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Arjun Kadhe (Template:Lang-mar; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player.
Kadhe has a career high 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 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.[1] Kadhe is coached by Hemant Bendrey.[2]
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals
Singles: 8 (4-4)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Template:Dts | India F9, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Sasikumar Mukund | 3-6, 4-6 |
| Win | 1-1 | Template:Dts | Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot City | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Andrew Harris | 7-5, 6-3 |
| Win | 2-1 | Template:Dts | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 6–3, 6-2 |
| Loss | 2-2 | Template:Dts | India F2, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Carlos Boluda-Purkiss | 0-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 2-3 | Template:Dts | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 3-6, 3-6 |
| Loss | 2-4 | Template:Dts | Nigeria F3, Abuja | Futures | Hard | Template:Flagicon João Menezes | 3-6, 1-6 |
| Win | 3-4 | Template:Dts | M15 Bhopal, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Template:Flagicon Sidharth Rawat | 7-6(7-2), 6-4 |
| Win | 4-4 | Template:Dts | M15 Bengaluru, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Template:Flagicon Sidharth Rawat | 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 |
Doubles: 5 (3–2)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | [[2018 President's Cup (tennis)|Template:Dts]] | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Template:Flagicon Denis Yevseyev | Template:Flagicon Mikhail Elgin Template:Flagicon Yaraslav Shyla |
5–7, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 1–1 | [[2019 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | Template:Flagicon Saketh Myneni | Template:Flagicon Nam Ji-sung Template:Flagicon Song Min-kyu |
6–3, 0–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–2 | [[2019 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Template:Flagicon Saketh Myneni | Template:Flagicon Purav Raja Template:Flagicon Ramkumar Ramanathan |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | [[2022 Città di Forlì – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Marco Bortolotti | Template:Flagicon Michael Geerts Template:Flagicon Alexander Ritschard |
7–6(7–5), 6-2 |
| Win | 3–2 | [[2022 Città di Forlì – Doubles|Template:Dts]] | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Template:Flagicon Alexander Erler | Template:Flagicon Saketh Myneni Template:Flagicon Ramkumar Ramanathan |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] |
References
- ↑ Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune’s tennis player Arjun Kadhe(15 November 2017). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A monkey off my back:Kadhe(28 November 2017). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener(3 January 2018). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ Arjun Kadhe