Purav Raja (/ˈpʊəræv ˈrɑːdʒə/ POOR-av RAH-jə;[1] born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player.
[2] Raja is very active in the Ananda Ashran orphanage and The Fellowship of the Physically Handicapped in Mumbai.
[4] He started with ITF tour finding negligible success in singles but continued to excel in doubles.
Raja and Divij found their biggest success by winning their first ATP world tour title at 2013 Claro Open in Bogotá, Colombia.
[10] As a result of good run Raja entered top 100 rankings for the first time in his career.
[11] His performance at ATP world tour level was also poor with his best finish as a semifinal appearance at Zagreb Indoors.
[12] But after strong performance at ATP world tour level Raja started to struggle with his form.
He played for most part of the year with compatriot Divij Sharan and together they reached 6 ATP Challenger finals winning 4 of it.
The pair also won their second ATP world tour title at Los Cabos Open, Mexico.
[13] In Grand Slams, Raja played his first ever match of French Open main draw along with Ivo Karlović of Croatia.
The duo lost 1–6, 2–6 to ninth seeded Polish-Austrian pair of Łukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya.
He started the new season on strong note by reaching to his fourth ATP world tour final at 2017 Chennai Open with partner Divij Sharan.
He played with Divij Sharan in first three slams of the year and partnered with Leander Paes for US Open.
In September, Raja played his second Davis Cup match with Rohan Bopanna in world group play-offs against Canada.