Govind Nanda (born February 17, 2001) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of 339 achieved on October 3, 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of 497 achieved on August 22, 2022.

Govind Nanda
Country (sports) United States
Born (2001-02-17) February 17, 2001 (age 23)
Loma Linda, California
Height170cm (5ft7in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Prize money$90,047
Singles
Career record0–0 [a]
Career titles0
Highest ranking339 (October 3, 2022)
Current ranking434 (June 5, 2023) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ2 (2022)
French Open Junior1R (2019)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 497 (August 8, 2022)
Current rankingNo. 528 (August 22, 2022)[1]
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2022)
French Open Junior1R (2019)
Wimbledon JuniorF (2019)
Last updated on: August 26, 2022.

Personal life edit

Nanda is of Indian heritage. The son of Meena and Rajesh Nanda, he has a sister called Shyamlee. He grew up in Redlands, California before moving to Cerritos, California to be nearer his training facilities at the USTA centre in Carson. He and his sister started playing tennis at Clement Middle School in Redlands.[2] Nanda attended Laurel Springs School in Ojai, California, before attending University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Career edit

Nanda reached the final of the Wimbledon boys doubles in 2019 losing to Jonáš Forejtek and Jiří Lehečka alongside his partner Liam Draxl.[4]

Nanda was given a wildcard into the 2022 US Open men's doubles alongside his partner Brandon Holt.[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2019 Wimbledon Grass   Liam Draxl   Jonáš Forejtek
  Jiří Lehečka
5–7, 4–6

Explanatory notes edit

  1. ^ In ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, Summer Olympics, Davis Cup and Laver Cup

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Govind Nana". ATP Tour. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Govind Nanda – Indian-American making waves in US Tennis". thebridge.in. July 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Govind Nanda". uclabruins.com.
  4. ^ "Czech pair win boys doubles at Wimbledon 2019". Insider.com.
  5. ^ "Serena and Venus awarded doubles wildcards for US Open". USOpen.org.

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