Vishnu Vardhan

Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professional tennis player from India.[2] He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event.[3] He was featured as ITF player of April 2011.[4] He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016[5]

Vishnu Vardhana
Country (sports) India
ResidenceSecunderabad
Born (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (Two-handed backhand)
CoachC.V. Nagraj
Prize money$240,674[1]
Official websitehttp://www.vishnu-vardhan.com/
Singles
Career record1–4 (20.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 262 (10 September 2012)
Doubles
Career record3–11 (21.4% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 92 (16 July 2018)
Current rankingNo. 202 (4 November 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2018)
Last updated on: 6 November 2019.

Personal life

Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes[1] He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad.

Career

Vishnuvardhan was considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the World Group.

Vishnuvardhan began to show glimpses of his talent right from a young age, performing well on the junior circuit. The year 2003 proved to be his defining year on the junior circuit with Vishnuvardhan winning the Junior Nationals, and earning himself a place in the Indian Junior Davis Cup team. This success on the junior circuit translated itself into glory in Inter-University tournaments as well, with Vishnuvardhan capturing the gold medal in successive tournaments as the team captain.

Vishnuvardhan has won the Grass Court Nationals and achieving a career-high national ranking of two.[6]

J.Vishnuvardhan won this first futures tournament on 11 July.

In 2012, Vishnu won the Zuari Garden City-ITF against Sriram Balaji 7–6(7), 6–3.[7]

Vishnu won the Toyota Bangalore Open ITF in June 2012 by defeating Ti-Chen of Chinese Taipei 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.[8]

Vishnu participated in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Leander Paes.[9] Vishnu and partner Leander Paes crashed out of the Olympic doubles after a 7–6 (7/3), 4–6, 6–3 defeat against French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra.[10] Vishnu won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016 by defeating left-hander Siddharth Vishwakarma from Varanasi 6-3, 6-4.[11] For the year of 2018, Vishnu is focusing on doubles by partnering with Sriram Balaji with a goal of playing at the Wimbledon.[12]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (10–14)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (10–14)
Titles by Surface
Hard (10–14)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2009 India F3, New Delhi Futures Hard Yuki Bhambri 6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2009 India F6, New Delhi Futures Hard Rohan Gajjar 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Aug 2009 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard Kim Young-jun 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–3 Aug 2009 India F8, New Delhi Futures Hard Yuki Bhambri 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2010 India F3, Vijayawada Futures Hard Rupesh Roy 6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–5 Aug 2010 Great Britain F12, London Futures Hard Joshua Milton 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Jan 2011 Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Danai Udomchoke 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–6 Apr 2011 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard Yuki Bhambri 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–6 Apr 2011 India F4, Noida Futures Hard Kim Young-jun 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(15–13)
Loss 3–7 Apr 2011 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard Patrik Rosenholm 6–5 ret.
Loss 3–8 Nov 2011 India F10, Pune Futures Hard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–8 Nov 2011 India F11, New Delhi Futures Hard Rohan Gajjar 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 5–8 Apr 2012 Uzbekistan F2, Andijan Futures Hard Ivan Sergeyev 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win 6–8 Jun 2012 India F8, Mysore Futures Hard Sriram Balaji 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win 7–8 Jun 2012 India F9, Bangalore Futures Hard Chen Ti 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 7–9 Feb 2014 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard Antal van der Duim 5–7, 3–6
Loss 7–10 May 2015 India F6, Mysore Futures Hard Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7–11 Jun 2015 India F9, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) Antoine Escoffier 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 7–12 Jul 2015 India F10, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) Antoine Escoffier 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 7–13 Sep 2015 India F15, Madurai Futures Hard Sumit Nagal 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 8–13 Apr 2016 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard David Agung Susanto 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 9–13 May 2016 India F3, Jassowal Futures Hard Dalwinder Singh 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 10–13 Sep 2016 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard Sriram Balaji 6–4, 6–3
Loss 10–14 Feb 2017 India F2, Jorhat Futures Hard Sriram Balaji 2–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 69 (41–28)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures Tour (33–17)
Titles by Surface
Hard (34–22)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2008 India F4, Gurgaon Futures Hard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Wang Yu jr.		 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2008 India F6, Chennai Futures Clay Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya		 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Sep 2008 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya		 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2009 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard Divij Sharan Mithun Murali
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 3–2 May 2009 India F4, New Delhi Futures Hard Divij Sharan Tushar Liberhan
Vishal Punna		 6–1, 6–3
Win 4–2 Jul 2009 India F5, New Delhi Futures Hard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja		 6–1, 7–5
Win 5–2 Jul 2009 India F6, New Delhi Futures Hard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh		 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–2 Aug 2009 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Sean Thornley		 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Loss 6–3 Aug 2009 India F9, New Delhi Futures Hard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Rohan Gajjar		 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 6–4 Oct 2009 India F10, Kolkata Futures Hard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja		 4–6, 5–7
Win 7–4 Oct 2009 India F11, Pune Futures Hard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 7–5 Mar 2010 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Divij Sharan Martin Fischer
Philipp Oswald		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–6 Mar 2010 India F1, Kolkata Futures Hard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh		 3–6, 2–6
Win 8–6 Apr 2010 India F3, Vijayawada Futures Hard Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Vignesh Peranamallur		 2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 9–6 Jul 2010 Great Britain F8, Manchester Futures Grass Divij Sharan Barry King
Ashwin Kumar		 6–2, 7–5
Loss 9–7 Jul 2010 Great Britain F9, Ilkley Futures Grass Divij Sharan Andrew Fitzpatrick
Josh Goodall		 6–3, 5–7, [3–10]
Win 10–7 Jul 2010 Great Britain F11, Chiswick Futures Hard Divij Sharan James Chaudry
George Coupland		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 10–8 Aug 2010 Karshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Divij Sharan Gong Maoxin
Li Zhe		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 10–9 Oct 2010 Spain F35, Martos Futures Hard Divij Sharan Agustín Boje-Ordóñez
Pablo Martín-Adalia		 6–3, 6–7(2–7), [8–10]
Loss 10–10 Jan 2011 Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Divij Sharan Danai Udomchoke
Kittiphong Wachiramanowong		 4–6, 4–6
Win 11–10 Mar 2011 Australia F2, Berri Futures Grass Divij Sharan Chris Letcher
Brendan Moore		 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 12–10 Mar 2011 India F2, Kolkata Futures Clay Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Ashutosh Singh		 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
Win 13–10 Apr 2011 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Bumpei Sato		 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 14–10 Aug 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard (i) Karan Rastogi Harri Heliövaara
Denys Molchanov		 7–6(7–3), 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 14–11 Oct 2011 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard Karan Rastogi Yuki Bhambri
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 2–6, 5–7
Loss 14–12 Nov 2011 India F10, Pune Futures Hard Karan Rastogi Rohan Gajjar
Alexander Satschko		 6–4, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Win 15–12 Nov 2011 India F11, New Delhi Futures Hard Karan Rastogi Sriram Balaji
Vijayant Malik		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 15–13 Feb 2012 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Divij Sharan John Peers
John-Patrick Smith		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 15–14 Aug 2012 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Divij Sharan Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Ivan Sergeyev		 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 16–14 Sep 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Peng Hsien-yin		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–15 May 2013 India F4, Chandigarh Futures Hard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 3–6, 4–6
Win 17–15 Aug 2013 Gabon F1, Libreville Futures Hard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset		 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Loss 17–16 Aug 2013 Gabon F2, Libreville Futures Hard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset		 0–6, 0–6
Loss 17–17 Feb 2014 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard Divij Sharan Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh		 3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win 18–17 Mar 2014 India F3, Chennai Futures Clay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 18–18 Apr 2014 Uzbekistan F2, Namangan Futures Hard Piotr Gadomski Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 3–6, 1–6
Win 19–18 Jun 2014 Thailand F7, Bangkok Futures Hard Christopher Rungkat Timo Sivapruksa
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul		 6–1, 6–2
Loss 19–19 Nov 2014 India F6, Kolkata Futures Clay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 4–6, 2–6
Win 20–19 Nov 2014 India F7, Raipur Futures Hard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vinayak Sharma Kaza
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 21–19 Mar 2015 India F2, Bhimavaram Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Win 22–19 Jun 2015 India F9, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) Sriram Balaji Bhavesh Gour
Sidharth Rawat		 6–3, 6–0
Win 23–19 Jun 2015 India F10, Hyderabad Futures Hard (i) Sriram Balaji Antoine Escoffier
Hugo Grenier		 6–4, 6–2
Win 24–19 Nov 2015 India F16, Gwalior Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Ramkumar Ramanathan		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 25–19 Apr 2016 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Yuichi Ito
Sho Katayama		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 25–20 Jun 2016 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Toshihide Matsui Yannick Jankovits
Luca Margaroli		 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 26–20 Jul 2016 Zimbabwe F2, Harare Futures Hard Hugo Nys Nicolaas Scholtz
Tucker Vorster		 6–4, 6–2
Win 27–20 Jul 2016 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Futures Hard Hugo Nys Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 27–21 Aug 2016 Indonesia F1, Jakarta Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Huang Liang-chi
Wang Aoran		 3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win 28–21 Sep 2016 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Kunal Anand
Anvit Bendre		 6–3, 6–4
Win 29–21 Sep 2016 India F6, Coimbatore Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Anvit Bendre
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 6–3, 6–1
Win 30–21 Feb 2017 India F2, Jorhat Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
Win 31–21 Mar 2017 India F3, Guwahati Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Sanam Singh		 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 32–21 Mar 2017 India F4, Bhilai Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Alexander Centenari
Sami Reinwein		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 32–22 Mar 2017 India F5, Bangalore Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood		 6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 33–22 Mar 2017 India F6, Trivandrum Futures Clay Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Wong Hong-kit		 6–3, 7–5
Win 34–22 Apr 2017 Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Sergey Betov
Vladyslav Manafov		 6–4, 7–5
Loss 34–23 Apr 2017 Uzbekistan F2, Karshi Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Sanjar Fayziev
Timur Khabibulin		 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 34–24 May 2017 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Prajnesh Gunneswaran Laurynas Grigelis
Zdeněk Kolář		 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 35–24 Jun 2017 Uzbekistan F3, Andijan Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Vladyslav Manafov
Denis Matsukevitch		 6–3, 6–2
Win 36–24 Jun 2017 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Sriram Balaji Yuya Kibi
Shuichi Sekiguchi		 6–3, 6–3
Win 37–24 Jul 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Toshihide Matsui Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgenii Tiurnev		 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 38–24 Aug 2017 Chengdu, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 38–25 Aug 2017 Jinan, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin		 6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 39–25 Nov 2017 Shenzhen, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Sriram Balaji Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow		 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win 40–25 Feb 2018 Chennai, India Challenger Hard Sriram Balaji Cem İlkel
Danilo Petrović		 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Win 41–25 May 2018 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Sriram Balaji Mikhail Elgin
Denis Istomin		 w/o
Loss 41–26 Jul 2018 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Sriram Balaji Santiago González
Wesley Koolhof		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 41–27 May 2019 Busan, Korea, Rep. Challenger Hard Toshihide Matsui Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat		 6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss 41–28 Aug 2019 Meerbusch, Germany Challenger Clay Sriram Balaji Andre Begemann
Florin Mergea		 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–4), [3–10]

See also

References
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