Arjun Kadhe

Arjun Kadhe (Hindi: अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player.

Arjun Kadhe
अर्जुन कढे
Country (sports) India
ResidencePune, India
Born (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994
Pune, India
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeOklahoma State University (2014–2017)
Prize money$84,869
Singles
Career record0–2 (0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 328 (27 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 551 (18 November 2019)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (33.3% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 160 (5 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 198 (18 November 2019)
Last updated on: 19 November 2019.

Kadhe has a career high ATP singles ranking of 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 160 achieved on 5 August 2019. Kadhe has won 2 ITF Futures singles title and 7 ITF Futures doubles titles.

Personal and early Life

Kadhe was born in Pune to Jayant and Rashmi Kadhe. His father supported him for playing tennis. He attended the Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce before coming to OSU. He also got support from Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and Lakshya, a sports NGO . He finished his graduation from Oklahoma State University in 2017. During his tenure in Oklahoma Kadhe and his doubles partner Julian Cash became the first doubles team in Oklahoma State history to achieve the top spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. The pair scripted 34 wins along with prestigious All-America honours at the NCAA Doubles Championship.[1] Kadhe is coached by Hemant Bendrey.[2]

Professional career

He appeared in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at the junior level over the past two years. Kadhe won his first ITF singles title in November 2017 at Thu Dau Mot City in Vietnam.[2]

He made his singles and doubles ATP World Tour debut at the 2018 Maharashtra Open. In singles, he lost in opening round to compatriot Yuki Bhambri.[3] In doubles he paired with Frenchman Benoît Paire but lost in the first round.

Kadhe became the third Cowboy to ever earn three All-America honors. He compiled a team-high 34 doubles victories with partner Julian Cash. He clinched 20 singles wins primarily playing at the No. 2 position, including two wins over ranked opponents. He defeated seven ranked opponents in doubles with Cash, two of which came in the NCAA Doubles Tournament. He also won the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament in March while teaming with Cash and reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional during fall play. Currently sits in sixth place on OSU's career doubles wins list with 67.[4]

Tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)
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 (1–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2018 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Denis Yevseyev Mikhail Elgin
Yaraslav Shyla		 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Jul 2019 Chengdu, China Challenger Hard Saketh Myneni Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu		 6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–2 Nov 2019 Pune, India Challenger Hard Saketh Myneni Purav Raja
Ramkumar Ramanathan		 6–7(3–7), 3–6

References
  1. Phadnis, Ashish (15 November 2017). "Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune's tennis player Arjun Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. Kumaraswamy, K (28 November 2017). "A monkey off my back:Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. Judge, Shahid (3 January 2018). "Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. Arjun Kadhe


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