106 Facts About Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Machanda Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.

Rohan Bopanna attained the world No 1 ranking after winning his first major doubles title at the 2024 Australian Open with Matthew Ebden, becoming the oldest first-time No 1 at the age of 43.

Rohan Bopanna was a finalist at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2012 and 2015 with different partners.

Rohan Bopanna has won two major titles in doubles: at the 2017 French Open mixed doubles alongside Gabriela Dabrowski and the 2024 Australian Open, becoming the oldest major winner in the Open Era in the latter.

Rohan Bopanna reached major finals at the 2018 and 2023 Australian Opens in mixed doubles; and in the 2023 US Open men's doubles.

Rohan Bopanna has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including six at the Masters 1000 level, with a title at the 2024 Miami Open making him the oldest Masters winner.

Rohan Bopanna was a member of the Indian Davis Cup team from 2002 to 2023, and competed at the 2012,2016 and 2024 Olympic Games.

Rohan Bopanna's father is a coffee planter and his mother is a housewife.

Rohan Bopanna won the Denver Challenger with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi where they were the top seeds.

Rohan Bopanna then won Indonesia F1 Futures title where he defeated Febi Wediyanto in the final.

Rohan Bopanna was out for 8 weeks due to a bicep injury which made him miss 2004 Chennai Open and Davis Cup tie against New Zealand.

Rohan Bopanna started off the season at India F1A Futures where he lost to Alexey Kedryuk in straight sets and in doubles he was 3rd seed with Vijay Kannan but they lost to Rupesh Roy and Divij Sharan.

Rohan Bopanna won the Kuwait F1 Futures tournament with Mustafa Ghouse.

Rohan Bopanna again defeated a Brazilian Marcos Daniel in 1st round but he retired in 2nd round match after losing the first set.

Rohan Bopanna was then out for almost 9 months due to a career threatening shoulder injury for which he had necessitated a surgery.

Rohan Bopanna made his return at India F3 Futures where he was ousted in first round by Chris Kwon in straight sets.

Rohan Bopanna then lost to Florin Mergea in straight sets of Kuwait F1 Futures.

Rohan Bopanna's disappointment was compoundeded by his loss in the doubles final.

Rohan Bopanna reached the finals of Bukhara Challenger with Kyu-Tae Im, he reached semi-finals in singles where he lost to eventual champion and 3rd seed Denis Istomin in straight sets.

Rohan Bopanna lost to Bart Beks in straight sets at Seoul Challenger.

Rohan Bopanna lost in the semi-finals of Australia F10 and F11 Futures both times to Australian Luke Bourgeois.

Rohan Bopanna ended the year at India F7 Futures losing to his occasional partner and eventual winner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

Rohan Bopanna started the season by qualifying for main draw of Chennai Open by defeating Marcin Matkowski, Danai Udomchoke and Rajeev Ram in straight sets respectively.

Rohan Bopanna then defeated Cyril Saulnier in first round of main draw in straight sets.

Rohan Bopanna entered doubles as a wildcard with Prakash Amritraj where they upset 3rd seeds Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlmann in straight sets in first round, received bye in second round and then upset 2nd seeds Rainer Schuttler and Alexander Waske in semi-finals.

Rohan Bopanna then made his Grand Slam at 2006 Australian Open where he participated in only men's singles event that too in qualifying round.

Rohan Bopanna defeated Yohny Romero in straight sets in the first round.

Rohan Bopanna then had first round exit at Australian F1 Futures losing to Andrew Coelho and reached Quarter-finals with Luke Bourgeois where they lost in a close match.

Rohan Bopanna again had a first round exit at UAE F1 Futures and in doubles he had to give walkover in first round as his partner Prakash was injured.

Rohan Bopanna then had 2 consecutive 2nd round exits at Chikmagalur and Dharwad Challenger losing to Toshihide Matsui and Viktor Troicki in straight sets.

Rohan Bopanna had lost to Dawid Olejniczak in straight sets of Fergana Challenger.

Rohan Bopanna lost to Michael Lammer in straight sets in first qualifying round of French Open.

Rohan Bopanna had first round exits at Surbiton Trophy in both singles and doubles with Nathan Healey.

Rohan Bopanna then entered Wimbledon where in men's singles qualifying round he defeated Tomas Cakl in straight sets in first round but lost to Robert Kendrick in straight sets in second round.

Rohan Bopanna partnered Johan Landsberg in men's doubles qualifying round but they lost in first round to Irakli Labadze and Dusan Vemic.

Rohan Bopanna lost to Rajeev Ram in first round of Aptos Challenger but he took his revenge by defeating Ram and Todd Widom in doubles final with Prakash Amritraj in a hard-fought match.

Rohan Bopanna had Quarter-finals exits in both singles and doubles with Prakash at Challenger de Granby.

Rohan Bopanna entered main draw of Mumbai Open as a wildcard and lost to 8th seeded Wesley Moodie.

Rohan Bopanna won the Asian Hopman Cup with Sania Mirza which was the qualifying event for 2007 Hopman Cup.

Rohan Bopanna was selected after Leander Paes withdrew due to an injury.

Rohan Bopanna won his singles match against Lu Yen-hsun but Karan Rastogi and pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes lost their matches.

Rohan Bopanna ended the season at India F3 Futures Tournament.

Rohan Bopanna was top seed in both singles and doubles and managed to reach finals of both events.

Rohan Bopanna ended the season with 259 rank in singles which still remains with best year end singles rank.

Rohan Bopanna won 5 challenger titles and reached 11 finals.

Rohan Bopanna distinguished himself as one of India's finest doubles players at the 2007 Hopman Cup.

India lost to Spain to finish runners-up in Group B, with Mirza and Rohan Bopanna losing both their singles matches, but winning in mixed doubles.

Rohan Bopanna reached Quarter-finals of Dallas Challenger both in singles and doubles.

Rohan Bopanna reached Quarter-finals of Kyoto Challenger with Mustafa Ghouse.

Rohan Bopanna lost to Bastian Knittel in Quarter-finals of Ho Chi Minh City Challenger in a close and hard-fought match.

Rohan Bopanna had first round exit at Karlsruhe Challenger in both singles and doubles.

Rohan Bopanna reached semi-finals of Surbiton Trophy with Chris Haggard as four seeds losing to eventual champions Mischa Zverev and Alex Kuznetsov in a tie breaker.

Rohan Bopanna won the men's doubles title at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles with partner Eric Butorac.

Rohan Bopanna started the season fairly well by qualifying for the Chennai Open, but lost in the first round of the main draw.

Rohan Bopanna started the year on a high, reaching the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open, partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.

At the US Open, Rohan Bopanna reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

The big-serving Rohan Bopanna was spot-on again, as he accumulated one ace after another.

Rohan Bopanna even pounded an overhead over his shoulder, while retrieved a lob to force an error, causing a commentator to compare it to Roger Federer's between-the-legs winners against Novak Djokovic and Brian Dabul.

Rohan Bopanna was exceptional on serve and conjured some high-intensity aces.

Rohan Bopanna played a decisive role in India's 2010 Davis Cup triumph over Brazil, taking India back to the World Group for the first time since 1998.

Rohan Bopanna began the 2011 season with Qureshi at the Chennai Open in early January.

At the 2011 Davis Cup in Serbia, Rohan Bopanna played in singles and doubles with Somdev Devvarman after Paes and Bhupathi pulled out of the tournament due to injuries.

Rohan Bopanna had many Serbian fans applauding his impressive winners, but having clawed his way back into the match after falling two sets behind, he lost the match in the fifth set.

Rohan Bopanna defeated Canada's Peter Polansky in a close encounter before outplaying Germany's Daniel Brands in straight sets to secure his spot in the top draw.

Rohan Bopanna lost his opening round match against Australian player Bernard Tomic.

Rohan Bopanna has been selected to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Men's Doubles category partnering Bhupathi.

Rohan Bopanna refused to partner Leander Paes for the doubles event at the Olympics triggering a row which finally led to two participating teams, as Paes partnered with Vishnu Vardhan.

On 20 August 2012 at the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, Rohan Bopanna partnering Mahesh Bhupathi lost to Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the final.

Rohan Bopanna partnered Edouard Roger-Vasselin in Wimbledon in 2013 and reached the semifinals before bowing out of the competition in a hard-fought match that ended in five sets against the Bryan brothers.

Rohan Bopanna started the season with Chennai Open where he partnered with compatriot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.

Rohan Bopanna lifted his first title at the tournament by defeating pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in an all Indian final.

Rohan Bopanna entered the French Open with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski.

Rohan Bopanna finished the year with doubles ranking of 18 winning three titles from six final appearances.

Rohan Bopanna reached the quarterfinals at the US Open with Denis Shapovalov, where he suffered a defeat to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.

In 2021 Rohan Bopanna participated in the Australian Open where he partnered with Ben McLachlan.

Rohan Bopanna later entered as an alternate in the qualifying draw of the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open, a new 250 Series tournament, returning to play singles five years after the last time.

Rohan Bopanna lastly played as a doubles pair with Qureshi at 2021 Kremlin Cup and reached the second round.

Rohan Bopanna then paired up with Canadian Denis Shapovalov with whom he had recently reached the quarterfinals of Indian Wells Masters.

Rohan Bopanna ended the year with a semifinal loss at St Petersburg Open.

Rohan Bopanna started the year with an ATP Tour 250 title at 2022 Adelaide International pairing with compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan defeating top seeds Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig in straight sets in final.

Rohan Bopanna paired up with Edouard Roger-Vasselin for 2022 Adelaide International 2 and 2022 Australian Open but they had first round exits in both tournaments.

Rohan Bopanna lost in the first round in the Mixed doubles event with Darija Jurak Schreiber.

Rohan Bopanna reached the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open and final of the Qatar Open with Denis Shapovalov losing to pair of Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski both times.

Rohan Bopanna had a first round exit at Dubai tennis championships with Aslan Karatsev losing to top seeds and eventual finalists Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic.

Rohan Bopanna began the clay court season with Jamie Murray at 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters en route to semifinals defeating third and seventh seeded pairs on the way but losing to top seeds and eventual champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in tie-breaker.

Rohan Bopanna began the grass court season by reaching the semifinals of Stuttgart Open with Denis Shapovalov.

In July, again partnering Middelkoop, Rohan Bopanna reached the final of the 2022 Hamburg Open, where they lost in the final to the pair of Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara.

Rohan Bopanna won his third title of the season when he alongside Middelkoop defeated Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the final to win the doubles tennis title at the 2022 Tel Aviv Open.

Rohan Bopanna won his first title with Matthew Ebden as a team at the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open.

Rohan Bopanna returned back to the top 10 following the final in 2023 Mutua Madrid Open with Ebden, where they lost to Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov.

Rohan Bopanna reached the semifinals at 2023 Wimbledon losing to the eventual champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski, returning to the top 10 on 17 July 2023.

Rohan Bopanna reached the finals at the 2023 US Open, thus becoming the oldest finalist at a Major.

Rohan Bopanna became the oldest player to win a match at the 2023 ATP Finals with Ebden where the pair reached the semifinals.

Rohan Bopanna was in contention with Austin Krajicek for the ATP No 1 doubles ranking and he achieved it with the quarterfinal win over the Argentinian pair of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.

Rohan Bopanna became the oldest first-time world No 1 at age 43, and became the highest ranked Indian doubles player since Leander Paes in 1999.

Rohan Bopanna reclaimed the top ranking on 4 March 2024 after winning his first round match at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Rohan Bopanna lost in the first round to the Belgian duo of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen after a closely contested match.

At the age of 44, Rohan Bopanna overtook his own record to become the oldest ATP Masters 1000 finalist and champion.

At his next tournament, 2024 Madrid Open, Rohan Bopanna lost his opening round match against the eventual champions, Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson in the straight sets.

Rohan Bopanna was awarded the Ekalavya Award by the Government of Karnataka in 2005 for his achievements on court.

Rohan Bopanna was a recipient of the Arjuna Award, the second highest sporting honour of India in 2019.

Rohan Bopanna's name was announced among the awardees of the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, for the year 2024.

Rohan Bopanna donates part of the profits generated by sales of 'Stop War Start Tennis' merchandise to the not-for-profit organisation 'GoSports Foundation'.

Rohan Bopanna is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of Prince Albert II.

Rohan Bopanna, who is married to Supriya Annaiah, resides in Bangalore, where he is the part owner of a very popular restaurant.

Note: Rohan Bopanna received walkovers in the 2nd round of 2012 Wimbledon, the 1st round of 2016 French Open and the quarterfinals of 2023 Australian Open, which do not officially count as a wins.