Rohan Bopanna

Player

Birthday March 4, 1980

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Age 44 years old

Nationality India

Height 1.93 m

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1942

He entered 42nd Van Keeken Tournament where he lost in singles to Julien Cassaigne in straight sets.

In the doubles he was seeded 4th with Bhatt Ravikiran where they lost in Quarter-finals to Jonas Froberg and Alexander Hartman in straight sets.

This was Bopanna's junior Career's last tournament he entered.

Bopanna had a very poor performances in early phase of his senior career.

1980

Rohan Machanda Bopanna ( born 4 March 1980) is an Indian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

He attained the world No. 1 ranking after winning his first major doubles title at the 2024 Australian Open with Matthew Ebden, becoming the oldest first-time No. 1 at the age of 43.

1995

1996

Bopanna entered his 1st ever ITF Junior tournament which was India ITF Junior World Ranking Event 1996.

He won his singles 1st round match against Girish Ramchandani in straight sets.

This was his 1st win in the junior level on his 1st appearance.

But he lost his next match in straight sets to Yeni Sandeep in straight sets.

In the doubles, he partnered Akshay Jagdale where they lost in straight sets to Harsh Mankad and Rishi Sridhar.

Bopanna started the year at Indian ITF Junior Tournament 1 where he had qualified for main draw by getting a bye and beating compatriots Vivek Bhakuni, Nikhil Murali and Arjun Shetty respectively all in straight sets.

But he lost in the 1st round to Vijayendra Laad 1-6,6-2,4-6.

In the doubles he partnered Samrat Bhasin but they also lost in 1st round to Austrians Christoph Haid and Hubert Suppan in straight sets.

Bopanna won the 1st Arab Championships with Rohan Saikia.

This was his 1st ever Junior Level Title.

He then won Arab Contractors International Junior Championships with Rohan Saikia.

He and Rohan then made it to the semi-finals of Kuwait Junior Open where they lost in a high tense match to pair of German Airan Kiebel and Pakistani Syed Nasir AliSherazi 4-6,7-6,4-6.

He ended the year at Duncans ITF Junior World Tennis Championships where he had a 2nd round exit in singles losing to Tembe Kedar and in doubles he partnered with Vijayendra Laad where they lost at semi-finals to top seeds and eventual winners Indo-Brit pair of Manoj Mahadevan and James Auckland in straight sets.

He achieved his highest ITF Junior Ranking of 601 on 31 December.

Bopanna started the year by winning Indian ITF Junior Tournament 1 with Bhatt Ravikiran.

In the next tournament which was Indian ITF Junior Tournament 2, they were top seeds but got ousted by Saif Ali and Vijay Kannan in first round.

He retired in Quarter-finals of singles to Vijay Kannan in first set.

At Namangan International Junior Tournament, he lost in first round to Sergei Pozdnev in straight sets, he was top seed in doubles with Denis Surotin where easily won their first round in straight sets but lost in Quarter-finals.

2002

Bopanna was a member of the Indian Davis Cup team from 2002 to 2023, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Bopanna has been playing tennis since he was 11.

His father is a coffee planter and his mother is a housewife.

2010

Bopanna had a partnership with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan for several years, with the pair known as the IndoPak Express. They were runners-up at the 2010 US Open.

2012

Bopanna was a finalist at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2012 and 2015 with different partners.

2017

He has won two major titles in doubles at the 2017 French Open mixed doubles alongside Gabriela Dabrowski (becoming the fourth Indian major winner after Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes and Sania Mirza) and the 2024 Australian Open, becoming the oldest major winner in the Open Era in the latter.

2018

Bopanna also reached major finals at the 2018 and 2023 Australian Opens in mixed doubles; and in the 2023 US Open men's doubles.

Bopanna has also won 25 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including five at the Masters 1000 level, with a title at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters making him the oldest Masters winner.

He again had a first round exit in singles at 18th Tashkent International Junior Tournament where he lost to 8th seeded Denis Kurmatov in straight sets but reached semi-finals of doubles with Sergei Pozdnev where they lost to 2nd seeds in straight sets.

He then again reached semi-finals of EA-Generali-Cup with Bhatt Ravikiran where they again lost to 2nd seeds in straight sets.

But his bad form in the singles continued as be failed to qualify for main draw after losing to Andreas Reinsprecht in 2nd round after receiving bye in first round as he was seeded 3rd.

He again reached semi-finals with Bhatt Ravikiran at ITF Frankfurt Championships where they lost in straight sets.

This was his 3rd consecutive semi-final appearance in doubles.

He lost to David Sanger in straight sets in final qualifier round of LTA International Junior Championships.

But still received entry in main draw as a lucky loser but his luck didn't continued as he lost to Ignacio Gonzalez-King in straight sets of first round.