Purav Raja
Quick Facts
Biography
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 61 was reached on 9 January 2017.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 20 July 2013 | Claro Open Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia | Hard | Divij Sharan | Édouard Roger-Vasselin Igor Sijsling | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up | 1. | 8 February 2015 | PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia | Hard (i) | Fabrice Martin | Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 13 August 2016 | Los Cabos Open, Los Cabos, Mexico | Hard | Divij Sharan | Jonathan Erlich Ken Skupski | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 January 2017 | Chennai Open, Chennai, India | Hard | Divij Sharan | Rohan Bopanna Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 3–6, 4–6 |
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 | Rohan Gajjar | Harsh Mankada Ashutosh Singh | 6–4, 4–6, [9–11] |
Winners | 1. | 22 August 2009 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Hard | Sadik Kadir | Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Runners-up | 2. | 6 June 2010 | Rome 3, Italy | Clay | Sadik Kadir | Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier | 2–6, 4–6 |
Runners-up | 3. | 27 June 2010 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Sadik Kadir | Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar | 2–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
Runners-up | 4. | 8 August 2010 | Beijing, China | Hard | Sadik Kadir | Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Artem Sitak | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Winners | 2. | 28 November 2010 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Treat Conrad Huey | Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo | 6–1, 6–2 |
Runners-up | 5. | 23 October 2011 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Divij Sharan | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Runners-up | 6. | 10 June 2012 | Fürth, Germany | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Arnau Brugués-Davi João Sousa | 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [9–11] |
Runners-up | 7. | 11 November 2012 | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard | Divij Sharan | James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin | 4–6, 5–7 |
Winners | 3. | 10 March 2013 | Kyoto, Japan | Synthec | Divij Sharan | Chris Guccione Matt Reid | 6–4, 7–5 |
Runners-up | 8. | 4 May 2013 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Divij Sharan | Prakash Amritraj 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.