Yuki Bhambri
Yuki Bhambri was born in New Delhi, Delhi, India on July 4th, 1992 and is the Indian Tennis Player. At the age of 31, Yuki Bhambri biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 31 years old, Yuki Bhambri has this physical status:
Bhambri reached the junior No. 1 ranking in the world in February 2009. He won the Junior Australian Open Boys singles title in 2009 by beating Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Greece in the finals.
He competed in all the junior Grand Slams in 2008. He lost at the 2008 Australian Open Boys' Singles in the semifinals to eventual champion Bernard Tomic.
Yuki concluded his season by making history as the first Indian winner of the prestigious Orange Bowl at age 16, beating Jarmere Jenkins of the U.S. in straight sets.
In 2009, Bhambri began the year by winning the junior Australian Open, defeating Alexandros Georgoudas from Greece in the final in only 57 minutes. Throughout the tournament he dropped only one set, becoming the first Indian singles winner of the junior Australian Open and the fourth Indian in history to capture a junior singles grand slam title.
Professional career
Yuki obtained a wild card spot in the doubles main draw pairing with Harsh Mankad at the Chennai Open. At the same event he received a wild card spot in the singles qualifying draw in the Chennai Open where he lost to compatriot Sanam Singh in three sets. Yuki also obtained a wild card position for the 2010 Australian Open qualifying draw as an additional reward for his win at the 2009 Junior Australian Open. After his win in the Orange Bowl, Yuki received a spot in the main draw of the Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to Diego Junqueira in the first round. Following his showing at the Sony Ericsson Open, Yuki played in an ITF Futures Event in New Delhi, India, where he won the tournament, becoming the youngest Indian to win a Futures event; Yuki continued this winning streak by capturing the title of the following Futures event held in the same venue. Yuki made his Davis Cup debut against South Africa in the World Group Play-offs.
In August, Bhambri advanced to the finals of the first Youth Olympics Games in Singapore by defeating Damir Džumhur in three sets. He played Colombian Juan Sebastian Gomez in the finals. After suffering cramps in his thigh, he conceded the match with the score at 1–4 in the third set. This gave him a silver medal at the Youth Olympics.
In May, Yuki won his first ATP men's doubles challenger title with compatriot Divij Sharan at the Busan Challenger. They defeated the Taiwanese duo of Hsieh Cheng-peng and Lee Hsin-han in the finals.
A week later, he defeated Amir Weintraub in straight sets to win the first ATP Challenger singles title of his career in Fergana, Uzbekistan on 20 May 2012.
He reached his first ATP Challenger final of the season at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He lost to Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-hsun in the final.
He won his first ATP Challenger singles title of the season and the second of his career at Traralgon, Australia, defeating American Bradley Klahn in the final.
Bhambri entered the 2014 Australian Open in both singles and doubles. He lost to Potito Starace in the first round of the singles qualifying draw. He entered the men's doubles with Michael Venus from New Zealand as his partner. They defeated Roberto Bautista Agut and Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the first round. In the second round, the pair shocked tenth-seeded Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau by defeating them in straight sets. They finally lost to the 5th-seeded Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek in round 3.
On 8 Feb 2014, Bhambri won his third ATP Challenger singles title at the Sriram Capital PL Reddy Memorial ATP Challenger tennis tournament in Chennai. He defeated Alexander Kudryavtsev of Russia in three sets in the final. He also won the doubles title at the same event with his partner Michael Venus of New Zealand. The pair defeated the Indo-Slovak combination of Sriram Balaji and Blaz Rola in the doubles final.
Later in the year, Bhambri won two medals for India at the 2014 Asian Games. He won bronze in the men's singles category, losing to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the semifinals. He also won bronze in the men's doubles category with Divij Sharan as his partner. The pair lost in the semifinals to the Korean pair of Lim Yong-kyu and Chung Hyeon.
Starting the year as 315th-ranked player in the ATP rankings, Bhambri qualified for the 2015 Australian Open, but lost to Great Britain's Andy Murray in the first round in straight sets.
He then entered the 2015 Delhi Open as a Wildcard and reached the finals, losing to Somdev Devvarman in three sets 3–6, 6–4, 6–0. He maintained his good start of the season and reached the semifinals of the Kazan Kremlin Cup. On 13 September, he defeated Wu Di in the finals of the Shanghai Challenger in three sets 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–3) to win his first title of the season, which helped him reach no. 125 in the ATP rankings. He reached the finals at the OEC Kaohsiung, losing to Hyeon Chung in straight sets 7–5, 6–4.
He broke into the top 100 for the first time in his career on 19 October 2015. He won his first title in India on 31 October, defeating Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets 6–2, 7–6(7–4) in Pune. As a result of his good run, he rose to a career-best ranking of 88 on 9 November. He finished the year ranked 93rd.
Bhambri entered the main draw of the Australian Open for the second consecutive year. He lost in the first round to sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in straight sets.
In February he won his sixth doubles Challenger title at the 2016 Delhi Open, partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.
Bhambri was out of action from March to September because of an elbow injury. This caused his ranking to drop out of the top 500.
Bhambri started his 2017 campaign at the Chennai Open. He won all of his qualifying matches and entered the main draw, where he defeated compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the first round, before losing in round 2 to Benoit Paire. He then entered the qualifying draw of the Australian Open, where he lost in the final qualifying round to Ernesto Escobedo.
In July, Bhambri reached the quarterfinals at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. This was his second quarterfinal on the ATP World Tour, and his first at a 500-level event. Bhambri defeated Stefan Kozlov in the first round and shocked 6th seed and defending champion Gaël Monfils in the second round. He then defeated Guido Pella to reach the quarterfinals where he lost to eventual finalist Kevin Anderson.
In October, Bhambri teamed up with Divij Sharan to enter the Tashkent Challenger. They finished as runners-up, losing to the pair of Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski in the final. In November, he won his second Pune Challenger title, defeating compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the final. This was his sixth Challenger singles title.
Yuki started the year with the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune where he entered the main draw. He defeated compatriot Arjun Kadhe in the opening round but lost to Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the second round. He then entered the qualifying draw of the Australian Open and qualified for the main draw for the third time. He could not proceed further, losing to Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–3 in the first round. In February, Yuki entered the inaugural Chennai Challenger. He reached the final but lost to top seed Jordan Thompson in 3 sets.
In March, he entered the Indian Wells Masters and qualified for the main draw. He defeated Nicolas Mahut in the opening round. In the second round he upset then-world no. 12 Lucas Pouille in straight sets. He eventually lost to Sam Querrey in the third round. Bhambri carried his good form to the next masters at the Miami Open where he qualified for main draw. There he defeated Mirza Basic in the first round before bowing out in the second round with a loss to Jack Sock.
In April, Bhambri won the first Challenger title of the season at the Santaizi Challenger by defeating compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan. With this win he returned to the top 100 rankings.
On the back of his improved rankings, Yuki earned direct entry into the 2018 French Open. This was his first match in the main draw at the event. He lost in the first round to Ruben Bemelmans in straight sets. He also entered the doubles draw with compatriot Divij Sharan. The pair advanced to the second round where they lost to second seeds and eventual finalists Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić.
Yuki also got direct entry into the 2018 Wimbledon Championships for the first time. He lost in the opening round to Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano.
In August, Yuki opted to play at the 2018 US Open instead of representing India at the Asian Games. With his participation at the US Open he completed playing in the main draw at all four grand slams. But he could not earn his maiden win at a slam event, losing in the opening round to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Soon after the US Open, Yuki started struggling with injuries. The correct diagnosis for which was made by Rafael Nadal's doctor.
After being inactive for over two and a half years due to injury, Bhambri returned to the tour at the 2021 Singapore Open when he received a protected ranking spot into the main draw. He lost in the first round to wildcard Matthew Ebden in straight sets.
One week later, Bhambri won an ITF doubles title in India partnering Saketh Myneni. It would be his first title win in almost three years and the result would push him back into the ATP rankings in doubles.
Bhambri received a protected ranking into the qualifying draw of the 2021 Dubai Open. There, he defeated compatriots Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan to qualify for the main draw where he lost in the first round to Aljaž Bedene in three sets. The result would push him back into the ATP rankings in singles.
Bhambri partnered Matthew Ebden in doubles at the 2021 Orlando Open. The pair won their first round match but withdrew from their second round match due to an injury. Bhambri ended the season with a title at ITF India Futures 6 with compatriot Saketh Myneni defeating compatriots SD Prajwal Dev and Rishi Reddy 6–4, 7-6(6) in straight sets.
Bhambri started the year at the Melbourne Summer Set where he partnered Michael Venus in the doubles but they lost in the 1st round to Tallon Griekspoor and Andrea Vavassori 4–6,4–6. At the Australian Open, he was out in the qualifying round where he lost to Tomas Machac 1–6,3–6 in the 2nd round. Bhambri lost in Round of 16 of both singles and doubles of 2022 Maharashtra Open. In the singles event he lost to Stefano Travaglia 3–6,2–6. In the doubles event, he partnered Divij Sharan where they lost to compatriots Saketh Myneni and Sasi Kumar Mukund 3–6,4–6. He and Divij then lost in Quarter-finals of Bengaluru Challenger to 2nd seeds Alexander Erler and Vit Kopriva 4–6,3–6. At the Bengaluru Challenger 2, He and Divij lost to compatriots Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni 1–6,5–7. He then was out in the qualifying round of Dubai Championships where he upset João Sousa 6–3,3–6 and 7–6(7–5) in the 1st round. But just missed to qualify for main draw by losing to Christopher O'Connell 3–6,4–6.
Bhambri won the ITF India F1 tournament with Saketh Myneni after being 2nd seed by defeating compatriots Lohithaksha Bathrinath and Abhinav Sanmugam 6–4,6–1. He and Saketh then were 3rd seeds at ITF India F2 but they lost to 2nd seed compatriots Vishnu Vardhan and Sasi Kumar Mukund 3–6,6–2 and 8–10. But they won the next tournament India F3 by defeating compatriots Vishnu Vardhan and Anirudh Chandrasekhar 6–4,6–2. He and Saketh then entered Salinas Challenger, They upset top seeds compatriots Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–3,7–6(8–6). They went on to win the tournament by defeating 2nd seeds JC Aragone and Roberto Quiroz in the final 4–6,6–3 and 10–7. Bhambri and Myneni then made it to the Quarter-finals of Sarasota Open and Tallahassee Open where they lost to American pair of Alex Lawson and Reese Stalder 6–7,6–3,7–10 and Cristian Rodríguez and Diego Hidalgo 3–6,4–6 respectively. They then lost in the semi-finals of Morelos Open to Nicolás Mejía and Roberto Quiroz after upsetting fourth seeds Skander Mansouri and Michail Pervolarakis in straight sets. Bhambri then entered Open du Pays d'Aix with Ramkumar Ramanathan. They upset top seeds Austin Krajicek and Hugo Nys in the quarter-finals, but lost in semis to eventual champions Titouan Droguet and Kyrian Jacquet in a tiebreak. He and Saketh lost 2nd seeds Sabanov brothers Ivan and Matej in tie-breaker. He received a protected ranking in French Open men's singles qualifiers but lost to Altuğ Çelikbilek in straight sets. Bhambri won the Prostejov Challenger with Myneni. They defeated by defeating 3rd seeds Denys Molchanov and Franko Škugor in quarterfinals, top seeds Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler in semi-finals in straight sets and 2nd seeds Roman Jebavý and Andrej Martin in final to capture the title.