Yuki Bhambri

Yuki Bhambri (born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently specializes in doubles.

[3][5] He is currently being coached by Stephen Koon, Impact Tennis Academy, and is accompanied by trainer Abhimanu Singh & Ahmad Nasir.

[1] He won the Junior Australian Open Boys singles title in 2009 by beating Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Greece in the finals.

Yuki concluded his season by making history as the first Indian winner of the prestigious Orange Bowl at age 16, beating Jarmere Jenkins of the U.S. in straight sets.

In 2009, Bhambri began the year by winning the junior Australian Open, defeating Alexandros Georgoudas from Greece in the final in only 57 minutes.

[7] Yuki obtained a wild card spot in the doubles main draw pairing with Harsh Mankad at the Chennai Open.

At the same event he received a wild card spot in the singles qualifying draw in the Chennai Open where he lost to compatriot Sanam Singh in three sets.

After his win in the Orange Bowl, Yuki received a spot in the main draw of the Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to Diego Junqueira in the first round.

Yuki made his Davis Cup debut against South Africa in the World Group play-offs.

In August, Bhambri advanced to the finals of the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore by defeating Damir Džumhur in three sets.

[8] A week later, he defeated Amir Weintraub in straight sets to win the first ATP Challenger singles title of his career in Fergana, Uzbekistan on 20 May 2012.

[10] He won his first ATP Challenger singles title of the season and the second of his career at Traralgon, Australia, defeating American Bradley Klahn in the final.

In the second round, the pair shocked tenth-seeded Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău by defeating them in straight sets.

[16] Starting the year as 315th-ranked player in the ATP rankings, Bhambri qualified for the 2015 Australian Open, but lost to Great Britain's Andy Murray in the first round in straight sets.

On 13 September, he defeated Wu Di in the finals of the Shanghai Challenger in three sets 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–3) to win his first title of the season, which helped him reach no.

[20] In February he won his sixth doubles Challenger title at the 2016 Delhi Open, partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.

[26] Yuki started the year with the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune where he entered the main draw.

The pair advanced to the second round where they lost to second seeds and eventual finalists Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić.

[38] After being inactive for over two and a half years due to injury, Bhambri returned to the tour at the 2021 Singapore Open when he received a protected ranking spot into the main draw.

One week later, Bhambri won an ITF doubles title in India partnering Saketh Myneni.

There, he defeated compatriots Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan to qualify for the main draw where he lost in the first round to Aljaž Bedene in three sets.

[39] Bhambri started the year at the Melbourne Summer Set where he partnered Michael Venus in the doubles but they lost in the 1st round to Tallon Griekspoor and Andrea Vavassori 4–6,4–6.

In the doubles event, he partnered Divij Sharan where they lost to compatriots Saketh Myneni and Sasi Kumar Mukund 3–6,4–6.

Bhambri won the ITF India F1 tournament with Saketh Myneni after being 2nd seed by defeating compatriots Lohithaksha Bathrinath and Abhinav Sanmugam 6–4,6–1.

He and Saketh then entered Salinas Challenger, they upset top seeds compatriots Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–3,7–6(8–6).

They then lost in the semifinals of Morelos Open to Nicolás Mejía and Roberto Quiroz after upsetting fourth seeds Skander Mansouri and Michail Pervolarakis in straight sets.

They upset top seeds Austin Krajicek and Hugo Nys in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semifinals to eventual champions Titouan Droguet and Kyrian Jacquet in a tiebreak.

He received a protected ranking in French Open men's singles qualifiers but lost to Altuğ Çelikbilek in straight sets.

He won his first Grand Slam match as a pair with Myneni, and recorded only his second career doubles win at the 2023 French Open, defeating wildcards Arthur Rinderknech and Enzo Couacaud.

The pair reached the final at the Chengdu Open in September, losing to Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.

Bhambri in action during a Davis Cup tie against Indonesia in April 2013
Bhambri in Action during 2017 Citi Open