Indian tennis has been enjoying a good run of late. Some of the achievements in the last few months include the following.
Rohan Bopanna achieved a World No 3 ranking at the age of 43 in the men's doubles category in July, his best ranking for a decade.
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Sumit Nagal won the ATP Challenger title in Tampere, breaking into the world's top 200 players. This was followed up by Karman Kaur Thandi's ITF event win in Evansville, which qualified her for the US Open qualifying round.
Nagal then began 2024 in stunning fashion, upsetting 31st seed Alexander Bublik in the Australian Open first round.
But at this moment, who is the top-ranked Indian tennis player?
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Who is the highest ranked Indian men's tennis player?
In the men's singles category, there is only one Indian in the top 150 players in the world. Sumit Nagal is the highest ranked player at No 137 in the world.
| India Rank | World Rank | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 137 | Sumit Nagal | 26 | 450 |
| 2 | 463 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 29 | 91 |
| 3 | 554 | Mukund Sasikumar | 27 | 68 |
| 4 | 612 | Digvijaypratap Singh | 23 | 56 |
| 5 | 614 | S D Prajwal Dev | 27 | 56 |
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In the doubles category, Rohan Bopanna flies the flag for India with a world ranking of 3.
| India Rank | World Rank | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Rohan Bopanna | 43 | 6450 |
| 2 | 61 | Yuki Bhambri | 31 | 1370 |
| 3 | 79 | N. Sriram Balaji | 33 | 1052 |
| 4 | 83 | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 37 | 981 |
| 5 | 87 | Anirudh Chandrasekar | 25 | 955 |
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Who is the highest ranked Indian women's tennis player?
After her recent success, Karman Kaur Thandi is the second-best Indian women's singles player, behind Ankita Raina who is still the only player ranked better than 250.
| India Rank | World Rank | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 223 | Ankita Raina | 31 | 347 |
| 2 | 333 | Karman Thandi | 25 | 200 |
| 3 | 336 | Sahaja Yamalapalli | 22 | 197 |
| 4 | 357 | Rutuja Bhosale | 27 | 180 |
| 5 | 501 | Vaidehi Chaudhari | 23 | 104 |
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In the women's doubles category, Prarthana Thombare is the top-ranked Indian player and the only one ranked better than No 200 in the world.
| India Rank | World Rank | Name | Age | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 166 | Prarthana Thombare | 29 | 551 |
| 2 | 206 | Ankita Raina | 31 | 433 |
| 3 | 235 | Rutuja Bhosale | 27 | 379 |
| 4 | 309 | Vasanti Shinde | 26 | 274 |
| 5 | 348 | Vaidehi Chaudhari | 23 | 243 |
