Vishnu Vardhan (tennis)

Vishnu Vardhan
Country  India
Residence India
Born July 27, 1987 (1987-07-27) (age 24)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Turned pro 2005
Plays Right-handed (Double handed backhand)
Career prize money $45,440
Singles
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 312 (May 5, 2011)
Current ranking No. 312 (December 26, 2011)
Doubles
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 250 (23 August 2010)
Last updated on: 23 November 2010.
Medal record
Competitor for  India
Men's Tennis
Asian Games
Silver 2010 Guangzhou Mixed Doubles
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Team

Vishnu Vardhan, also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professionals tennis player from India. He was a member of the bronze medalist Indian men's team for 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal.[1]

Career

Vishnuvardhan is considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the World Group. vishnu played his first davis cup match against Kei Nishikori Japan on 18 September at tokyo. but he lost the match in straight sets. match score was 5-7, 3-6, 3-6.

Vishnuvardhan began to show glimpses of his talent right from a young age, performing well on the junior circuit. The year 2003 proved to be his defining year on the junior circuit with Vishnuvardhan winning the Junior Nationals, and earning himself a place in the Indian Junior Davis Cup team. This success on the junior circuit translated itself into glory in Inter-University tournaments as well, with Vishnuvardhan capturing the gold medal in successive tournaments as the team captain.

Vishnuvardhan has won the Grass Court Nationals and achieving a career-high national ranking of two.[2]

J.Vishnuvardhan won this first futures tournament on July 11.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mens Circuit - Player Biography". ITF Tennis. http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100018792. Retrieved 2011-05-02. 
  2. ^ V.V. Subrahmanyam. "Rare honour for city tennis player", The Hindu, December 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.