Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (born 4 April 1983) is an Indian former professional tennis player.[1]
| Country (sports) |  India |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 April 1983 Kapurthala, India |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Prize money | $62,462 |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 340 (13 January 2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–0 (Davis Cup) |
| Highest ranking | No. 296 (23 May 2005) |
A left-handed player from Kapurthala, Sipaeya was a national hardcourt champion as a 16-year old in 1999 and made the junior doubles quarter-finals of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.[2]
Sipaeya represented India at the 2002 Asian Games and was a doubles silver-medalist at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.
His career best singles ranking of 340 was attained in 2005 and he won two ITF Futures singles titles during his career. As a doubles player he was ranked as high as 296 in the world and won a further 15 ITF tournaments.[3]
In 2007 he made his only Davis Cup appearance for India, as the doubles partner of Leander Paes in a tie against Uzbekistan. He and Paes were victorious in five sets, over Farrukh Dustov and Denis Istomin.
References
- "Sunil Sipaeya... steady and sure". Rediff. 5 November 2001.
- Brijnath, Rohit (25 October 1999). "Sunil Kumar, a clerk's son from Kapurthala, becomes national tennis champion at 16". India Today.
- Desai, Shail (3 February 2011). "Victory adds colour to Sipaeya's tennis". The Times of India.