Arjun Kadhe Explained

Arjun Kadhe
अर्जुन कढे
Residence:Pune, India
Birth Date:1994 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Pune, India
Height:1.88m (06.17feet)
College:Oklahoma State University (2014–2017)
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$199,753
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 328 (27 August 2018)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 930 (15 January 2024)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 97 (20 May 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 97 (20 May 2024)
Updated:19 May 2024

Arjun Kadhe (Marathi: अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player.He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 97 achieved on 20 May 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. Kadhe has won 4 ITF Futures singles titles. He has also won 6 Challenger 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]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1India F9, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Sasikumar Mukund3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot CityFuturesHard Andrew Harris7–5, 6–3
Win2–1India F1, BhubaneswarFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth6–3, 6–2
Loss2–2India F2, KolkataFuturesHard Carlos Boluda-Purkiss0–6, 4–6
Loss2–3India F4, TrivandrumFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth3–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Nigeria F3, AbujaFuturesHard João Menezes3–6, 1–6
Win3–4M15 Bhopal, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Sidharth Rawat7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win4–4M15 Bengaluru, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Sidharth Rawat6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 15 (6–9)

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 (6–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–7)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
bgcolor=FFA07A Loss0–1Astana, Kazakhstan ChallengerHard Denis Yevseyev Mikhail Elgin
Yaraslav Shyla
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win1–1Chengdu, ChinaChallengerHard Saketh Myneni Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu
6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss1–2Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Saketh Myneni Purav Raja
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win2–2Forlì, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Marco Bortolotti Michael Geerts
Alexander Ritschard
7–6(7–5), 6-2
Win3–2Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Alexander Erler Saketh Myneni
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss3–3Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Fernando Romboli Purav Raja
Divij Sharan
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss3–4Quimper, FranceChallengerHard (i) Anirudh Chandrasekar Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul
2–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Vilnius, LithuaniaChallengerHard (i) Daniel Masur Ivan Liutarevich
Vladyslav Manafov
0–6, 2–6
Win4–5Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Jay Clarke Sebastian Ofner
Nino Serdarušić
6–0, 6–4
Loss4–6Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Arthur Reymond
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss4–7Porto, PortugalChallengerHard Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Toshihide Matsui
Kaito Uesugi
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [5–10]
Win5–7Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov
6–1, 6–3
Loss5–8Oeiras, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Marcus Willis Karol Drzewiecki
Piotr Matuszewski
3–6, 4–6
Loss5–9Murcia, SpainChallengerClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Théo Arribagé
Victor Vlad Cornea
5–7, 1–6
Win6–9Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Piotr Matuszewski
Matthew Christopher Romios
7–6(7–5), 6–4

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Notes and References

  1. News: Phadnis . Ashish . Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune’s tennis player Arjun Kadhe . 11 July 2018 . 15 November 2017.
  2. News: Kumaraswamy . K . A monkey off my back:Kadhe. 11 July 2018 . 28 November 2017.
  3. News: Judge . Shahid . Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener . 4 June 2018 . 3 January 2018.
  4. https://okstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3414 Arjun Kadhe