(1985-02-13) 13 February 1985 (age 39) Agartala, Tripura, India
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro
2008[1]
Retired
2017 (last match 2016)
Plays
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College
University of Virginia
Prize money
$1,459,122
Singles
Career record
62–81 (43.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
0
Highest ranking
No. 62 (25 July 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
2R (2013)
French Open
2R (2013)
Wimbledon
2R (2011)
US Open
2R (2009, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games
1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record
19–26 (42.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
0
Highest ranking
No. 139 (31 October 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
2R (2010)
French Open
1R (2011)
Wimbledon
2R (2011)
US Open
3R (2011)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
1R (2010)
Last updated on: 2 January 2017.
Somdev Devvarman
Medal record
Representing India
Men's Tennis
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
Singles
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
Singles
2010 Guangzhou
Doubles
2010 Guangzhou
Team
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years at the University of Virginia. Only three other players have matched that record since 1950. His 44–1 win–loss record in 2008 at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship is unprecedented.[2]
His best achievement on the ATP World Tour was reaching the final of the Chennai Open in 2009, as a wild card entry. In 2010, Somdev won the gold medal in the men's singles event of XIXth Commonwealth Games at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, and he followed it up with both men's singles and doubles gold in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He was coached by Scott McCain.
In 2011, Devvarman received the Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his tennis successes.[3][4][5] In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed him as the national observer for tennis.[6] In 2018, he was awarded with the civilian award Padma Shri.[7]
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^"List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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^"Government designates 12 Olympians as National Observers". The Indian Express. PTI. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^"Padma awards 2018 announced, MS Dhoni, Sharda Sinha among 85 recipients: Here's complete list". India TV. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player...
became the first Indian player to reach an ATP Tour singles final since SomdevDevvarman in 2011. Ramkumar started playing tennis at the age of five. He was...
match against Bradley Klahn, thus becoming the first Indian since SomdevDevvarman at the 2013 US Open to win a singles match in the main draw of a Grand...
September 2011). "SomdevDevvarman receives Arjuna Award". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 April 2021. "Kidambi Srikanth, SomdevDevvarman receive Padma...
claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Shanghai by beating SomdevDevvarman in the final. In September, Nishioka earned men's singles gold medal...
the Indian National Games and the North Eastern Games. Tennis player SomdevDevvarman, who won the gold medal in the Men's Singles event at the 2010 Asian...
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the 2015 Delhi Open as a wildcard and reached the finals, losing to SomdevDevvarman in three sets 3–6, 6–4, 6–0. He maintained his good start of the season...
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