Rajeev Ram

Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram at the 2016 US Open
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 18, 1984
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	2004
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
Trainer:	Bryan Smith
Prize money:	$ 5,445,540
singles
Career record:	57:93
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	56 (April 18, 2016)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	303: 246
Career title:	21st
Highest ranking:	5 (February 3, 2020)
Current placement:	5
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the infobox: February 3rd, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Rajeev Ram (born March 18, 1984 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American tennis player who is particularly successful in doubles.

Career

Ram won nine titles in his youth and played at the High School of Carmel , Indiana , Tennis. At the US Open 2001 he received a wild card for the junior tournament. In 2002 he reached the final of the junior tournament in Wimbledon in doubles with his partner Brian Baker .

Ram played his first individual Grand Slam tournament in 2005 at the US Open, where he was eliminated by Stan Wawrinka . A year later he was defeated by his compatriot Amer Delić . In 2007 he reached the quarter-finals at the tournament in Wimbledon with his partner Harel Levy , in which they were eliminated against the eventual winners Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra . Ram won his first individual title at the Challenger tournament in Winnetka . In 2009 he won his first double title on the ATP Tour with his partner Eric Butorac at the tournament in Chennai, India . By 2019 he had secured two singles and 20 doubles on the ATP Tour and a total of 34 Challenger titles. He finally celebrated his greatest success at the beginning of 2020 at the Australian Open , when he won his first Grand Slam title with Joe Salisbury after beating Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final .

What is remarkable about Ram is his style of play. His entire body language, from forehand to backhand to service, is a copy of that of his role model and long-time world number one Pete Sampras .

Private

Rajeev Ram is the son of Raghav and Sushma Ram; he is a biologist and she is a technical assistant.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2) ATP World Tour 500 (4) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (15) ATP Challenger Tour (34)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (15) Sand (1) Grass (6)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 12, 2009	Newport (1)	race	Sam Querrey	6: 7 3 , 7: 5, 6: 3
2.	19th July 2015	Newport (2)	race	Ivo Karlović	7: 6 5 , 5: 7, 7: 6 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 5, 2008	Winnetka	Hard court	Scoville Jenkins	7: 5, 6: 4
2.	November 9, 2009	Aachen	Carpet (i)	Dustin Brown	7: 6 2 , 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 2
3.	November 6, 2011	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Karol Beck	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	November 13, 2011	Ortisei in Val Gardena	Carpet (i)	Jan Hernych	7: 5, 3: 6, 7: 6 6
5.	May 11th, 2013	Rio Quente	Hard court	André Ghem	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
6th	April 6, 2014	Leon	Hard court	Samuel Groth	6: 2, 6: 2
7th	April 26, 2015	Guadalajara	Hard court	Jason Jung	6: 1, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 21, 2016	Delray Beach	Hard court	Sam Querrey	4: 6, 6: 7 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 11, 2009	Chennai	Hard court	Eric Butorac	Jean-Claude Scherrer Stanislas Wawrinka	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 12, 2009	Newport (1)	race	Jordan Kerr	Michael Kohlmann Rogier Wassen	6: 7 6 , 7: 6 7 , [10: 6]
3.	4th October 2009	Bangkok	Hard court	Eric Butorac	Guillermo García-López Mischa Zverev	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
4th	July 25, 2010	Atlanta	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Rohan Bopanna Kristof Viegen	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , [12:10]
5.	February 13, 2011	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Scott Lipsky	Alejandro Falla Xavier Malisse	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 8]
6th	February 27, 2011	Delray Beach (1)	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 3]
7th	September 24, 2012	St. Petersburg	Hard court (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay	6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 6]
8th.	June 21, 2015	Hall (1)	race	Raven Klaasen	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
9.	19th June 2016	Hall (2)	race	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
10.	October 2nd, 2016	Cheng you	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Pablo Carreño Busta Mariusz Fyrstenberg	7: 6 2 , 7: 5
11.	February 26, 2017	Delray Beach (2)	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Treat Huey Max Mirny	7: 5, 7: 5
12.	19th March 2017	Indian Wells	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6: 7 1 , 6: 4, [10: 8]
13.	July 22, 2017	Newport (2)	race	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 7]
15th	October 1, 2017	Shenzhen	Hard court	Alexander Peya	Nikola Mektić Nicholas Monroe	6: 3, 6: 2
16.	May 6, 2018	Munich	sand	Ivan Dodig	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	6: 3, 7: 5
17th	October 21, 2018	Moscow	Hard court (i)	Austin Krajicek	Max Mirny Philipp Oswald	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
18th	4th November 2018	Paris	Hard court (i)	Marcel Granollers	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau	6: 4, 6: 4
19th	2nd March 2019	Dubai	Hard court	Joe Salisbury	Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
20th	October 27, 2019	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Joe Salisbury	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , [10: 5]
21st	February 2, 2020	Australian Open	Hard court	Joe Salisbury	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6: 4, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 2, 2004	Denver	Hard court	Brian Baker	Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray	6: 2, 6: 2
2.	November 15, 2004	Champaign (1)	Hard court (i)	Brian Baker	Justin Gimelstob Oliver Graydon	7: 6, 7: 6
3.	April 11, 2005	Mexico city	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Rik De Voest Łukasz Kubot	6: 1, 6: 7, 7: 6
4th	May 23, 2005	Busan (1)	Hard court	Paul Goldstein	Justin Gimelstob Wesley Moodie	without a fight
5.	February 6, 2006	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Bobby Reynolds	Mirko Pehar Dušan Vemić	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	September 25, 2006	Tulsa (1)	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	November 13, 2006	Champaign (2)	Hard court (i)	Rik De Voest	André Sá Brian Wilson	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 7]
8th.	November 27, 2006	Maui	Hard court	Brian Wilson	Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli Christopher Lam	6: 3, 6: 2
9.	May 14, 2007	Forest Hills	sand	Bobby Reynolds	Patrick Briaud Sam Warburg	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	May 28, 2007	Carson	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Víctor Estrella Alberto Francis	7: 6, 6: 2
11.	July 16, 2007	Aptos	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	John Paul Fruttero Cecil Mamiit	6: 7, 6: 3, [10: 7]
12.	September 24, 2007	Tulsa (2)	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Alex Bogomolov Brian Wilson	7: 6, 7: 5
13.	October 29, 2007	Busan (2)	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Rik De Voest Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	6-0, 6-2
14th	November 5, 2007	Nashville	Hard court (i)	Bobby Reynolds	Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss	6: 7, 6: 3, [12:10]
15th	April 13, 2008	Humacao	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Lester Cook Kevin Kim	6: 3, 6: 4
16.	April 19, 2008	Tallahassee	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Robert Kendrick Ryan Sweeting	without a fight
17th	November 10, 2008	Champaign (3)	Hard court (i)	Bobby Reynolds	Olivier Charroin Nicolas Tourte	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
18th	February 2, 2009	Dallas (2)	Hard court (i)	Prakash Amritraj	Patrick Briaud Jason Marshall	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 8]
19th	April 6, 2009	Baton Rouge	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Harsh Mankad Scott Oudsema	6: 3, 6: 7 6 , [10: 3]
20th	September 14, 2009	Tulsa (3)	Hard court	David Martin	Philip Stephens Ashley Watling	6: 2, 6: 2
21st	November 7, 2010	Eckental	Carpet (i)	Scott Lipsky	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6: 7 2 , 6: 4, [10: 4]
22nd	March 6, 2011	Dallas (3)	Hard court (i)	Scott Lipsky	Dustin Brown Bjorn Phau	7: 6 3 , 6: 4
23.	May 1, 2011	Leon (1)	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Andre Begemann Chris Eaton	6: 3, 6: 2
24.	May 3, 2013	Johannesburg	Hard court	Prakash Amritraj	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7: 6 1 , 7: 6 1
25th	June 7, 2014	Nottingham	race	Chris Guccione	Colin Fleming André Sá	6: 7 2 , 6: 2, [11: 9]
26th	April 12, 2015	Leon (2)	Hard court	Austin Krajicek	Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos	6: 2, 7: 5
27.	April 25, 2015	Guadalajara	Hard court	Austin Krajicek	Marcelo demoliner Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 6]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 28, 2005	New Haven	Hard court	Brian Reynolds	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	4: 6, 3: 6
2.	February 6, 2011	Johannesburg	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6: 3, 3: 6, [7:10]
3.	July 13, 2014	Newport	race	Jonathan Erlich	Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt	5: 7, 4: 6
4th	4th October 2015	Kuala Lumpur	Hard court (i)	Raven Klaasen	Treat Huey Henri Kontinen	6: 7 4 , 2: 6
5.	2nd April 2016	Miami	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	7: 5, 1: 6, [7:10]
6th	May 21, 2016	Geneva (1)	sand	Raven Klaasen	Steve Johnson Sam Querrey	4: 6, 1: 6
7th	October 9, 2016	Tokyo	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski	2: 6, 6: 7 4
8th.	20th November 2016	London	Hard court (i)	Raven Klaasen	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6: 2, 1: 6, [8:10]
9.	17th June 2017	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	3: 6, 4: 6
10.	May 26, 2018	Geneva (2)	sand	Ivan Dodig	Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	6: 3, 6: 7 3 , [9:11]
11.	29th July 2018	Atlanta	Hard court	Ryan Harrison	Nicholas Monroe John-Patrick Smith	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , [8:10]
12.	September 30, 2018	Shenzhen	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Joe Salisbury Ben McLachlan	6: 7 5 , 6: 7 4
13.	5th January 2019	Brisbane	Hard court	Joe Salisbury	Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof	4: 6, 6: 7 6
14th	June 23, 2019	Queen's Club	race	Joe Salisbury	Feliciano López Andy Murray	6: 7 6 , 7: 5, [5:10]
15th	20th October 2019	Antwerp	Hard court (i)	Joe Salisbury	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6: 7 1 , 3: 6

Web links

Commons : Rajeev Ram  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Rajeev Ram (English)
• ITF profile Rajeev Ram (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrike Weinrich: Dual specialist Rajeev Ram graduates from university. In: tennisnet.com. December 21, 2018, accessed March 2, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Josh Gajewski: Rajeev Ram: Throwback to Sampras? In: insidetennis.com. July 27, 2012, accessed March 2, 2020 .