaram, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Winners | 13. | 13 October 2014 | Indore, India ATP Challenger $50,000 |
Hard | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6-3, 6–7(4–7)), 6-3 |
Winners | 14. | 18 October 2015 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ATP Challenger |
Hard | Jordan Thompson | 7-5, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 21 February 2016 | New Delhi, India ATP Challenger $50,000 |
Hard | Stephane Robert | 3-6, 0-6 |
Doubles: 20 (16-4)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winners | 1. | 12 November 2011 | Chennai, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash | Rohan Gajjar Vijay Kannan |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winners | 2. | 24 February 2012 | Chandigarh, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Rohan Gajjar | Vijay Kannan Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winners | 3. | 10 March 2012 | Bhimavaram, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Rohan Gajjar | N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runners-up | 4. | 2 June 2012 | Mandya, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Bowen Ouyang | N. Sriram Balaji Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan |
5–7, 1–6 |
Winners | 5. | 21 July 2012 | Coimbatore, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth Vinayak Sharma Kaza |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runners-up | 6. | 28 July 2012 | Chennai, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Weerapat Doakmaiklee Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana |
4–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
Winners | 7. | 4 August 2012 | Chennai, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Weerapat Doakmaiklee Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winners | 8. | 27 October 2012 | Mumbai, India ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Purav Raja | N. Sriram Balaji Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan |
6–0, 4–6, [10–8] |
Winners | 9. | 3 November 2012 | Pune, India ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Purav Raja | N. Sriram Balaji Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan |
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–5] |
Winners | 10. | 17 March 2013 | Calabasas, USA ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | Lim Yong-kyu 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 | Artem Sitak | Jean-Yves Aubone Dennis Nevolo |
1–6, 5–7 |
Winners | 12. | 11 May 2013 | Rohtak, India ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | N. Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runners-up | 13. | 20 September 2013 | Mishref, Kuwait ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Patrick Davidson | Lewis Burton Marcus Willis |
4–6, 5–7 |
Winners | 14. | 15 February 2014 | Kolkata, India ATP Challenger $50,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan |
6–3, 3–6, [10–4] |
Winners | 15. | 23 February 2014 | New Delhi, India ATP Challenger $100,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Winners | 16. | 8 March 2014 | Bhimavaram, India ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | N. Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Winners | 17. | 11 August 2014 | Edwardsville, USA ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Patrick Davidson | Bjorn Fratangelo Mitchell Krueger |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winners | 18. | 24 August 2014 | Winnipeg, Canada ITF Futures $15,000 |
Hard | Dimitar Kutrovsky | Philip Bester Marcus Daniell |
7–5, 7–5 |
Winners | 19. | 20 October 2014 | Pune, India ATP Challenger $50,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winners | 20. | 25 October 2015 | Bangalore, India ATP Challenger $50,000 |
Hard | Sanam Singh | John Paul Fruttero 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 |
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Runners-up (Silver) | 1. | 29 September 2014 | Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games |
Hard | Sanam Singh | Hyeon Chung Yongkyu Lim |
5–7, 6–7(2–7) |
Winners (Gold) | 2. | 29 September 2014 | Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games |
Hard | Sania Mirza | Hsien Yin Peng Hao Ching Chan |
6–4, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "Saketh Myneni ITF profile".
- ^ "Saketh Myneni ATP bio".
- ^ "Challenger Stars Reaping Rewards At US Open".
- ^ "Asian Games 2014: Sania Mirza-Saketh Myneni Win Mixed-Doubles Gold".
- ^ "Asian Games: Sanam Singh, Saketh Myneni Settle for Silver in Men's Tennis Doubles".
- ^ "Saketh Myneni Davis cup profile".
External links
- Saketh Myneni at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Saketh Myneni at the Davis Cup
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