Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional

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player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with

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at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players.

Personal life

He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of

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in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of

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, and has also been Jeevan's mentor. Jeevan also found the love of his life in 2024 when he married Vishnupriya Chiteri Meyyappan.

Professional career

2011: Turned pro

Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011.

2017: First ATP doubles title

Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner

by defeating a pair of compatriots,

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, in an all Indian final. As a result he broke into the top 100 at world No. 86 on 9 January 2017.

2023: First Major win at Australian Open, Third ATP final

He reached his third ATP final at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra with compatriot N.Sriram Balaji as an alternate pair. They defeated compatriots

and

in straight sets in first round. In the quarterfinals, they upset second seeds

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and Jackson Withrow in straight sets winning both sets in a tiebreak. Next they defeated British pair of Jack Cash and

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in the semifinals in straight sets to reach their first ATP Tour final as a team. Despite not losing a single set on their way to final they were defeated in straight sets by

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and Joran Vliegen in the final. He won his first Grand Slam doubles match at the

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with Balaji defeating fifth seeds

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as an alternate pair. He entered the main draw of the

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also as an alternate pair with Balaji.

2024: Hangzhou Open title

Partnering with

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, Nedunchezhiyan won the doubles title at the

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, defeating

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and

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in the final.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Doubles: 58 (32–26)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nedunchezhiyan, Jeevan 1988 births Tamil sportspeople Living people Indian male tennis players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Racket sportspeople from Chennai Washington Huskies men's tennis players Indian expatriate tennis players in the United States South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in tennis