Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Country (sports)  India
Residence Chennai, India
Born (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988
Chennai, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro 2015
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $224,231
Singles
Career record 0–1 (0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 ATP 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 293 (25 August 2014)
Doubles
Career record 14–23 (37.84% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 75 (20 March 2017)
Current ranking No. 87 (24 September 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2017, 2018)
US Open 1R (2018)
Last updated on: 25 September 2018.

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is a professional Indian tennis player. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He broke into the ATP top 100 Doubles rankings in 2016 and is ranked 81 after winning the historic final which featured all four players from India.

Personal Life

He is grandson of veteran political leader V.R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was a former finance minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India and was also the acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures.[1][2] Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.[3][4] He has also been Jeevan's mentor.

Professional career

Early years

Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2015.

2017: First ATP world tour title

Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating pair of compatriots Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in an all Indian final.[5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2017 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard India Rohan Bopanna India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2018 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard United States Austin Krajicek Croatia Ivan Dodig
Croatia Mate Pavić		 2–6, 4–6

Challenger finals

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–10)

Doubles: 17 (7–10)

Outcome W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Win 1–0 February 2015 Kolkata, India Hard India Somdev Devvarman Australia James Duckworth
Australia Luke Saville		 Walkover
Loss 1–1 21 March 2016 Shenzen, China Hard India Saketh Myneni Australia Luke Saville
Australia Jordan Thompson		 6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 2–1 24 April 2016 Nanjing, China Clay India Saketh Myneni Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2016 Karshi, Uzbekistan Hard Spain Enrique López-Pérez Georgia (country) Aleksandre Metreveli
Kazakhstan Dmitry Popko		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–2 16 October 2016 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–3 November 2016 Kobe, Japan Hard(i) Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Germany Daniel Masur
Croatia Ante Pavić		 6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 3–4 November 2016 Toyota, Japan Hard(i) Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Australia Matt Reid
Australia John-Patrick Smith		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 4 February 2017 Dallas, United States Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Republic of Ireland David O'Hare
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury		 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [9–11]
Win 4–5 7 May 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay Croatia Franko Škugor Australia Rameez Junaid
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol		 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–6 16 October 2017 Ningbo, China Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Moldova Radu Albot
New Zealand Jose Statham		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 4–7 12 November 2017 Kobe, Japan Hard(i) Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Japan Ben McLachlan
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama		 6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 5–7 4 February 2018 Dallas, United States Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat India Leander Paes
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 5–8 25 March 2018 Lille, France Hard India Purav Raja France Hugo Nys
Germany Tim Puetz		 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [7–10]
Loss 5–9 28 April 2018 Tallahassee, United States Clay Spain Enrique López Pérez United States Robert Galloway
United States Denis Kudla		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 5–10 6 May 2018 Savannah, United States Clay Spain Enrique López Pérez United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
Australia Akira Santillan		 2–6, 2–6
Win 6–10 June 2018 Ilkley, United Kingdom Grass United States Austin Krajicek Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Andreas Mies		 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–10 July 2018 Winnetka, United States Hard United States Austin Krajicek Venezuela Roberto Maytín
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan at ATP".
  2. ↑ "Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan at ITF".
  3. ↑ "Flowering teenage stars of tennis".
  4. ↑ "Vice Chancellors at Madurai Kamaraj University".
  5. ↑ Chaudhuri, Sharmistha (9 January 2017). "Chennai Open: Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan win doubles title". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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