Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional

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player. He has a career-high ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with

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at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players. He broke into the top 100 of the

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in doubles in 2017.

Personal life

He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of

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in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of

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, and has also been Jeevan's mentor.

Professional career

2011: Turned pro

Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011.

2017: First ATP doubles title

Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the

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. He won the title with partner

by defeating a pair of compatriots,

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, in an all Indian final. As a result he was ranked world No. 86 on 9 January 2017.

2023: Third ATP final

He reached his third ATP final at the

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with compatriot N.Sriram Balaji as an alternate pair.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/gille-vliegen-pune-2023-double-final They defeated compatriots

and

in straight sets in first round. In the quaterfinals, they upset second seeds

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in straight sets winning both sets in a tiebreak. Next they defeated British pair of Jack Cash and

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in the semifinals in straight sets to reach their first ATP Tour final as a team. Despite not losing a single set on their way to final they were defeated in straight sets by

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and

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in the final.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Doubles: 52 (31–21)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nedunchezhiyan, Jeevan 1988 births Tamil sportspeople Living people Indian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from Chennai Washington Huskies men's tennis players South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in tennis