Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (born 4 April 1983) is an Indian former professional

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player. A left-handed player from

Kapurthala Kapurthala () is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent b ...

, Sipaeya was a national hardcourt champion as a 16-year old in 1999 and made the junior doubles quarter-finals of the

2001 Wimbledon Championships The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001. It was the 115th edition of the Wimble ...

. Sipaeya represented India at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games, officially known as the XIV Asian Games and also known as Busan 2002 (), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due to schedule impediments the football tour ...

and was a doubles silver-medalist at the

2003 Afro-Asian Games The 2003 Afro-Asian Games, officially known as the First Afro-Asian Games or I Afro-Asian Games and unofficially known as the Inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Hyderabad, India, from 24 October (ex ...

. His career best singles ranking of 340 was attained in 2005 and he won two

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singles titles during his career. As a doubles player he was ranked as high as 296 in the world and won a further 15 ITF tournaments. In 2007 he made his only

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appearance for India, as the doubles partner of

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in a tie against Uzbekistan. He and Paes were victorious in five sets, over

Farrukh Dustov Farrukh Dustov (born 22 May 1986) is a retired Uzbek tennis player and tennis coach, playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series ...

and

Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player. He won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in Au ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sipaeya, Sunil-Kumar 1983 births Living people Indian male tennis players Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games People from Kapurthala Asian Games tennis players for India

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