Vijay Sundar Prashanth Explained

Vijay SP Natarajan
Fullname:	Vijay SP Natarajan
Residence:	Chennai, India
Birth Date:	1986 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Chennai, India
Plays:	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$179,692
Singlesrecord:	(at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:	4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 335 (5 October 2015)
Doublestitles:	1
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 83 (27 November 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:	No. 97 (14 October 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2024)
Updated:	19 January 2024

Vijay SP Natarajan (born 27 October 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 335 achieved on 5 October 2015.^[1]

Early life

Vijay was born in Chennai. He started playing tennis at the age of 5, when his grandfather introduced him to the sport.^[2]

He did his schooling at PSSB (Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan) and completed his graduation from Loyola college. ^[3]

Professional career

2015: ATP singles debut; National Games in Trivandrum, Kerala

He caught everyone's eye, when he won against Indian Davis Cup player Yuki Bhambri at 2015 Aircel Chennai Open.^[4] He went on to become the fourth Indian ever to qualify for the main draw.^[5]

Medalist at the 35th National Games held in Trivandrum, Kerala in 2015 [TEAM- Gold medal; INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES- Silver medal]

2016: South Asian Games in Guwahati, India

Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.

2017: Indoor Asian Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Prashanth won Individual Mens Doubles Gold and Individual Mens Singles Silver for India at the Indoor Asian Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017.

2023: Top 100

Prashanth cracked into the Top 100 for the first time on 13 November 2023 after reaching the finals of the 2023 HPP Open in Helsinki, Finland.^[6]

2024: Maiden ATP title at the Hangzhou Open

Partnering with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Prashanth won the doubles title at the 2024 Hangzhou Open, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final.^[7]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Doubles: 62 (25–37)

Legend ATP Challengers (5–9) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (20–28)

Titles by surface Hard (17–28) Clay (8–9) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		India F6, Chennai	Futures	Clay	Sriram Balaji	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vivek Shokeen	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2		India F1, Chandigarh	Futures	Hard	Mithun Murali	Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	1–2		India F5, Chennai	Futures	Hard	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Elbert Sie Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–3		India F8, Delhi	Futures	Hard	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Vitali Reshetnikov Karunuday Singh	7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss	1–4		Turkey F23, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	1–5		India F12, Kolkata	Futures	Clay	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Sriram Balaji Vinayak Sharma Kaza	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss	1–6		India F2, Bhopal	Futures	Hard	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	1–7		India F3, Bhimavaram	Futures	Hard	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Rohan Gajjar Saketh Myneni	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–7		India F4, Trichy	Futures	Clay	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Rupesh Roy Vivek Shokeen	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Win	3–7		Germany F7, Römerberg	Futures	Clay	Sriram Balaji	Lukas Jastraunig Marc Rath	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–8		India F10, Coimbatore	Futures	Hard	Vinayak Sharma Kaza	Saketh Myneni Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–9		India F15, Davanagere	Futures	Hard	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [1–10]
Loss	3–10		India F17, Belgaum	Futures	Hard	Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan	Amrit Narasimhan Michael Shabaz	6–7^(3–7), 5–7
Loss	3–11		Great Britain F20, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	David Pel	Josh Goodall Harry Meehan	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	4–11		Iran F9, Tehran	Futures	Clay	Vinayak Sharma Kaza	Markos Kalovelonis Amirvala Madanchi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–12		India F6, Kolkata	Futures	Clay	Vishnu Vardhan	Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–13		India F7, Raipur	Futures	Hard	Vinayak Sharma Kaza	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vishnu Vardhan	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	4–14		India F8, Gwalior	Futures	Hard	Vinayak Sharma Kaza	Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Shahbaaz Khan	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–14		India F1, Chandigarh	Futures	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Enrique López Pérez David Pérez Sanz	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–14		India F11, Chennai	Futures	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	7–14		India F12, Chennai	Futures	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Markos Kalovelonis Timur Khabibulin	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	7–15		India F13, Coimbatore	Futures	Hard	Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash	Gao Xin Ouyang Bowen	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	8–15		India F15, Madurai	Futures	Hard	Sumit Nagal	Anirudh Chandrasekar Vignesh Peranamallur	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–16	Oct 2015	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	John Paul Fruttero	Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh	7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Win	9–16		China F5, Taizhou	Futures	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Jeson Patrombon Wang Aoran	6–4, 6–0
Win	10–16		India F3, Jassowal	Futures	Hard	Sriram Balaji	John Lamble Bernardo Saraiva	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–16		Thailand F2, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Sriram Balaji	Pruchya Isaro Ken Onishi	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–16		India F4, Chennai	Futures	Clay	Sriram Balaji	Kunal Anand Anvit Bendre	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
Loss	12–17		India F6, Coimbatore	Futures	Hard	Anvit Bendre	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	3–6, 1–6
Win	13–17		India F1, Chandigarh	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	Pirmin Hänle Shane Vinsant	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Loss	13–18		India F2, Jorhat	Futures	Hard	Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	13–19		India F3, Guwahati	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	13–20	Jul 2017	Båstad, Sweden	Challenger	Clay	Sriram Balaji	Tuna Altuna Václav Šafránek	1–6, 4–6
Loss	13–21		Thailand F6, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Vinayak Sharma Kaza	Pruchya Isaro Sho Katayama	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	14–21	Oct 2017	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Ben McLachlan Go Soeda	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	15–21		Indonesia F8, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Sora Fukuda Scott Puodziunas	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–4]
Loss	15–22		India F1, Bhubaneswar	Futures	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	Sidharth Rawat Manish Sureshkumar	3–6, 2–6
Win	16–22		India F2, Kolkata	Futures	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Lý Hoàng Nam	6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Win	17–22		India F3, Chandigarh	Futures	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza	6–3, 6–1
Win	18–22		India F4, Trivandrum	Futures	Clay	Arjun Kadhe	Caio Silva Thales Turini	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	18–23		Uzbekistan F2, Karshi	Futures	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Konstantin Kravchuk Roman Safiullin	6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	18–24	Jun 2018	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	4–6, 4–6
Win	19–24	Nov 2018	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Loss	19–25		M15 Anning, China	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Chen Ti Ray Ho	4–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Win	20–25		M15 Manama, Bahrain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alexander Igoshin	Jesper de Jong Sidane Pontjodikromo	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
Loss	20–26		M25+H Abuja, Nigeria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	Dan Added Michail Pervolarakis	4–6, 4–6
Loss	20–27		M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Tuna Altuna	Alexander Merino Manuel Peña López	6–3, 4–6, [0–10]
Loss	20–28		M15 Nanchang, China	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Vladimir Ivanov Yan Sabanin	4–6, 5–7
Win	21–28		M15 Nanchang, China	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Ray Ho Yeung Pak-long	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Loss	21–29		M15 Lucknow, India	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Vinayak Sharma Kaza	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	2–6, 3–6
Loss	21–30		M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore	5–7, 5–7
Loss	21–31		M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Julian Cash Henry Patten	1–6, 4–6
Win	22–31		M25 Arlon, Belgium	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Constantin Frantzen Tim Sandkaulen	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Loss	22–32	Oct 2022	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Julian Cash Henry Patten	3–6, 1–6
Loss	22–33	Feb 2023	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Chung Yun-seong Hsu Yu-hsiou	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), [9–11]
Win	23–33	Feb 2023	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar		6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	24–33	Mar 2023	Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7–5, 6–1
Loss	24–34		Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	4–6, 4–6
Win	25–34	Jun 2023	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Fernando Romboli Marcelo Zormann	6–3, 6–2
Loss	25–35	Jul 2023	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Andrey Golubev Denys Molchanov	4–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Loss	25–36	Aug 2023	Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Théo Arribagé Luca Sanchez	4–6, 4–6
bgcolor= FFA07A	Loss	25–37		Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard	Anirudh Chandrasekar	Manuel Guinard Arthur Rinderknech	6–7^(4–7), 3–6

Doubles Highlights

WINNER – Doubles ATP Challenger 75 in Vicenza, June 2023.

WINNER – Doubles ATP Challenger 75 in Las Franquesas del Valles, March 2023.

WINNER - Doubles ATP Challenger 100 in Pune, March 2023.^[8]

FINALIST - Doubles ATP Challenger 100 in Bangalore, February 2023.^[9]

WINNER- Doubles Title at LTA British Tour Event in 2020.^[10]

WINNER- Doubles ATP Challenger in Pune, November 2018.^[11]

WINNER- Doubles ATP Challenger in Ho Chi Minh City, 2017. ^[12]

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Legend ATP Challengers (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–6)

Titles by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Karan Rastogi	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2		India F10, Coimbatore	Futures	Hard	Jeong Suk-young	2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3		Iran F1, Esfahan	Futures	Clay	Sriram Balaji	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4		India F2, Madurai	Futures	Clay	Victor Crivoi	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–4		India F3, Tiruchirappalli	Futures	Clay	Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–4		India F4, Chennai	Futures	Clay	Ivan Gakhov	6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	3–4		India F14, Chennai	Futures	Hard	Sidharth Rawat	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–5		Thailand F6, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Jacob Grills	6–7^(4–7), 5–7
Loss	3–6		India F1, Bhubaneswar	Futures	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–6		India F4, Trivandrum	Futures	Clay	Arjun Kadhe	6–3, 6–3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vijay Sundar Prashanth Overview ATP Tour Tennis . 2023-11-14 . ATP Tour.
2. Web site: 2015-02-01 . Living on a dream: World No. 500 in tennis . 2023-11-14 . The Indian Express . en.
3. Web site: says . Manjit Mohan . 2018-05-11 . Interview with Vijay Sundar Prashanth . 2023-11-14 . Indian Tennis Daily . en-US.
4. News: 2015-01-04 . Yuki crashes out in Chennai Open qualifiers . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-11-14 . 0971-751X.
5. News: 2015-03-28 . Vijay Sundar Prashanth adds one more to his kitty . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-11-14 . 0971-751X.
6. Web site: Helsinki Results ATP Tour Tennis . 2023-11-14 . ATP Tour.
7. Web site: Hangzhou Open 2024 tennis: Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan-Vijay Sundar Prashanth win doubles title. olympics.com. 24 September 2024.
8. News: Bureau Sports . 2023-03-04 . Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth triumph . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-11-14 . 0971-751X.
9. Web site: 2023-02-24 . Bengaluru Open: India's Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth Storm into Doubles Final . 2023-11-14 . News18 . en.
10. Web site: Srinivasan . Kamesh . 2020-07-28 . Divij Sharan-Vijay Sundar Prashanth win doubles title in Surrey . 2023-11-14 . Sportstar . en.
11. Web site: 2018-11-24 . Ramkumar Ramanathan-Vijay Sundar Prashanth pair clinches Pune Challenger trophy . 2023-11-14 . The Indian Express . en.
12. Web site: 2017-10-29 . Rohan Bopanna-Pablo Cuevas win in Vienna, Saketh Myneni-Vijay Sundar Prashanth lift Vietnam Open title . 2023-11-14 . The Indian Express . en.