Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Carmel, Indiana, U.S. |
Born |
Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
March 18, 1984
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
College | Illinois |
Prize money | $3,283,580 |
Singles | |
Career record | 55–88 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 56 (April 18, 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 105 (August 22, 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2013, 2016) |
French Open | 1R (2010, 2016) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2013) |
US Open | 2R (2013, 2015) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 168–164 |
Career titles | 10 |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (November 21, 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 14 (November 21, 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2010, 2012, 2016) |
French Open | QF (2011) |
Wimbledon | SF (2016) |
US Open | SF (2014) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | F (2016) |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2013, 2017) |
French Open | 2R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2011) |
US Open | F (2016) |
Olympic medal record
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Last updated on: August 22, 2016. |
Rajeev Ram (born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He won the Mixed Doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the Rio Olympics 2016 and reached the final of the US Open with Coco Vandeweghe in the same year. He has advanced as far as the semifinals in men's doubles at the US Open and at Wimbledon and has made the quarterfinals of the other two slams. Ram has also won two ATP singles titles at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in 2009 and again in 2015.
Ram has claimed ten ATP doubles titles in his career, with several different partners. His career-high singles ranking is world no. 56, achieved in April 2016. He reached as high as world no. 19 in doubles in October 2016.
Ram was born to Raghav and Sushma Ram. His parents hail from Bangalore, India. Table tennis, cricket, and music are some of his interests.
In his junior career, Ram won a total of nine national junior titles, including singles and doubles. Amongst his titles were the National Claycourt 14-and-under singles title, the boys 16 and under national championship, the 18 and under Easter Bowl title, Kalamazoo doubles and the Target Cup tournaments. In addition to his nine junior titles, Ram played high school tennis at Carmel High School, earned All-State honors, became the state singles champion, and earned a scholarship in both 1998 and 1999.
Rajeev earned a wild card entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open. Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments [1]. He was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon, partnered with Brian Baker.