Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Full name | Vijay SP Natarajan | ||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | India | ||||||||||||||
Residence | Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||
Born | Chennai, India | 27 October 1986||||||||||||||
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) | ||||||||||||||
Prize money | $179,692 | ||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 4 ITF | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 335 (5 October 2015) | ||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 4–4 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 83 (27 November 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 97 (14 October 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]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
[edit]2015: ATP singles debut; National Games in Trivandrum, Kerala
[edit]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
[edit]Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.
2017: Indoor Asian Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2024 | Hangzhou Open, China | ATP 250 | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Hendrik Jebens Constantin Frantzen | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
[edit]Doubles: 62 (25–37)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2007 | India F6, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vivek Shokeen | 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2009 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Mithun Murali | Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
Win | 1–2 | May 2011 | India F5, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Elbert Sie Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2011 | India F8, Delhi | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Vitali Reshetnikov Karunuday Singh | 7–5, 2–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2011 | Turkey F23, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Riccardo Ghedin | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2011 | India F12, Kolkata | Futures | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Sriram Balaji Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2012 | India F2, Bhopal | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10] |
Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2012 | India F3, Bhimavaram | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Rohan Gajjar Saketh Myneni | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 2–7 | Apr 2012 | India F4, Trichy | Futures | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Rupesh Roy Vivek Shokeen | 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7] |
Win | 3–7 | Jul 2012 | Germany F7, Römerberg | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Lukas Jastraunig Marc Rath | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–8 | Jul 2012 | India F10, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Saketh Myneni Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–9 | Dec 2012 | India F15, Davanagere | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [1–10] |
Loss | 3–10 | Dec 2012 | India F17, Belgaum | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Amrit Narasimhan Michael Shabaz | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
Loss | 3–11 | Oct 2013 | Great Britain F20, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | David Pel | Josh Goodall Harry Meehan | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Win | 4–11 | Aug 2014 | Iran F9, Tehran | Futures | Clay | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Markos Kalovelonis Amirvala Madanchi | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–12 | Nov 2014 | India F6, Kolkata | Futures | Clay | Vishnu Vardhan | Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–13 | Nov 2014 | India F7, Raipur | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–2, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 4–14 | Nov 2014 | India F8, Gwalior | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Shahbaaz Khan | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–14 | Mar 2015 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Enrique López Pérez David Pérez Sanz | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 6–14 | Aug 2015 | India F11, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 7–14 | Sep 2015 | India F12, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Markos Kalovelonis Timur Khabibulin | 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 7–15 | Sep 2015 | India F13, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash | Gao Xin Ouyang Bowen | 6–2, 3–6, [5–10] |
Win | 8–15 | Sep 2015 | 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 | Apr 2016 | China F5, Taizhou | Futures | Hard | Christopher Rungkat | Jeson Patrombon Wang Aoran | 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 10–16 | May 2016 | India F3, Jassowal | Futures | Hard | Sriram Balaji | John Lamble Bernardo Saraiva | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 11–16 | Sep 2016 | Thailand F2, Hua Hin | Futures | Hard | Sriram Balaji | Pruchya Isaro Ken Onishi | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 12–16 | Sep 2016 | India F4, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Kunal Anand Anvit Bendre | 7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
Loss | 12–17 | Sep 2016 | India F6, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Anvit Bendre | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 13–17 | Feb 2017 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Sanam Singh | Pirmin Hänle Shane Vinsant | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Loss | 13–18 | Feb 2017 | India F2, Jorhat | Futures | Hard | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [6–10] |
Loss | 13–19 | Mar 2017 | 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 | Aug 2017 | 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 | Dec 2017 | Indonesia F8, Jakarta | Futures | Hard | Justin Barki | Sora Fukuda Scott Puodziunas | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4] |
Loss | 15–22 | Mar 2018 | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Sidharth Rawat Manish Sureshkumar | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 16–22 | Mar 2018 | India F2, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Lý Hoàng Nam | 6–2, 5–7, [10–5] |
Win | 17–22 | Mar 2018 | India F3, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 18–22 | Mar 2018 | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Clay | Arjun Kadhe | Caio Silva Thales Turini | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7] |
Loss | 18–23 | Apr 2018 | 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 | Jan 2019 | M15 Anning, China | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Chen Ti Ray Ho | 4–6, 6–7(8–10) |
Win | 20–25 | Mar 2019 | 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 | Apr 2019 | M25+H Abuja, Nigeria | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Dan Added Michail Pervolarakis | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 20–27 | May 2019 | 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 | Sep 2019 | M15 Nanchang, China | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Vladimir Ivanov Yan Sabanin | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 21–28 | Oct 2019 | M15 Nanchang, China | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Ray Ho Yeung Pak-long | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Loss | 21–29 | Mar 2021 | M15 Lucknow, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 21–30 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore | 5–7, 5–7 |
Loss | 21–31 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Julian Cash Henry Patten | 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 22–31 | Jun 2022 | 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 | Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi | 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 | Apr 2023 | 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 |
Loss | 25–37 | Jan 2024 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Manuel Guinard Arthur Rinderknech | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Doubles Highlights
[edit]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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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2011 | Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh | Futures | Hard | Karan Rastogi | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2012 | India F10, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Jeong Suk-young | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2012 | Iran F1, Esfahan | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Mar 2013 | India F2, Madurai | Futures | Clay | Victor Crivoi | 1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–4 | Mar 2015 | India F3, Tiruchirappalli | Futures | Clay | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 2–4 | Mar 2015 | India F4, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Ivan Gakhov | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 3–4 | Sep 2015 | India F14, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Sidharth Rawat | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2017 | Thailand F6, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | Jacob Grills | 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
Loss | 3–6 | Mar 2018 | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–6 | Mar 2018 | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Clay | Arjun Kadhe | 6–3, 6–3 |
References
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- ^ "Hangzhou Open 2024 tennis: Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan-Vijay Sundar Prashanth win doubles title". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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- ^ "Ramkumar Ramanathan-Vijay Sundar Prashanth pair clinches Pune Challenger trophy". The Indian Express. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "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.