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{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Arjun Kadhe अर्जुन कढे
|image = Kadhe BLO22 (1) (52157530040).jpg
|caption = Kadhe at the [[2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois]]
|fullname =
|country = {{IND}}
|residence = [[Pune]], India
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|7}}
|birth_place = Pune, India
|height = {{convert|1.88|m|abbr=on}}
|weight =
|turnedpro =
|college = [[Oklahoma State University]] (2014–2017)
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = $130,253
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=0|lost=4|details=in [[ATP Tour]] and [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] main draw matches, and in [[Davis Cup]]|small=yes}}
|singlestitles = 0
|highestsinglesranking = No. 328 (27 August 2018)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 531 (13 June 2022)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=1|lost=4|details=in [[ATP Tour]] and [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] main draw matches, and in [[Davis Cup]]|small=yes}}
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking = No. 150 (13 June 2022)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 150 (13 June 2022)
|updated = 17 June 2022
}}

'''Arjun Kadhe''' ({{lang-mar|अर्जुन कढे}}; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian [[tennis]] player.

Kadhe has a career high [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] singles ranking of 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 150 achieved on 13 June 2022. Kadhe has won 4 [[International Tennis Federation|ITF Futures]] singles title. He has also won 3 challenger and 7 ITF Futures doubles titles.

==Personal and early Life==
Kadhe was born in Pune to Jayant and Rashmi Kadhe. His father supported him for playing tennis. He attended the Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce before coming to OSU. He also got support from Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and Lakshya, a sports NGO. He finished his graduation from Oklahoma State University in 2017. During his tenure in Oklahoma Kadhe and his doubles partner [[Julian Cash]] became the first doubles team in Oklahoma State history to achieve the top spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. The pair scripted 34 wins along with prestigious All-America honours at the NCAA Doubles Championship.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phadnis |first1=Ashish |title=Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune’s tennis player Arjun Kadhe |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/stepping-into-new-shoes-is-exciting-says-pune-s-tennis-player-arjun-kadhe/story-mL0uVDL2T8bK3v7WV8IwbN.html |access-date=11 July 2018 |date=15 November 2017}}</ref> Kadhe is coached by Hemant Bendrey.<ref name="firstitf">{{cite news |last1=Kumaraswamy |first1=K |title=A monkey off my back:Kadhe|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/a-monkey-off-my-backkadhe/articleshow/61830533.cms |access-date=11 July 2018 |date=28 November 2017}}</ref>

==Professional career==
He appeared in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at the junior level over the past two years. Kadhe won his first ITF singles title in November 2017 at Thu Dau Mot City in Vietnam.<ref name="firstitf"/>

He made his singles and doubles [[ATP World Tour]] debut at the [[2018 Maharashtra Open]]. In singles, he lost in opening round to compatriot [[Yuki Bhambri]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Judge |first1=Shahid |title=Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/yuki-bhambri-bests-rookie-arjun-kadhe-in-season-opener-tata-open-5009267/ |access-date=4 June 2018 |date=3 January 2018}}</ref> In doubles he paired with Frenchman [[Benoît Paire]] but lost in the first round.

Kadhe became the third Cowboy to ever earn three All-America honors. He compiled a team-high 34 doubles victories with partner [[Julian Cash]]. He clinched 20 singles wins primarily playing at the No. 2 position, including two wins over ranked opponents. He defeated seven ranked opponents in doubles with Cash, two of which came in the NCAA Doubles Tournament. He also won the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament in March while teaming with Cash and reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional during fall play. Currently sits in sixth place on OSU's career doubles wins list with 67.<ref>[https://okstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3414 Arjun Kadhe]</ref>

==Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals==

===Singles: 8 (4-4)===
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|-bgcolor=e5d1cb
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4-4)
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!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (4-4)
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|Clay (0-0)
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|Grass (0–0)
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|Carpet (0–0)
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{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1
|{{dts|Sep 2017}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|India F9, [[Coimbatore]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Sasikumar Mukund]]
|3-6, 4-6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1-1
|{{dts|Nov 2017}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Vietnam F3, [[Thu Dau Mot City]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Andrew Harris (tennis)|Andrew Harris]]
|7-5, 6-3
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2-1
|{{dts|Mar 2018}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|India F1, [[Bhubaneswar]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Sundar Prashanth]]
|6–3, 6-2
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2-2
|{{dts|Mar 2018}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|India F2, [[Kolkata]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|SPA}} Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
|0-6, 4-6
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2-3
|{{dts|Mar 2018}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|India F4, [[Trivandrum]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|IND}} Vijay Sundar Prashanth
|3-6, 3-6
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2-4
|{{dts|May 2018}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Nigeria F3, [[Abuja]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[João Menezes]]
|3-6, 1-6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3-4
|{{dts|Mar 2022}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Bhopal]], India
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|IND}} Sidharth Rawat
|7-6(7-2), 6-4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|4-4
|{{dts|Mar 2022}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Bengaluru]], India
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Hard
|{{Flagicon|IND}} Sidharth Rawat
|6-3, 3-6, 6-1
|}

===Doubles: 5 (3–2)===
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! Legend
|- bgcolor=#e5d1cb
| Grand Slam (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffea5c;"
| Olympic Games (0–0)
|- bgcolor=#dfe2e9
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
|- bgcolor=#d0f0c0
| ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
|-
| ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
|- bgcolor="moccasin"
| ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
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|
{| class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
! Titles by surface
|-
| Hard (3–2)
|-
| Clay (0–0)
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| Grass (0–0)
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| Carpet (0–0)
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:97%;" width="1050"
|-
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A | Loss
| 0–1
| [[2018 President's Cup (tennis)|{{dts|Jul 2018}}]]
| style="background:moccasin;"|[[President's Cup (tennis)|Astana]], Kazakhstan
| style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
| Hard
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Denis Yevseyev]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Elgin]] {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Yaraslav Shyla]]
| 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
|-
| bgcolor=98FB98| Win
| 1–1
| [[2019 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles|{{dts|Jul 2019}}]]
| style="background:moccasin;"|[[Chengdu Challenger|Chengdu]], China
| style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Saketh Myneni]]
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Nam Ji-sung]] {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Song Min-kyu]]
| 6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
| 1–2
| [[2019 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Doubles|{{dts|Nov 2019}}]]
|style="background:#FFE4B5;"|[[2019 KPIT MSLTA Challenger|Pune]], India
|style="background:#FFE4B5;"|Challenger
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Saketh Myneni
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Purav Raja]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]]
|6–7(3–7), 3–6
|-
| bgcolor=98FB98| Win
| 2–2
| [[2022 Città di Forlì – Doubles|{{dts|Jan 2022}}]]
| style="background:moccasin;"|[[2022 Città di Forlì|Forlì]], Italy
| style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Bortolotti]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Michael Geerts]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexander Ritschard]]
| 7–6(7–5), 6-2
|-
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
| 3–2
| [[2022 Città di Forlì – Doubles|{{dts|Feb 2022}}]]
| style="background:moccasin;"|[[2022 Città di Forlì|Bangalore]], India
| style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Erler]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} Saketh Myneni {{flagicon|IND}} Ramkumar Ramanathan
| 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ATP|kd43}}
*{{ITF|arjun-kadhe/800305221/ind|old_id=100141378}}
*[http://www.okstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3414&path=mten Arjun Kadhe] at [[Oklahoma State University]]

{{Top ten Indian male singles tennis players}}

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