Sriram Balaji Explained

Sriram Balaji N
Fullname:Sriram Balaji Narayanaswamy
Residence:Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Birth Date:1990 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Coimbatore, India
Height:182cm
Plays:Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$439,334
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 287 (19 June 2017)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 67 (10 June 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 67 (10 June 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2023, 2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2018)
Othertournamentsdoubles:Yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:1R (2024)
Updated:29 July 2024
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes

Sriram Balaji (born 18 March 1990) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 67, achieved on 10 June 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 287, achieved on 19 June 2017.

Balaji has won a total of 9 ITF singles titles on the futures circuit as well as 43 doubles ITF Futures and 6 Challenger doubles titles on the circuit. He is currently a member of the Indian Davis Cup team. He played his debut Davis cup partnering Rohan Bopanna in March 2017 making India win 3–0 and enter into Davis Cup World Play off.

Personal life

Sriram was born to Narayanaswamy and Jayanthi Narayanaswamy in Coimbatore. He started playing tennis at the age of nine. He succeeded his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya and PERKS Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. He started his tennis career at PERKS Tennis Academy, Coimbatore. He is currently getting trained at Schüttler-Waske Tennis University in Germany. His hobbies are swimming and reading books. His favorite tennis player is Roger Federer. Balaji is presently a Junior Officer in the Indian Army. The Army has supported his sports endeavours.

Junior career

Career

Balaji made his ATP main draw debut at the 2012 Aircel Chennai Open in the doubles event, partnering Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The wildcard pairing put up a good fight, but lost to the second seeds Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 5–7, 4–6.

At the 2014 Aircel Chennai Open, Balaji was given a wildcard into the doubles event with Ramkumar Ramanathan. The Indian pair defeated Lipsky and Ram, who Balaji had lost to in 2012, 7–5, 6–3. In the quarterfinals the pair lost to Croatian-duo Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić, 3–6, 3–6.

Balaji joined the Mumbai Tennis Masters team for Champions Tennis League India.[1]

He reached his first ATP final at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra with compatriot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan as an alternate pair.[2] They defeated compatriots Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in straight sets in first round. In the quarterfinals, they upset second seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow in straight sets winning both sets in a tiebreak. Next they defeated British pair of Julian Cash and Henry Patten in the semifinals in straight sets to reach their first ATP Tour final as a team. Despite not losing a single set on their way to final they were defeated in straight sets by Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen in the final.

He won his second Grand Slam doubles match at the 2023 Australian Open with Nedunchezhiyan defeating fifth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek as an alternate pair.

He entered the main draw of the 2023 French Open making his debut at this Major also as an alternate pair with Nedunchezhiyan.

He reached the third round recording his first wins at the 2024 French Open as an alternate pair partnering Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela over alternates Sem Verbeek and Reese Stalder, and wildcards Théo Arribagé and Dan Added.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 23 (9–14)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (9–14)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1India F12, KolkataFuturesClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan2–6, 1–6
Loss0–2India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Sanam Singh5–7, 3–6
Win1–2India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Joss Espasandin6–3, 6–4
Loss1–3India F8, MysoreFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan6–7(7–9), 3–6
Win2–3Iran F1, EsfahanFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth6–3, 6–2
Loss2–4India F15, DavanagereFuturesHard Sanam Singh2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win3–4India F7, ChennaiFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–0
Loss3–5India F9, DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri2–6, 2–6
Win4–5India F10, BhopalFuturesHard Na Jung-woong7–5, 7–5
Loss4–6India F4, TrichyFuturesClay Enrique López Pérez4–6, 4–6
Win5–6Kazakhstan F11, AstanaFuturesHard Huang Liang-chi6–3, 6–2
Loss5–7Chinese Taipei F2, KaohsiungFuturesHard Karen Khachanov7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss5–8India F6, KolkataFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan3–6, 4–6
Win6–8India F8, GwaliorFuturesHard Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Win7–8Thailand F2, Hua HinFuturesHard Hong Seong-chan6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss7–9India F4, ChennaiFuturesClay Prajnesh Gunneswaran6–3, 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss7–10India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan4–6, 3–6
Loss7–11India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri2–6, 2–6
Win8–11India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss8–12India F4, BhilaiFuturesHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran4–6, 2–6
Win9–12India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss9–13India F6, TrivandrumFuturesClay Prajnesh Gunneswaran5–7, 3–6
Loss9–14Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Sanjar Fayziev3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 93 (56–37)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (13–12)
ITF Futures Tour (43–25)
Titles by surface
Hard (43–21)
Clay (12–16)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Vivek Shokeen
5–7, 4–6
Win1–1India F3, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Yuichi Ito
Raven Klaasen
7–6(7–1), 7–6(9–7)
Loss1–2India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Vignesh Peranamallur Divij Sharan
Vishnu Vardhan
6–2, 3–6, [3–10]
Win2–2Thailand F5, NonthaburiFuturesHard Vijayant Malik Gao Peng
Gao Wan
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss2–3India F2, KolkataFuturesClay Ashutosh Singh Divij Sharan
Vishnu Vardhan
6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss2–4India F12, New DelhiFuturesHard Vijayant Malik Karan Rastogi
Vishnu Vardhan
1–6, 3–6
Win3–4India F12, KolkataFuturesClay Vinayak Sharma Kaza Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win4–4India F2, BhopalFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–6]
Win5–4Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh CityFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar Dane Propoggia
Jose Statham
6–3, 6–4
Win6–4India F5, MaduraiFuturesClay Vignesh Peranamallur André Gaspar Murta
Matthieu Viérin
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win7–4India F7, MandyaFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Saketh Myneni
Ouyang Bowen
7–5, 6–1
Win8–4India F8, MysoreFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Kunal Anand
Ajai Selvaraj
3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss8–5India F9, BangaloreFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win9–5Germany F7, RömerbergFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Lukas Jastraunig
Marc Rath
7–5, 6–4
Loss9–6Iran F1, EsfahanFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Roman Jebavý
Michal Schmid
4–6, 4–6
Win10–6Iran F2, EsfahanFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Sarvar Ikramov
Sergey Shipilov
6–1, 6–1
Loss10–7India F13, MumbaiFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Saketh Myneni
Purav Raja
0–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss10–8India F14, PuneFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Saketh Myneni
Purav Raja
5–7, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]
Win11–8India F15, DavanagereFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–1]
Loss11–9India F1, ChennaiFuturesClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Arata Onozawa
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
4–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Win12–9India F4, ChandigarhFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
Vishnu Vardhan
6–3, 6–4
Loss12–10India F5, RohtakFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Saketh Myneni
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
4–6, 3–6
Win13–10India F6, ChennaiFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Toshihide Matsui
Bumpei Sato
6–1, 6–4
Win14–10India F7, ChennaiFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Keith-Patrick Crowley
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win15–10China F6, ZhangjiagangFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Lim Yong-kyu
Toshihide Matsui
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win16–10China F7, TianjinFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Chung Hyeon
Nam Ji-sung
6–3, 6–2
Loss16–11Egypt F22, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Sebastián Rivera
Ricardo Urzúa Rivera
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss16–12Egypt F23, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Cristian Rodríguez
Ricardo Urzúa Rivera
5–7, 1–6
Win17–12Egypt F24, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Karim Hossam
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
6–4, 7–6(12–10)
Loss17–13Germany F19, EssenFuturesHard (i) Miki Janković Andreas Mies
Oscar Otte
w/o
Win18–13India F9, DelhiFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ashwin Vijayragavan
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win19–13India F11, RaipurFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–1, 6–3
Loss19–14Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Blaž Rola Yuki Bhambri
Michael Venus
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win20–14India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Vivek Shokeen
Sanam Singh
6–4, 6–4
Loss20–15India F2, BhimavaramFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss20–16India F3, ChennaiFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Vishnu Vardhan
6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss20–17India F5, MaduraiFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Giorgio Portaluri
Lucas Renard
4–6, 2–6
Win21–17Uzbekistan F2, NamanganFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Piotr Gadomski
Vishnu Vardhan
6–3, 6–1
Win22–17Kazakhstan F10, AstanaFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Huang Liang-chi
Denis Matsukevitch
6–2, 6–4
Loss22–18Kazakhstan F11, AstanaFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Chen Ti
Denis Matsukevitch
2–6, 3–6
Win23–18Sweden F4, DanderydFuturesHard (i) Patrik Rosenholm Jacob Adaktusson
Tobias Blomgren
6–4, 6–4
Loss23–19Sweden F5, FalunFuturesHard (i) Patrik Rosenholm Lewis Burton
Edward Corrie
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win24–19India F6, KolkataFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Vishnu Vardhan
6–4, 6–2
Win25–19Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan Sam Barry
Maximilian Neuchrist
6–3, 6–4
Win26–19India F2, BhimavaramFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss26–20India F4, ChennaiFuturesClay Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood
6–4, 5–7, [13–15]
Win27–20India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Vishnu Vardhan Bhavesh Gour
Sidharth Rawat
6–3, 6–0
Win28–20India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Vishnu Vardhan Antoine Escoffier
Hugo Grenier
6–4, 6–2
Win29–20China F10, Xi'anFuturesHard Li Zhe Bai Yan
Chen Ti
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [13–11]
Loss29–21China F11, Xi'anFuturesHard Li Zhe Bai Yan
Hsieh Cheng-peng
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [7–10]
Win30–21India F16, GwaliorFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Hung Jui-chen
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss30–22China F4, ZhangjiagangFuturesHard Shuichi Sekiguchi Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win31–22India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Yuichi Ito
Sho Katayama
6–1, 6–4
Win32–22India F3, JassowalFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth John Lamble
Bernardo Saraiva
6–3, 6–3
Win33–22Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Markos Kalovelonis Roman Khassanov
Vitaly Kozyukov
6–3, 6–4
Loss33–23Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Huang Liang-chi
Wang Aoran
3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win34–23Thailand F2, Hua HinFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Pruchya Isaro
Ken Onishi
6–2, 6–2
Win35–23India F4, ChennaiFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Kunal Anand
Anvit Bendre
7–6(7–2), 6–1
Win36–23India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Kunal Anand
Anvit Bendre
6–3, 6–4
Win37–23India F6, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Anvit Bendre
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–3, 6–1
Loss37–24Australia F10, BlacktownFuturesHard Sanam Singh Steven de Waard
Jarmere Jenkins
4–6, 2–6
Win38–24India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
Win39–24India F3, GuwahatiFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Sanam Singh
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win40–24India F4, BhilaiFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Alexander Centenari
Sami Reinwein
6–2, 6–4
Loss40–25India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win41–25India F6, TrivandrumFuturesClay Vishnu Vardhan Hung Jui-chen
Wong Hong-kit
6–3, 7–5
Win42–25Uzbekistan F1, BukharaFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Sergey Betov
Vladyslav Manafov
6–4, 7–5
Loss42–26Uzbekistan F2, KarshiFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Sanjar Fayziev
Timur Khabibulin
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win43–26Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Vladyslav Manafov
Denis Matsukevitch
6–3, 6–2
Win44–26Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Vishnu Vardhan Yuya Kibi
Shuichi Sekiguchi
6–3, 6–3
Loss44–27Båstad, SwedenChallengerClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Tuna Altuna
Václav Šafránek
1–6, 4–6
Win45–27Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Vishnu Vardhan Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss45–28Jinan, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Vishnu Vardhan Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win46–28Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Vishnu Vardhan Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win47–28Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Vishnu Vardhan Cem İlkel
Danilo Petrović
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Win48–28Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Vishnu Vardhan Mikhail Elgin
Denis Istomin
w/o
Loss48–29Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Vishnu Vardhan Santiago González
Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 3–6
Loss48–30Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat
4–6, 2–6
Loss48–31Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Hans Hach Max Purcell
Luke Saville
2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win49–31Taipei, Chinese TaipeiChallengerHard (i) Jonathan Erlich Sander Arends
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–3, 6–2
Loss49–32Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Vishnu Vardhan Andre Begemann
Florin Mergea
6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–4), [3–10]
Loss49–33Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Divij Sharan Zdeněk Kolář
Lukáš Rosol
2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win50–33Cassis, FranceChallengerHard Ramkumar Ramanathan Hans Hach Verdugo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win51–33Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vladyslav Manafov
Oleg Prihodko
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win52–33Blois, FranceChallengerClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Romain Arneodo
Jonathan Eysseric
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss52–34Skopje, North MacedoniaChallengerClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Petr Nouza
Andrew Paulson
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss52–35Mallorca, SpainChallengerHard Ramkumar Ramanathan Daniel Cukierman
Joshua Paris
4–6, 4–6
Loss52–36Seville, SpainChallengerClay Fernando Romboli Alberto Barroso Campos
Pedro Mártinez
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [9–11]
Win53–36Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Andre Begemann Andrey Golubev
Denys Molchanov
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Win54–36Ismaning, GermanyChallengerCarpet Andre Begemann Constantin Frantzen
Hendrik Jebens
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win55–36Helsinki, GermanyChallengerHard Andre Begemann Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–2, 7–5
Win56–36Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Andre Begemann Boris Arias
Federico Zeballos
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–6]
Loss56–37Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Andre Begemann Guido Andreozzi
Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela
4–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mumbai Tennis Masters team squad Champions Tennis League India . 16 November 2014 . 15 November 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202223/http://www.championstennisleagueindia.com/2014/11/mumbai-tennis-masters-team-squad-champions-tennis-league-2014.html . live .
  2. Web site: Gille/Vliegen Deny Home Favourites for Pune Title | ATP Tour | Tennis . 8 January 2023 . 7 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230107233554/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/gille-vliegen-pune-2023-double-final . live .