Somdev Kishore Devvarman was born on 13 February 1985 and is a former professional Indian tennis player.
87 Facts About Somdev Devvarman
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Somdev Devvarman hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years at the University of Virginia.
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In 2011, Somdev Devvarman received the Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his tennis successes.
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Somdev Devvarman's family moved to Calcutta when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there until he was 8.
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Somdev Devvarman started competing in Futures tournaments in 2002 at the age of 17.
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Somdev Devvarman's biggest achievement during this time was a victory in the Kolkata F2 championship in 2004, after which he rose to 666 in the world rankings.
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Somdev Devvarman moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at the University of Virginia.
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Somdev Devvarman finished university with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008.
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Somdev Devvarman won his first career title that year at a Futures tournament in Rochester, New York.
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Somdev Devvarman made the final of the Kennedy Funding Invitational in New York in July 2007.
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Somdev Devvarman returned and won the tournament in 2008, beating Sam Querrey and Dudi Sela along the way.
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On 27 July 2008, Somdev Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger, first coming through qualifying, and then beating players including Bobby Reynolds, Xavier Malisse, and Robert Kendrick to take the title.
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Somdev Devvarman received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinals, before his first professional defeat, by Go Soeda.
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At the BCR Bucharest Open, Somdev Devvarman lost to world No 18 Nicolas Almagro after winning the first set in the first round, having beaten No 93 Italian Filippo Volandri in the final round of qualifying.
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Somdev Devvarman reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2009 Chennai Open, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open champion and world No 42 Carlos Moya of Spain and No 25 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
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Rainer Schuttler of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinals, meaning that Somdev Devvarman progressed to the final.
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At the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, Somdev Devvarman was seeded 28th in singles qualifying.
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Somdev Devvarman defeated Joao Souza of Brazil in the first round and ousted Brit Alex Bogdanovic before losing to third seed and world No 96 Marcos Daniel.
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At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, Somdev Devvarman, seeded 14th in qualifying, failed to advance to the singles draw, losing in the first round to Jean-Rene Lisnard of Monaco.
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Somdev Devvarman had poor clay- and grass-court seasons, but was more successful upon return to hard courts, reaching the semifinals of the Comerica Bank Challenger.
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Somdev Devvarman then caused a major upset in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, avenging his defeat in the Chennai Open against Marin Cilic.
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Somdev Devvarman reached the quarterfinals of the SA Open in Johannesburg.
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Somdev Devvarman reached the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 series Dubai Tennis Championships, where he lost against Marcos Baghdatis.
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Somdev Devvarman led India's Davis Cup team in their match against Russia.
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Somdev Devvarman achieved direct entry to the 2010 US Open, where he lost to Kevin Anderson in the first round.
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Somdev Devvarman competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate, Treat Huey, where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
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On 10 October 2010, Somdev Devvarman won the men's tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi by beating Greg Jones of Australia in straight sets.
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On 23 November 2010, Somdev Devvarman won the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets.
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However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not ATP tour events, Somdev Devvarman did not gain any ATP ranking points.
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Somdev Devvarman started the season with the Chennai Open, an ATP 250 tournament, and lost to qualifier David Goffin in the first round.
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Somdev Devvarman got a wild card to the 2011 Australian Open due to his good performance in 2010.
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Somdev Devvarman was top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament, where he lost to Andrej Martin of Slovakia in the quarterfinals.
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Somdev Devvarman was given direct entry into the South African Tennis Open 2011, an ATP 250 tournament, by virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit.
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Somdev Devvarman then travelled to Dubai, where he obtained a wild card for the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships.
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Somdev Devvarman faced world No 2 Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where he lost.
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Somdev Devvarman lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat and moved to No 93.
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Somdev Devvarman played two singles rubbers and one doubles against the Serbs.
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Somdev Devvarman moved to No 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011.
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Somdev Devvarman started the tournament from qualification rounds, and then in the main draw, he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the first round.
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Somdev Devvarman faced world No 1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round and lost, after giving a tough fight.
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Somdev Devvarman defeated world No 47 Potito Starace in the first round in straight sets, and then stunned big-serving sensation Milos Raonic in a tough straight-set match.
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Somdev Devvarman started his clay season at the 2011 US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas.
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Somdev Devvarman lost to world No 27 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round.
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Somdev Devvarman moved to his career-best ranking of No 70 on 2 May 2011.
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Somdev Devvarman lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open to Ivan Ljubicic.
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Somdev Devvarman lost in the 2011 Wimbledon singles second round, losing to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
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Somdev Devvarman finished the year ranked No 66 in the world.
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Somdev Devvarman began 2012 with a recurring shoulder injury, which ended with him not competing in the first half of the season.
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Somdev Devvarman returned to action in accepting a wildcard entry to participate in men's singles event at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Somdev Devvarman lost to Tom Burn in the Great Britain F13 event in the first round.
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Somdev Devvarman then lost to Benjamin Becker of Germany in straight sets at Winston-Salem in the qualifiers.
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Somdev Devvarman entered the main draw of US Open with a protected ranking of 85.
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Somdev Devvarman lost to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the first round.
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Somdev Devvarman was then defeated by Ernests Gulbis in the first round of Erste Bank Open.
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Somdev Devvarman ended the year ranked No 664 in the world, having been largely inactive in 2012.
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Somdev Devvarman won through to the second round of the Chennai Open before succumbing to Tomas Berdych.
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Somdev Devvarman then played in the Australian open, where he advanced to the second round, beating world No 78 Bjorn Phau of Germany.
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Somdev Devvarman entered the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament, where he won against qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round.
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Somdev Devvarman then lost the second round to fourth seeded Jurgen Melzer.
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Somdev Devvarman played in Open 13, where he caused an upset against Benoit Paire in the first round, before bowing out of the tournament against Australian Bernard Tomic in the second round.
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Somdev Devvarman defeated qualifier Igor Kunitsyn in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, before losing to No 7 Juan Martin del Potro in the second round.
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Somdev Devvarman entered the qualifying draw of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open using his protected ranking of 85.
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Somdev Devvarman beat Evgeny Donskoy in the first round of the 2013 Sony Open Tennis.
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Somdev Devvarman then played lucky loser Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the second round, where he registered a come-from-behind victory in three sets.
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Somdev Devvarman next faced No 1 Novak Djokovic in the third round, where he lost in straight sets.
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Somdev Devvarman's performance in Miami was a personal best since his comeback from the shoulder injury.
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Somdev Devvarman played Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the first round of 2013 US Men's Clay Court Championships.
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Somdev Devvarman used his protected ranking of 85 for the last time to enter this tournament.
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Somdev Devvarman then faced Ilija Bozoljac whom he defeated in straight sets.
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Somdev Devvarman won the doubles title with his partner Ilija Bozoljac after qualifying into the main draw.
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Somdev Devvarman entered the main draw of the Savannah Challenger, where he won his round-of-32 match against Nikoloz Basilashvili as his opponent retired after the first.
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Somdev Devvarman then played at the Tallahassee Challenger but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Denis Kudla.
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Somdev Devvarman then went to play in the Caltanissetta Challenger, where he won his first round against Eduardo Schwank after Schwank retired in the second set.
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Somdev Devvarman lost in the semifinals to Dusan Lajovic in straight sets.
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Somdev Devvarman won against Brydan Klein in straight sets in the first round of the Aegon Nottingham Challenger.
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Somdev Devvarman faced Matt Reid in the first round of the Wimbledon qualifiers.
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Somdev Devvarman defended his title in February against Yuki Bhambri in the 2015 Delhi Open.
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On 1 January 2017, Somdev Devvarman announced his retirement from professional tennis.
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Somdev Devvarman made his Davis Cup debut for India in 2008 against Uzbekistan at the age of 22.
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Somdev Devvarman would fall short in both his singles matches and keep India in the zonals for another year.
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Somdev Devvarman played Viktor Troicki in a make-or-break match for India.
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Somdev Devvarman represented India at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
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Somdev Devvarman won the Gold Medal in the men's doubles event with his partner Sanam Singh.
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Somdev Devvarman was a part of the Men's Team which won the bronze medal.
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Somdev Devvarman is professionally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi's company Globosport.
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Somdev Devvarman's parents are from the state of Tripura in India.
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Somdev Devvarman is the grandson of Tripura's late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman, popularly known as Bidurkarta.