Saketh Myneni

Saketh Myneni
Country (sports)  India
Residence Visakhapatnam, India
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987
Vuyyuru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro Nov 2011
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 273,064
Singles
Career record 2–3 (40% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 137 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking No. 447 (18 June 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2016)
French Open Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon Q2 (2015)
US Open 1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 5–5 (50% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 113 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking No. 265 (18 June 2018)
Last updated on: 19 June 2018.

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in Davis Cup. He won a Gold medal in Mixed doubles and a Silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014.

Personal and early life

Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh and grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School , Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki.[1] He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows.[2] He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now & then in Hyderabad.[3]

Professional career

He has professionally won 9 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 12 ITF and 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles.

At Incheon Asian Games 2014 he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the Gold.[4] He also won the Silver medal in men's doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.[5]

He made his Indian Davis Cup Team debut at the 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Tie with Chinese Taipei, where he partnered Rohan Bopanna in the doubles[6]

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Win 1–0 October 2014 Indore, India Hard Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–7(4–7)), 6–3
Win 2–0 October 2015 Vietnam Open, Vietnam Hard Australia Jordan Thompson 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–1 October 2015 Ağrı, Turkey Hard Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 February 2016 New Delhi, India Hard France Stephane Robert 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Win 1–0 February 2014 Kolkata, India Hard India Sanam Singh India Divij Sharan
India Vishnu Vardhan		 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 2–0 February 2014 New Delhi, India Hard India Sanam Singh Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3–0 October 2014 Pune, India Hard India Sanam Singh Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–0 September 2015 İzmir, Turkey Hard India Divij Sharan Tunisia Malek Jaziri
Ukraine Denys Molchanov		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 0–0 (ret)
Win 5–0 October 2015 Bangalore, India Hard India Sanam Singh United States John Paul Fruttero
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss 5–1 February 2016 New Delhi, India Hard India Sanam Singh India Yuki Bhambri
India Mahesh Bhupathi		 3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 5–2 March 2016 Shenzhen, China Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Australia Luke Saville
Australia Jordan Thompson		 6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 6–2 April 2016 Nanjing, China Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–3 August 2016 Granby, Canada Hard India Sanam Singh Brazil Guilherme Clezar
Colombia Alejandro González		 6–3, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss 6–4 April 2018 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet(i) India Prajnesh Gunneswaran Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia Andrew Whittington		 4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 6–5 June 2018 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard India Vijay Sundar Prashanth Russia Ivan Gakhov
Russia Alexander Pavlioutchenkov		 4–6, 4–6

Asian Games

Finals: 2 (1–1)

Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up (Silver) 1. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games		 Hard India Sanam Singh South Korea Hyeon Chung
South Korea Lim Yong-kyu		 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Winners (Gold) 2. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games		 Hard India Sania Mirza Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching		 6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Saketh Myneni ITF profile".
  2. ↑ "Saketh Myneni ATP bio".
  3. ↑ "Challenger Stars Reaping Rewards At US Open".
  4. ↑ "Asian Games 2014: Sania Mirza-Saketh Myneni Win Mixed-Doubles Gold".
  5. ↑ "Asian Games: Sanam Singh, Saketh Myneni Settle for Silver in Men's Tennis Doubles".
  6. ↑ "Saketh Myneni Davis cup profile".
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