Purav Raja

Purav Raja

Purav Raja at the 2015 Aegon Surbiton Trophy tournament in London
Country (sports)  India
Born (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985
India
Height 6'0" in
Plays Right-handed
Prize money US$270,281
Singles
Career record 0–1
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 813 (30 July 2007)
Doubles
Career record 30–31
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 65 (14 November 2016)
Current ranking No. 65 (14 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (2016)
Wimbledon 1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 14 November 2016.

Purav Raja (born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 30 July 2007, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 813, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 66 was reached on 31 October 2016.[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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 (2–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 20 July 2013 Claro Open Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Hard India Divij Sharan France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Netherlands Igor Sijsling
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 1. 8 February 2015 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) France Fabrice Martin Croatia Marin Draganja
Finland Henri Kontinen
4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 13 August 2016 Los Cabos Open, Los Cabos, Mexico Hard India Divij Sharan Israel Jonathan Erlich
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)

Challenger finals

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–8)

Doubles: 11 (3–8)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runners-up 1. 16 August 2008 New Delhi 4, India Hard India Rohan Gajjar India Harsh Mankada
India Ashutosh Singh
6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Winners 1. 22 August 2009 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Hard Australia Sadik Kadir Latvia Andis Juška
Latvia Deniss Pavlovs
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Runners-up 2. 6 June 2010 Rome 3, Italy Clay Australia Sadik Kadir Mexico Santiago González
United States Travis Rettenmaier
2–6, 4–6
Runners-up 3. 27 June 2010 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Australia Sadik Kadir Austria Philipp Oswald
Austria Martin Slanar
2–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runners-up 4. 8 August 2010 Beijing, China Hard Australia Sadik Kadir Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Russia Artem Sitak
6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Winners 2. 28 November 2010 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Philippines Treat Conrad Huey Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Kondo
6–1, 6–2
Runners-up 5. 23 October 2011 Seoul, South Korea Hard India Divij Sharan Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runners-up 6. 10 June 2012 Fürth, Germany Clay Australia Rameez Junaid Spain Arnau Brugués-Davi
Portugal João Sousa
5–7, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Runners-up 7. 11 November 2012 Loughborough, United Kingdom Hard India Divij Sharan United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin
4–6, 5–7
Winners 3. 10 March 2013 Kyoto, Japan Synthec India Divij Sharan Australia Chris Guccione
Australia Matt Reid
6–4, 7–5
Runners-up 8. 4 May 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard India Divij Sharan India Prakash Amritraj
United States Rajeev Ram
6–7(1–7), 6–7(1–7)

Personal Life

Purav Raja grew up in Mumbai and began playing tennis when he was 17 years old. His favorite surface is indoor carpet and his favorite shot is the dropshot. Raja's favorite tournament is Wimbledon and his idols growing up were Stefan Edberg and Steven Gerrard. His hobbies are playing pool, cricket and table tennis. Raja say that if he was not a tennis player he would have been a politician. Raja is very active in the Ananda Ashran orphanage and The Fellowship of the Physically Handicapped in Mumbai. Raja splits his training between Mumbai and Bromley.

References

  1. "Purav Raja's biography at ITF". Retrieved 29 January 2011.


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