1. Divij Sharan was born on 2 March 1986 and is an Indian professional tennis player.
37 Facts About Divij Sharan
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Divij Sharan has won five ATP doubles titles and represents India in the Davis Cup.
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Divij Sharan won a gold medal in the men's doubles at the 2018 Asian Games.
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Divij Sharan began playing tennis at the age of seven at a local tennis academy.
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Divij Sharan's idols growing up were Roger Federer, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.
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Divij Sharan married British tennis player Samantha Murray in July 2019.
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Divij Sharan found limited success in singles and developed as doubles specialist.
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Divij Sharan won his first Futures doubles title 3 years later, in 2007.
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Divij Sharan reached his first doubles ATP Challenger finals in 2010 at the Kyoto Challenger in Japan.
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Divij Sharan won his first doubles ATP Challenger title in September 2011 at the Ningbo Challenger in China.
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Divij Sharan continued to find success in doubles at both ITF and Challenger events.
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Divij Sharan reached 8 ATP Challenger doubles finals and won 2 titles in the year.
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Divij Sharan won the Busan Challenger with Yuki Bhambri and the Bangkok Challenger with Vishnu Vardhan.
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Divij Sharan reached 5 finals and won a title at the Kyoto Challenger.
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Divij Sharan entered the qualifying draw at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships with Raja, with the pair successfully qualifying for the main draw.
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At the 2013 US Open, Divij Sharan partnered with Lu Yen-hsun from Chinese Taipei.
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Divij Sharan reached 4 Challenger finals and won 2 titles in the year 2014.
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Divij Sharan won the Kyoto Challenger with Purav Raja and the Shanghai Challenger with Yuki Bhambri.
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Divij Sharan's best result at an ATP World Tour event was a semifinal appearance at the 2014 Claro Open where he had partnered with Canadian player Adil Shamasdin.
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At the 2014 Asian Games, Divij Sharan won a bronze medal for India with Yuki Bhambri.
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Divij Sharan played with many different partners and reached 4 Challenger finals, winning 2 of them.
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Divij Sharan won the Guzzini Challenger with British partner Ken Skupski and the Izmir Challenger with compatriot Saketh Myneni.
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Divij Sharan played only a singles match at ATP World Tour level and lost it.
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Divij Sharan finished the year ranked 134 as a doubles player.
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Divij Sharan partnered with Purav Raja and reached 6 ATP Challenger finals, winning 4 of them.
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Divij Sharan finished the year with doubles ranking of No 63.
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Divij Sharan reached his third ATP World Tour final at the 2017 Chennai Open partnering with Purav Raja.
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Divij Sharan then reached his fourth ATP World Tour final and won his third ATP title in Belgium at the European Open with his new partner Scott Lipsky.
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Divij Sharan had good run on the Challenger Tour as well.
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Divij Sharan won titles in Bordeaux with Purav Raja and Bangaluru with Mikhail Elgin.
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Divij Sharan started year with Maharashtra Open where he paired with compatriot Yuki Bhambri.
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Divij Sharan won his first Challenger title of the season at Canberra Challenger.
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At Wimbledon Championships, Divij Sharan reached his first Gland Slam quarter-finals.
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Divij Sharan finished another year inside the top 50 with doubles ranking of 39.
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Divij Sharan began the year teaming up with his compatriot Rohan Bopanna.
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Divij Sharan then teamed up with the Brazilian doubles specialist Marcelo Demolinor and reached the doubles final in the Bavarian open.
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Divij Sharan won his 5th title in ATP tour teaming up with Igor Zelenay in St Petersburg, Russia to win his second title of the year.