Rohan Gajjar
{{Short description|Indian tennis player}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Rohan Gajjar
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| country_represented = {{IND}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|05|08|df=yes}}
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| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $49,823
| singlesrecord =
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 429 (12 Jul 2010)
| doublesrecord = 0–1 (ATP Tour)
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 258 (23 Feb 2009)
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Rohan Gajjar (born 8 May 1984) is an Indian former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Manjunath |first1=H. S. |title=Rohan Gajjar upset in first round of ITF Men’s Futures |url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/sport/rohan-gajjar-upset-first-round-itf-men%E2%80%99s-futures |work=Phnom Penh Post |date=1 February 2011 |language=en}}
Gajjar, who comes from Mumbai, played collegiate tennis for the University of Arkansas between 2003 and 2006, while studying for a degree in marketing.{{cite news |title=At 27,Rohan believes best is yet to come |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/at-27-rohan-believes-best-is-yet-to-come/ |work=The Indian Express |date=2 June 2011 |language=en}} He was named in the 2005 All-SEC first-team.{{cite web |title=Former Hog Gajjar wins title |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/former_hog_gajjar_wins_title_204966301/ |website=Arkansas Razorbacks |date=6 November 2014}}
Following his collegiate career he competed on the professional tour and in 2007 made an ATP Tour doubles main draw appearance in his home tournament, the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open. In 2010 he reached his career best singles ranking of 429 and broke through that year for his first ITF Futures singles title in Malaysia. At Futures level he was most successful in doubles, winning 13 titles over the course of his career.
ITF Futures titles
=Singles: (2)=
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|1. |{{dts|Jun 2010}} |Malaysia F2, Kuala Lumpur |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Kaden Hensel |7–6(2), 6–1 |
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|2. |{{dts|May 2011}} |India F6, Manipal |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Vijayant Malik |3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
=Doubles: (13)=
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!No. !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
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|1. |{{dts|Jul 2007}} |Iran F1, Tehran |Clay |{{flagicon|IND}} Aditya Madkekar |{{flagicon|BLR}} Sergey Betov |6–7(2), 7–6(2), 5–7 |
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|2. |{{dts|Mar 2008}} |India F3, Mumbai |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Purav Raja |{{flagicon|IND}} Harsh Mankad |6–3, 6–1 |
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|3. |{{dts|Oct 2008}} |Nigeria F3, Lagos |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Divij Sharan |{{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Chekhov |7–6(6), 6–7(2), [10–7] |
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|4. |{{dts|Nov 2008}} |India F8, Mumbai |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Purav Raja |{{flagicon|SRB}} David Savić |6–2, 7–6(4) |
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|5. |{{dts|Sep 2009}} |India F9, New Delhi |Hard |{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Eaton |{{flagicon|IND}} Ashutosh Singh |7–6(6), 7–6(3) |
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|6. |{{dts|Oct 2009}} |India F10, Kolkata |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Purav Raja |{{flagicon|IND}} Divij Sharan |4–6, 5–7 |
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|7. |{{dts|May 2011}} |India F6, Manipal |Hard |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vitali Reshetnikov |{{flagicon|IND}} Vijayant Malik |6–1, 6–2 |
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|8. |{{dts|Jun 2011}} |India F7, Delhi |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Divij Sharan |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuto Niki |6–2, 7–6(7) |
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|9. |{{dts|Nov 2011}} |India F10, Pune |Hard |{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Satschko |{{flagicon|IND}} Vishnu Vardhan |6–4, 6–7(1), [8–10] |
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|10. |{{dts|Feb 2012}} |China F3, Mengzi |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Karan Rastogi |{{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Peng |6–2, 6–4 |
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|11. |{{dts|Feb 2012}} |India F1, Chandigarh |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Saketh Myneni |{{flagicon|IND}} Vijay Kannan |7–5, 6–3 |
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|12. |{{dts|Mar 2012}} |India F3, Bhimavaram |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Saketh Myneni |{{flagicon|IND}} Vijay Sundar Prashanth |7–5, 6–3 |
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|13. |{{dts|Apr 2012}} |Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh City |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Sriram Balaji |{{flagicon|AUS}} Dane Propoggia |6–3, 6–4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP|G716}}
- {{ITF profile|rohan-gajjar/800225214/ind}}
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Category:Indian male tennis players
Category:Racket sportspeople from Mumbai
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