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Somdev Devvarman

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]

Somdev Devvarman
Devvarman at the 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying
Full nameSomdev Kishore Devvarman
Country (sports) India
ResidenceCharlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Born (1985-02-13) 13 February 1985 (age 38)
Agartala, Tripura, India
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2008[1]
Retired2017 (last match 2016)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Virginia
Prize money$1,459,122
Singles
Career record62–81 (43.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (25 July 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French Open2R (2013)
Wimbledon2R (2011)
US Open2R (2009, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record19–26 (42.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 139 (31 October 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2010)
French Open1R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2011)
US Open3R (2011)
Team competitions
Davis Cup1R (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

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]

Early life edit

Somdev was born into a Tripuri Hindu family in Guwahati, Assam to Ranjana and Pravanjan Dev Varman, a retired income tax commissioner. He belongs to the Indian state of Tripura. His family moved to Calcutta when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there until he was 8.[8] His father's work took the family to Madras (Chennai) where Somdev grew up, beginning tennis at age 9, and studied at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School.[9] Devvarman started competing in Futures tournaments in 2002 at the age of 17. His biggest achievement during this time was a victory in the Kolkata F2 championship in 2004, after which he rose to 666 in the world rankings. He moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at the University of Virginia. Somdev, while at college, won the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship by defeating Georgia Bulldog's senior, the top seed John Isner in the final. A year later, he defeated Tennessee's J.P. Smith to win his second consecutive NCAA Singles National Championship. Devvarman becomes the 13th player in the 124-year history of the tournament to win consecutive titles, and just the fourth to do so in the past 50 years with an unprecedented 44–1 record in 2008. Somdev finished university with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008. He won his first career title that year at a Futures tournament in Rochester, New York. The University of Virginia retired Devvarman's jersey in 2009.[10] At the end of 2010, he was felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai.

Professional results edit

 
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Ajay Maken presenting the Arjuna Award for the year 2011 to Somdev Kishore Devvarman, in New Delhi on September 20, 2011

Early career edit

After graduating from the University of Virginia, Devvarman signed with Mamba International,[11] a sports management company based in Charlottesville, and started his professional career at the Futures tournament in Rochester, New York, where he won the singles title. He and his former university partner, Treat Huey, won the doubles title. The next week at another Futures match in Pittsburgh, Devvarman and Huey won the doubles title, and Devvarman the singles.

Devvarman made the final of the Kennedy Funding Invitational in New York in July 2007. In a clay-court non-tour event which included several players ranked in the top 150, Devvarman defeated Ricardo Mello, Robert Kendrick, and Justin Gimelstob, before losing a three-set match to No. 69 Michael Russell in the final. He returned and won the tournament in 2008, beating Sam Querrey and Dudi Sela along the way.

On 27 July 2008, Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger, first coming through qualifying, and then beating players including Bobby Reynolds, Xavier Malisse, and Robert Kendrick to take the title. He received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinals, before his first professional defeat, by Go Soeda.

In August 2008, Devvarman made the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, first beating Sam Warburg, Jamie Baker, and Soeda to qualify, and then beating Taylor Dent and Robert Kendrick in the main draw, before losing to Russian Igor Kunitsyn.

At the BCR Bucharest Open, Devvarman lost to world No. 18 Nicolás Almagro after winning the first set in the first round, having beaten No. 93 Italian Filippo Volandri in the final round of qualifying. Devvarman ended 2008 ranked as world No. 204. He had started the year at No. 1033.

2009: First ATP final edit

 
Somdev Devvarman in New York

Devvarman reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2009 Chennai Open, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open champion and world No. 42 Carlos Moyá of Spain and No. 25 Ivo Karlović of Croatia. Rainer Schüttler of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinals, meaning that Devvarman progressed to the final. In the final, he lost to Marin Čilić of Croatia.

At the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, Somdev was seeded 28th in singles qualifying. He beat Prakash Amritraj in his first qualifying round; then lost to unseeded Łukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round. After some poor results in qualifying and Challenger tournaments, Somdev had a successful Davis Cup campaign, winning both his matches against Chinese Taipei, including a critical reverse singles match against world No. 59 Yen-Hsun Lu to lead India to victory.

In the second Grand Slam of 2009, the French Open, Devvarman was seeded 26th in singles qualifying. He defeated João Souza of Brazil in the first round and ousted Brit Alex Bogdanovic before losing to third seed and world No. 96 Marcos Daniel. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, Somdev, seeded 14th in qualifying, failed to advance to the singles draw, losing in the first round to Jean-Rene Lisnard of Monaco. In doubles, Devvarman and partner Kevin Anderson advanced to the main draw, but lost to the fourth-seeded pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.

Devvarman had poor clay- and grass-court seasons, but was more successful upon return to hard courts, reaching the semifinals of the Comerica Bank Challenger. He then caused a major upset in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, avenging his defeat in the Chennai Open against Marin Čilić. After beating Poland's Jerzy Janowicz, Devvarman became the first Indian in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles tournament since Prakash Amritraj in 2002.

In the US Open, Devvarman beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw. He beat Frederico Gil in the first round. In the second round, he lost to 24th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

2010 edit

 
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Somdev Devvarman in action against Amresh Jayawickreme of Sri Lanka, at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, in New Delhi on October 06, 2010

Devvarman reached the quarterfinals of the SA Open in Johannesburg. He also reached the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 series Dubai Tennis Championships, where he lost against Marcos Baghdatis. He also led India's Davis Cup team in their match against Russia.

Somdev qualified for the 2010 French Open and lost to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli in the first round. He achieved direct entry to the 2010 US Open, where he lost to Kevin Anderson in the first round. Somdev competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate, Treat Huey, where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

On 10 October 2010, Somdev won the men's tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi by beating Greg Jones of Australia in straight sets. On 23 November 2010, Somdev also won the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets. The day before, he had teamed up with Sanam Singh to win the gold in the doubles event.[12] However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not ATP tour events, Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points.

Somdev rose to a career high ranking of No. 94 on 25 October.

2011: Breakthrough edit

Somdev started 2011 ranked at No. 108. He started the season with the Chennai Open, an ATP 250 tournament, and lost to qualifier David Goffin in the first round.

Somdev got a wild card to the 2011 Australian Open due to his good performance in 2010. Playing this tournament for the first time in his career, he lost to Tommy Robredo in the first round. Somdev was top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament, where he lost to Andrej Martin of Slovakia in the quarterfinals.

Somdev was given direct entry into the South African Tennis Open 2011, an ATP 250 tournament, by virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit. He lost to Kevin Anderson in the final. After this tournament, Somdev reached a ranking of No. 80 as he claimed 150 ATP points from this tournament. He then travelled to Dubai, where he obtained a wild card for the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. He faced world No. 2 Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where he lost. Somdev lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat and moved to No. 93.

Then Somdev went to Serbia for the first round of the Davis cup World Group. Somdev played two singles rubbers and one doubles against the Serbs. He defeated Janko Tipsarević in the second rubber. Somdev showed remarkable resilience in rallying from an identical down 1–4 in the first two sets and clinching the third set on a tie-break to overpower world No. 45 Tipsarević. After this match, India managed to keep the scoreline on 1–1 the opening day. In the fourth rubber of the tie, Somdev faced Victor Troicki and lost. Somdev moved to No. 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011.

After playing the Davis Cup, Somdev played at the BNP Paribas Open. Somdev reached the fourth round of the tournament. This is his best performance at an ATP Masters 1000 event so far. He started the tournament from qualification rounds, and then in the main draw, he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the first round. Then he created a huge upset by beating world No. 22 Marcos Baghdatis in the second round. Then he stunned Xavier Malisse (world No. 52) in the third round. He faced world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round and lost, after giving a tough fight. Somdev moved to world No. 73 on 21 March 2011.

After his good performance at Indian Wells, Somdev played the Sony Ericsson Miami Masters ATP 1000 tournament. He defeated world No. 47 Potito Starace in the first round in straight sets, and then stunned big-serving sensation Milos Raonic (world No. 34) in a tough straight-set match. In the third round, he lost to Spain's No. 6 ranked David Ferrer.[13]

Somdev started his clay season at the 2011 US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas. He lost to world No. 27 Guillermo García-López in the second round. After taking three weeks rest, he reached Belgrade to play the Serbia open. He defeated Mikhail Kukushkin, in the first round. Then, he stunned world No. 26 Guillermo García-López in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to world No. 36 Janko Tipsarević. He moved to his career-best ranking of No. 70 on 2 May 2011. He lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open to Ivan Ljubičić.[14]

Devvarman lost in the 2011 Wimbledon singles second round, losing to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.[15] In the Atlanta Tennis Championships, Somdev reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Mardy Fish.[16] He finished the year ranked No. 66 in the world.

2012: Shoulder injury edit

Devvarman began 2012 with a recurring shoulder injury,[17] which ended with him not competing in the first half of the season.[18] He returned to action in accepting a wildcard entry to participate in men's singles event at the 2012 London Olympics.[19] Somdev lost to Tom Burn in the Great Britain F13 event in the first round. He then lost to Benjamin Becker of Germany in straight sets at Winston-Salem in the qualifiers. Somdev entered the main draw of US Open with a protected ranking of 85. He lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the first round. He was then defeated by Ernests Gulbis in the first round of Erste Bank Open.

His only wins in the season came in the Charlottesville Challenger, where he reached the quarterfinals after receiving a wildcard entry into the main draw. He ended the year ranked No. 664 in the world, having been largely inactive in 2012.

2013: Return to Top 100 edit

 
Somdev Devvarman at 2013 US Open

2013 saw Devvarman apparently recovered from the injuries that had prevented him competing in much of 2012.

He won through to the second round of the Chennai Open before succumbing to Tomáš Berdych. He then played in the Australian open, where he advanced to the second round, beating world No. 78 Björn Phau of Germany. However, he lost in the second round to world No. 24 Jerzy Janowicz, despite winning the first two sets. Somdev entered the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament, where he won against qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round. He then lost the second round to fourth seeded Jürgen Melzer. He played in Open 13, where he caused an upset against Benoît Paire in the first round, before bowing out of the tournament against Australian Bernard Tomic in the second round. He defeated qualifier Igor Kunitsyn in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, before losing to No. 7 Juan Martín del Potro in the second round.

Somdev entered the qualifying draw of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open using his protected ranking of 85. However, he lost to Matteo Viola in the first round. Somdev beat Evgeny Donskoy in the first round of the 2013 Sony Open Tennis. He then played lucky loser Édouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the second round, where he registered a come-from-behind victory in three sets. He next faced No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the third round, where he lost in straight sets. His performance in Miami was a personal best since his comeback from the shoulder injury. Somdev played Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the first round of 2013 US Men's Clay Court Championships. Somdev used his protected ranking of 85 for the last time to enter this tournament. However he lost in the first round. He entered the draw at the Sarasota Open. In singles, he defeated Jesse Levine in the first round. He then faced Ilija Bozoljac whom he defeated in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Somdev defeated Mischa Zverev. Somdev lost to qualifier Alex Kuznetsov in the semifinals. He won the doubles title with his partner Ilija Bozoljac after qualifying into the main draw. He entered the main draw of the Savannah Challenger, where he won his round-of-32 match against Nikoloz Basilashvili as his opponent retired after the first. Somdev, however, lost his next match to Facundo Argüello. Somdev then played at the Tallahassee Challenger but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Denis Kudla.

At the French Open, he qualified for the main draw. In the first round, he beat Daniel Munoz-De La Nava in straight sets. Then, he had a second-round match-up with Roger Federer, but he lost in straight sets,.

Somdev then went to play in the Caltanissetta Challenger, where he won his first round against Eduardo Schwank after Schwank retired in the second set. Somdev defeated Leonardo Mayer in the second round and won his quarterfinal match against Federico Delbonis. He lost in the semifinals to Dušan Lajović in straight sets.

Somdev won against Brydan Klein in straight sets in the first round of the Aegon Nottingham Challenger. In the second round, he defeated Jack Sock. He defeated Donald Young in the quarterfinals. He, however, had to face defeat in the semifinals to Steve Johnson.

Somdev faced Matt Reid in the first round of the Wimbledon qualifiers. He lost the match 6–7(4), 6–4, 16–18. Somdev's first tournament after Wimbledon was the 2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles. where Somdev reached the semifinals, before losing to Jack Sock. He then entered qualifying at the 2013 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles, where he lost in the second round to fellow countryman Prakash Amritraj.

2014 edit

In February 2014, Devvarman defeated Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Nedovyesov to win the singles of the 2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open.[20]

2015 edit

He defended his title in February against Yuki Bhambri in the 2015 Delhi Open.

2017: Retirement edit

On 1 January 2017, Devvarman announced his retirement from professional tennis.[21]

National representation edit

Davis Cup edit

Devvarman made his Davis Cup debut for India in 2008 against Uzbekistan at the age of 22. In the second rubber of the tie Devvarman faced Denis Istomin and fell in straight sets. With the tie locked at two match victories each, Devvarman was substituted for countrymen Prakash Amritraj in the fifth rubber. Amritraj would be victorious in four sets. Devvarman would return to the team in the 2008 World Group Playoffs to face Romania. He would fall short in both his singles matches and keep India in the zonals for another year. India started 2009 by playing Chinese Taipei in the Asia Oceania Group 1 quarterfinal. India won 3–2 with a significant contribution from Devvarman who won both his ties against Ti Chen and Yen-Hsun Lu. The team later travelled to Johannesburg to face South Africa in the World Group play-offs. Somdev won both his ties and India won the tie 4–1 to move back into the World Group. India faced Russia in the World Group round 1 at Moscow. India lost the tie 2–3 which included two losses from Somdev. India hosted Brazil at Chennai in the World Group Play-off tie. Somdev lost to Ricardo Mello on day 1 and India went down 0–2. India went to win the tie 3–2 in a come from behind fashion which included a win from Somdev as his opponent Thomaz Bellucci retired whilst he was trailing 6–7(3), 0–4. This meant that India would once again be a part of the World Group. India drew defending champions Serbia for Round 1. The tie was played at Novi Sad. Somdev played Janko Tipsarević in the second rubber and won in straight sets 7–5, 7–5, 7–6(3) This was a major upset and gave India a realistic chance of reaching the round 2. Due to the absence of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev teamed up with Rohan Bopanna for the Doubles rubber on Saturday. The Indians lost 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(10). Somdev played Viktor Troicki in a make-or-break match for India. However, he lost in straight sets 4–6, 2–6, 5–7. India eventually lost the tie 1–4 with the only win coming from Devvarman. India later travelled to Tokyo to play against Japan in the World Group Play-off. Somdev lost against Yuichi Sugita in the first rubber 3–6, 4–6, 5–7. He didn't play the reverse singles due to a shoulder problem which eventually would make him miss most of the tennis in 2012. India lost the tie 1–4 to Japan which resulted in relegation back to Asia-Oceania Group 1. India had to face South Korea at home in an Asia-Oceania Group 1 tie. 11 players including Somdev had boycotted this tie due to misunderstandings with the All India Tennis Association. India lost that tie to South Korea 1–4. India hosted Indonesia in a relegation play-off tie at Bangalore. Somdev won both his singles matches as India won the tie 5–0 to stay in the Asia-Oceania Group 1.

Olympics edit

Competing in his maiden Olympics at London 2012, Devvarman entered the Men's singles via a wildcard entry. He was defeated by Finland's Jarkko Nieminen.

Commonwealth Games edit

For the first time in Commonwealth Games history tennis was held at the 2010 Delhi games. Playing in front of a home crowd, Devvarman entered the Men's singles and Men's doubles. He won the gold medal in singles.

Asian Games edit

Somdev represented India at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He won the Gold Medal in the men's singles event where he defeated Denis Istomin 6–1, 6–2 in the final. He also won the Gold Medal in the men's doubles event with his partner Sanam Singh. They defeated Gong Maoxin and Li Zhe of China in the final 6–3, 6–7(4), 10–8. Somdev was also a part of the Men's Team which won the bronze medal.

Management edit

Devvarman is now professionally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi's company Globosport.

He is sponsored by Lacoste and Babolat.

Personal life edit

His parents are from the state of Tripura in India. Devvarman belongs to Tripura's erstwhile royal family.[22] He is the grandson of Tripura's late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman, popularly known as Bidurkarta.[23] He is a big fan of Roger Federer. He idolises the Krishnans (Ramesh Krishnan, Ramanathan Krishnan), Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He likes watching cricket and idolises Sachin Tendulkar. His favourite film is Good Will Hunting and his favourite actress is Priyanka Chopra. Devvarman's favourite food is Sambar Rice. Devvarman's favourite musician is Dave Matthews.[8]

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

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 (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2009 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard   Marin Čilić 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0–2 Feb 2011 SA Tennis Open, South Africa 250 Series Hard (i)   Kevin Anderson 6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

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 (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2011 Los Angeles Open, United States 250 Series Hard   Treat Huey   Mark Knowles
  Xavier Malisse
6–7(3–7), 6–7(10–12)

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Current till 2015 US Open.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q3 1R A 2R 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25.00
French Open A Q3 1R 1R A 2R 1R Q2 A 0 / 4 1–4 20.00
Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 2R A Q1 1R Q1 A 0 / 2 1–2 33.33
US Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 A 0 / 5 2–5 28.57
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 14 5–14 26.32
Davis Cup PO PO 1R PO A A A A A 0 / 5 6–8 42.86
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A Q2 4R A Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 1 3–1 75.00
Miami Masters A A Q2 3R A 3R Q1 A A 0 / 2 4–2 66.67
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada Masters A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0.00
Cincinnati Masters A A 1R Q1 A A Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0.00
Shanghai Masters A A A 1R A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0.00
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 5–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 7–6 53.85
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0.00
Year-end ranking 204 126 108 66 664 90 139 177 909 $1,459,122

Doubles edit

Current till 2013 US Open (tennis).

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1
French Open A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R A A 0 / 3 1–3
US Open A A 3R A A 0 / 1 2–1
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 3–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 4–6

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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 Somdev DevvarmanDevvarman at the 2015 Wimbledon QualifyingFull nameSomdev Kishore DevvarmanCountry sports IndiaResidenceCharlottesville Virginia U S Born 1985 02 13 13 February 1985 age 38 Agartala Tripura IndiaHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Turned pro2008 1 Retired2017 last match 2016 PlaysRight handed two handed backhand CollegeUniversity of VirginiaPrize money 1 459 122SinglesCareer record62 81 43 4 in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches and in Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 62 25 July 2011 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open2R 2013 French Open2R 2013 Wimbledon2R 2011 US Open2R 2009 2013 Other tournamentsOlympic Games1R 2012 DoublesCareer record19 26 42 2 in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches and in Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 139 31 October 2011 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open2R 2010 French Open1R 2011 Wimbledon2R 2011 US Open3R 2011 Team competitionsDavis Cup1R 2010 Last updated on 2 January 2017 Somdev Devvarman Medal recordRepresenting IndiaMen s TennisCommonwealth Games2010 Delhi SinglesAsian Games2010 Guangzhou Singles2010 Guangzhou Doubles2010 Guangzhou TeamHis 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 Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional results 2 1 Early career 2 2 2009 First ATP final 2 3 2010 2 4 2011 Breakthrough 2 5 2012 Shoulder injury 2 6 2013 Return to Top 100 2 7 2014 2 8 2015 2 9 2017 Retirement 3 National representation 3 1 Davis Cup 3 2 Olympics 3 3 Commonwealth Games 3 4 Asian Games 4 Management 5 Personal life 6 ATP career finals 6 1 Singles 2 2 runner ups 6 2 Doubles 1 1 runner up 7 Performance timelines 7 1 Singles 7 2 Doubles 8 Sources 9 External linksEarly life editSomdev was born into a Tripuri Hindu family in Guwahati Assam to Ranjana and Pravanjan Dev Varman a retired income tax commissioner He belongs to the Indian state of Tripura His family moved to Calcutta when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there until he was 8 8 His father s work took the family to Madras Chennai where Somdev grew up beginning tennis at age 9 and studied at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School 9 Devvarman started competing in Futures tournaments in 2002 at the age of 17 His biggest achievement during this time was a victory in the Kolkata F2 championship in 2004 after which he rose to 666 in the world rankings He moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at the University of Virginia Somdev while at college won the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship by defeating Georgia Bulldog s senior the top seed John Isner in the final A year later he defeated Tennessee s J P Smith to win his second consecutive NCAA Singles National Championship Devvarman becomes the 13th player in the 124 year history of the tournament to win consecutive titles and just the fourth to do so in the past 50 years with an unprecedented 44 1 record in 2008 Somdev finished university with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008 He won his first career title that year at a Futures tournament in Rochester New York The University of Virginia retired Devvarman s jersey in 2009 10 At the end of 2010 he was felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai Professional results edit nbsp The Minister of State Independent Charge for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken presenting the Arjuna Award for the year 2011 to Somdev Kishore Devvarman in New Delhi on September 20 2011Early career edit After graduating from the University of Virginia Devvarman signed with Mamba International 11 a sports management company based in Charlottesville and started his professional career at the Futures tournament in Rochester New York where he won the singles title He and his former university partner Treat Huey won the doubles title The next week at another Futures match in Pittsburgh Devvarman and Huey won the doubles title and Devvarman the singles Devvarman made the final of the Kennedy Funding Invitational in New York in July 2007 In a clay court non tour event which included several players ranked in the top 150 Devvarman defeated Ricardo Mello Robert Kendrick and Justin Gimelstob before losing a three set match to No 69 Michael Russell in the final He returned and won the tournament in 2008 beating Sam Querrey and Dudi Sela along the way On 27 July 2008 Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger first coming through qualifying and then beating players including Bobby Reynolds Xavier Malisse and Robert Kendrick to take the title He received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinals before his first professional defeat by Go Soeda In August 2008 Devvarman made the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic first beating Sam Warburg Jamie Baker and Soeda to qualify and then beating Taylor Dent and Robert Kendrick in the main draw before losing to Russian Igor Kunitsyn At the BCR Bucharest Open Devvarman lost to world No 18 Nicolas Almagro after winning the first set in the first round having beaten No 93 Italian Filippo Volandri in the final round of qualifying Devvarman ended 2008 ranked as world No 204 He had started the year at No 1033 2009 First ATP final edit nbsp Somdev Devvarman in New YorkDevvarman reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2009 Chennai Open the first tournament of the new season beating two time Chennai Open champion and world No 42 Carlos Moya of Spain and No 25 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia Rainer Schuttler of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinals meaning that Devvarman progressed to the final In the final he lost to Marin Cilic of Croatia At the year s first Grand Slam the Australian Open Somdev was seeded 28th in singles qualifying He beat Prakash Amritraj in his first qualifying round then lost to unseeded Lukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round After some poor results in qualifying and Challenger tournaments Somdev had a successful Davis Cup campaign winning both his matches against Chinese Taipei including a critical reverse singles match against world No 59 Yen Hsun Lu to lead India to victory In the second Grand Slam of 2009 the French Open Devvarman was seeded 26th in singles qualifying He defeated Joao Souza of Brazil in the first round and ousted Brit Alex Bogdanovic before losing to third seed and world No 96 Marcos Daniel At the third Grand Slam of the year Wimbledon Somdev seeded 14th in qualifying failed to advance to the singles draw losing in the first round to Jean Rene Lisnard of Monaco In doubles Devvarman and partner Kevin Anderson advanced to the main draw but lost to the fourth seeded pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles Devvarman had poor clay and grass court seasons but was more successful upon return to hard courts reaching the semifinals of the Comerica Bank Challenger He then caused a major upset in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic avenging his defeat in the Chennai Open against Marin Cilic After beating Poland s Jerzy Janowicz Devvarman became the first Indian in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles tournament since Prakash Amritraj in 2002 In the US Open Devvarman beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw He beat Frederico Gil in the first round In the second round he lost to 24th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 2010 edit nbsp XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Somdev Devvarman in action against Amresh Jayawickreme of Sri Lanka at R K Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi on October 06 2010Devvarman reached the quarterfinals of the SA Open in Johannesburg He also reached the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 series Dubai Tennis Championships where he lost against Marcos Baghdatis He also led India s Davis Cup team in their match against Russia Somdev qualified for the 2010 French Open and lost to Switzerland s Marco Chiudinelli in the first round He achieved direct entry to the 2010 US Open where he lost to Kevin Anderson in the first round Somdev competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate Treat Huey where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam ul Haq Qureshi On 10 October 2010 Somdev won the men s tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi by beating Greg Jones of Australia in straight sets On 23 November 2010 Somdev also won the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou China by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets The day before he had teamed up with Sanam Singh to win the gold in the doubles event 12 However because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not ATP tour events Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points Somdev rose to a career high ranking of No 94 on 25 October 2011 Breakthrough edit Somdev started 2011 ranked at No 108 He started the season with the Chennai Open an ATP 250 tournament and lost to qualifier David Goffin in the first round Somdev got a wild card to the 2011 Australian Open due to his good performance in 2010 Playing this tournament for the first time in his career he lost to Tommy Robredo in the first round Somdev was top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament where he lost to Andrej Martin of Slovakia in the quarterfinals Somdev was given direct entry into the South African Tennis Open 2011 an ATP 250 tournament by virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit He lost to Kevin Anderson in the final After this tournament Somdev reached a ranking of No 80 as he claimed 150 ATP points from this tournament He then travelled to Dubai where he obtained a wild card for the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships He faced world No 2 Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships where he lost Somdev lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat and moved to No 93 Then Somdev went to Serbia for the first round of the Davis cup World Group Somdev played two singles rubbers and one doubles against the Serbs He defeated Janko Tipsarevic in the second rubber Somdev showed remarkable resilience in rallying from an identical down 1 4 in the first two sets and clinching the third set on a tie break to overpower world No 45 Tipsarevic After this match India managed to keep the scoreline on 1 1 the opening day In the fourth rubber of the tie Somdev faced Victor Troicki and lost Somdev moved to No 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011 After playing the Davis Cup Somdev played at the BNP Paribas Open Somdev reached the fourth round of the tournament This is his best performance at an ATP Masters 1000 event so far He started the tournament from qualification rounds and then in the main draw he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the first round Then he created a huge upset by beating world No 22 Marcos Baghdatis in the second round Then he stunned Xavier Malisse world No 52 in the third round He faced world No 1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round and lost after giving a tough fight Somdev moved to world No 73 on 21 March 2011 After his good performance at Indian Wells Somdev played the Sony Ericsson Miami Masters ATP 1000 tournament He defeated world No 47 Potito Starace in the first round in straight sets and then stunned big serving sensation Milos Raonic world No 34 in a tough straight set match In the third round he lost to Spain s No 6 ranked David Ferrer 13 Somdev started his clay season at the 2011 US Men s Clay Court Championships in Houston Texas He lost to world No 27 Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the second round After taking three weeks rest he reached Belgrade to play the Serbia open He defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round Then he stunned world No 26 Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the second round In the quarterfinals he lost to world No 36 Janko Tipsarevic He moved to his career best ranking of No 70 on 2 May 2011 He lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open to Ivan Ljubicic 14 Devvarman lost in the 2011 Wimbledon singles second round losing to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 15 In the Atlanta Tennis Championships Somdev reached the quarterfinals where he lost to Mardy Fish 16 He finished the year ranked No 66 in the world 2012 Shoulder injury edit Devvarman began 2012 with a recurring shoulder injury 17 which ended with him not competing in the first half of the season 18 He returned to action in accepting a wildcard entry to participate in men s singles event at the 2012 London Olympics 19 Somdev lost to Tom Burn in the Great Britain F13 event in the first round He then lost to Benjamin Becker of Germany in straight sets at Winston Salem in the qualifiers Somdev entered the main draw of US Open with a protected ranking of 85 He lost to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the first round He was then defeated by Ernests Gulbis in the first round of Erste Bank Open His only wins in the season came in the Charlottesville Challenger where he reached the quarterfinals after receiving a wildcard entry into the main draw He ended the year ranked No 664 in the world having been largely inactive in 2012 2013 Return to Top 100 edit nbsp Somdev Devvarman at 2013 US Open2013 saw Devvarman apparently recovered from the injuries that had prevented him competing in much of 2012 He won through to the second round of the Chennai Open before succumbing to Tomas Berdych He then played in the Australian open where he advanced to the second round beating world No 78 Bjorn Phau of Germany However he lost in the second round to world No 24 Jerzy Janowicz despite winning the first two sets Somdev entered the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament where he won against qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round He then lost the second round to fourth seeded Jurgen Melzer He played in Open 13 where he caused an upset against Benoit Paire in the first round before bowing out of the tournament against Australian Bernard Tomic in the second round He defeated qualifier Igor Kunitsyn in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships before losing to No 7 Juan Martin del Potro in the second round Somdev entered the qualifying draw of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open using his protected ranking of 85 However he lost to Matteo Viola in the first round Somdev beat Evgeny Donskoy in the first round of the 2013 Sony Open Tennis He then played lucky loser Edouard Roger Vasselin of France in the second round where he registered a come from behind victory in three sets He next faced No 1 Novak Djokovic in the third round where he lost in straight sets His performance in Miami was a personal best since his comeback from the shoulder injury Somdev played Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the first round of 2013 US Men s Clay Court Championships Somdev used his protected ranking of 85 for the last time to enter this tournament However he lost in the first round He entered the draw at the Sarasota Open In singles he defeated Jesse Levine in the first round He then faced Ilija Bozoljac whom he defeated in straight sets In the quarterfinals Somdev defeated Mischa Zverev Somdev lost to qualifier Alex Kuznetsov in the semifinals He won the doubles title with his partner Ilija Bozoljac after qualifying into the main draw He entered the main draw of the Savannah Challenger where he won his round of 32 match against Nikoloz Basilashvili as his opponent retired after the first Somdev however lost his next match to Facundo Arguello Somdev then played at the Tallahassee Challenger but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Denis Kudla At the French Open he qualified for the main draw In the first round he beat Daniel Munoz De La Nava in straight sets Then he had a second round match up with Roger Federer but he lost in straight sets Somdev then went to play in the Caltanissetta Challenger where he won his first round against Eduardo Schwank after Schwank retired in the second set Somdev defeated Leonardo Mayer in the second round and won his quarterfinal match against Federico Delbonis He lost in the semifinals to Dusan Lajovic in straight sets Somdev won against Brydan Klein in straight sets in the first round of the Aegon Nottingham Challenger In the second round he defeated Jack Sock He defeated Donald Young in the quarterfinals He however had to face defeat in the semifinals to Steve Johnson Somdev faced Matt Reid in the first round of the Wimbledon qualifiers He lost the match 6 7 4 6 4 16 18 Somdev s first tournament after Wimbledon was the 2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships Singles where Somdev reached the semifinals before losing to Jack Sock He then entered qualifying at the 2013 BB amp T Atlanta Open Singles where he lost in the second round to fellow countryman Prakash Amritraj 2014 edit In February 2014 Devvarman defeated Kazakhstan s Aleksandr Nedovyesov to win the singles of the 2014 ONGC GAIL Delhi Open 20 2015 edit He defended his title in February against Yuki Bhambri in the 2015 Delhi Open 2017 Retirement edit On 1 January 2017 Devvarman announced his retirement from professional tennis 21 National representation editDavis Cup edit Devvarman made his Davis Cup debut for India in 2008 against Uzbekistan at the age of 22 In the second rubber of the tie Devvarman faced Denis Istomin and fell in straight sets With the tie locked at two match victories each Devvarman was substituted for countrymen Prakash Amritraj in the fifth rubber Amritraj would be victorious in four sets Devvarman would return to the team in the 2008 World Group Playoffs to face Romania He would fall short in both his singles matches and keep India in the zonals for another year India started 2009 by playing Chinese Taipei in the Asia Oceania Group 1 quarterfinal India won 3 2 with a significant contribution from Devvarman who won both his ties against Ti Chen and Yen Hsun Lu The team later travelled to Johannesburg to face South Africa in the World Group play offs Somdev won both his ties and India won the tie 4 1 to move back into the World Group India faced Russia in the World Group round 1 at Moscow India lost the tie 2 3 which included two losses from Somdev India hosted Brazil at Chennai in the World Group Play off tie Somdev lost to Ricardo Mello on day 1 and India went down 0 2 India went to win the tie 3 2 in a come from behind fashion which included a win from Somdev as his opponent Thomaz Bellucci retired whilst he was trailing 6 7 3 0 4 This meant that India would once again be a part of the World Group India drew defending champions Serbia for Round 1 The tie was played at Novi Sad Somdev played Janko Tipsarevic in the second rubber and won in straight sets 7 5 7 5 7 6 3 This was a major upset and gave India a realistic chance of reaching the round 2 Due to the absence of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi Somdev teamed up with Rohan Bopanna for the Doubles rubber on Saturday The Indians lost 6 4 3 6 4 6 6 7 10 Somdev played Viktor Troicki in a make or break match for India However he lost in straight sets 4 6 2 6 5 7 India eventually lost the tie 1 4 with the only win coming from Devvarman India later travelled to Tokyo to play against Japan in the World Group Play off Somdev lost against Yuichi Sugita in the first rubber 3 6 4 6 5 7 He didn t play the reverse singles due to a shoulder problem which eventually would make him miss most of the tennis in 2012 India lost the tie 1 4 to Japan which resulted in relegation back to Asia Oceania Group 1 India had to face South Korea at home in an Asia Oceania Group 1 tie 11 players including Somdev had boycotted this tie due to misunderstandings with the All India Tennis Association India lost that tie to South Korea 1 4 India hosted Indonesia in a relegation play off tie at Bangalore Somdev won both his singles matches as India won the tie 5 0 to stay in the Asia Oceania Group 1 Olympics edit Competing in his maiden Olympics at London 2012 Devvarman entered the Men s singles via a wildcard entry He was defeated by Finland s Jarkko Nieminen Commonwealth Games edit For the first time in Commonwealth Games history tennis was held at the 2010 Delhi games Playing in front of a home crowd Devvarman entered the Men s singles and Men s doubles He won the gold medal in singles Asian Games edit Somdev represented India at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou China He won the Gold Medal in the men s singles event where he defeated Denis Istomin 6 1 6 2 in the final He also won the Gold Medal in the men s doubles event with his partner Sanam Singh They defeated Gong Maoxin and Li Zhe of China in the final 6 3 6 7 4 10 8 Somdev was also a part of the Men s Team which won the bronze medal Management editDevvarman is now professionally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi s company Globosport He is sponsored by Lacoste and Babolat Personal life editHis parents are from the state of Tripura in India Devvarman belongs to Tripura s erstwhile royal family 22 He is the grandson of Tripura s late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman popularly known as Bidurkarta 23 He is a big fan of Roger Federer He idolises the Krishnans Ramesh Krishnan Ramanathan Krishnan Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi He likes watching cricket and idolises Sachin Tendulkar His favourite film is Good Will Hunting and his favourite actress is Priyanka Chopra Devvarman s favourite food is Sambar Rice Devvarman s favourite musician is Dave Matthews 8 ATP career finals editSingles 2 2 runner ups edit LegendGrand 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 0 2 Titles by surfaceHard 0 2 Clay 0 0 Grass 0 0 Titles by settingOutdoor 0 1 Indoor 0 1 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Jan 2009 Chennai Open India 250 Series Hard nbsp Marin Cilic 4 6 6 7 3 7 Loss 0 2 Feb 2011 SA Tennis Open South Africa 250 Series Hard i nbsp Kevin Anderson 6 4 3 6 2 6Doubles 1 1 runner up edit LegendGrand 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 0 1 Titles by surfaceHard 0 1 Clay 0 0 Grass 0 0 Titles by settingOutdoor 0 1 Indoor 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Jul 2011 Los Angeles Open United States 250 Series Hard nbsp Treat Huey nbsp Mark Knowles nbsp Xavier Malisse 6 7 3 7 6 7 10 12 Performance timelines editKey W F SF QF R RR Q P DNQ A Z PO G S B NMS NTI P NH W winner F finalist SF semifinalist QF quarterfinalist R rounds 4 3 2 1 RR round robin stage Q qualification round P preliminary round DNQ did not qualify A absent Z Davis Fed Cup Zonal Group with number indication or PO play off G gold S silver or B bronze Olympic Paralympic medal NMS not a Masters tournament NTI not a Tier I tournament P postponed NH not held SR strike rate events won competed W L win loss record Singles edit Current till 2015 US Open Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A Q2 Q3 1R A 2R 1R Q1 Q1 0 3 1 3 25 00French Open A Q3 1R 1R A 2R 1R Q2 A 0 4 1 4 20 00Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 2R A Q1 1R Q1 A 0 2 1 2 33 33US Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 A 0 5 2 5 28 57Win loss 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 14 26 32Davis Cup PO PO 1R PO A A A A A 0 5 6 8 42 86ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells Masters A A Q2 4R A Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 1 3 1 75 00Miami Masters A A Q2 3R A 3R Q1 A A 0 2 4 2 66 67Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Madrid Masters A A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Canada Masters A A 1R A A A A A A 0 1 0 1 0 00Cincinnati Masters A A 1R Q1 A A Q1 A A 0 1 0 1 0 00Shanghai Masters A A A 1R A Q2 Q1 A A 0 1 0 1 0 00Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 6 53 85Career statisticsTitles Finals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00Year end ranking 204 126 108 66 664 90 139 177 909 1 459 122Doubles edit Current till 2013 US Open tennis Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A 2R A A A 0 1 1 1French Open A A 1R A A 0 1 0 1Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R A A 0 3 1 3US Open A A 3R A A 0 1 2 1Win loss 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 6Sources edit Somdev Devvarman ATP World Tour Archived from the original on 6 June 2015 Retrieved 25 June 2012 Devvarman Repeats as NCAA Tennis Singles Champion VirginiaSports com Archived from the original on 5 August 2012 Retrieved 6 November 2010 LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS Football Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports yas nic in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Archived from the original on 25 December 2007 Retrieved 25 December 2007 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 Tennis ATP World Tour Devvarman Presented With Arjuna Award ATP World Tour Archived from the original on 23 October 2012 Retrieved 14 December 2012 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 a b Is He 26 October 2009 Racquetman The Telegraph Calcutta India Archived from the original on 2 November 2012 Retrieved 27 July 2011 Diwan Kunal 31 December 2010 Somdev hopes to break into the top 50 The Hindu Chennai India Archived from the original on 3 January 2011 Retrieved 31 December 2010 Devvarman s Jersey Retired Archived 7 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Youtube 26 January 2009 Doing the Deal Differently Somdev Devvarman Signs with Mamba International permanent dead link Team Mamba Blog 22 July 2008 Asian Games Somdev Devvarman wins seventh gold for India The Times of India 23 November 2010 Archived from the original on 24 November 2010 Retrieved 23 November 2010 Somdev goes down fighting to Ferrer in Miami The Times of India Archived from the original on 3 January 2013 Retrieved 28 March 2011 Somdev beat Ljubicic in straight sets in French Open The Times of India Archived from the original on 26 September 2022 Retrieved 24 May 2011 Somdev crashes out of Wimbledon Archived from the original on 19 March 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2011 Mardy Fish storms into semifinals at Atlanta Tennis Championships Archived from the original on 2 February 2013 Retrieved 23 July 2011 Somdev pulls out of Chennai Open due to shoulder injury The Times of India Archived from the original on 16 February 2013 Retrieved 5 January 2013 Basra Sukhwant Devvarman ready to shoulder the burden Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 2 January 2013 Retrieved 5 January 2013 Sania Somdev get wild card for London Olympics 26 June 2012 Archived from the original on 26 June 2012 Retrieved 26 June 2012 Somdev Devvarman wins Men s Single of Delhi ATP Challenger IANS news biharprabha com Archived from the original on 4 July 2015 Retrieved 23 February 2014 India s Somdev Devvarman announces retirement from pro tennis IndianExpress PTI 1 January 2017 Archived from the original on 22 December 2017 Retrieved 20 December 2017 Somdev Devvarman Shinning Bright Archived 24 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine India north east com Tripura celebrates as Somdev scripts history 2 Sports in msn com 11 October 2010 Archived from the original on 21 March 2012 Retrieved 14 December 2012 External links editSomdev Devvarman at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Somdev Devvarman at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Somdev Devvarman at the Davis Cup nbsp 2007 NCAA Men s Tennis Champ Interview by Ranjit Souri in The desiConnect ARRIVAL OF Somdev Dev Varman By Sunil Yajaman AITA Development Officer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Somdev Devvarman amp oldid 1171422919, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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