Rohan Bopanna

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Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna, St. Petersburg Open 2008
Country	India
Residence	Bangalore, India
Date of birth	March 4, 1980 (1980-03-04) (age 29)
Place of birth	Bangalore, India
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	82 kg (180 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$ 358,891
Singles
Career record	9–22
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 213 (23 July, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	33–33
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 43 (14 July, 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	1R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	1R (2008)
Last updated on: June 4, 2009.

Rohan Bopanna (Kannada/Kodava Takk:ರೊಹನ್ ಬೊಪಣ್ಣ) (born 4 March 1980) is an Indian professional tennis player, and Indian singles number 2.

Bopanna, who started playing tennis at age 11, reached his career high singles rankings on 27 February 2006 when he reached the 230th position in the ATP Rankings. He reached his first ATP doubles final at the Chennai Open, paired with Prakash Amritraj, but the lost to Michal Mertinak and Petr Pála. Then in June, he faced Roger Federer at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. At the Kingfisher Airlines Open in Mumbai, he reached his second final with Mustafa Ghouse, however they were beaten by Mario Ančić and Mahesh Bhupathi

This saw him reach 107th spot in the ATP Doubles Rankings, which was a career high as well. He has played several times for the Indian Davis Cup team and also featured at the 2007 Hopman Cup alongside Sania Mirza, where he lost his first single match, but clinched a 2–1 victory over the Czech Republic in the final and decisive doubles match. In their second confrontation against Croatia the same scenario happened again as Mirza won her match, Bopanna lost his single, but together they managed to defeat the Croats to end up with four points out of two matches. This result increased their chances of reaching the final with one more clash versus Spain to go. India eventually lost to Spain, which qualified for the final themselves, to lose against Russia.

He paired up with Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the middle of 2007, nick named the 'Indo-Pak Express' they went on to win 4 Challenger titles in a row. They reached the final of the Kingfisher Airlines Open in Mumbai, but fell at the last hurdle to Robert Lindstedt and Jarkko Nieminen. With this his double rankings moved up to a new high of 66.

After his creditable performance in the 2008 Australian Open Doubles, Rohan has touched a career high rank of 56. He teamed up with Qureshi for the French Open where they lost to first seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.

After losing Newport final with Qureshi, he finally broke his duck, winning his first ATP doubles title in Los Angeles with Eric Butorac. He teamed up with Qureshi again for the US Open, but lost in the first round.

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2009

Rohan started 2009 well by qualifying for the Chennai Open but he lost in the 1st round in the Main Draw.

ATP Doubles Titles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	August 4, 2008	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Eric Butorac	Travis Parrott Dušan Vemić	7–6(5), 7–6(5)

ATP Doubles Runner-ups

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 2, 2006	Chennai, India	Hard	Prakash Amritraj	Michal Mertinak Petr Pála	2–6 5–7
2.	September 25, 2006	Mumbai, India	Hard	Mustafa Ghouse	Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi	4–6 7–6(6) 8-10
3.	September 24, 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Robert Lindstedt Jarkko Nieminen	6–7(3) 6–7(5)
4.	July 13, 2008	Newport, United States	Grass	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Mardy Fish John Isner	4–6 6–7(1)
5.	October 18, 2008	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6–3 6–7(4) 8-10
6.	February 15, 2009	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jarkko Nieminen	Tommy Haas Radek Štěpánek	2–6 3–6

External links

• http://gosports.in/athletes/rohan/profile.html
• Rohan Bopanna at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bopanna and Qureshi team up
• Bopanna and Qureshi spark India-Pakistan tennis diplomacy
• INTERVIEW-Tennis-Open-Friendship not politics behind pairing