Arjun Kadhe (Marathi: अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player.
_(52157530040).jpg) Kadhe at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois | |
| Country (sports) |  India |
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| Residence | Pune, India |
| Born | 7 January 1994 Pune, India |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Oklahoma State University (2014–2017) |
| Prize money | $182,463 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–4 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 328 (27 August 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 930 (15 January 2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–6 (14.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 98 (15 January 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 98 (15 January 2024) |
| Last updated on: 19 January 2024. | |
Kadhe has a career high ATP singles ranking of 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 98 achieved on 15 January 2024. Kadhe has won 4 ITF Futures singles titles. He has also won 6 Challenger and 7 ITF Futures doubles titles.
Personal and early Life edit
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 edit
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]
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals edit
Singles: 8 (4–4) edit
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | India F9, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Sasikumar Mukund
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2017 | Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot City | Futures | Hard |  Andrew Harris
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7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2018 | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2018 | India F2, Kolkata | Futures | Hard |  Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
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0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2018 | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2018 | Nigeria F3, Abuja | Futures | Hard |  João Menezes
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Mar 2022 | M15 Bhopal, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Sidharth Rawat
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7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
| Win | 4–4 | Mar 2022 | M15 Bengaluru, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Sidharth Rawat
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6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Doubles: 15 (6–9) edit
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2018 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard |  Denis Yevseyev
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 Mikhail Elgin  Yaraslav Shyla
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5–7, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2019 | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni
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 Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu
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6–3, 0–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2019 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni
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Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan
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6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Marco Bortolotti
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 Michael Geerts Alexander Ritschard
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7–6(7–5), 6-2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard |  Alexander Erler
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Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan
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6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2022 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Romboli
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Purav Raja Divij Sharan
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4–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2023 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Anirudh Chandrasekar
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 Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul
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2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2023 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Daniel Masur
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Ivan Liutarevich Vladyslav Manafov
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0–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Feb 2023 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard |  Jay Clarke
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Sebastian Ofner Nino Serdarušić
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6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Jul 2023 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert Arthur Reymond
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6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2023 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
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 Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi
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7–6(7–5), 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–7 | Oct 2023 | Olbia, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
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 Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov
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6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Jan 2024 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marcus Willis
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 Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Mar 2024 | Murcia, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
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Théo Arribagé Victor Vlad Cornea
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5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 6–9 | Apr 2024 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
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Piotr Matuszewski Matthew Christopher Romios
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7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
References edit
- ^ Phadnis, Ashish (15 November 2017). "Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune's tennis player Arjun Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b Kumaraswamy, K (28 November 2017). "A monkey off my back:Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Judge, Shahid (3 January 2018). "Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Arjun Kadhe
External links edit
- Arjun Kadhe at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Arjun Kadhe at the International Tennis Federation
- Arjun Kadhe at Oklahoma State University
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