Vijay Sundar Prashanth

Vijay Sundar Prashanth (born 27 October 1986) is a professional Indian tennis player. He caught everyone eye, when he won against Indian Davis Cup player Yuki Bhambri at 2015 Aircel Chennai Open. Prashanth has a career high ATP singles ranking of 335 achieved on 5 October 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 193 achieved on 2 August 2018. Prashanth has won Individual Doubles GOLD for India at the INDOOR ASIAN GAMES held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017. He also won Individual Singles SILVER for India at the INDOOR ASIAN GAMES held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017.

Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Full nameN. Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Country (sports) India
ResidenceChennai, India
Born (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986
Chennai, India
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$120,133 (Singles and Doubles Combined)
Singles
Career record0–1 (0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 335 (5 October 2015)
Current rankingNo. 513 (30 July 2018)
Doubles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 193 (2 July 2018)
Current rankingNo. 215 (30 July 2018)
Last updated on: 2 September 2018.

Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games, partnering Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Professional results

2015: National Games, Trivandrum- Kerala, india

Medalist at the 35th National Games held in Trivandrum, Kerala in 2015 [TEAM- GOLD MEDAL; INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES- SILVER MEDAL]

2015: First ATP Tournament

After successful wins in qualifiers, Prasanth entered into 2015 Aircel Chennai Open ATP world tour main draw and debuted against Jiří Veselý, he lost to him with 6–2 , 6–1.[1]

2016: South Asian Games, Guwahati, India

Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games, partnering Ramkumar Ramanathan.

2017: Indoor Asian Games, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Prashanth won Individual Mens Doubles Gold and Individual Mens Singles Silver for India at the INDOOR ASIAN GAMES held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017.

Tournament finals

Doubles: 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 (2–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Loss 0–1 October 2015 Bangalore, India Clay John Paul Fruttero Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh		 5–7, 6–4, [2–10]
Loss 0–2 July 2017 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sriram Balaji Tuna Altuna
Václav Šafránek		 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 October 2017 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Saketh Myneni Ben McLachlan
Go Soeda		 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–3 June 2018 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Saketh Myneni Ivan Gakhov
Alexander Pavlioutchenkov		 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 November 2018 Pune, India Hard Ramkumar Ramanathan Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua		 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]

Futures finals
Outcome W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 0–1 27 August 2012 Esfahan,Iran
F1 Futures $15,000 [2]
 Clay N. Sriram Balaji 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 0–2 4 March 2013 Madurai, India
ITF Futures $10,000 [3]
 Clay Victor Crivoi 6–1, 6–1

References
  1. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/yuki-bhambri-crashes-out-in-chennai-open-qualifiers/article6753944.ece
  2. "Iran F1 Futures". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. "India F2 Futures". itftennis.com. Retrieved 10 March 2014.


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