Nishesh Basavareddy

Nishesh Basavareddy (born May 2, 2005) is an American professional tennis player.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 99, achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 676, achieved on 25 November 2024.

Personal life

Both of his parents are from Nellore and moved to San Francisco in 1999. He has an elder brother Nishanth, born in San Francisco.

He moved to Carmel, Indiana at age eight and graduated from Carmel High School.

Career

Juniors

He and Ozan Baris won the boys' doubles title at the 2022 US Open. He was ranked as high as No. 5 in the ITF Junior U18 Rankings and was a Tennis Recruiting blue-chip prospect, reaching a national ranking of No. 4 in February 2022. In 2022, he won three major junior tournaments: J1 Porto Alegre, JA Criciúma, and JA Milan. He also won the U14 Orange Bowl and was a member of the U.S. U14 team that won the World Junior Team Finals in the Czech Republic.

College

He entered Stanford University in the fall of 2022. As a freshman during the 2022-23 season, he won the ITA Fall National Championship and was named an ITA All-American. He was selected for the All-Pac-12 second team and earned ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year honors. He finished the season ranked No. 16 in singles and No. 22 in doubles, with a career-high ranking of No. 2 in singles. He won the ITA Northwest Super Regional and advanced to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles at the NCAA Championships.

In his sophomore season (2023–24), he won the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year award and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team. He earned ITA All-America honors for the second consecutive year and was named ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch. He helped Stanford win the Pac-12 regular-season title, the program’s first since 2021. He ended the season ranked No. 12 in singles, with a 16-2 overall record and an 11-2 mark against ranked opponents. He also recorded three Pac-12 Player of the Week honors and reached the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship. Off the court, he was named to the CSC Academic All-America second team and the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

2024: Top 150 and Pro debuts, NextGen Finals and maiden ATP win

He reached the top 200 at world No. 199 on September 30, 2024, following his third Challenger final at the 2024 LTP Men's Open where he lost to Edas Butvilas.
He won his maiden title at the 2024 Tiburon Challenger with a win over compatriot Eliot Spizzirri.

Following a final at the Champaign Challenger and his second Challenger title at the 2024 Puerto Vallarta Open, Basavareddy moved to a new career-high in the top 150 at world No. 139 on November 25, 2024.

He also qualified for the 2024 Next Generation ATP Finals where he recorded his first ATP win. Following the qualification, he announced he turned professional on December 5, 2024, foregoing his NCAA eligibility.

He also received a main draw wildcard for his Grand Slam debut at the 2025 Australian Open, where he faced in the first round Novak Djokovic, and lost to him in four sets.

2025: ATP main draw debut & first semifinal, top 100

He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2025 Brisbane International after qualifying for the main draw with wins over former top-100 player Borna Gojo and former top-10 player Lucas Pouille. He lost to Gaël Monfils in three sets. A week later he also qualified for the main draw at the 2025 ASB Classic in Auckland and recorded his second win and first in an ATP main draw over lucky loser Francisco Comesaña in straight sets. He defeated the defending champion and world No. 23 Alejandro Tabilo in three sets to reach his maiden ATP quarterfinal and move into the top 115 in the rankings. Next, he defeated eight seed and compatriot Alex Michelsen to reach his first ATP semifinal and moved onto the top 110 in the ATP singles rankings. He became the youngest American to reach a tour-level semifinal on hardcourts since an 18-year-old Reilly Opelka in 2016 in Atlanta. However, he then fell to Gaël Monfils in the semifinals in two tough sets.

At the Australian Open, he lost in the first round to Novak Djokovic, but not before taking the first set against the former #1. He impressed Djokovic and the crowd during the 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 performance.

He lost to Denis Shapovalov at the Acupulco Open, and followed that up with losses at Indian Wells and Bucharest Open. He defeated Otto Virtanen at the Aix en Provence Challenger before losing to eventual finalist Stan Wawrinka.

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2025 Mallorca Championships.''

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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2005 births
Living people
American people of Indian descent
American male tennis players
Tennis players from Newport Beach, California
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
American tennis players of Indian descent
21st-century American sportsmen