11 Facts About Ajeet Rai

Ajeet Shankar Rai was born on 18 January 1999 and is a New Zealand professional tennis player.

Ajeet Rai's season finished with a couple of quarterfinal losses in Futures events in Tay Ninh, Vietnam.

Again given a wildcard into qualifying in Auckland, Ajeet Rai was a game away from defeating Roberto Marcora in the first round before eventually losing in three sets.

In Uganda on the anniversary of his ITF debut, Ajeet Rai injured his back severely enough in his second event to need three months' rehabilitation before he returned to the tour in South-East Asia.

Ajeet Rai played the doubles final, but with very restricted movement the pair were easily beaten by the top-seeded Ratiwatana twins from the host country.

At the ASB Classic in Auckland, Ajeet Rai received a wildcard into both the singles qualifying rounds and the doubles, losing his first match in both.

Ajeet Rai's next stop after Auckland was Cancun, where he played three tournaments in as many weeks.

Ajeet Rai then returned home for New Zealand's Davis Cup tie against Venezuela in Auckland, where he lost in singles to Luis David Martinez in three sets.

Ajeet Rai reached several doubles finals but, frustratingly, it took five attempts before he was able to win another title.

Ajeet Rai made three more ITF singles finals, winning the last of them.

Ajeet Rai took the doubles title at Nonthaburi in his first ATP Challenger event.