Vishnu Vardhan Explained

Vishnu Vardhan
Residence:Secunderabad
Birth Date:1987 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Turnedpro:2008
Plays:Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
Coach:C.V. Nagraj
Careerprizemoney:$240,674[1]
Website:http://www.vishnu-vardhan.com/
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 262 (10 September 2012)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 92 (16 July 2018)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 430 (31 January 2022)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2018)
Updated:6 November 2019

Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan,[2] is an Indian professional tennis player.[3] He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event.[4] He was featured as ITF player of April 2011.[5] He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016[6]

Personal life

Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes.[1] He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad.

Career

Vishnuvardhan was considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the World Group.

Vishnuvardhan began to show glimpses of his talent right from a young age, performing well on the junior circuit. The year 2003 proved to be his defining year on the junior circuit with Vishnuvardhan winning the Junior Nationals, and earning himself a place in the Indian Junior Davis Cup team. This success on the junior circuit translated itself into glory in Inter-University tournaments as well, with Vishnuvardhan capturing the gold medal in successive tournaments as the team captain.

Vishnuvardhan has won the Grass Court Nationals and achieving a career-high national ranking of two.[7]

J.Vishnuvardhan won this first futures tournament on 11 July.

In 2012, Vishnu won the Zuari Garden City-ITF against Sriram Balaji 7–6(7), 6–3.[8]

Vishnu won the Toyota Bangalore Open ITF in June 2012 by defeating Ti-Chen of Chinese Taipei 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.[9]

Vishnu participated in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Leander Paes.[10] Vishnu and partner Leander Paes crashed out of the Olympic doubles after a 7–6 (7/3), 4–6, 6–3 defeat against French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra.[11] Vishnu won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016, by defeating left-hander Siddharth Vishwakarma from Varanasi 6–3, 6–4.[12] For the year of 2018, Vishnu is focusing on doubles by partnering with Sriram Balaji with a goal of playing at the Wimbledon.[13]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (10–14)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (10–14)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–14)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1India F3, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win1–1India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 6–2
Loss1–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Kim Young-jun3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss1–3India F8, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 3–6
Loss1–4India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Rupesh Roy6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Loss1–5Great Britain F12, LondonFuturesHard Joshua Milton6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6
Loss1–6Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Danai Udomchoke2–6, 3–6
Win2–6India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win3–6India F4, NoidaFuturesHard Kim Young-jun7–5, 3–6, 7–6(15–13)
Loss3–7India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Patrik Rosenholm6–5 ret.
Loss3–8India F10, PuneFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan4–6, 5–7
Win4–8India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win5–8Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Ivan Sergeyev6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win6–8India F8, MysoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win7–8India F9, BangaloreFuturesHard Chen Ti6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss7–9India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Antal van der Duim5–7, 3–6
Loss7–10India F6, MysoreFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss7–11India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss7–12India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss7–13India F15, MaduraiFuturesHard Sumit Nagal6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win8–13India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard David Agung Susanto6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win9–13India F3, JassowalFuturesHard Dalwinder Singh7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win10–13India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji6–4, 6–3
Loss10–14India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji2–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 82 (47–35)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (39–24)
Titles by surface
Hard (40–29)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1India F4, GurgaonFuturesHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Wang Yu jr.
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win1–1India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss1–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
2–6, 2–6
Win2–2India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Mithun Murali
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win3–2India F4, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Tushar Liberhan
Vishal Punna
6–1, 6–3
Win4–2India F5, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja
6–1, 7–5
Win5–2India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh
6–3, 6–4
Win6–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Sean Thornley
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Loss6–3India F9, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Rohan Gajjar
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Loss6–4India F10, KolkataFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja
4–6, 5–7
Win7–4India F11, PuneFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja
7–5, 6–3
Loss7–5Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Divij Sharan Martin Fischer
Philipp Oswald
1–6, 2–6
Loss7–6India F1, KolkataFuturesHard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh
3–6, 2–6
Win8–6India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Vignesh Peranamallur
2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win9–6Great Britain F8, ManchesterFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Barry King
Ashwin Kumar
6–2, 7–5
Loss9–7Great Britain F9, IlkleyFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Andrew Fitzpatrick
Josh Goodall
6–3, 5–7, [3–10]
Win10–7Great Britain F11, ChiswickFuturesHard Divij Sharan James Chaudry
George Coupland
6–2, 6–2
Loss10–8Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Divij Sharan Gong Maoxin
Li Zhe
3–6, 1–6
Loss10–9Spain F35, MartosFuturesHard Divij Sharan Agustín Boje-Ordóñez
Pablo Martín-Adalia
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [8–10]
Loss10–10Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Danai Udomchoke
Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
4–6, 4–6
Win11–10Australia F2, BerriFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Chris Letcher
Brendan Moore
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win12–10India F2, KolkataFuturesClay Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Ashutosh Singh
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
Win13–10India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Bumpei Sato
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win14–10Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard (i) Karan Rastogi Harri Heliövaara
Denys Molchanov
7–6(7–3), 2–6, [10–8]
Loss14–11Nigeria F3, LagosFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Yuki Bhambri
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
2–6, 5–7
Loss14–12India F10, PuneFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Rohan Gajjar
Alexander Satschko
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Win15–12India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Sriram Balaji
Vijayant Malik
6–1, 6–3
Loss15–13Burnie, AustraliaChallengerHard Divij Sharan John Peers
John-Patrick Smith
2–6, 4–6
Loss15–14Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Divij Sharan Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Ivan Sergeyev
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win16–14Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss16–15India F4, ChandigarhFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
3–6, 4–6
Win17–15Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Loss17–16Gabon F2, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset
0–6, 0–6
Loss17–17Kolkata, IndiaChallengerHard Divij Sharan Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win18–17India F3, ChennaiFuturesClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss18–18Uzbekistan F2, NamanganFuturesHard Piotr Gadomski Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
3–6, 1–6
Win19–18Thailand F7, BangkokFuturesHard Christopher Rungkat Timo Sivapruksa
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
6–1, 6–2
Loss19–19India F6, KolkataFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
4–6, 2–6
Win20–19India F7, RaipurFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vinayak Sharma Kaza
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win21–19India F2, BhimavaramFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Win22–19India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Sriram Balaji Bhavesh Gour
Sidharth Rawat
6–3, 6–0
Win23–19India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Sriram Balaji Antoine Escoffier
Hugo Grenier
6–4, 6–2
Win24–19India F16, GwaliorFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win25–19India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Yuichi Ito
Sho Katayama
6–1, 6–4
Loss25–20Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Yannick Jankovits
Luca Margaroli
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win26–20Zimbabwe F2, HarareFuturesHard Hugo Nys Nicolaas Scholtz
Tucker Vorster
6–4, 6–2
Win27–20Zimbabwe F3, HarareFuturesHard Hugo Nys Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Loss27–21Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Huang Liang-chi
Wang Aoran
3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win28–21India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Kunal Anand
Anvit Bendre
6–3, 6–4
Win29–21India F6, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Anvit Bendre
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
6–3, 6–1
Win30–21India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
Win31–21India F3, GuwahatiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Sanam Singh
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win32–21India F4, BhilaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Alexander Centenari
Sami Reinwein
6–2, 6–4
Loss32–22India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win33–22India F6, TrivandrumFuturesClay Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Wong Hong-kit
6–3, 7–5
Win34–22Uzbekistan F1, BukharaFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Sergey Betov
Vladyslav Manafov
6–4, 7–5
Loss34–23Uzbekistan F2, KarshiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Sanjar Fayziev
Timur Khabibulin
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss34–24Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran Laurynas Grigelis
Zdeněk Kolář
6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win35–24Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vladyslav Manafov
Denis Matsukevitch
6–3, 6–2
Win36–24Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Yuya Kibi
Shuichi Sekiguchi
6–3, 6–3
Win37–24Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win38–24Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–3, 6–4
Loss38–25Jinan, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin
6–4, 4–6, [4–10]
Win39–25Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win40–25Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Cem İlkel
Danilo Petrović
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Win41–25Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Mikhail Elgin
Denis Istomin
w/o
Loss41–26Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Santiago González
Wesley Koolhof
3–6, 3–6
Loss41–27Busan, Korea, Rep.ChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat
6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss41–28Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Andre Begemann
Florin Mergea
6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–4), [3–10]
Loss41–29M15 Indore, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Anirudh Chandrasekar
Nitin Kumar Sinha
4–6, 4–6
Win42–29M15 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Saketh Myneni Julian Cash
Zsombor Velcz
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss42–30M15 Bengaluru, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Mukund Sasikumar Julian Cash
Arjun Kadhe
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss42–31M15 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Anirudh Chandrasekar Yuki Bhambri
Saketh Myneni
4–6, 2–6
Loss42–32M15 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Nitin Kumar Sinha Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss42–33M25 Indore, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Boris Butulija Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss42–34M25 Mumbai, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Vladyslav Orlov Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
2–6, 2–6
Win43–34M25 Mysuru, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Mukund Sasikumar Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–3, 6–4
Win44–34M15 Chennai, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Nitin Kumar Sinha Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta
Theertha Shashank Macherla
6–1, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
Win45–34M15 Davangere, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Siddhant Banthia Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta
Manish Sureshkumar
6–2, 7–5
Win46–34M25 New Delhi, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Siddhant Banthia Parikshit Somani
Manish Sureshkumar
6–4, 6–1
Win47–34M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Adil Kalyanpur Francis Casey Alcantara
Maximus Jones
6–3, 6–2
Loss47–35M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Adil Kalyanpur Francis Casey Alcantara
Maximus Jones
6–2, 5–7, [8–10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vishnu Vardhan ATP Profile. ATP World Tour. 26 June 2012.
  2. News: ATP not ensuring level-playing field for Asians . The Hindu . 6 August 2021 . Subrahmanyam . V. V. .
  3. News: Yuki, Vardhan ready for London Olympics. 20 June 2012.
  4. Web site: Men's Circuit – Player Biography . ITF Tennis . 2 May 2011.
  5. Web site: ITF Spotlight: Vishnu Vardhan – April 2011. itftennis.com. 2 February 2018.
  6. News: Razor-sharp Vishnu does it again. Srinivasan. Kamesh. 2016-10-09. The Hindu. 0971-751X.
  7. V.V. Subrahmanyam. "Rare honour for city tennis player", The Hindu, 26 December 2007. Retrieved on 24 June 2008.
  8. News: Vishnu Vardhan . The Hindu . 10 June 2012 . 10 June 2012.
  9. News: Vishnu Vardhan. The Hindu. 17 June 2012. 17 June 2012.
  10. Web site: Ghazala Vishnu Vardhan. The Times of India. 21 June 2012.
  11. Web site: London Olympics: Leander Paes-Vardhan knocked out of doubles event . . 2 August 2012.
  12. News: Razor-sharp Vishnu does it again. The Hindu. 9 October 2016.
  13. Web site: Interview with IndianTennisDaily . 25 February 2018 . 18 March 2018.