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.
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Residence | Visakhapatnam, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vuyyuru, India | 19 October 1987||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | Nov 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | $354,975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 2–3 (40.0% 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. 390 (18 November 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australian Open | Q3 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q2 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 5–6 (45.5% 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. 187 (18 November 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
2014: Challenger Level Success and Asiad Gold and Silver
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[4] He won both his doubles and Singles match as India successfully defeated Chinese Taipei 5-0.
Myneni win his first ever challenger title at the SBI Challenger where he partnered Sanam Singh. They defeated compatriots Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan 6–3, 3–6, [10–4] in an all Indian final. Coincidentally both the pair in the finals entered the draw as a wildcards. A week later they won the Delhi Challenger where they upsetted top seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 7-6(7-4),1-6,[10-4] in the 1st round and then 2nd seeds in the final to capture the title.
In the next Davis Cup tie against South Korea, he and Bopanna again won their match as India won the tie 3-1 to qualify for World Group Play-offs.
At 2014 Incheon Asian Games he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the mixed doubles Gold.[5] He also won the Silver medal in men's doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.[6]
Myneni won his 1st ever singles challenger title at the Indore Challenger where he upsetted top seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 in the final to capture his 1st singles challenger title. He and Sanam Singh then won the KPIT MSLTA Challenger where they again defeated Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand 6–3, 6–2. In the singles of the same tournament, he defeated players with much higher ranks namely Fabrice Martin, Hiroki Moriya and Aleksandr Nedovyesov respectively all in straight sets but lost to the eventual champion Yūichi Sugita in straight sets.
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2014 | Indore, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–7(4–7)), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2015 | Vietnam Open, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2015 | Ağrı, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2016 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2018 | Bengalore, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 16 (9–7)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2014 | Kolkata, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [10–4] |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2014 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Oct 2014 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 4–0 | Sep 2015 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 4–6, 0–0 (ret) |
Win | 5–0 | Oct 2015 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, [10–2] |
Loss | 5–1 | Feb 2016 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Loss | 5–2 | Mar 2016 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [10–12] |
Win | 6–2 | Apr 2016 | Nanjing, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 6–3 | Aug 2016 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [10–12] |
Loss | 6–4 | Apr 2018 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Carpet(i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
Loss | 6–5 | Jun 2018 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7–5 | Jul 2019 | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 0–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 7–6 | Nov 2019 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Win | 8–6 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6-2 |
Loss | 8–7 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3-6, 7-6(7-4), [7-10] |
Win | 9–7 | Apr 2022 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Asian Games
- Finals: 2 (1–1)
Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss (Silver) | 1. | 29 September 2014 | Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games |
Asian Games | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7(2–7) |
Win (Gold) | 2. | 29 September 2014 | Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games |
Asian Games | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |