Indian tennis has been enjoying good momentum lately. Some of the achievements in recent months are as follows.
Rohan Bopanna reached third place in the world at the age of 43 in the men's doubles category in July, his highest ranking in a decade.
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Sumit Nagal wins the ATP Challenger title in Tampere and is thus one of the 200 best players in the world. This was followed by Karman Kaur Thandi's victory at the ITF event in Evansville, which qualified her for the qualifying round of the US Open.
Nagal then started 2024 in stunning fashion, upsetting 31st seed Alexander Bublik in the first round of the Australian Open.
But as of now, who is the highest-ranked Indian tennis player?
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Who is the highest ranked Indian men's tennis player?
In the men's singles category, there is only one Indian among the top 150 players in the world. Sumit Nagal is the highest ranked player at 137th in the world.
| India Ranking | World ranking | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 137 | Sumit Nagal | 26 | 450 |
| 2 | 463 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 29 | 91 |
| 3 | 554 | Mukund Sasikumar | 27 | 68 |
| 4 | 612 | Digvijaypratap Singh | 23 | 56 |
| 5 | 614 | Prajwal Dev Primary School | 27 | 56 |
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In the doubles category, Rohan Bopanna flies the flag for India with a world ranking of 3.
| India Ranking | World ranking | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Rohan Bopanna | 43 | 6450 |
| 2 | 61 | Yuki Bhambri | 31 | 1370 |
| 3 | 79 | N. Sriram Balaji | 33 | 1052 |
| 4 | 83 | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 37 | 981 |
| 5 | 87 | Anirudh Chandrasekar | 25 | 955 |
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Who is the highest ranked Indian tennis player?
After her recent success, Karman Kaur Thandi is the second best Indian women's singles player, behind Ankita Raina who is still the only player ranked better than 250.
| India Ranking | World ranking | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 223 | Ankita Raina | 31 | 347 |
| 2 | 333 | Karman Thandi | 25 | 200 |
| 3 | 336 | Sahaja Yamalapalli | 22 | 197 |
| 4 | 357 | Rutuja Bhosale | 27 | 180 |
| 5 | 501 | Vaidehi Chaudhari | 23 | 104 |
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In the women's doubles category, Prarthana Thombare is the highest ranked Indian player and the only one ranked higher than 200th in the world.
| India Ranking | World ranking | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 166 | Prarthana Thombaré | 29 | 551 |
| 2 | 206 | Ankita Raina | 31 | 433 |
| 3 | 235 | Rutuja Bhosale | 27 | 379 |
| 4 | 309 | Vasanti Shinde | 26 | 274 |
| 5 | 348 | Vaidehi Chaudhari | 23 | 243 |
