Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in doubles in 2017.

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Nedunchezhiyan at the 2017 Aegon International Eastbourne
Country (sports) India
ResidenceChennai, India
Born (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeWashington
Prize money$368,733
Singles
Career record0–1 (0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 293 (25 August 2014)
Doubles
Career record29–49 (37.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 64 (18 March 2019)
Current rankingNo. 101 (9 January 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French Open1R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
US Open1R (2018)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's tennis
South Asian Games
2019 Kathmandu/PokharaMen's Doubles
2019 Kathmandu/PokharaMixed Doubles
Last updated on: 9 January 2023.

Personal life

He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures.[1][2] Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University,[3] and has also been Jeevan's mentor.

Professional career

2011: Turned pro

Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011.

2017: First ATP doubles title

Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating a pair of compatriots, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, in an all Indian final.[4] As a result he was ranked world No. 86 on 9 January 2017.

2023: Third ATP final

He reached his third ATP final at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra with compatriot N.Sriram Balaji as an alternate pair.[5] They defeated compatriots Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in straight sets in first round. In the quaterfinals, they upset second seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow in straight sets winning both sets in a tiebreak. Next they defeated British pair of Jack Cash and Henry Patten in the semifinals in straight sets to reach their first ATP Tour final as a team. Despite not losing a single set on their way to final they were defeated in straight sets by Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen in the final.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
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 (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2017 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard Rohan Bopanna Purav Raja
Divij Sharan		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2018 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Austin Krajicek Ivan Dodig
Mate Pavić		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 2023 Maharashtra Open, India 250 Series Hard Sriram Balaji Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen		 4–6, 4–6

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (7–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2007 India F6, Chennai Futures Clay Vijay Kannan 6–0, 3–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Nov 2011 India F10, Pune Futures Hard Vishnu Vardhan 6–4, 7–5
Win 2–1 Dec 2011 India F12, Kolkata Futures Clay Sriram Balaji 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–1 Apr 2012 India F5, Madurai Futures Clay Marc Giner 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–1 Oct 2012 India F13, Mumbai Futures Hard Mate Pavić 6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Mar 2013 India F1, Chennai Futures Clay Victor Crivoi 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss 4–3 Jun 2013 India F7, Chennai Futures Hard Sriram Balaji 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 0–6
Win 5–3 Jun 2013 India F8, Coimbatore Futures Hard Vijayant Malik 6–2, 5–1 ret.
Loss 5–4 Aug 2013 Gabon F1, Libreville Futures Hard James McGee 6–1, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Aug 2013 Gabon F2, Libreville Futures Hard Arthur Surreaux 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 5–6 Oct 2013 Nigeria F2, Lagos Futures Hard Ante Pavić 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–7 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Takuto Niki 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 5–7
Win 6–7 Mar 2015 India F2, Bhimavaram Futures Hard David Pérez Sanz 7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win 7–7 Sep 2015 India F12, Chennai Futures Hard Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7–6(10–8), 6–4

Doubles: 52 (31–21)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–15)
ITF Futures Tour (20–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (19–14)
Clay (11–5)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2007 India F6, Chennai Futures Clay Vivek Shokeen Sriram Balaji
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Dec 2011 India F12, Kolkata Futures Clay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji
Vinayak Sharma Kaza		 3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win 2–1 Apr 2012 India F4, Trichy Futures Clay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Rupesh Roy
Vivek Shokeen		 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 3–1 Jun 2012 India F9, Bangalore Futures Hard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Sriram Balaji
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan		 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 3–2 Dec 2012 Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Gao Wan Marcus Daniell
Richard Gabb		 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–2 Dec 2012 India F15, Davanagere Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–1]
Loss 4–3 Mar 2013 India F1, Chennai Futures Clay Sriram Balaji Arata Onozawa
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan		 4–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Win 5–3 Jun 2013 India F6, Chennai Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Toshihide Matsui
Bumpei Sato		 6–1, 6–4
Win 6–3 Jun 2013 India F7, Chennai Futures Hard Sriram Balaji Keith-Patrick Crowley
Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan		 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win 7–3 Aug 2013 Gabon F1, Libreville Futures Hard Vishnu Vardhan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset		 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Loss 7–4 Aug 2013 Gabon F2, Libreville Futures Hard Vishnu Vardhan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset		 0–6, 0–6
Win 8–4 Sep 2013 Burundi F1, Bujumbura Futures Clay Yannick Mertens Mark Fynn
Hassan Ndayishimiye		 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–4 Nov 2013 India F10, Bhopal Futures Hard Purav Raja Daniiar Duldaev
Karunuday Singh		 6–3, 6–3
Win 10–4 Mar 2014 India F3, Chennai Futures Clay Vishnu Vardhan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win 11–4 Aug 2014 Gabon F1, Libreville Futures Hard Sam Barry Mark Fynn
Ruan Roelofse		 6–2, 6–2
Win 12–4 Aug 2014 Gabon F2, Libreville Futures Hard Sam Barry Mark Fynn
Ruan Roelofse		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 13–4 Oct 2014 Kazakhstan F12, Shymkent Futures Clay Enrique López Pérez Yurii Dzhavakian
Olexiy Kolisnyk		 7–5, 6–0
Win 14–4 Oct 2014 Kazakhstan F13, Shymkent Futures Clay Enrique López Pérez Aleksandar Lazov
Aleksandre Metreveli		 6–3, 6–3
Win 15–4 Nov 2014 India F7, Raipur Futures Hard Vishnu Vardhan Vinayak Sharma Kaza
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 1–0 Feb 2015 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard Somdev Devvarman James Duckworth
Luke Saville		 w/o
Win 16–4 Mar 2015 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Enrique López Pérez
David Pérez Sanz		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–5 Apr 2015 Indonesia F3, Jakarta Futures Hard Danai Udomchoke Toshihide Matsui
Christopher Rungkat		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 16–6 May 2015 Nigeria F1, Abuja Futures Hard Matija Pecotić Deiton Baughman
Eric Quigley		 1–6, 4–6
Win 17–6 May 2015 Nigeria F2, Abuja Futures Hard Matija Pecotić Keith-Patrick Crowley
Tucker Vorster		 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 18–6 May 2015 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Yuichi Ito Masakatsu Noguchi
Masaki Sasai		 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 19–6 Aug 2015 India F11, Chennai Futures Hard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Vinayak Sharma Kaza		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 20–6 Sep 2015 India F12, Chennai Futures Hard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Markos Kalovelonis
Timur Khabibulin		 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 1–1 Mar 2016 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard Saketh Myneni Luke Saville
Jordan Thompson		 6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 2–1 Apr 2016 Nanjing, China Challenger Clay Saketh Myneni Denys Molchanov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2016 Karshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Enrique López Pérez Aleksandre Metreveli
Dmitry Popko		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Oct 2016 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Challenger Hard Ramkumar Ramanathan Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Nov 2016 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard (i) Christopher Rungkat Daniel Masur
Ante Pavić		 6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 3–4 Nov 2016 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Christopher Rungkat Matt Reid
John-Patrick Smith		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2017 Dallas, USA Challenger Hard (i) Christopher Rungkat David O'Hare
Joe Salisbury		 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [9–11]
Win 4–5 May 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Franko Škugor Rameez Junaid
Lukáš Rosol		 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–6 Oct 2017 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard Christopher Rungkat Radu Albot
Jose Statham		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Nov 2017 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard (i) Christopher Rungkat Ben McLachlan
Yasutaka Uchiyama		 6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 5–7 Feb 2018 Dallas, USA Challenger Hard (i) Christopher Rungkat Leander Paes
Joe Salisbury		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 5–8 Mar 2018 Lille, France Challenger Hard Purav Raja Hugo Nys
Tim Pütz		 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [7–10]
Loss 5–9 Apr 2018 Tallahassee, USA Challenger Clay Enrique López Pérez Robert Galloway
Denis Kudla		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 5–10 May 2018 Savannah, USA Challenger Clay Enrique López Pérez Luke Bambridge
Akira Santillan		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–11 Jun 2018 Nottingham, Great Britain Challenger Grass Austin Krajicek Frederik Nielsen
Joe Salisbury		 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 6–11 Jun 2018 Ilkley, Great Britain Challenger Grass Austin Krajicek Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies		 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–11 Jul 2018 Winnetka, USA Challenger Hard Austin Krajicek Roberto Maytín
Christopher Rungkat		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Win 8–11 Oct 2018 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Marcelo Arévalo Leander Paes
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 8–12 Nov 2018 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat		 4–6, 2–6
Win 9–12 Oct 2021 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Clay Purav Raja Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 9–13 Nov 2021 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Purav Raja Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral		 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–13 Jun 2022 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Sriram Balaji Vladyslav Manafov
Oleg Prihodko		 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 11–13 Jun 2022 Blois, France Challenger Clay Sriram Balaji Romain Arneodo
Jonathan Eysseric		 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss 11–14 Sep 2022 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay Christopher Rungkat Vít Kopřiva
Jaroslav Pospíšil		 6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 11–15 Nov 2022 Temuco, Chile Challenger Hard Luis David Martínez Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán		 4–6, 2–6

References
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  2. "Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan at ITF".
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