Country (sports) India Role Tennis player Prize money $37,385 Height 1.88 m | Career titles 0 Weight 77 kg Name Ramkumar Ramanathan Handed Right-handed | |
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Residence Barcelona, Spain &
Chennai, India Born 8 November 1994 (age 30)
Chennai, India ( 1994-11-08 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career record 1–2 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) | ||
Ramkumar ramanathan on playing ctl 2015
Ramakumar Ramanathan (born 8 November 1994) is a professional Indian tennis player. He is currently the highest ranked Indian tennis singles player. He reached his career high singles rank of 156 on 21 August 2017.
Contents
- Ramkumar ramanathan on playing ctl 2015
- Ramkumar ramanathan training at sanchez casal
- Personal and early life
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- Singles performance timeline
- References
Ramkumar ramanathan training at sanchez casal
Personal and early life
Ramnathan started playing tennis at the age of five. He was introduced to the sport by his father Ramanathan. His mother's name is Alagammai and sister's name is Uma. Both his parents are into the textile business. He speaks English, Spanish and Tamil. He trains at Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain. He is currently pursuing B.A. in Economics at Loyola College.
2014
Ramanathan hit the headlines in 2014 when he qualified for the main draw of the Chennai Open and beat then Indian No.1 Somdev Devvarman in the first round. He eventually lost to Marcel Granollers in second round.
2015
In 2015, Ramanathan played mostly on Futures and Challenger level. He entered Chennai Open where he lost in first round to Tatsuma Ito in straight sets. In April, he reached his first doubles final at a challenger event at Mersin Cup in Turkey. Partnering with Riccardo Ghedin, the pair lost final to Mate Pavić and Michael Venus. He entered his second ATP world tour event of the year at Malaysian Open where he lost in first round to Mikhail Kukushkin.
2016
Ramanathan entered Chennai Open and reached till quarter finals. This was the first time he reached to quarter finals at an ATP world tour event. He defeated Daniel Gimeno Traver and Alexander Kudryavtsev in first and second rounds respectively. He eventually lost to Aljaž Bedene in quarter finals.
In October, Ramanathan partnered with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The pair reached finals at Vietnam Open where they lost to Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana from Thailand to finish as runners-up.
2017
In April, Ramanathan reached his first singles challenger final at Tallahassee challenger. He lost the final to Blaž Rola from Slovenia to finish as runner-up.
Ramanathan entered 2017 Antalya Open where he produced a big upset by defeating world No. 8 and top seed Dominic Thiem in the second round. This was his first match against a top-10 player. Ranked world No. 222, Ramanathan defeated Thiem in straight sets 6-3 6-2. He progressed till the quarterfinals where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in a third set tie break.
In July, he reached his second singles challenger final atNielsen Pro Tennis Championships. But here to he had to be content as runner-up. He lost the final in straight sets to Akira Santillan from Japan.
In August, Ramanathan qualified for the first time in main draw of a Masters 1000 tournament at Cincinati Masters. He defeated Christopher Eubanks in first round but lost to Jared Donaldson in second round. This result moved him to career high ranking of 156.
Ramanathan entered qualifying draw of US Open. He defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in first round but lost to Nicolas Mahut in second round.
Singles performance timeline
Current till 2017 Western & Southern Open