Vishnu Vardhan

Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan,[2] is an Indian professional tennis player.[3] 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.[4] He was featured as ITF player of April 2011.[5] He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016[6]

Vishnu Vardhan
Country (sports) India
ResidenceSecunderabad
Born (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 36)
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. 430 (31 January 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2018)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's tennis
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2010 GuangzhouMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouTeam
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat Mixed Doubles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Kathmandu/PokharaMen's Doubles
Gold medal – first place2019 Kathmandu/PokharaMen's team
Last updated on: 6 November 2019.

Personal life

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

Career

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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.[7]

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.[8]

Vishnu won the Toyota Bangalore Open ITF in June 2012 by defeating Ti-Chen of Chinese Taipei 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.[9]

Vishnu participated in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Leander Paes.[10] 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.[11] Vishnu won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016, by defeating left-hander Siddharth Vishwakarma from Varanasi 6–3, 6–4.[12] For the year of 2018, Vishnu is focusing on doubles by partnering with Sriram Balaji with a goal of playing at the Wimbledon.[13]

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 24 (10–14)

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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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2009India F3, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win1–1Jul 2009India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 6–2
Loss1–2Aug 2009India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Kim Young-jun3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss1–3Aug 2009India F8, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 3–6
Loss1–4Apr 2010India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Rupesh Roy6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Loss1–5Aug 2010Great Britain F12, LondonFuturesHard Joshua Milton6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6
Loss1–6Jan 2011Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Danai Udomchoke2–6, 3–6
Win2–6Apr 2011India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win3–6Apr 2011India F4, NoidaFuturesHard Kim Young-jun7–5, 3–6, 7–6(15–13)
Loss3–7Apr 2011India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Patrik Rosenholm6–5 ret.
Loss3–8Nov 2011India F10, PuneFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan4–6, 5–7
Win4–8Nov 2011India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win5–8Apr 2012Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Ivan Sergeyev6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win6–8Jun 2012India F8, MysoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win7–8Jun 2012India F9, BangaloreFuturesHard Chen Ti6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss7–9Feb 2014India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Antal van der Duim5–7, 3–6
Loss7–10May 2015India F6, MysoreFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss7–11Jun 2015India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss7–12Jul 2015India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss7–13Sep 2015India F15, MaduraiFuturesHard Sumit Nagal6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win8–13Apr 2016India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard David Agung Susanto6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win9–13May 2016India F3, JassowalFuturesHard Dalwinder Singh7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win10–13Sep 2016India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji6–4, 6–3
Loss10–14Feb 2017India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji2–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 80 (46–34)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (38–23)
Titles by surface
Hard (39–28)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2008India F4, GurgaonFuturesHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Wang Yu jr.
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win1–1Sep 2008India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss1–2Sep 2008India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
2–6, 2–6
Win2–2Mar 2009India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Mithun Murali
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win3–2May 2009India F4, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Tushar Liberhan
Vishal Punna
6–1, 6–3
Win4–2Jul 2009India F5, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja
6–1, 7–5
Win5–2Jul 2009India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh
6–3, 6–4
Win6–2Aug 2009India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Sean Thornley
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Loss6–3Aug 2009India F9, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Rohan Gajjar
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Loss6–4Oct 2009India F10, KolkataFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja
4–6, 5–7
Win7–4Oct 2009India F11, PuneFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja
7–5, 6–3
Loss7–5Mar 2010Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Divij Sharan Martin Fischer
Philipp Oswald
1–6, 2–6
Loss7–6Mar 2010India F1, KolkataFuturesHard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh
3–6, 2–6
Win8–6Apr 2010India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Vignesh Peranamallur
2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win9–6Jul 2010Great Britain F8, ManchesterFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Barry King
Ashwin Kumar
6–2, 7–5
Loss9–7Jul 2010Great Britain F9, IlkleyFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Andrew Fitzpatrick
Josh Goodall
6–3, 5–7, [3–10]
Win10–7Jul 2010Great Britain F11, ChiswickFuturesHard Divij Sharan James Chaudry
George Coupland
6–2, 6–2
Loss10–8Aug 2010Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Divij Sharan Gong Maoxin
Li Zhe
3–6, 1–6
Loss10–9Oct 2010Spain F35, MartosFuturesHard Divij Sharan Agustín Boje-Ordóñez
Pablo Martín-Adalia
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [8–10]
Loss10–10Jan 2011Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Danai Udomchoke
Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
4–6, 4–6
Win11–10Mar 2011Australia F2, BerriFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Chris Letcher
Brendan Moore
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win12–10Mar 2011India F2, KolkataFuturesClay Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Ashutosh Singh
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
Win13–10Apr 2011India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Bumpei Sato
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win14–10Aug 2011Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard (i) Karan Rastogi Harri Heliövaara
Denys Molchanov
7–6(7–3), 2–6, [10–8]
Loss14–11Oct 2011Nigeria F3, LagosFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Yuki Bhambri
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
2–6, 5–7
Loss14–12Nov 2011India F10, PuneFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Rohan Gajjar
Alexander Satschko
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Win15–12Nov 2011India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Sriram Balaji
Vijayant Malik
6–1, 6–3
Loss15–13Feb 2012Burnie, AustraliaChallengerHard Divij Sharan John Peers
John-Patrick Smith
2–6, 4–6
Loss15–14Aug 2012Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Divij Sharan Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Ivan Sergeyev
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win16–14Sep 2012Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss16–15May 2013India F4, ChandigarhFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
3–6, 4–6
Win17–15Aug 2013Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Loss17–16Aug 2013Gabon F2, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset
0–6, 0–6
Loss17–17Feb 2014Kolkata, IndiaChallengerHard Divij Sharan Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win18–17Mar 2014India F3, ChennaiFuturesClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss18–18Apr 2014Uzbekistan F2, NamanganFuturesHard Piotr Gadomski Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
3–6, 1–6
Win19–18Jun 2014Thailand F7, BangkokFuturesHard Christopher Rungkat Timo Sivapruksa
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
6–1, 6–2
Loss19–19Nov 2014India F6, KolkataFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
4–6, 2–6
Win20–19Nov 2014India F7, RaipurFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vinayak Sharma Kaza
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win21–19Mar 2015India F2, BhimavaramFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Win22–19Jun 2015India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Sriram Balaji Bhavesh Gour
Sidharth Rawat
6–3, 6–0
Win23–19Jun 2015India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Sriram Balaji Antoine Escoffier
Hugo Grenier
6–4, 6–2
Win24–19Nov 2015India F16, GwaliorFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win25–19Apr 2016India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Yuichi Ito
Sho Katayama
6–1, 6–4
Loss25–20Jun 2016Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Yannick Jankovits
Luca Margaroli
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win26–20Jul 2016Zimbabwe F2, HarareFuturesHard Hugo Nys Nicolaas Scholtz
Tucker Vorster
6–4, 6–2
Win27–20Jul 2016Zimbabwe F3, HarareFuturesHard Hugo Nys Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Loss27–21Aug 2016Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Huang Liang-chi
Wang Aoran
3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win28–21Sep 2016India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Kunal Anand
Anvit Bendre
6–3, 6–4
Win29–21Sep 2016India F6, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Anvit Bendre
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–3, 6–1
Win30–21Feb 2017India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
Win31–21Mar 2017India F3, GuwahatiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Sanam Singh
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win32–21Mar 2017India F4, BhilaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Alexander Centenari
Sami Reinwein
6–2, 6–4
Loss32–22Mar 2017India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win33–22Mar 2017India F6, TrivandrumFuturesClay Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Wong Hong-kit
6–3, 7–5
Win34–22Apr 2017Uzbekistan F1, BukharaFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Sergey Betov
Vladyslav Manafov
6–4, 7–5
Loss34–23Apr 2017Uzbekistan F2, KarshiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Sanjar Fayziev
Timur Khabibulin
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss34–24May 2017Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran Laurynas Grigelis
Zdeněk Kolář
6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win35–24Jun 2017Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vladyslav Manafov
Denis Matsukevitch
6–3, 6–2
Win36–24Jun 2017Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Yuya Kibi
Shuichi Sekiguchi
6–3, 6–3
Win37–24Jul 2017Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win38–24Aug 2017Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss38–25Aug 2017Jinan, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win39–25Nov 2017Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win40–25Feb 2018Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Cem İlkel
Danilo Petrović
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Win41–25May 2018Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Mikhail Elgin
Denis Istomin
w/o
Loss41–26Jul 2018Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Santiago González
Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 3–6
Loss41–27May 2019Busan, Korea, Rep.ChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat
6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss41–28Aug 2019Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Andre Begemann
Florin Mergea
6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–4), [3–10]
Loss41–29Nov 2021M15 Indore, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Anirudh Chandrasekar
Nitin Kumar Sinha
4–6, 4–6
Win42–29Nov 2021M15 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Saketh Myneni Julian Cash
Zsombor Velcz
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss42–30Mar 2022M15 Bengaluru, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Mukund Sasikumar Julian Cash
Arjun Kadhe
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss42–31Mar 2022M15 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Anirudh Chandrasekar Yuki Bhambri
Saketh Myneni
4–6, 2–6
Loss42–32Oct 2022M15 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Nitin Kumar Sinha Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss42–33Nov 2022M25 Indore, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Boris Butulija Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss42–34Nov 2022M25 Mumbai, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Vladyslav Orlov Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
2–6, 2–6
Win43–34Mar 2023M25 Mysuru, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Mukund Sasikumar Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–3, 6–4
Win44–34Apr 2023M15 Chennai, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Nitin Kumar Sinha Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta
Theertha Shashank Macherla
6–1, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
Win45–34Oct 2023M15 Davangere, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Siddhant Banthia Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta
Manish Sureshkumar
6–2, 7–5
Win46–34Mar 2024M25 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Siddhant Banthia Parikshit Somani
Manish Sureshkumar
6–4, 6–1

See also

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References

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