Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
25 Facts About Rajeev Ram
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Rajeev Ram won a mixed doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open.
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Rajeev Ram reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No 1 on 3 October 2022, and has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including four at the Masters 1000 level.
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Rajeev Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on six occasions, winning the title in 2022, having finished as runner-up in both 2016 and 2021.
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Rajeev Ram made his Davis Cup debut for the United States in 2021, and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
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Rajeev Ram was born to Indian parents Raghav and Sushma Rajeev Ram.
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Rajeev Ram earned a wildcard entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open.
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Rajeev Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments.
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Rajeev Ram was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon, partnered with Brian Baker.
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On July 5,2008, Rajeev Ram won the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship in Winnetka, Illinois for his first career Challenger-level singles title.
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Rajeev Ram won his first ATP doubles title in Chennai, India 2009 with compatriot Eric Butorac.
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On July 10,2009, Rajeev Ram accomplished the unusual feat of winning four professional-level tennis matches in one day.
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Rajeev Ram then beat Rochus and Sam Querrey on consecutive days to capture his first ATP title.
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Rajeev Ram accomplished the rare feat of winning a title as a lucky loser and captured the doubles title.
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Rajeev Ram started 2011 strong, partnering with Lipsky in February to take the indoor hard court San Jose Open and the outdoor hard-court Delray Beach titles.
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At the Delray Beach Open, Rajeev Ram reached his third career final and first singles final outside the grass courts of the Hall of Fame Open, losing to Sam Querrey.
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Rajeev Ram competed in the men's doubles tournament with partner Joe Salisbury to defend their title, but lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek in the final.
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Rajeev Ram 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.
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Rajeev Ram 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.
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Rajeev Ram won the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters with Salisbury defeating sixth-seeded pair of Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal.
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Rajeev Ram became the oldest first-time World No 1 in the doubles rankings on October 3,2022.
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Rajeev Ram is the 18th American to become No 1 in the rankings.
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Rajeev Ram began his 2023 season at the Maharashtra Open with Joe Salisbury.
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Rajeev Ram made his World TeamTennis debut in 2017 with the San Diego Aviators.
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Rajeev Ram joined the Chicago Smash for its debut season, during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.