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Arjun Kadhe

Arjun Kadhe
अर्जुन कढे
Country (sports) India
ResidencePune, India
Born (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30)
Pune, India
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeOklahoma State University (2014–2017)
Prize money$199,753
Singles
Career record0–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 328 (27 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 1448 (14 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record8–10
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 77 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 77 (21 October 2024)
Last updated on: 20 October 2024.

Arjun Kadhe (Marathi: अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 77 achieved on 21 October 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 328 achieved on 27 August 2018.

Kadhe has won one doubles ATP Tour title. He also won 4 ITF Tour singles and 6 ATP Challenger Tour and 7 ITF doubles titles.

Personal and early life

Kadhe was born in Pune to Jayant and Rashmi Kadhe. His father supported him for playing tennis. He attended the Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce before coming to OSU. He also got support from Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and Lakshya, a sports NGO. He finished his graduation from Oklahoma State University in 2017. During his tenure in Oklahoma Kadhe and his doubles partner Julian Cash became the first doubles team in Oklahoma State history to achieve the top spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. The pair scripted 34 wins along with prestigious All-America honours at the NCAA Doubles Championship.[1] Kadhe is coached by Hemant Bendrey.[2]

Professional career

He appeared in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at the junior level over the past two years. Kadhe won his first ITF singles title in November 2017 at Thu Dau Mot City in Vietnam.[2]

He made his singles and doubles ATP World Tour debut at the 2018 Maharashtra Open. In singles, he lost in opening round to compatriot Yuki Bhambri.[3] In doubles he paired with Frenchman Benoît Paire but lost in the first round.

Kadhe became the third Cowboy to ever earn three All-America honors. He compiled a team-high 34 doubles victories with partner Julian Cash. He clinched 20 singles wins primarily playing at the No. 2 position, including two wins over ranked opponents. He defeated seven ranked opponents in doubles with Cash, two of which came in the NCAA Doubles Tournament. He also won the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament in March while teaming with Cash and reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional during fall play. Currently sits in sixth place on OSU's career doubles wins list with 67.[4]

Partnering Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli, Kadhe won his first ATP title at the 2024 Almaty Open, defeating Nicolás Barrientos and Skander Mansouri in the final.[5][6]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2024 Almaty Open,
Kazakhstan
250 Series Hard (i) India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Tunisia Skander Mansouri
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [14–12]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 8 ITF Tour (4–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 India F9, Coimbatore Futures Hard India Sasikumar Mukund 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2017 Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot City Futures Hard Australia Andrew Harris 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–1 Mar 2018 India F1, Bhubaneswar Futures Hard India Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Mar 2018 India F2, Kolkata Futures Hard Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss 0–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Mar 2018 India F4, Trivandrum Futures Hard India Vijay Sundar Prashanth 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 May 2018 Nigeria F3, Abuja Futures Hard Brazil João Menezes 3–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 Mar 2022 M15 Bhopal, India World Tennis Tour Hard India Sidharth Rawat 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 4–4 Mar 2022 M15 Bengaluru, India World Tennis Tour Hard India Sidharth Rawat 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 15 ATP Challenger Tour (6–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–7)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2018 Astana, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Denis Yevseyev Russia Mikhail Elgin
Belarus Yaraslav Shyla
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Jul 2019 Chengdu, China Challenger Hard India Saketh Myneni South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu
6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–2 Nov 2019 Pune, India Challenger Hard India Saketh Myneni India Purav Raja
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 2–2 Jan 2022 Forlì, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Italy Marco Bortolotti Belgium Michael Geerts
United States Alexander Ritschard
7–6(7–5), 6-2
Win 3–2 Feb 2022 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard Austria Alexander Erler India Saketh Myneni
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss 3–3 Sep 2022 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Brazil Fernando Romboli India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 3–4 Jan 2023 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i) India Anirudh Chandrasekar France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2023 Vilnius, Lithuania Challenger Hard (i) Germany Daniel Masur Belarus Ivan Liutarevich
Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
0–6, 2–6
Win 4–5 Feb 2023 Chennai, India Challenger Hard United Kingdom Jay Clarke Austria Sebastian Ofner
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
6–0, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Jul 2023 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Arthur Reymond
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2023 Porto, Portugal Challenger Hard India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Kaito Uesugi
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [5–10]
Win 5–7 Oct 2023 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Serbia Ivan Sabanov
Serbia Matej Sabanov
6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Jan 2024 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Marcus Willis Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Poland Piotr Matuszewski
3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–9 Mar 2024 Murcia, Spain Challenger Clay India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan France Théo Arribagé
Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
5–7, 1–6
Win 6–9 Apr 2024 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Poland Piotr Matuszewski
Australia Matthew Christopher Romios
7–6(7–5), 6–4

References

  1. ^ Phadnis, Ashish (15 November 2017). "Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune's tennis player Arjun Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kumaraswamy, K (28 November 2017). "A monkey off my back:Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ^ Judge, Shahid (3 January 2018). "Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ^ Arjun Kadhe
  5. ^ "Almaty Open 2024 tennis: Arjun Kadhe-Rithvik Bollipalli win maiden ATP Tour title". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Indian duo Arjun and Rithvik win first ATP Tour Title in Almaty". Inside Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2024.