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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsPersonal life[edit]2010\u20132017: Early career[edit]2018: 2 ATP Challenger titles, Asian games Bronze Medal, Indian No. 1[edit]2019: Grand Slam main draw & top 100 debuts[edit]Challenger and Futures finals[edit]Singles: 27 (11\u201316)[edit]Doubles: 3 (1\u20132)[edit]Singles performance timeline[edit]Wins over top 20 players[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Personal life[edit]Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019.2010\u20132017: Early career[edit]Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia.[7] In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Vardhan, the pair lost the final to team of Laurynas Grigelis and Zden\u011bk Kol\u00e1\u0159.Gunneswaran made his Davis Cup debut for India against Uzbekistan in April 2017.[8]2018: 2 ATP Challenger titles, Asian games Bronze Medal, Indian No. 1[edit]2018 proved to be breakthrough year for Gunneswaran. He reached four ATP Challenger singles finals, winning two of them. He won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the Kunming Open by defeating Mohamed Safwat in the final.[9] In an all-Indian final, he defeated Saketh Myneni at Bengaluru Open to lift his second Challenger singles trophy.[10] He finished as runner-up at the Ningbo Challenger and Pune Challenger. In April he also reached his second ATP Challenger doubles final at Santaizi ATP Challenger in Taipei, where he partnered with Saketh Myneni.[11]At French Open, Gunneswaran lost in the final qualifying round. Although he was chosen as lucky loser after Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the competition, Gunneswaran could not participate in the main draw event as he had already left Paris before Kyrgios announced his withdrawal, thus failing to debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam event.[12]In August, he won the bronze medal in the men’s singles tennis event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. He became the sixth Indian male athlete to win a medal in tennis at the Asian Games.[13]Gunneswaran started the season as World No. 243 in singles ranking. With solid performance on the Challenger tour he finished the season on a career-high ranking of No. 104 and became the highest ranked Indian singles player.2019: Grand Slam main draw & top 100 debuts[edit]Gunneswaran started the season by entering the Maharashtra Open, where he received a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in the first round to Michael Mmoh in straight sets.[14]At the Australian Open, he won the qualifying competition and debuted in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He lost in the first round in straight sets to Frances Tiafoe.[15]On 11 February 2019, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 97, debuting in the top 100 singles rankings.[16]Gunneswaran came through the qualifying of the 2019 BNP Paribas Open and defeated Frenchman Benoit Paire in straight sets to enter the second round. He won his second round match against the 17th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in three sets to make the third round of an ATP 1000 Tournament for the first time in his career.[17] Gunneswaran’s run at the Indian Wells Masters came to an end following a straight set defeat to Ivo Karlovic in the third round. This was Gunneswaran’s maiden appearance at an ATP Masters event.[18] Next, he qualified for the Miami Open, a back-to-back main draw appearance at a Masters event. He lost in the opening round to Jaume Munar.In April, Gunneswaran reached his season’s first ATP Challenger singles final at the Anning Challenger. He was the defending champion and lost to British player Jay Clarke in the final. As a result, he rose to a career-high singles ranking of No. 75.[19] In July his ranking automatically enabled him entry to the main draw at Wimbledon, where he lost in the first round to Milos Raonic.He lost to Daniil Medvedev at the US Open in the first round.Challenger and Futures finals[edit]Singles: 27 (11\u201316)[edit]Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (2\u20137)ITF Futures Tour (9\u20139)Titles by surfaceHard (7\u201314)Clay (4\u20132)Grass (0\u20130)Carpet (0\u20130)ResultW\u2013L\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1\u20130Jun 2013India F6, ChennaiFuturesHard Vijayant Malik7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20133Win2\u20130Jul 2013Denmark F2, AarhusFuturesClay Colin van Beem6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20130Loss2\u20131Sep 2013Egypt F26, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Enrique L\u00f3pez P\u00e9rez0\u20136, 0\u20136Loss2\u20132Sep 2015India F12, ChennaiFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan6\u20137(8\u201310), 4\u20136Loss2\u20133Nov 2015India F16, GwaliorFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan3\u20136, 4\u20136Win3\u20133Dec 2015India F18, JassowalFuturesHard Ronit Singh Bisht6\u20134, 6\u20134Loss3\u20134Dec 2015India F19, MumbaiFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan3\u20136, 3\u20136Loss3\u20135Mar 2016Turkey F9, AntalyaFuturesHard Yannick Jankovits6\u20137(9\u201311), 6\u20134, 3\u20136Win4\u20135Sep 2016India F4, ChennaiFuturesClay Sriram Balaji3\u20136, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20133)Loss4\u20136Sep 2016India F6, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Sanam Singh3\u20136, 6\u20133, 4\u20136Loss4\u20137Oct 2016Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Sadio Doumbia6\u20134, 4\u20136, 3\u20136Win5\u20137Mar 2017India F4, BhilaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji6\u20134, 6\u20132Loss5\u20138Mar 2017India F5, BangaloreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji6\u20132, 3\u20136, 4\u20136Win6\u20138Mar 2017India F6, TrivandrumFuturesClay Sriram Balaji7\u20135, 6\u20133Win7\u20138Jul 2017China F10, KunshanFuturesHard Li Zhe6\u20133, 6\u20131Loss7\u20139Jul 2017China F11, ShenzhenFuturesHard Zhang Zhizhen6\u20132, 5\u20137, 0\u20135 ret.Loss7\u201310Dec 2017Indonesia F8, JakartaFuturesHard Lee Duck-hee3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(6\u20138)Win8\u201310Mar 2018India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard L\u00fd Ho\u00e0ng Nam6\u20133, 6\u20134Win9\u201310Apr 2018Anning, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Mohamed Safwat5\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20131Loss9\u201311Oct 2018Ningbo, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Thomas Fabbiano6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20134, 3\u20136Win10\u201311Nov 2018Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Saketh Myneni6\u20132, 6\u20132Loss10\u201312Nov 2018Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Elias Ymer2\u20136, 5\u20137Loss10\u201313Apr 2019Anning, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Jay Clarke4\u20136, 3\u20136Loss10\u201314Nov 2020Cary, United StatesChallengerHard Denis Kudla6\u20133, 3\u20136, 0\u20136Loss10\u201315Nov 2020Orlando, United StatesChallengerHard Brandon Nakashima3\u20136, 4\u20136Loss10\u201316Mar 2022Monterrey, MexicoChallengerHard Fernando Verdasco6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20137(3\u20137)Win11\u201316Jan 2023M25, Al Zahra, KuwaitITFHard Khumoyun Sultanov6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20135)Doubles: 3 (1\u20132)[edit]Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0\u20132)ITF Futures Tour (1\u20130)Titles by surfaceHard (0\u20131)Clay (1\u20130)Grass (0\u20130)Carpet (0\u20131)Singles performance timeline[edit]KeyW\u00a0F\u00a0SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis\/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic\/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won \/ competed); (W\u2013L) win\u2013loss record.To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player’s participation has ended.Current through the 2022 Maharashtra Open.Wins over top 20 players[edit]Season2019TotalWins11References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/prajnesh-gunneswaran-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Prajnesh Gunneswaran – Wikipedia"}}]}]