Saketh Myneni

Saketh Myneni
Country (sports) India
Residence Greenwich, Connecticut, US
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987
Vuyyuru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro Nov 2011
Plays Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 240,073
Singles
Career record 2–2 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Highest ranking No. 137 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking No. 194 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2016)
French Open Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon Q2 (2015)
US Open 1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 5–4 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Highest ranking No. 113 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking No. 212 (21 November 2016)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He 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.

Personal and early life

Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh and grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki.[1] He graduated with an economics degree from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music and watching movies and TV shows.[2] He currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut, US.[3]

Professional career

He has professionally won 9 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 12 ITF and 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles.

At Incheon Asian Games 2014 he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the Gold.[4] He also won the Silver medal in men's doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.[5]

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[6]

Tournament finals

Singles: 4 (2-2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2-2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winners 1. 13 October 2014 Indore, India
ATP Challenger		 Hard Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6–7(4–7)), 6-3
Winners 2. 18 October 2015 Vietnam Open, Vietnam
ATP Challenger		 Hard Australia Jordan Thompson 7-5, 6-3
Runner-up 3. 4 October 2015 Ağrı, Turkey
ATP Challenger		 Hard Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov 4-6, 4-6
Runner-up 4. 21 February 2016 New Delhi, India
ATP Challenger		 Hard France Stephane Robert 3-6, 0-6

Doubles: 8 (6-2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (6-2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6-2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winners 1. 15 February 2014 Kolkata, India
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Sanam Singh India Divij Sharan
India Vishnu Vardhan		 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Winners 2. 23 February 2014 New Delhi, India
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Sanam Singh Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winners 3. 20 October 2014 Pune, India
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Sanam Singh Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		 6–3, 6–2
Winners 4. 27 September 2015 İzmir, Turkey
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Divij Sharan Tunisia Malek Jaziri
Ukraine Denys Molchanov		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 0–0 ret.
Winners 5. 25 October 2015 Bangalore, India
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Sanam Singh United States John Paul Fruttero
India Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Runner-up 6. 21 March 2016 Shenzhen, China
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Australia Luke Saville
Australia Jordan Thompson		 6-3, 4-6, [10–12]
Winners 7. 24 April 2016 Nanjing, China
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 8. 7 August 2016 Granby, Canada
ATP Challenger		 Hard India Sanam Singh Brazil Guilherme Clezar
India Alejandro González		 6-3, 1-6, [10-12]

Asian Games

Finals: 2 (1-1)

Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runners-up (Silver) 1. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games		 Hard India Sanam Singh South Korea Hyeon Chung
South Korea Yongkyu Lim		 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Winners (Gold) 2. 29 September 2014 Incheon, Korea
Incheon Asian Games		 Hard India Sania Mirza Chinese Taipei Hsien Yin Peng
Chinese Taipei Hao Ching Chan		 6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Saketh Myneni ITF profile".
  2. ↑ "Saketh Myneni ATP bio".
  3. ↑ "Challenger Stars Reaping Rewards At US Open".
  4. ↑ "Asian Games 2014: Sania Mirza-Saketh Myneni Win Mixed-Doubles Gold".
  5. ↑ "Asian Games: Sanam Singh, Saketh Myneni Settle for Silver in Men's Tennis Doubles".
  6. ↑ "Saketh Myneni Davis cup profile".
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