Saketh Myneni

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.

Saketh Myneni
Country (sports) India
ResidenceVisakhapatnam, India
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987
Vuyyuru, India
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned proNov 2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$354,975
Singles
Career record2–3 (40.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 137 (12 September 2016)
Current rankingNo. 390 (18 November 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2016)
French OpenQ2 (2016)
WimbledonQ2 (2015)
US Open1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record5–6 (45.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
7 Challenger, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 113 (25 April 2016)
Current rankingNo. 187 (18 November 2019)
Last updated on: 19 November 2019.

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: 5 (2–3)
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 (2–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2014 Indore, India Challenger Hard Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–7(4–7)), 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2015 Vietnam Open, Vietnam Challenger Hard Jordan Thompson 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Oct 2015 Ağrı, Turkey Challenger Hard Farrukh Dustov 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 2016 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Stephane Robert 3–6, 0–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2018 Bengalore, India Challenger Hard Prajnesh Gunneswaran 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)
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 (7–6)
Titles by Surface
Hard (7–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2014 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard Sanam Singh Divij Sharan
Vishnu Vardhan		 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 2–0 Feb 2014 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Sanam Singh Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 3–0 Oct 2014 Pune, India Challenger Hard Sanam Singh Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–0 Sep 2015 İzmir, Turkey Challenger Hard Divij Sharan Malek Jaziri
Denys Molchanov		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 0–0 (ret)
Win 5–0 Oct 2015 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard Sanam Singh John Paul Fruttero
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss 5–1 Feb 2016 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Sanam Singh Yuki Bhambri
Mahesh Bhupathi		 3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 5–2 Mar 2016 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Luke Saville
Jordan Thompson		 6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 6–2 Apr 2016 Nanjing, China Challenger Hard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Denys Molchanov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Aug 2016 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Sanam Singh Guilherme Clezar
Alejandro González		 6–3, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss 6–4 Apr 2018 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Carpet(i) Prajnesh Gunneswaran Matthew Ebden
Andrew Whittington		 4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 6–5 Jun 2018 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Ivan Gakhov
Alexander Pavlioutchenkov		 4–6, 4–6
Win 7–5 Jul 2019 Chengdu, China Challenger Hard Arjun Kadhe Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu		 6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss 7–6 Nov 2019 Pune, India Challenger Hard Arjun Kadhe Purav Raja
Ramkumar Ramanathan		 6–7(3–7), 3–6

Asian Games
Finals: 2 (1–1)

Singles Finals: 0 (0–0)

Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss (Silver) 1. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games		 Asian Games Hard Sanam Singh Hyeon Chung
Lim Yong-kyu		 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win (Gold) 2. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games		 Asian Games Hard Sania Mirza Peng Hsien-yin
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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