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Rajeev Ram
Ram at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceCarmel, Indiana, U.S.
Born (1984-03-18) March 18, 1984 (age 40)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2017 (singles)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Illinois
CoachBryan Smith, David O'Hare
Prize moneyUS$ 9,551,766
Singles
Career record57–93
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 56 (April 18, 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2013, 2016)
French Open1R (2010, 2016)
Wimbledon2R (2013)
US Open2R (2013, 2015)
Doubles
Career record459–319
Career titles31
Highest rankingNo. 1 (3 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 16 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2020)
French OpenQF (2011, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
WimbledonSF (2016, 2021, 2022)
US OpenW (2021, 2022, 2023)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2022, 2023)
Olympic GamesF (2024)
Mixed doubles
Career titles2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2019, 2021)
French OpenSF (2017)
Wimbledon3R (2011, 2021)
US OpenF (2016)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesF (2016)
Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Men's Doubles
Last updated on: August 3, 2024.

Rajeev Ram (/rəˈʒiːv ˈrɑːm/ rə-ZHEEV RAHM;[2] born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former World no. 1 in doubles. Ram is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, the 2022 US Open, and the 2023 US Open in men's doubles with Joe Salisbury, as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková.[3][4] Ram also won two silver medals, in mixed doubles with Venus Williams at the 2016 Olympics, and in doubles with Austin Krajicek at the 2024 Olympics.

He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open.[5] He became world No. 1 for the first time in October 2022, and has won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including five at Masters 1000 level, and 2 in singles. Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on six occasions, winning the title in 2022 and in 2023, having finished as runner-up in both 2016 and 2021.

Prior to his retirement from singles in 2017, Ram reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 in April 2016, and won two ATP YEAT singles titles, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in both 2009 and 2015.[6] He made his Davis Cup debut for the United States in 2021, and competed at the 2016, the 2021 and the 2024 Olympic Games.

Early life

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Rajeev Ram was born in Denver to Raghav and Sushma Ram, both immigrants from India.[7] His father was from Bangalore and his mother is from Delhi.[8] Ram has described his knowledge of Hindi as "decent," but admitted that he unsuccessfully tried to learn Kannada, the language of his father's family.[9]

Ram attended Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana.[10] His father died of pancreatic cancer in 2019.[11][12]

Junior and college career

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In his junior career, Ram won a total of nine national junior titles, including singles and doubles. Among 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, and the Target Cup tournaments. In addition to his nine junior titles, Ram played high school tennis at Carmel, earned All-State honors, became the state singles champion, and earned a scholarship in both 1998 and 1999.

Rajeev earned a wildcard entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open. Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments.[13] He was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon, partnered with Brian Baker.

Ram then delayed enrollment at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign until January 2003 so that he could continue to play tennis as an amateur on the pro circuit.[14] During his one semester at Illinois, he won the national doubles title with Brian Wilson and helped the Fighting Illini go undefeated (32–0) and win the 2003 NCAA team championship.[14]

Professional career

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2007–08

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In 2007, he won five doubles Challenger titles partnering Bobby Reynolds, and reached three other finals on his way to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 62.

On July 5, 2008, Ram won the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship in Winnetka, Illinois for his first career Challenger-level singles title.

2009: First ATP singles and doubles titles

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He won his first ATP doubles title in Chennai, India 2009 with compatriot Eric Butorac.

On July 10, 2009, Ram accomplished the unusual feat of winning four professional-level tennis matches in one day. At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island, the tournament had been rained out early in the week, pushing back many scheduled matches. On July 10, Ram advanced to the singles semifinals with wins over Samuel Groth and Jesse Levine and then partnered with Jordan Kerr to advance to the doubles semifinals with wins over Arnaud Clément/Olivier Rochus and Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Santoro. Mahut, Santoro, and Rochus each played three matches that day, though none of them won all their matches. Ram then beat Rochus and Sam Querrey on consecutive days to capture his first ATP title.[15] He accomplished the rare feat of winning a title as a lucky loser and also captured the doubles title.

In Atlanta in July 2010, he won his first doubles title with American Scott Lipsky, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen for the outdoor hard-court Atlanta Tennis Championships.[16][17] In the semifinals, Lipsky and Ram had defeated John Isner and James Blake.[18] In November, they won a tournament in Eckental, Germany.[19]

2011

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Ram started 2011 strong, partnering with Lipsky in February to take the indoor hard court San Jose Open (over Christopher Kas from Germany and Alexander Peya from Austria) and the outdoor hard-court Delray Beach titles (over Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Xavier Malisse from Belgium).[16][20][21] In June, he and Lipsky advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2011 French Open.[22]

2013

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In 2013, he teamed with Rohan Bopanna, and in Dubai, they reached the semifinals.

2014: First Grand Slam doubles semifinal

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At the 2014 US Open (tennis) he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal partnering Scott Lipsky where they were defeated by top seeds and eventual champions, the Bryan brothers.

2015: Second ATP singles title

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At the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, he reached his second career final and won his second career ATP singles title by defeating Ivo Karlović.[23]

2016: Olympic silver and first Major mixed doubles final, ATP Tour Finals runner-up

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At the Delray Beach Open, Ram reached his third career final and first singles final outside the grass courts of the Hall of Fame Open, losing to Sam Querrey. At the Olympic Games, he won silver with Venus Williams in mixed doubles.[24] Less than a month later, Ram and CoCo Vandeweghe advanced to the mixed doubles final at the US Open, where they were defeated in straight sets by Mate Pavić and Laura Siegemund.

In men's doubles, Ram and partner Raven Klaasen reached the finals for the ATP World Tour Finals.

2017: Retirement in singles, First doubles Masters title at Indian Wells

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2019: Australian Open mixed doubles title

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Ram, with his partner Barbora Krejčíková won the Australian Open mixed doubles title.[25]

2020: Australian Open doubles title, top 5 debut

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Ram, with his partner Joe Salisbury won the Australian Open men's doubles tournament, defeating Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final. As a result, he reached a career high of world No. 5 in doubles, on February 3, 2020.

2021: Second Australian Open mixed & US Open & Masters doubles titles, World No. 4

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Ram and partner Barbora Krejčíková won Australian Open mixed doubles tournament, defeating Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur. He also competed in the men's doubles tournament with partner Joe Salisbury to defend their title, but lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in the final.[26]

He reached the final and won his third Masters 1000 in Canada at the National Bank Open with Salisbury, defeating world No. 1 and No. 2 Croatians, Pavic and Mektic, his second final for the year at a Masters level after the Italian Open, where they lost to the Croatian pair.[27] As a result, he returned to the top 5, on August 16, 2021.

At the 2021 US Open Ram, partnering with Salisbury, reached the final, defeating Matthew Ebden/Max Purcell in a nearly-three-hour-long match, saving four match points in the quarterfinals[28] and Sam Querrey/Steve Johnson in the semifinals.[29] The pair won the men’s doubles tournament, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final.[30] As a result, he reached a career high of world No. 4 in doubles, on September 20, 2021.

2022: US Open champion, Two Masters 1000 titles, ATP Finals Crown, World No. 1

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He became World No. 2 on April 4, 2022 after reaching the quarterfinals at the 2022 Miami Open, losing to eventual champions Hubert Hurkacz and John Isner, with his partner Joe Salisbury who became World No. 1. He won the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters with Salisbury defeating sixth-seeded pair of Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal.[31]

He won his second Masters of the season at the 2022 Western & Southern Open with Salisbury.[32] At the 2022 US Open, Ram and Salisbury defended their title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the finals.[33] This was the third Grand Slam title together for Ram and Salisbury.[34] They became just the second team to repeat as men's doubles champions at this Major in the Open era other than Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde who went also back-to-back in New York.[35] Ram became the oldest first-time World No. 1 in the doubles rankings on October 3, 2022. He is the 18th American to become No. 1 in the rankings.[36] The pair ended the year by winning the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, beating Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-6, 6-4 in the final.[37]

2023: Third US Open doubles title

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Ram began his 2023 season at the Maharashtra Open with Joe Salisbury. The pair reached the semifinals before losing to 4th seeds Vliegen/Gille. Next, at the Australian Open, Ram and Salisbury lost in the third round.

In the U.S Sunshine Swing, the pair entered the Indian Wells Masters seeded second and falling in the third round to Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz. At the Miami Masters, they experienced another early exit in the fourth round.

In the spring clay court season, Ram and Salisbury reached their maiden masters Quarterfinals of the season at the Rome Masters.

At the 2023 US Open, Ram and Salisbury defended their title, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in the finals. It was their third straight US Open title.[38]

2024: Olympics Silver medal and split from Salisbury

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In July 2024, Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek won the doubles match against Ukraine for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series. Their victory secured a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup Finals group round.[39]

He won the silver medal with Austin Krajicek at the Paris Olympics.[40]

At the US Open, Ram and Salisbury went out in the third round to Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, suffering their first loss at the tournament in four years after a run of 20 successive wins.[41][42] Three weeks later they announced they had ended their partnership.[43][44]

World TeamTennis

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Ram made his World TeamTennis debut in 2017 with the San Diego Aviators. He joined the Chicago Smash for its debut season, during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[45]

Significant finals

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2020 Australian Open Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Australia Max Purcell
Australia Luke Saville 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 2021 Australian Open Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Ivan Dodig
Slovakia Filip Polášek 		3–6, 4–6
Win 2021 US Open Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares 		3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 2022 US Open (2) Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United Kingdom Neal Skupski 		7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 2023 US Open (3) Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury India Rohan Bopanna
Australia Matthew Ebden 		2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 US Open Hard United States CoCo Vandeweghe Germany Laura Siegemund
Croatia Mate Pavić 		4–6, 4–6
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Australia Astra Sharma
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 2021 Australian Open (2) Hard Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Matthew Ebden 		6–1, 6–4

Year-end championships finals

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Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 ATP Finals, London Hard (i) South Africa Raven Klaasen Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers 		6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 2021 ATP Finals, Turin Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut 		4–6, 6–7(0–7)
Win 2022 ATP Finals, Turin Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 2023 ATP Finals, Turin (2) Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 		6–3, 6–4

Masters 1000 finals

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Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 Miami Open Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut 		7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 2017 Indian Wells Masters Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win 2018 Paris Masters Hard (i) Spain Marcel Granollers Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 2021 Italian Open Clay United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 2021 Canadian Open Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah 		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 2022 Cincinnati Masters Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Germany Tim Pütz
New Zealand Michael Venus 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2023 Canadian Open Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 2024 Canadian Open Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)

Olympic medal matches

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Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2024 2024 Summer Olympics, France Clay United States Austin Krajicek Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia John Peers 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(1–7), [8–10]

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2016 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil Hard United States Venus Williams United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Jack Sock 		7–6(7–3), 1–6, [7–10]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States 250 Series Grass United States Sam Querrey 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (2) 250 Series Grass Croatia Ivo Karlović 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–1 Feb 2016 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard United States Sam Querrey 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 54 (31 titles, 23 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (4–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (2–2)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (5–4)
Summer Olympics (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (5–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (15–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (24–15)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (4–4)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (22–18)
Indoor (9–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2005 New Haven Open,
United States 		Intl Series Hard United States Bobby Reynolds Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez 		4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2009 Chennai Open,
India 		250 Series Hard United States Eric Butorac Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships,
United States 		250 Series Grass Australia Jordan Kerr Germany Michael Kohlmann
Netherlands Rogier Wassen 		6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Win 3–1 Oct 2009 Thailand Open,
Thailand 		250 Series Hard (i) United States Eric Butorac Spain Guillermo García López
Germany Mischa Zverev 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2010 Atlanta Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard United States Scott Lipsky India Rohan Bopanna
Belgium Kristof Vliegen 		6–3, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]
Loss 4–2 Feb 2011 SA Tennis Open,
South Africa 		250 Series Hard United States Scott Lipsky United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin 		3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 5–2 Feb 2011 Pacific Coast Championships,
United States 		250 Series Hard (i) United States Scott Lipsky Colombia Alejandro Falla
Belgium Xavier Malisse 		6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 6–2 Feb 2011 Delray Beach Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard United States Scott Lipsky Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Alexander Peya 		4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 7–2 Sep 2012 St. Petersburg Open,
Russia 		250 Series Hard (i) Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
Slovakia Igor Zelenay 		6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 7–3 Jul 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships,
United States 		250 Series Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Chris Guccione
Australia Lleyton Hewitt 		5–7, 4–6
Win 8–3 Jun 2015 Halle Open,
Germany 		500 Series Grass South Africa Raven Klaasen India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea 		7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 8–4 Oct 2015 Malaysian Open,
Malaysia 		250 Series Hard (i) South Africa Raven Klaasen Philippines Treat Huey
Finland Henri Kontinen 		6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 8–5 Apr 2016 Miami Open,
United States 		Masters 1000 Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut 		7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 8–6 May 2016 Geneva Open,
Switzerland 		250 Series Clay South Africa Raven Klaasen United States Steve Johnson
United States Sam Querrey 		4–6, 1–6
Win 9–6 Jun 2016 Halle Open,
Germany (2) 		500 Series Grass South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Alexander Peya 		7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 10–6 Oct 2016 Chengdu Open,
China 		250 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg 		7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss 10–7 Oct 2016 Japan Open,
Japan 		500 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Spain Marcel Granollers
Poland Marcin Matkowski 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10–8 Nov 2016 ATP World Tour Finals,
United Kingdom 		Tour Finals Hard (i) South Africa Raven Klaasen Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers 		6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 11–8 Feb 2017 Delray Beach Open,
United States (2) 		250 Series Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Philippines Treat Huey
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		7–5, 7–5
Win 12–8 Mar 2017 Indian Wells Masters,
United States 		Masters 1000 Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 12–9 Jun 2017 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships,
Netherlands 		250 Series Grass South Africa Raven Klaasen Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo 		3–6, 4–6
Win 13–9 Jul 2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships,
United States (2) 		250 Series Grass Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Australia Matt Reid
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 14–9 Sep 2017 Shenzhen Open,
China 		250 Series Hard Austria Alexander Peya Croatia Nikola Mektić
United States Nicholas Monroe 		6–3, 6–2
Win 15–9 May 2018 Bavarian Championships,
Germany 		250 Series Clay Croatia Ivan Dodig Croatia Nikola Mektić
Austria Alexander Peya 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 15–10 May 2018 Geneva Open,
Switzerland 		250 Series Clay Croatia Ivan Dodig Austria Oliver Marach
Croatia Mate Pavić 		6–3, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 15–11 Jul 2018 Atlanta Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard United States Ryan Harrison United States Nicholas Monroe
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss 15–12 Sep 2018 Shenzhen Open,
China 		250 Series Hard Sweden Robert Lindstedt Japan Ben McLachlan
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury 		6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 16–12 Oct 2018 Kremlin Cup,
Russia 		250 Series Hard (i) United States Austin Krajicek Belarus Max Mirnyi
Austria Philipp Oswald 		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 17–12 Nov 2018 Paris Masters,
France 		Masters 1000 Hard (i) Spain Marcel Granollers Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 17–13 Jan 2019 Brisbane International,
Australia 		250 Series Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof 		4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 18–13 Mar 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships,
United Arab Emirates 		500 Series Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Japan Ben McLachlan
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 18–14 Jun 2019 Queen's Club Championships,
United Kingdom 		500 Series Grass United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Spain Feliciano López
United Kingdom Andy Murray 		6–7(6–8), 7–5, [5–10]
Loss 18–15 Oct 2019 European Open,
Belgium 		250 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Andreas Mies 		6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 19–15 Oct 2019 Vienna Open,
Austria 		500 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo 		6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win 20–15 Feb 2020 Australian Open,
Australia 		Grand Slam Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Australia Max Purcell
Australia Luke Saville 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 20–16 Feb 2021 Australian Open,
Australia 		Grand Slam Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Ivan Dodig
Slovakia Filip Polášek 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 20–17 May 2021 Italian Open,
Italy 		Masters 1000 Clay United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 20–18 Jun 2021 Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom 		250 Series Grass United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		4–6, 3–6
Win 21–18 Aug 2021 Canadian Open,
Canada 		Masters 1000 Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 22–18 Sep 2021 US Open,
United States 		Grand Slam Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares 		3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 22–19 Oct 2021 Vienna Open,
Austria 		500 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 22–20 Nov 2021 ATP Finals,
Italy 		Tour Finals Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut 		4–6, 6–7(0–7)
Win 23–20 Apr 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco 		Masters 1000 Clay United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah 		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 24–20 Aug 2022 Cincinnati Masters,
United States 		Masters 1000 Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Germany Tim Pütz
New Zealand Michael Venus 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win 25–20 Sep 2022 US Open,
United States (2) 		Grand Slam Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United Kingdom Neal Skupski 		7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 26–20 Nov 2022 ATP Finals,
Italy 		Tour Finals Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić 		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 27–20 May 2023 Lyon Open,
France 		250 Series Clay United Kingdom Joe Salisbury France Nicolas Mahut
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 27–21 Aug 2023 Canadian Open,
Canada 		Masters 1000 Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer 		3–6, 1–6
Win 28–21 Sep 2023 US Open,
United States (3) 		Grand Slam Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury India Rohan Bopanna
Australia Matthew Ebden 		2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 29–21 Oct 2023 Vienna Open,
Austria (2) 		500 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury United States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow 		6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Win 30–21 Nov 2023 ATP Finals,
Italy (2) 		Tour Finals Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 		6–3, 6–4
Win 31–21 Jan 2024 Adelaide International,
Australia 		250 Series Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury India Rohan Bopanna
Australia Matthew Ebden 		7–5, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss 31–22 Aug 2024 Olympic Games,
France 		Olympics Clay United States Austin Krajicek Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia John Peers 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Loss 31–23 Aug 2024 Canadian Open,
Canada 		Masters 1000 Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)

Records

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  • These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
Tournament Year Record accomplished Player tied
Newport 2009 Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser Heinz Gunthardt
Bill Scanlon
Francisco Clavet
Christian Miniussi
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Leonardo Mayer
Andrey Rublev
Marco Cecchinato[46]
Kwon Soon-woo[47]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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–L) win–loss 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.

Singles

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Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 Q1 1R Q1 1R Q1 Q1 2R Q2 Q1 2R Q3 0 / 4 2–4
French Open A A A A A A Q2 A Q2 1R A A A A A 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 Q3 2R Q3 A 1R Q2 0 / 4 1–4
US Open Q1 A Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 1R Q1 Q3 1R 2R Q3 2R 1R A 0 / 7 2–7
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0 / 17 5–17
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A Q1 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 1R Q2 2R Q2 0 / 3 1–3
Miami Open A A Q2 A A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R A Q1 2R A 0 / 4 1–3
Madrid Open 1 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A 1R A A Q1 A A A Q1 A Q2 3R A 0 / 2 2–2
Cincinnati Masters A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A Q2 Q1 A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2
Shanghai Masters 2 A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 0 / 11 4–10
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–4 8–6 6–18 2–3 7–9 4–11 3–7 7–6 12–18 2–2 57–93
Year-end ranking 1,383 536 437 297 195 197 253 190 79 184 149 132 127 139 89 129 353 38%

1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
2 Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.

Doubles

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Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 1R A 3R 3R QF 1R QF 2R 2R 1R QF 2R 3R 3R W F SF 3R 3R 1 / 18 39–17
French Open A A A A A A A 3R 1R 1R QF 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R QF QF 2R QF 3R 0 / 16 22–16
Wimbledon A A A A A A QF 2R 1R 1R 2R QF 1R 1R 2R SF 3R 1R 3R NH SF SF 1R 0 / 16 25–16
US Open 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R SF 3R 2R 1R 1R 3R SF W W W 3 / 23 37–20
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 6–4 3–4 4–4 4–4 9–4 3–4 5–4 3–4 9–4 4–4 3–4 9–4 12–2 16–3 17–3 10–3 2–1 4 / 71 121–67
ATP Finals
ATP Finals Did not qualify F RR DNQ RR SF F W W 2 / 7 20–8
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 1R A A 1R W QF 1R NH 2R SF 1R 2R 1 / 10 9–8
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 2R A QF F 1R 1R 2R NH SF QF 2R QF 0 / 12 15–11
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 2R A NH 2R W 2R 2R 1 / 6 4–5
Madrid Open 1 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R NH 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 8 1–8
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R QF 2R 1R 1R F 1R QF 0 / 8 8–8
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R QF SF QF SF NH W 2R F 1 / 8 14–7
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R 1R A 2R QF 2R 2R 1R SF QF W 2R 1 / 13 10–12
Shanghai Masters 2 A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 2R A 2R QF A QF NH QF 0 / 6 4–6
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A QF 2R 2R W QF A 2R QF SF 1 / 8 11–7
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 5–4 6–9 8–8 13–7 8–8 2–2 14–7 13–6 8–9 3–4 5 / 79 78–72
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held 2R Not Held 0 / 2 2–2
ATP Cup Not Held RR DNQ NH 0 / 1 1–2
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 2 1 2 4 4 1 31
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 2 6 5 6 5 1 7 4 6 1 52
Overall win–loss 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 3–4 0–3 3–3 12–10 21–13 14–19 21–19 22–16 10–15 11–13 24–23 37–25 35–22 44–26 39–24 21–11 46–18 42–17 41–20 10–8 454-317
Year-end ranking 1,099 541 448 133 113 122 65 68 39 67 45 44 78 53 36 14 22 21 24 14 4 3 6 58.88%

1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
2 Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.

Mixed doubles

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Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R A A A 1R 1R W A W QF A A 2 / 6 12–4 75%
French Open A A A A A A 2R A SF 1R A NH QF A A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Wimbledon A A 3R A 2R A 1R A 2R 2R 1R NH 3R A A 0 / 7 4–6 40%
US Open 1R 2R 2R 2R A 2R A F 1R 2R SF NH 1R A A 0 / 10 12–9 57%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–4 1–4 8–2 0–0 7–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2 / 27 33–23 59%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held F–S Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 2 3–2 60%

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