Divij Sharan

Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player.

His idols growing up were Roger Federer, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.

His best result in Grand Slam junior championships was his semifinal appearance at the 2004 French Open where he partnered with compatriot Tushar Liberhan.

The pair played together throughout the year and they found their biggest success by winning their first ATP World Tour title at the 2013 Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia.

They defeated the second-seeded French-Dutch combination of Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Igor Sijsling in the final.

[11] As a result of this good run, Sharan finished the year inside the top 100 doubles rankings for the first time at 71.

His best result at an ATP World Tour event was a semifinal appearance at the 2014 Claro Open where he had partnered with Canadian player Adil Shamasdin.

At the 2014 Asian Games, Sharan won a bronze medal for India with Yuki Bhambri.

The pair also won their second ATP World Tour title at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico.

He reached his third ATP World Tour final at the 2017 Chennai Open partnering with Purav Raja.

On the back of good results, Sharan entered the top-50 on 27 November 2017 and has been holding a spot inside the top-50 since then.

Sharan started year with Maharashtra Open where he paired with compatriot Yuki Bhambri.

[20] He continued with few more Challenger tournaments till April but later moved his focus entirely on ATP world tour.

The new pairing started off with a bang by capturing the Pune open doubles title in front of the home crowd.

Following this result the pair lost a few close matches and they mutually decided to end their partnership citing their low combined ranking as the primary reason behind the split.

Divij Sharan playing at Wimbledon in 2013