Purav Raja

Purav Raja

Purav Raja at the 2015 Aegon Surbiton Trophy tournament in London
Country (sports)	India
Born	7 December 1985 India
Height	6'0" in
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$206,203
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 813 (30 July 2007)
Current ranking	No. 1429 (15 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record	20–23
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 71 (03 March 2014)
Current ranking	No. 126 (15 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 15 February 2016.

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 71 was reached on 3 March 2014.^[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

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 7 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.

References

1. "Purav Raja's biography at ITF". Retrieved 29 January 2011.

External links

• Purav Raja at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Purav Raja at the International Tennis Federation
• Purav Raja at the Davis Cup