Vishnu_Vardhan_(tennis)

Vishnu Vardhan

Vishnu Vardhan

Indian tennis player


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 October 8, 2016[6]

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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] [dead link] 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.[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 October 8, 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

Singles: 24 (10–14)

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Doubles: 80 (46–34)

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See also


References

  1. "Vishnu Vardhan ATP Profile". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  2. Subrahmanyam, V. V. (6 August 2021). "'ATP not ensuring level-playing field for Asians'". The Hindu.
  3. "Men's Circuit – Player Biography". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  4. "ITF Spotlight: Vishnu Vardhan - April 2011". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. Srinivasan, Kamesh (9 October 2016). "Razor-sharp Vishnu does it again". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. V.V. Subrahmanyam. "Rare honour for city tennis player", The Hindu, 26 December 2007. Retrieved on 24 June 2008.
  7. "Vishnu Vardhan". The Hindu. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  8. "Vishnu Vardhan". The Hindu. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  9. "Razor-sharp Vishnu does it again". The Hindu. 9 October 2016.
  10. "Interview with IndianTennisDaily". 25 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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