Christopher Rungkat

Christopher Rungkat
Country  Indonesia
Residence Valencia, Spain
Born 14 January 1990 (1990-01-14) (age 22)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 2008
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money US$23,267
Singles
Career record 45-42
Career titles 0 ATP, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 448 (12 September 2011)
Current ranking No. 448 (12 September 2011)
Doubles
Career record 91-31
Career titles 0 ATP, 14 ITF
Highest ranking No. 302 (12 September 2011)
Current ranking No. 302 (12 September 2011)
Last updated on: 12 September 2011.
Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games
Silver 2007 Korat Team Event
Bronze 2007 Korat Men's Doubles
Bronze 2009 Vientiane Men's Doubles
Bronze 2009 Vientiane Team Event

Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born January 14, 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. He is the grandson of "Famous" Benny Rungkat, former chairman of the Indonesian Air Carriers Association. Christopher's father, Michael Alexander Fritz Rungkat, is of Dutch and Indonesian descent and his mom, Elfia Mirlianti, is full Indonesian descent. .In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.[1] He is the youngest ever Indonesian to be the All Indonesian Champion, and by the end of his junior career,he was awarded for Indonesian best promising athlete 2008

Rungkat also reached the final of the 2008 U.S. Open boy's final with Henri Kontinen.[2]

In June 2010, he won the Tarakan Open International Men’s Futures tournament, his first international tournament title since going pro.[3]

Contents

Career

Christopher Spent his junior career in Europe by playing European junior circuit and he was based in Tennis Val (Valencia, Spain). He's the second Asian male player who ever won a junior French open doubles title after Kei Nishikori

Personal life

As a tennis player,Christopher spent most of his time on the tour.Loves PC games and Xbox.

Public Figure

Even tennis is not a big sport in Indonesia that have huge local followers like football and badminton he still managed to attract media attention because of his looks and skills on court

Sponsors

Clothing = Nike 2005 - 2008, Reebok 2008-2010. Equipments = Head 2005-2008, Wilson Sporting Goods 2008-2010

ITF Finals

ITF Singles Finals (4-0)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (4–0)
Outcome # Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 7 June 2010 $10,000 - Tarakan, Indonesia F2 Hard (i) Jae-Sung An 6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 29 May 2011 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F1 Hard Richard Becker 6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 5 June 2011 $10,000 - Surabaya, Indonesia F2 Hard Arata Onozawa 7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Winner 4. 12 June 2011 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F3 Hard Kento Takeuchi 6–3, 6–2

ITF Doubles Finals (14-5)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (14–5)
Outcome # Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 1 August 2005 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F1 Hard Febi Widhiyanto Suwandi Suwandi
Bonit Wiryawan
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 13 August 2007 $10,000 - Indonesia F3 Hard Bonit Wiryawan Huai-En Chang
Hsien-Yin Peng
5–7, 3–6
Winner 1. 17 September 2007 $10,000 - Indonesia F5 Hard Andrian Raturandang Aditya Madkekar
Ashutosh Singh
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner 2. 18 February 2008 $10,000 - Thailand F2 Hard Nathan Thompson Roman Jebavy
Filip Zeman
6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. 25 February 2008 $10,000 - Thailand F3 Hard Nathan Thompson Mao-Xin Gong
Norikazu Sugiyama
6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 28 July 2008 $10,000 - Indonesia F1 Hard Ayrton Wibowo Hsien-Yin Peng
Chu-Huan Yi
6–1, 7–5
Winner 5. 3 November 2008 $10,000 - Malaysia F1 Hard Nathan Thompson Siarhei Betau
Andrei Karatchenia
6–3, 6–4
Winner 6. 3 August 2009 $10,000 - Iran F5 Clay Sunu-Wahyu Trijati Alexei Filenkov
Murad Inoyatov
6–2, 6–0
Winner 7. 24 August 2009 $10,000 - Thailand F2 Hard Ketut-Nesa Arta Tasuku Iwami
Hiroki Moriya
4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Runner-up 3. 31 August 2009 $10,000 - Thailand F3 Hard Ketut-Nesa Arta Hsin-Han Lee
Tsung-Hua Yang
6–7(4), 4–6
Winner 8. 14 June 2010 $10,000 - Tegal, Indonesia F3 Hard Nathan Thompson Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Kittipong Wachiramanowong
4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Runner-up 4. 28 June 2010 $10,000 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F2 Hard Nathan Thompson Kaden Hensel
Dane Propoggia
1–6, 6–7(1)
Winner 9. 8 November 2010 $10,000 - Khon Kaen, Thailand F4 Hard Kirati Siributwong Dorian Descloix
Yannick Jankovits
6–2, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 5. 11 April 2011 $10,000 - Khon Kaen, Thailand F3 Hard Kirati Siributwong Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Kittipong Wachiramanowong
0–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 18 April 2011 $10,000 - Noida, India F4 Hard Kittipong Wachiramanowong Junn Mitsuhashi
Danai Udomchoke
6–7(1), 6–3, [10–6]
Winner 11. 4 June 2011 $10,000 - Surabaya, Indonesia F2 Hard Weerapat Doakmaiklee Huang Liang-chi
Ouyang Bowen
6–4, 7–5
Winner 12. 11 June 2011 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F3 Hard Weerapat Doakmaiklee David Agung Susanto
Sunu-Wahyu Trijati
7–5, 6–0
Winner 13. 17 June 2011 $10,000 - Tokyo, Japan F6 Hard Chu-Huan Yi Cheng-Peng Hsieh
Hsin-Han Lee
7–6(2), 6–3
Winner 14. 24 June 2011 $10,000 - Tokyo, Japan F7 Grass Chu-Huan Yi Cheng-Peng Hsieh
Hsin-Han Lee
6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ^ (11 June 2008) French Open glory for Indonesian junior player, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved November 6, 2010
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ (13 June 2010) Christopher Brings Home Tarakan Title, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved November 6, 2010

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