Vijay Sundar Prashanth

Vijay SP Natarajan
Prashanth in Bengaluru Open 2023
Full nameVijay SP Natarajan
Country (sports) India
ResidenceChennai, India
Born (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 38)
Chennai, India
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$179,692
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 335 (5 October 2015)
Doubles
Career record4–4
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 83 (27 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 97 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's tennis
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 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

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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

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

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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

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

2017: Indoor Asian Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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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

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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

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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

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2024 Hangzhou Open,
China
ATP 250 Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Germany Hendrik Jebens
Germany Constantin Frantzen
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Doubles: 62 (25–37)

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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 Jul 2007 India F6, Chennai Futures Clay India Sriram Balaji India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
India Vivek Shokeen
5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2009 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Mithun Murali India Divij Sharan
India Vishnu Vardhan
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 1–2 May 2011 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Indonesia Elbert Sie
Thailand Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jun 2011 India F8, Delhi Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Russia Vitali Reshetnikov
India Karunuday Singh
7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss 1–4 Aug 2011 Turkey F23, Istanbul Futures Hard Italy Riccardo Ghedin Australia Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–5 Dec 2011 India F12, Kolkata Futures Clay India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan India Sriram Balaji
India Vinayak Sharma Kaza
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss 1–6 Mar 2012 India F2, Bhopal Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan India Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 1–7 Mar 2012 India F3, Bhimavaram Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan India Rohan Gajjar
India Saketh Myneni
5–7, 3–6
Win 2–7 Apr 2012 India F4, Trichy Futures Clay India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan India Rupesh Roy
India Vivek Shokeen
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 3–7 Jul 2012 Germany F7, Römerberg Futures Clay India Sriram Balaji Austria Lukas Jastraunig
Austria Marc Rath
7–5, 6–4
Loss 3–8 Jul 2012 India F10, Coimbatore Futures Hard India Vinayak Sharma Kaza India Saketh Myneni
India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan
3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–9 Dec 2012 India F15, Davanagere Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan India Sriram Balaji
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [1–10]
Loss 3–10 Dec 2012 India F17, Belgaum Futures Hard India Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan United States Amrit Narasimhan
United States Michael Shabaz
6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss 3–11 Oct 2013 Great Britain F20, Sunderland Futures Hard Netherlands David Pel United Kingdom Josh Goodall
United Kingdom Harry Meehan
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 4–11 Aug 2014 Iran F9, Tehran Futures Clay India Vinayak Sharma Kaza Greece Markos Kalovelonis
Iran Amirvala Madanchi
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–12 Nov 2014 India F6, Kolkata Futures Clay India Vishnu Vardhan India Sriram Balaji
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–13 Nov 2014 India F7, Raipur Futures Hard India Vinayak Sharma Kaza India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
India Vishnu Vardhan
6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 4–14 Nov 2014 India F8, Gwalior Futures Hard India Vinayak Sharma Kaza India Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
India Shahbaaz Khan
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–14 Mar 2015 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Spain Enrique López Pérez
Spain David Pérez Sanz
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–14 Aug 2015 India F11, Chennai Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan India Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
India Vinayak Sharma Kaza
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 7–14 Sep 2015 India F12, Chennai Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Greece Markos Kalovelonis
Kazakhstan Timur Khabibulin
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 7–15 Sep 2015 India F13, Coimbatore Futures Hard India Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash China Gao Xin
China Ouyang Bowen
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 8–15 Sep 2015 India F15, Madurai Futures Hard India Sumit Nagal India Anirudh Chandrasekar
India Vignesh Peranamallur
6–3, 7–5
Loss 8–16 Oct 2015 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard United States John Paul Fruttero India Saketh Myneni
India Sanam Singh
7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Win 9–16 Apr 2016 China F5, Taizhou Futures Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Philippines Jeson Patrombon
China Wang Aoran
6–4, 6–0
Win 10–16 May 2016 India F3, Jassowal Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji United States John Lamble
Portugal Bernardo Saraiva
6–3, 6–3
Win 11–16 Sep 2016 Thailand F2, Hua Hin Futures Hard India Sriram Balaji Thailand Pruchya Isaro
Japan Ken Onishi
6–2, 6–2
Win 12–16 Sep 2016 India F4, Chennai Futures Clay India Sriram Balaji India Kunal Anand
India Anvit Bendre
7–6(7–2), 6–1
Loss 12–17 Sep 2016 India F6, Coimbatore Futures Hard India Anvit Bendre India Sriram Balaji
India Vishnu Vardhan
3–6, 1–6
Win 13–17 Feb 2017 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Sanam Singh Germany Pirmin Hänle
United States Shane Vinsant
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 13–18 Feb 2017 India F2, Jorhat Futures Hard India Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash India Sriram Balaji
India Vishnu Vardhan
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 13–19 Mar 2017 India F3, Guwahati Futures Hard India Sanam Singh India Sriram Balaji
India Vishnu Vardhan
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 13–20 Jul 2017 Båstad, Sweden Challenger Clay India Sriram Balaji Turkey Tuna Altuna
Czech Republic Václav Šafránek
1–6, 4–6
Loss 13–21 Aug 2017 Thailand F6, Nonthaburi Futures Hard India Vinayak Sharma Kaza Thailand Pruchya Isaro
Japan Sho Katayama
4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 14–21 Oct 2017 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Challenger Hard India Saketh Myneni Japan Ben McLachlan
Japan Go Soeda
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win 15–21 Dec 2017 Indonesia F8, Jakarta Futures Hard Indonesia Justin Barki Japan Sora Fukuda
Australia Scott Puodziunas
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4]
Loss 15–22 Mar 2018 India F1, Bhubaneswar Futures Hard India Arjun Kadhe India Sidharth Rawat
India Manish Sureshkumar
3–6, 2–6
Win 16–22 Mar 2018 India F2, Kolkata Futures Hard India Arjun Kadhe Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam
6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Win 17–22 Mar 2018 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard India Arjun Kadhe India Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
India Vinayak Sharma Kaza
6–3, 6–1
Win 18–22 Mar 2018 India F4, Trivandrum Futures Clay India Arjun Kadhe Brazil Caio Silva
Brazil Thales Turini
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Loss 18–23 Apr 2018 Uzbekistan F2, Karshi Futures Hard India Saketh Myneni Russia Konstantin Kravchuk
Russia Roman Safiullin
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 18–24 Jun 2018 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard India Saketh Myneni Russia Ivan Gakhov
Russia Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
4–6, 4–6
Win 19–24 Nov 2018 Pune, India Challenger Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Loss 19–25 Jan 2019 M15 Anning, China World Tennis Tour Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar Chinese Taipei Chen Ti
Chinese Taipei Ray Ho
4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Win 20–25 Mar 2019 M15 Manama, Bahrain World Tennis Tour Hard Russia Alexander Igoshin Netherlands Jesper de Jong
Netherlands Sidane Pontjodikromo
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss 20–26 Apr 2019 M25+H Abuja, Nigeria World Tennis Tour Hard India Arjun Kadhe France Dan Added
Greece Michail Pervolarakis
4–6, 4–6
Loss 20–27 May 2019 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Turkey Tuna Altuna Peru Alexander Merino
Argentina Manuel Peña López
6–3, 4–6, [0–10]
Loss 20–28 Sep 2019 M15 Nanchang, China World Tennis Tour Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar Estonia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Yan Sabanin
4–6, 5–7
Win 21–28 Oct 2019 M15 Nanchang, China World Tennis Tour Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar Chinese Taipei Ray Ho
Hong Kong Yeung Pak-long
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 21–29 Mar 2021 M15 Lucknow, India World Tennis Tour Hard India Vinayak Sharma Kaza India Yuki Bhambri
India Saketh Myneni
2–6, 3–6
Loss 21–30 Apr 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Belgium Joris De Loore
5–7, 5–7
Loss 21–31 Apr 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
1–6, 4–6
Win 22–31 Jun 2022 M25 Arlon, Belgium World Tennis Tour Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar Germany Constantin Frantzen
Germany Tim Sandkaulen
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 22–32 Oct 2022 Fairfield, United States Challenger Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
3–6, 1–6
Loss 22–33 Feb 2023 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar South Korea Chung Yun-seong
Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
6–3, 6–7(7–9), [9–11]
Win 23–33 Feb 2023 Pune, India Challenger Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Kaito Uesugi
6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 24–33 Mar 2023 Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Challenger Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan
7–5, 6–1
Loss 24–34 Apr 2023 Split, Croatia Challenger Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
4–6, 4–6
Win 25–34 Jun 2023 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar Brazil Fernando Romboli
Brazil Marcelo Zormann
6–3, 6–2
Loss 25–35 Jul 2023 Salzburg, Austria Challenger Clay India Anirudh Chandrasekar Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
Ukraine Denys Molchanov
4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 25–36 Aug 2023 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar France Théo Arribagé
France Luca Sanchez
4–6, 4–6
Loss 25–37 Jan 2024 Quimper, France Challenger Hard India Anirudh Chandrasekar France Manuel Guinard
France Arthur Rinderknech
6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles Highlights

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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)

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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 Feb 2011 Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Hong Kong Karan Rastogi 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2012 India F10, Coimbatore Futures Hard South Korea Jeong Suk-young 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Sep 2012 Iran F1, Esfahan Futures Clay India Sriram Balaji 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Mar 2013 India F2, Madurai Futures Clay Romania Victor Crivoi 1–6, 1–6
Win 1–4 Mar 2015 India F3, Tiruchirappalli Futures Clay India Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–4 Mar 2015 India F4, Chennai Futures Clay Russia Ivan Gakhov 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win 3–4 Sep 2015 India F14, Chennai Futures Hard India Sidharth Rawat 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–5 Aug 2017 Thailand F6, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Australia Jacob Grills 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss 3–6 Mar 2018 India F1, Bhubaneswar Futures Hard India Arjun Kadhe 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–6 Mar 2018 India F4, Trivandrum Futures Clay India Arjun Kadhe 6–3, 6–3

References

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