Saketh Myneni
Saketh Myneni is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in Davis Cup. He won a Gold medal in Mixed doubles and a Silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014.
Personal and early life
Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh and grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam. He completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School, Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki. He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows. He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now & then in Hyderabad.Professional career
He has professionally won 9 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 12 ITF and 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles.At Incheon Asian Games 2014 he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the Gold. He also won the Silver medal in men's doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.
He made his Indian Davis Cup Team debut at the 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Tie with Chinese Taipei, where he partnered Rohan Bopanna in the doubles
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | 2014 Indore Open ATP Challenger| | Indore, India | Challenger | Hard | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | 2015 Vietnam Open | | Vietnam Open, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Jordan Thompson | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | 2015 Ağrı Challenger| | Ağrı, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Farrukh Dustov | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | 2016 Delhi Open| | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Stephane Robert | 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | 2018 Bengaluru Open| | Bengalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 13 (7–6)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | 2014 State Bank of India ATP Challenger Tour| | Kolkata, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–3, 3–6, |
Win | 2–0 | 2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open| | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 7–6, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | 2014 KPIT MSLTA Challenger| | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 4–0 | 2015 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup| | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Malek Jaziri Denys Molchanov | 7–6, 4–6, 0–0 |
Win | 5–0 | 2015 Bangalore Challenger| | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | John Paul Fruttero Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 5–7, 6–4, |
Loss | 5–1 | 2016 Delhi Open| | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Yuki Bhambri Mahesh Bhupathi | 3–6, 6–4, |
Loss | 5–2 | 2016 Gemdale ATP Challenger| | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Luke Saville Jordan Thompson | 6–3, 4–6, |
Win | 6–2 | 2016 TAC Cup Nanjing Challenger| | Nanjing, China | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 6–3 | 2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby | | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Guilherme Clezar Alejandro González | 6–3, 1–6, |
Loss | 6–4 | 2018 Santaizi ATP Challenger| | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Carpet | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | Matthew Ebden Andrew Whittington | 4–6, 7–5, |
Loss | 6–5 | 2018 Fergana Challenger| | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7–5 | 2019 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles| | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu | 6–3, 0–6, |
Loss | 7–6 | 2019 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Doubles| | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–7, 3–6 |
Asian Games
;Finals: 2Singles Finals: 0 (0–0)
Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 1. | 29 September 2014 | Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games | Asian Games | Hard | Sanam Singh | Hyeon Chung Lim Yong-kyu | 5–7, 6–7 |
Win | 2. | 29 September 2014 | Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games | Asian Games | Hard | Sania Mirza | Peng Hsien-yin Chan Hao-ching | 6–4, 6–3 |