Somdev Devvarman
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Somdev Devvarman (born in 13 February 1985), is a professional Indian
tennis
player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner
, Kevin Anderson
, and Jesse Levine
have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA
, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years. Only three other players have matched that record since 1950. His 44–1 win-loss record in 2008 at NCAA Men's Tennis Championship is unprecedented.
His best achievement so far on the ATP World Tour has been reaching the finals of the Chennai Open
in 2009, as a wild card entry. In 2010, Somdev won the Gold medal in the Men's Singles
event of XIXth Commonwealth Games
at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi and followed it up with both Mens Singles and Doubles Gold in the 2010 Asian Games
in Guangzhou, China. He is coached by Scott McCain.
In 2011, Devvarman received the Arjuna Award
from the Indian government for his for his national tennis successes.
, Assam
to Pravanjan Dev Varman, a retired income tax commissioner. He belongs to the Indian
state of Tripura
. His family shifted to Calcutta
when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there till the age of 8. His father's work took the family to Madras(Chennai
), Tamil Nadu
where Somdev grew up, beginning tennis at age 9. Devvarman started competing in futures tournaments in 2002 aged 17. His biggest achievement during this time was a victory in the Kolkata
F2 championship in 2004 after which he rose to 666 in world ranking. He moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at the University of Virginia
. Somdev, while at college, won the 2007 NCAA
Singles Championship by defeating Georgia Bulldog's senior, the No. 1 seed John Isner
in the final with a score 7–6 (7), 4–6, 7–6 (2). A year later he defeated Tennessee's J.P. Smith 6–3, 6–2 to win his consecutive NCAA Singles National Championship. Devvarman becomes the 13th player in the 124-year history of the tournament to win consecutive titles, and just the fourth to do so in the past 50 years with an unprecedented 44–1 record in 2008. Somdev finished University with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008. He won his first career title that year at a Futures Tournament in Rochester, New York. The University of Virginia retired Devvarman's jersey in 2009. At the end of 2010, he was felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai.
Devvarman made the final of the Kennedy Funding Invitational in New York in July 2007. In a clay-court non-tour event which included several players ranked in the top 150, Devvarman defeated Ricardo Mello
, Robert Kendrick
, and Justin Gimelstob
, before losing a three-set match to no. 69 Michael Russell
in the final. He returned and won the tournament in 2008, beating Sam Querrey
and Dudi Sela
along the way.
On 27 July 2008, Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger, first coming through qualifying, and then beating players including Bobby Reynolds
, Xavier Malisse
, and Robert Kendrick
to take the title. He received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinal, before his first professional defeat, by Go Soeda
.
In August 2008, Devvarman made the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, first beating Sam Warburg
, Jamie Baker
, and Soeda to qualify, and then beating Taylor Dent
and Robert Kendrick
in the main draw, before losing to Russian Igor Kunitsyn
.
At the BCR Bucharest Open, Devvarman lost to world no. 18 Nicolás Almagro
after winning the first set in the first round, having beaten no. 93 Italian Filippo Volandri
in the final round of qualifying. Devvarman ended 2008 ranked as world no. 204. He had started the year at no. 1033.
, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open champion and world no. 42 Carlos Moyá
of Spain and no. 25 Ivo Karlović
of Croatia. Rainer Schüttler
of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinal, meaning that Devvarman progressed to the finals. In the final, he lost to Marin Čilić
of Croatia, 4-6, 6-7.
At the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, Somdev was seeded 28th in singles qualifying. He beat Prakash Amritraj
, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, in his first qualifying round; then lost to unseeded Łukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round, 6-4, 4-6, 5-7. After some poor results in qualifying and challenger tournaments, Somdev had a successful Davis Cup
campaign, winning both his matches against Chinese Taipei
, including a critical reverse singles match against world no. 59 Yen-Hsun Lu by a score of 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 to lead India
to victory.
In the second Grand Slam of 2009, the French Open, Devvarman was seeded 26th in singles qualifying. He defeated João Souza
of Brazil, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 in the first round and ousted Brit Alex Bogdanovic
, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4, before losing to third seed and world no. 96 Marcos Daniel
, 0–6, 1–6. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, Somdev, seeded 14th in qualifying, failed to advance to the singles draw, losing in the first round to Jean-Rene Lisnard
of Monaco, 3–6, 2–6. In doubles, Devvarman and partner Kevin Anderson
advanced to the main draw, but lost to the 4th-seeded pair Mahesh Bhupathi
and Mark Knowles
.
Devvarman had a poor clay- and grass-court season, but was more successful upon return to hard courts, reaching the semifinal of the Comerica Bank Challenger
. He then caused a major upset in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, avenging his defeat in the Chennai Open against Marin Čilić
. After beating Poland's Jerzy Janowicz
, Devvarman became the first Indian to be in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles tournament since Prakash Amritraj
in 2002.
In the US Open
, Devvarman beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw. He beat Frederico Gil
, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3, in the first round. In the second round, he lost to 24th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber
of Germany, 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 2-6.
in Johannesburg
. He also reached the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 series
Dubai Tennis Championships
, where he lost against Marcos Baghdatis
. He also led India's Davis Cup
team in their match against Russia
.
Somdev qualified for the 2010 French Open
and lost to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli
, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, in the first round. He achieved direct entry to the 2010 US Open
, where he lost to South Africa's Kevin Anderson
, 3-6, 4-6, 3-6, in the first round. Somdev competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate, Treat Huey, where they lost to Rohan Bopanna
and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
, 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-7.
On 10 October 2010, Somdev won the Men's Tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010
at Delhi by beating Greg Jones
of Australia in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2. On 23 November 2010, Somdev also won the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games
at Guangzhou, China by beating Denis Istomin
of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6–1 6–2. The day before, he had teamed up with Sanam Singh
to win the gold in the doubles event. However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not considered ATP tour events, Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points.
Somdev rose to a career high ranking of no. 94 on 25 October.
, an ATP 250 tournament and lost, 2-6, 4-6, to qualifier David Goffin
in the first round.
Somdev got a wild card to the 2011 Australian Open
due to his good performance in 2010. Playing this tournament for the first time in his career, he lost to Tommy Robredo
in the first round. Somdev was top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament, where he lost to Andrej Martin
of Slovakia, 3-6, 4-6, in the quarterfinals.
Somdev was given direct entry into the South African Tennis Open 2011, an ATP 250 tournament by the virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit. He lost to Kevin Anderson
, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, in the final. After this tournament, Somdev reached his career-best ranking of no. 80 as he claimed 150 ATP points from this tournament. He then traveled to Dubai, where he obtained a wild card for the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
. He faced world no. 2 Roger Federer
in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where he lost 3-6, 3-6. Somdev lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat. After this tournament, Somdev moved to no. 93.
Then Somdev moved to Serbia for the first round of the Davis cup
World Group against Serbia. Somdev played two singles rubbers and one doubles against Serbs. He defeated Janko Tipsarević
in the second rubber. Somdev showed remarkable resilience in rallying from an identical down 1–4 in the first two sets and clinching the third set on a tie-break to overpower world no. 45 Tipsarević, 7–5, 7–5, 7–6. After this match, India managed to keep the scoreline on 1–1 the opening day. In the fourth rubber of the tie, Somdev faced Victor Troicki and lost, 4-6, 2-6, 5-7. Somdev got 50 ATP points from first round of Davis cup 2011 and moved to no. 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011.
After playing the Davis Cup, Somdev played at the BNP Paribas Open. Somdev reached the fourth round of the tournament. This is his best performance at a ATP Masters 1000 event so far. He started the tournament from qualification rounds, and then in the main draw, he defeated Adrian Mannarino
in the first round. Then he created a huge upset by beating world no. 22 Marcos Baghdatis
in second round, 7–5, 6–0. Then he stunned Xavier Malisse
(world no.52) in the third round, 6–1, 3–6, 7–6. He faced world no. 1 Rafael Nadal
in the fourth round and lost, 5–7, 4–6, after giving a tough fight. Somdev got 112 ATP points from this tournament and moved to no. 73 on 21 March 2011.
After his good performance at Indian Wells, Somdev played the Sony Ericsson Miami Masters
ATP 1000 tournament. He defeated world no. 47 Potito Starace
in the first round in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4, and then stunned big-serving sensation Milos Raonic
(world no. 34) in a tough straight-set match, 7–6, 7–5. In the third round, he lost to Spain's no. 6 ranked David Ferrer
, 4-6, 2-6.
Somdev started his clay season at the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
in Houston, Texas
. He lost to world no. 27 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round. After taking three weeks rest, he reached Belgrade to play the Serbia open
. He defeated Mikhail Kukushkin
, in the first round. Then, he stunned world no. 26 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to world no. 36 Janko Tipsarević
, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. He moved to his career-best ranking of no. 70 on 2 May 2011. He lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open
to Ivan Ljubičić
, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6.
Devvarman bowed out of the 2011 Wimbledon men's singles second round with a 2–6, 4–6, 4–6 defeat to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny
of Russia. In the Atlanta Tennis Championships Somdev reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Mardy Fish
4–6, 3–6.
.
in India. Somdev belongs to Tripura's erstwhile royal family. He is the grandson of Tripura's late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman, popularly known as Bidurkarta.
He is a big fan of Roger Federer
.
He idolises the Krishnans, Leander Paes
and Mahesh Bhupathi
. He likes watching cricket and idolises Sachin Tendulkar. His favourite film is Good Will Hunting and his favourite actress is Priyanka Chopra
. Devvarman's favourite musician is the Dave Matthews Band
.
s are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current as far as the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
.
Indian people
Indian people or Indisians constitute the Asian nation and pan-ethnic group native to India, which forms the south of Asia, containing 17.31% of the world's population. The Indian nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the rich and complex history of India...
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
, Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
, and Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA
NCAA Men's Tennis Championship
The NCAA Men's Tennis Championships are held to crown a team, individual, and doubles champion in American college tennis. The first intercollegiate championship was held in 1883, 23 years before the founding of the NCAA, with Harvard's Joseph Clark taking the singles title...
, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years. Only three other players have matched that record since 1950. His 44–1 win-loss record in 2008 at NCAA Men's Tennis Championship is unprecedented.
His best achievement so far on the ATP World Tour has been reaching the finals of the Chennai Open
Chennai Open
The Chennai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...
in 2009, as a wild card entry. In 2010, Somdev won the Gold medal in the Men's Singles
Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Although tennis has long been on the list of approved optional Commonwealth Games sports, and has featured in every Commonwealth Youth Games programme, it made its maiden appearance in a full Commonwealth Games programme at the 2010 Commonwealth Games....
event of XIXth Commonwealth Games
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi and followed it up with both Mens Singles and Doubles Gold in the 2010 Asian Games
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...
in Guangzhou, China. He is coached by Scott McCain.
In 2011, Devvarman received the Arjuna Award
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
from the Indian government for his for his national tennis successes.
Early life
Somdev was born in GuwahatiGuwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
, Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
to Pravanjan Dev Varman, a retired income tax commissioner. He belongs to the Indian
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
state of Tripura
Tripura
Tripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are...
. His family shifted to Calcutta
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there till the age of 8. His father's work took the family to Madras(Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
), Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
where Somdev grew up, beginning tennis at age 9. Devvarman started competing in futures tournaments in 2002 aged 17. His biggest achievement during this time was a victory in the Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
F2 championship in 2004 after which he rose to 666 in world ranking. He moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
. Somdev, while at college, won the 2007 NCAA
NCAA Men's Tennis Championship
The NCAA Men's Tennis Championships are held to crown a team, individual, and doubles champion in American college tennis. The first intercollegiate championship was held in 1883, 23 years before the founding of the NCAA, with Harvard's Joseph Clark taking the singles title...
Singles Championship by defeating Georgia Bulldog's senior, the No. 1 seed John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
in the final with a score 7–6 (7), 4–6, 7–6 (2). A year later he defeated Tennessee's J.P. Smith 6–3, 6–2 to win his consecutive NCAA Singles National Championship. Devvarman becomes the 13th player in the 124-year history of the tournament to win consecutive titles, and just the fourth to do so in the past 50 years with an unprecedented 44–1 record in 2008. Somdev finished University with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008. He won his first career title that year at a Futures Tournament in Rochester, New York. The University of Virginia retired Devvarman's jersey in 2009. At the end of 2010, he was felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai.
Early career
After graduating from the University of Virginia, Devvarman signed with Mamba International, a sports management company based in Charlottesville, and started his professional career at the Futures tournament in Rochester, New York, where he won the singles title. He and his former university partner, Treat Huey, won the doubles title. The next week at another Futures match in Pittsburgh, Devvarman and Huey won the doubles title, and Devvarman the singles.Devvarman made the final of the Kennedy Funding Invitational in New York in July 2007. In a clay-court non-tour event which included several players ranked in the top 150, Devvarman defeated Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005...
, Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
, and Justin Gimelstob
Justin Gimelstob
Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....
, before losing a three-set match to no. 69 Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
in the final. He returned and won the tournament in 2008, beating Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
and Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...
along the way.
On 27 July 2008, Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger, first coming through qualifying, and then beating players including Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds
----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:...
, Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
, and Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
to take the title. He received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinal, before his first professional defeat, by Go Soeda
Go Soeda
Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...
.
In August 2008, Devvarman made the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, first beating Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg is a retired American male tennis player.- College career :Warburg was a 4-time All -American for Stanford University, and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2004. He also won the 2004 & 2005 PAC-10 Singles titles...
, Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker (tennis)
Jamie Baker is a British professional male tennis player. He trains at Nottingham Tennis Centre and in Loughborough.-Junior:...
, and Soeda to qualify, and then beating Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...
and Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
in the main draw, before losing to Russian Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...
.
At the BCR Bucharest Open, Devvarman lost to world no. 18 Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
after winning the first set in the first round, having beaten no. 93 Italian Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...
in the final round of qualifying. Devvarman ended 2008 ranked as world no. 204. He had started the year at no. 1033.
2009
Devvarman reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2009 Chennai Open2009 Chennai Open
The 2009 Chennai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, from January 5 through January 10,...
, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open champion and world no. 42 Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...
of Spain and no. 25 Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
of Croatia. Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player, ranked World No. 113 in the ATP rankings. He is the last German player who reached a final in a grand slam tournament....
of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinal, meaning that Devvarman progressed to the finals. In the final, he lost to Marin Čilić
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
of Croatia, 4-6, 6-7.
At the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, Somdev was seeded 28th in singles qualifying. He beat Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, in his first qualifying round; then lost to unseeded Łukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round, 6-4, 4-6, 5-7. After some poor results in qualifying and challenger tournaments, Somdev had a successful Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
campaign, winning both his matches against Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team
The Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team represents Taiwan in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association.Chinese Taipei currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I. They have never competed in the World Group....
, including a critical reverse singles match against world no. 59 Yen-Hsun Lu by a score of 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 to lead India
India Davis Cup team
The India Davis Cup team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.India finished as runners-up 3 times . In 1974, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to particapate in the final due to...
to victory.
In the second Grand Slam of 2009, the French Open, Devvarman was seeded 26th in singles qualifying. He defeated João Souza
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009...
of Brazil, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 in the first round and ousted Brit Alex Bogdanovic
Alex Bogdanovic
Aleksa Bogdanovic , also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian-British tennis player born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002...
, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4, before losing to third seed and world no. 96 Marcos Daniel
Marcos Daniel
Marcos Diniz Daniel is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 14, 2009, when he became World No. 56...
, 0–6, 1–6. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, Somdev, seeded 14th in qualifying, failed to advance to the singles draw, losing in the first round to Jean-Rene Lisnard
Jean-René Lisnard
Jean-René Lisnard is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team since 2007...
of Monaco, 3–6, 2–6. In doubles, Devvarman and partner Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
advanced to the main draw, but lost to the 4th-seeded pair Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
and Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...
.
Devvarman had a poor clay- and grass-court season, but was more successful upon return to hard courts, reaching the semifinal of the Comerica Bank Challenger
Comerica Bank Challenger
The Comerica Bank Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, California, USA, since 1988.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**...
. He then caused a major upset in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, avenging his defeat in the Chennai Open against Marin Čilić
Marin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
. After beating Poland's Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Janowicz is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind L. Kubot and M. Przysiezny Jerzy Janowicz is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind...
, Devvarman became the first Indian to be in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles tournament since Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...
in 2002.
In the US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
, Devvarman beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw. He beat Frederico Gil
Frederico Gil
Frederico Gil is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 62, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held until September when Rui Machado placed 61st in the rankings...
, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3, in the first round. In the second round, he lost to 24th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
of Germany, 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 2-6.
2010
Devvarman reached the quarterfinals of the SA Open2010 SA Tennis Open
The 2010 SA Tennis Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts indoors. It was the 19th edition of the SA Tennis Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
. He also reached the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 series
ATP World Tour 500 series
The ATP World Tour 500 series is the third highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000.The series includes 11 tournaments, with a number of 500 rankings points to win for the events' singles...
Dubai Tennis Championships
2010 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2010 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
, where he lost against Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis
At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...
. He also led India's Davis Cup
2010 Davis Cup
The 2010 Davis Cup was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide...
team in their match against Russia
Russia Davis Cup team
The Russia Davis Cup team represents Russia in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The team started playing in 1993....
.
Somdev qualified for the 2010 French Open
2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
and lost to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli is a tennis player from Switzerland.-Biography:Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, . Marco grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel...
, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, in the first round. He achieved direct entry to the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....
, where he lost to South Africa's Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
, 3-6, 4-6, 3-6, in the first round. Somdev competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate, Treat Huey, where they lost to Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...
and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...
, 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-7.
On 10 October 2010, Somdev won the Men's Tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
at Delhi by beating Greg Jones
Greg Jones (tennis)
Greg Jones is an Australian professional tennis player.-Early life:Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher...
of Australia in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2. On 23 November 2010, Somdev also won the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...
at Guangzhou, China by beating Denis Istomin
Denis Istomin
Denis Istomin is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.- 2006 :...
of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6–1 6–2. The day before, he had teamed up with Sanam Singh
Sanam Singh
Sanam Krishan Singh, is a Professional Tennis player from India. He rose to prominence while at college at the University of Virginia in the USA. Sanam won the gold medal in the doubles and bronze medal in the team event in 2010 Asian Games....
to win the gold in the doubles event. However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not considered ATP tour events, Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points.
Somdev rose to a career high ranking of no. 94 on 25 October.
2011
Somdev started 2011 ranked at 108. He started the season with the Chennai OpenChennai Open
The Chennai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...
, an ATP 250 tournament and lost, 2-6, 4-6, to qualifier David Goffin
David Goffin
David Goffin is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Rocourt, Belgium, and currently resides in Liège, Belgium...
in the first round.
Somdev got a wild card to the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
due to his good performance in 2010. Playing this tournament for the first time in his career, he lost to Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
in the first round. Somdev was top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament, where he lost to Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On January 31, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 160.-Singles: 1 :-External links:...
of Slovakia, 3-6, 4-6, in the quarterfinals.
Somdev was given direct entry into the South African Tennis Open 2011, an ATP 250 tournament by the virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit. He lost to Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, in the final. After this tournament, Somdev reached his career-best ranking of no. 80 as he claimed 150 ATP points from this tournament. He then traveled to Dubai, where he obtained a wild card for the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. The tournament was known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons...
. He faced world no. 2 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where he lost 3-6, 3-6. Somdev lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat. After this tournament, Somdev moved to no. 93.
Then Somdev moved to Serbia for the first round of the Davis cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
World Group against Serbia. Somdev played two singles rubbers and one doubles against Serbs. He defeated Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
in the second rubber. Somdev showed remarkable resilience in rallying from an identical down 1–4 in the first two sets and clinching the third set on a tie-break to overpower world no. 45 Tipsarević, 7–5, 7–5, 7–6. After this match, India managed to keep the scoreline on 1–1 the opening day. In the fourth rubber of the tie, Somdev faced Victor Troicki and lost, 4-6, 2-6, 5-7. Somdev got 50 ATP points from first round of Davis cup 2011 and moved to no. 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011.
After playing the Davis Cup, Somdev played at the BNP Paribas Open. Somdev reached the fourth round of the tournament. This is his best performance at a ATP Masters 1000 event so far. He started the tournament from qualification rounds, and then in the main draw, he defeated Adrian Mannarino
Adrian Mannarino
Adrian Mannarino is a professional tennis player from France. Mannarino competes predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and Futures circuit. His career high rank is #53, achieved on 16 May 2011....
in the first round. Then he created a huge upset by beating world no. 22 Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis
At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...
in second round, 7–5, 6–0. Then he stunned Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
(world no.52) in the third round, 6–1, 3–6, 7–6. He faced world no. 1 Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in the fourth round and lost, 5–7, 4–6, after giving a tough fight. Somdev got 112 ATP points from this tournament and moved to no. 73 on 21 March 2011.
After his good performance at Indian Wells, Somdev played the Sony Ericsson Miami Masters
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
ATP 1000 tournament. He defeated world no. 47 Potito Starace
Potito Starace
Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...
in the first round in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4, and then stunned big-serving sensation Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
(world no. 34) in a tough straight-set match, 7–6, 7–5. In the third round, he lost to Spain's no. 6 ranked David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
, 4-6, 2-6.
Somdev started his clay season at the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 43rd edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and was an ATP World Tour 250 event...
in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
. He lost to world no. 27 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round. After taking three weeks rest, he reached Belgrade to play the Serbia open
2011 Serbia Open
The 2011 Serbia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. The third edition of the event hosted by current Serbian star Novak Djokovic, it was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
. He defeated Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....
, in the first round. Then, he stunned world no. 26 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to world no. 36 Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. He moved to his career-best ranking of no. 70 on 2 May 2011. He lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
to Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubicic
----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6.
Devvarman bowed out of the 2011 Wimbledon men's singles second round with a 2–6, 4–6, 4–6 defeat to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
of Russia. In the Atlanta Tennis Championships Somdev reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
4–6, 3–6.
Playing Style & Equipment
Devvarman is an all-court and mainly defensive baseline-type player; he rallies from the back of the court aiming to keep the ball in play, relying on his fitness and athleticism to wear down his opponents. He is sponsored by Lacoste and BabolatBabolat
Babolat is a French tennis, badminton and squash equipment company, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by several top players such as Li Na, Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick, Fernando González, Igor Andreev, Fabio Fognini, Leander Paes, Nicolás Lapentti,...
.
Personal life
His parents are from the state of TripuraTripura
Tripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are...
in India. Somdev belongs to Tripura's erstwhile royal family. He is the grandson of Tripura's late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman, popularly known as Bidurkarta.
He is a big fan of Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
.
He idolises the Krishnans, Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
and Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
. He likes watching cricket and idolises Sachin Tendulkar. His favourite film is Good Will Hunting and his favourite actress is Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
. Devvarman's favourite musician is the Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
.
Singles: 2 (0–2)
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| Runner-up | 1. | 5 January 2009 |  ChennaiChennai Open The Chennai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour... , India |
Hard |  Marin ČilićMarin Cilic Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open... |
6–4, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 February 2011 |  Johannesburg, South Africa |
Hard | Kevin Anderson Kevin Anderson (tennis) Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas... |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | July 31, 2011 |  United States Los Angeles2011 Farmers Classic The 2011 Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Los Angeles. It was the 85th edition of the Los Angeles Open, and was part of the Olympus US Open Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour... |
Hard |  Philippines Treat Conrad HueyTreat Conrad Huey Treat Conrad Huey is an American tennis player of Filipino descent who represents the Philippines internationally. He specialises in doubles.... |
 The Bahamas Mark KnowlesMark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...  Belgium Xavier MalisseXavier Malisse Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man".... |
7–6(7–3), 7–6(12–10) |
Singles performance table
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Qualifying matches and WalkoverWalkover
In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections...
s are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current as far as the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
The 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's...
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| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |SR | |W–L | |Win % | ||||||||
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| Grand Slams Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | 1R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R 2010 French Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Söderling, which allowed him to make a second-successive final here. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.Rafael Nadal won his fifth... |
1R 2011 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal, the defending champion and, after this tournament, six-time winner of this event defended his title by beating long-time rival Roger Federer for his sixth French Open title, tying him with Björn Borg for most all-time in the open era. Notably, the Spaniard played his first ever... |
0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50.00 | ||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August... |
1R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25.00 | ||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22.22 | ||||||||
| Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By... |
A | A | PO 2008 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs This article gives details on the 2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. The ties were played on the weekend of 19 to 21 September 2008 and the winners would return to the World Group for 2009. The eight losing teams from the 2008 Davis Cup World Group first round ties and the eight Group 1 winners... |
PO 2009 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The World Group Play-offs are the main play-offs of 2009 Davis Cup. Winners will advance to the World Group, and loser will play in the Zonal Regions I.-Chile vs. Austria:-Belgium vs. Ukraine:-Brazil vs. Ecuador:-Netherlands vs. France:... |
1R 2010 Davis Cup World Group The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2010. The first round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs while the winners progressed to the quarterfinals... |
PO 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs The 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, scheduled to be held from September 16–18, 2011, are the main play-offs of 2011 Davis Cup. Winners of the playoffs will advance to the 2012 World Group, and losers will play in their respective Zonal Regions I.... |
0 / 5 | 6–8 | 42.86 | ||||||||
| ATP Masters Series ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America... |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | A | A | A | Q2 | 4R 2011 BNP Paribas Open The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 36th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75.00 | ||||||||
| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
A | A | A | A | Q2 | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 66.66 | ||||||||
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Rome Masters Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
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| Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
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| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
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| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
A | A | A | A | 1R 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles Roger Federer became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1996 to have successfully defended the title. He defeated Mardy Fish in the final 6–7, 7–6, 6–4. It was his 4th win at the event also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009... |
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| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
A | A | A | A | A | 1R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
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| Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
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| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50.00 | ||||||||
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| Tournaments Played | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 41 | 0–2 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 10–5 | 8–14 | 19–22 | 0 / 33 | 39–49 | |||||||||
| Win % | 0% | 0% | 40% | 67% | 36% | % | |||||||||||
| Year End Ranking | 1116 | 1033 | 204 | 126 | 108 | 66 | $567,175 | ||||||||||