Vishnu Vardhan


Vishnu Vardhan, also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professional tennis player from India. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event. He was featured as ITF player of April 2011. He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016

Personal life

Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad.

Career

Vishnuvardhan was 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.
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.
J.Vishnuvardhan won this first futures tournament on 11 July.
In 2012, Vishnu won the Zuari Garden City-ITF against Sriram Balaji 7–6, 6–3.
Vishnu won the Toyota Bangalore Open ITF in June 2012 by defeating Ti-Chen of Chinese Taipei 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.
Vishnu participated in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Leander Paes. Vishnu and partner Leander Paes crashed out of the Olympic doubles after a 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 defeat against French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra. Vishnu won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016 by defeating left-hander Siddharth Vishwakarma from Varanasi 6-3, 6-4. For the year of 2018, Vishnu is focusing on doubles by partnering with Sriram Balaji with a goal of playing at the Wimbledon.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (10–14)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1India F3, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri6–7, 4–6
Win1–1India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 6–2
Loss1–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Kim Young-jun3–6, 6–7
Loss1–3India F8, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 3–6
Loss1–4India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Rupesh Roy6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Loss1–5Great Britain F12, LondonFuturesHard Joshua Milton6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Loss1–6Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Danai Udomchoke2–6, 3–6
Win2–6India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win3–6India F4, NoidaFuturesHard Kim Young-jun7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss3–7India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Patrik Rosenholm6–5 ret.
Loss3–8India F10, PuneFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan4–6, 5–7
Win4–8India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win5–8Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Ivan Sergeyev6–3, 7–6
Win6–8India F8, MysoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji7–6, 6–3
Win7–8India F9, BangaloreFuturesHard Chen Ti6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss7–9India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Antal van der Duim5–7, 3–6
Loss7–10India F6, MysoreFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss7–11India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard Antoine Escoffier6–7, 2–6
Loss7–12India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard Antoine Escoffier2–6, 6–7
Loss7–13India F15, MaduraiFuturesHard Sumit Nagal6–7, 6–7
Win8–13India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard David Agung Susanto6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win9–13India F3, JassowalFuturesHard Dalwinder Singh7–6, 6–4
Win10–13India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji6–4, 6–3
Loss10–14India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji2–6, 6–7

Doubles: 69 (41–28)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1India F4, GurgaonFuturesHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Wang Yu jr.		6–7, 4–6
Win1–1India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya		6–3, 4–6,
Loss1–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Ashutosh Singh
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya		2–6, 2–6
Win2–2India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Mithun Murali
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		4–6, 7–5,
Win3–2India F4, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Tushar Liberhan
Vishal Punna		6–1, 6–3
Win4–2India F5, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja		6–1, 7–5
Win5–2India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh		6–3, 6–4
Win6–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Sean Thornley		6–3, 6–7,
Loss6–3India F9, New DelhiFuturesHard Ashutosh Singh Chris Eaton
Rohan Gajjar		6–7, 6–7
Loss6–4India F10, KolkataFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja		4–6, 5–7
Win7–4India F11, PuneFuturesHard Divij Sharan Rohan Gajjar
Purav Raja		7–5, 6–3
Loss7–52010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles|Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Divij Sharan Martin Fischer
Philipp Oswald		1–6, 2–6
Loss7–6India F1, KolkataFuturesHard Divij Sharan Vivek Shokeen
Ashutosh Singh		3–6, 2–6
Win8–6India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Vignesh Peranamallur		2–6, 6–3,
Win9–6Great Britain F8, ManchesterFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Barry King
Ashwin Kumar		6–2, 7–5
Loss9–7Great Britain F9, IlkleyFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Andrew Fitzpatrick
Josh Goodall		6–3, 5–7,
Win10–7Great Britain F11, ChiswickFuturesHard Divij Sharan James Chaudry
George Coupland		6–2, 6–2
Loss10–82010 Karshi Challenger – Doubles|Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Divij Sharan Gong Maoxin
Li Zhe		3–6, 1–6
Loss10–9Spain F35, MartosFuturesHard Divij Sharan Agustín Boje-Ordóñez
Pablo Martín-Adalia		6–3, 6–7,
Loss10–10Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Danai Udomchoke
Kittiphong Wachiramanowong		4–6, 4–6
Win11–10Australia F2, BerriFuturesGrass Divij Sharan Chris Letcher
Brendan Moore		4–6, 6–3,
Win12–10India F2, KolkataFuturesClay Divij Sharan Sriram Balaji
Ashutosh Singh		7–6, 7–6
Win13–10India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Bumpei Sato		6–4, 4–6,
Win14–102011 Astana Cup – Doubles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Karan Rastogi Harri Heliövaara
Denys Molchanov		7–6, 2–6,
Loss14–11Nigeria F3, LagosFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Yuki Bhambri
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		2–6, 5–7
Loss14–12India F10, PuneFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Rohan Gajjar
Alexander Satschko		6–4, 6–7,
Win15–12India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Karan Rastogi Sriram Balaji
Vijayant Malik		6–1, 6–3
Loss15–132012 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Doubles|Burnie, AustraliaChallengerHard Divij Sharan John Peers
John-Patrick Smith		2–6, 4–6
Loss15–142012 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles|Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Divij Sharan Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Ivan Sergeyev		4–6, 6–7
Win16–142012 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open – Doubles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Divij Sharan Lee Hsin-han
Peng Hsien-yin		6–3, 6–4
Loss16–15India F4, ChandigarhFuturesHard Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		3–6, 4–6
Win17–15Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset		6–2, 6–7,
Loss17–16Gabon F2, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sam Barry
Elie Rousset		0–6, 0–6
Loss17–172014 State Bank of India ATP Challenger Tour – Doubles|Kolkata, IndiaChallengerHard Divij Sharan Saketh Myneni
Sanam Singh		3–6, 6–3,
Win18–17India F3, ChennaiFuturesClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		7–6, 6–3
Loss18–18Uzbekistan F2, NamanganFuturesHard Piotr Gadomski Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		3–6, 1–6
Win19–18Thailand F7, BangkokFuturesHard Christopher Rungkat Timo Sivapruksa
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul		6–1, 6–2
Loss19–19India F6, KolkataFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		4–6, 2–6
Win20–19India F7, RaipurFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vinayak Sharma Kaza
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		2–6, 6–3,
Win21–19India F2, BhimavaramFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan		6–7, 6–3,
Win22–19India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Bhavesh Gour
Sidharth Rawat		6–3, 6–0
Win23–19India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Antoine Escoffier
Hugo Grenier		6–4, 6–2
Win24–19India F16, GwaliorFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Ramkumar Ramanathan		6–4, 7–6
Win25–19India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Yuichi Ito
Sho Katayama		6–1, 6–4
Loss25–202016 Fergana Challenger – Men's Doubles|Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Yannick Jankovits
Luca Margaroli		4–6, 6–7
Win26–20Zimbabwe F2, HarareFuturesHard Hugo Nys Nicolaas Scholtz
Tucker Vorster		6–4, 6–2
Win27–20Zimbabwe F3, HarareFuturesHard Hugo Nys Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock		6–7, 6–4,
Loss27–21Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Huang Liang-chi
Wang Aoran		3–6, 6–4,
Win28–21India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Kunal Anand
Anvit Bendre		6–3, 6–4
Win29–21India F6, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Anvit Bendre
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		6–3, 6–1
Win30–21India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		7–6, 4–6,
Win31–21India F3, GuwahatiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Sanam Singh		6–3, 3–6,
Win32–21India F4, BhilaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Alexander Centenari
Sami Reinwein		6–2, 6–4
Loss32–22India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood		6–2, 4–6,
Win33–22India F6, TrivandrumFuturesClay Sriram Balaji Hung Jui-chen
Wong Hong-kit		6–3, 7–5
Win34–22Uzbekistan F1, BukharaFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Sergey Betov
Vladyslav Manafov		6–4, 7–5
Loss34–23Uzbekistan F2, KarshiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Sanjar Fayziev
Timur Khabibulin		6–7, 3–6
Loss34–242017 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles|Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran Laurynas Grigelis
Zdeněk Kolář		6–7, 3–6
Win35–24Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vladyslav Manafov
Denis Matsukevitch		6–3, 6–2
Win36–242017 Fergana Challenger – Men's Doubles|Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Yuya Kibi
Shuichi Sekiguchi		6–3, 6–3
Win37–242017 President's Cup – Men's Doubles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgenii Tiurnev		7–6, 6–7,
Win38–242017 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles|Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin		6–3, 6–4
Loss38–252017 China International Challenger Jinan – Doubles|Jinan, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng
Peng Hsien-yin		6–4, 4–6,
Win39–252017 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Men's Doubles|Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow		7–6, 7–6
Win40–252018 Chennai Open Challenger – Doubles|Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Cem İlkel
Danilo Petrović		7–6, 5–7,
Win41–252018 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles|Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Mikhail Elgin
Denis Istomin		w/o
Loss41–262018 Sparkassen Open – Doubles|Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Santiago González
Wesley Koolhof		3–6, 3–6
Loss41–272019 Busan Open – Doubles|Busan, Korea, Rep.ChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat		6–7, 1–6
Loss41–282019 Meerbusch Challenger – Doubles|Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Andre Begemann
Florin Mergea		6–7, 7–6,