Indian tennis player
Saketh Myneni Country (sports) India Residence Visakhapatnam, India Born (1987-10-19 ) 19 October 1987 (age 34) Vuyyuru, India Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Turned pro Nov 2011 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 354,975Career record 2–3 (40.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 137 (12 September 2016) Current ranking No. 390 (18 November 2019) Australian Open Q3 (2016) French Open Q2 (2016 ) Wimbledon Q2 (2015 ) US Open 1R (2016 ) Career record 5–6 (45.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 113 (25 April 2016) Current ranking No. 187 (18 November 2019) Last updated on: 19 November 2019.
Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in Davis Cup. 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 completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School , Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki.[1] He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows.[2] He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now & then in Hyderabad.[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 the Silver medal in men's 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]
ATP Tour finals [ ]
Singles: 5 (2–3) [ ]
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Oct 2014
Indore , India
Challenger
Hard
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–3, 6–7(4–7) ), 6–3
Win
2–0
Oct 2015
Vietnam Open , Vietnam
Challenger
Hard
Jordan Thompson
7–5, 6–3
Loss
2–1
Oct 2015
Ağrı , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Farrukh Dustov
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–2
Feb 2016
New Delhi , India
Challenger
Hard
Stephane Robert
3–6, 0–6
Loss
2–3
Nov 2018
Bengalore , India
Challenger
Hard
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 15 (8–7) [ ]
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Feb 2014
Kolkata , India
Challenger
Hard
Sanam Singh
Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win
2–0
Feb 2014
New Delhi , India
Challenger
Hard
Sanam Singh
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Win
3–0
Oct 2014
Pune , India
Challenger
Hard
Sanam Singh
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–3, 6–2
Win
4–0
Sep 2015
İzmir , Turkey
Challenger
Hard
Divij Sharan
Malek Jaziri Denys Molchanov
7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 0–0 (ret)
Win
5–0
Oct 2015
Bangalore , India
Challenger
Hard
Sanam Singh
John Paul Fruttero Vijay Sundar Prashanth
5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss
5–1
Feb 2016
New Delhi , India
Challenger
Hard
Sanam Singh
Yuki Bhambri Mahesh Bhupathi
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss
5–2
Mar 2016
Shenzhen , China
Challenger
Hard
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Luke Saville Jordan Thompson
6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win
6–2
Apr 2016
Nanjing , China
Challenger
Hard
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–3, 6–3
Loss
6–3
Aug 2016
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Sanam Singh
Guilherme Clezar Alejandro González
6–3, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss
6–4
Apr 2018
Taipei , Taiwan
Challenger
Carpet(i)
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Matthew Ebden Andrew Whittington
4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss
6–5
Jun 2018
Fergana , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
4–6, 4–6
Win
7–5
Jul 2019
Chengdu , China
Challenger
Hard
Arjun Kadhe
Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu
6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss
7–6
Nov 2019
Pune , India
Challenger
Hard
Arjun Kadhe
Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Win
8–6
Feb 2022
Bangalore , India
Challenger
Hard
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Hugo Grenier Alexandre Müller
6–3, 6-2
Loss
8–7
Feb 2022
Bangalore , India
Challenger
Hard
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Alexander Erler Arjun Kadhe
3-6, 7-6(7-4) , [7-10]
Asian Games [ ]
Finals: 2 (1–1)
Singles Finals: 0 (0–0) [ ]
Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1) [ ]
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