# Saketh Myneni

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 74 achieved on 16 January 2023. He was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the Incheon Asian Games 2014. He has won 10 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 18 ITF and 14 ATP Challenger doubles titles.

## Personal life

Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh to Prasad Myneni and Saroja Myneni. He grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School, Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki. He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows. He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now and then in Hyderabad. He proposed his girlfriend Sri Lakshmi Anumolu during the official Davis Cup dinner on 14 September 2016. His compatriot Leander Paes described the scene as "First Marriage Proposal I have witnessed congrats to cute couple". The couple married each other on December 22, 2016.

## Professional career
### 2014: Challenger level success and Asiad gold and silver

He made his Indian Davis Cup Team debut at the 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Tie with Chinese Taipei, where he partnered Rohan Bopanna in the Doubles He won both his doubles and Singles match as India successfully defeated Chinese Taipei 5–0.
Myneni win his first ever challenger title at the SBI Challenger where he partnered Sanam Singh. They defeated compatriots Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan 6–3, 3–6, [10–4] in an all Indian final. Coincidentally both the pair in the finals entered the draw as a wildcards. A week later they won the Delhi Challenger where they upset top seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 7–6 (7–4), 1–6, [10–4] in the 1st round and then 2nd seeds in the final to capture the title.
In the next Davis Cup tie against South Korea, he and Bopanna again won their match as India won the tie 3–1 to qualify for World Group play-offs.
At 2014 Incheon Asian Games he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the mixed doubles Gold. He also won the silver medal in men's doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.
Myneni won his 1st ever singles challenger title at the Indore Challenger where he upset top seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 in the final to capture his 1st singles challenger title. He and Sanam Singh then won the KPIT MSLTA Challenger where they again defeated Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand 6–3, 6–2. In the singles of the same tournament, he defeated players with much higher ranks namely Fabrice Martin, Hiroki Moriya and Aleksandr Nedovyesov respectively all in straight sets but lost to the eventual champion Yūichi Sugita in straight sets in semis.

### 2020-2021: Inactivity due to COVID-19, ITF doubles success

Saketh entered only two tournaments in 2020 and played only seven professional matches. The first tournament was Maharashtra Open where he entered singles qualifying draw as a wildcard and lost to Nikola Milojević in straight sets. The second tournament was Bengaluru Challenger where he reached third round in singles after defeating Russians Aslan Karatsev and Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets but lost to ninth seeded Thomas Fabbiano. In Doubles, he partnered Matt Reid and upset top seeds Hsieh Cheng-peng and Denys Molchanov before retiring in semi-finals against eventual champions Purav Raja and Ramkumar Ramanathan.
After the COVID-19 pandemic had shut down tennis in March, Myneni decided to remain inactive for the rest of 2020 even when tennis came back in August.

### 2023: Major debut at Wimbledon, the Australian and first win at the French Opens

He made his Major debut at the 2023 Australian Open as a wildcard pair with Yuki Bhambri. He won his first Grand Slam match at the 2023 French Open with Bhambri defeating wildcards Arthur Rinderknech and Enzo Couacaud. He made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as an alternate pair with Bhambri.

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 5 (2–3)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* Olympic Games (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (2–3)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2014 | Indore, India | Challenger | Hard | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–3, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2015 | Vietnam Open, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Jordan Thompson | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2015 | Ağrı, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Farrukh Dustov | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2016 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Stéphane Robert | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2018 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 2–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 27 (20–7)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* Olympic Games (0–0)
* ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
* ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
* ATP Challenger Tour (20–7)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (18–6)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2014 | Kolkata, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–3, 3–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2014 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Oct 2014 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 2015 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Malek Jaziri Denys Molchanov | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 0–0 (ret) |
| Win | 5–0 | Oct 2015 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | John Paul Fruttero Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 5–7, 6–4, [10–2] |
| Loss | 5–1 | Feb 2016 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Yuki Bhambri Mahesh Bhupathi | 3–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
| Loss | 5–2 | Mar 2016 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Luke Saville Jordan Thompson | 6–3, 4–6, [10–12] |
| Win | 6–2 | Apr 2016 | Nanjing, China | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Aug 2016 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Sanam Singh | Guilherme Clezar Alejandro González | 6–3, 1–6, [10–12] |
| Win | 7–3 | Oct 2017 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | Ben McLachlan Go Soeda | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 7–4 | Apr 2018 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Carpet(i) | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | Matthew Ebden Andrew Whittington | 4–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
| Loss | 7–5 | Jun 2018 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Jul 2019 | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu | 6–3, 0–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 8–6 | Nov 2019 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–6 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Hugo Grenier Alexandre Müller | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–7 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Alexander Erler Arjun Kadhe | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [7–10] |
| Win | 10–7 | Apr 2022 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | JC Aragone Roberto Quiroz | 4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Win | 11–7 | May 2022 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Yuki Bhambri | Roman Jebavý Andrej Martin | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 12–7 | Jul 2022 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 13–7 | Aug 2022 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh | 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 14–7 | Aug 2022 | Mallorca, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Marek Gengel Lukáš Rosol | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 15–7 | Jan 2023 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Christopher Rungkat Akira Santillan | 2–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, [14–12] |
| Win | 16–7 | Apr 2023 | Girona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Yuki Bhambri | Íñigo Cervantes Oriol Roca Batalla | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 17–7 | Feb 2024 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha | 3–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Win | 18–7 | Feb 2024 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Maxime Janvier | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 19–7 | Nov 2024 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Vasil Kirkov Bart Stevens | 6–4, 4–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 20–7 | Nov 2024 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Benjamin Hassan | Blake Bayldon Calum Puttergill | 6–2, 6–4 |

## Other finals
### Asian Games
#### Doubles inals: 2 (1–1)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Silver | 0-1 | 29 September 2014 | 2014 Asian Games | Asian Games | Hard | Sanam Singh | Hyeon Chung Lim Yong-kyu | 5–7, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Gold | 1-1 | 29 September 2014 | 2014 Asian Games | Asian Games | Hard | Sania Mirza | Peng Hsien-yin Chan Hao-ching | 6–4, 6–3 |

### South Asian Games
#### Singles Finals: 2 (0–2)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Silver | 0-1 | 12 February 2016 | 2016 South Asian Games | South Asian Games | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Silver | 0-2 | 9 December 2019 | 2019 South Asian Games | South Asian Games | Hard | Manish Sureshkumar | 4–6, 6–7$^{(6–7)}$ |

#### Doubles finals: 1 (1–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Gold | 1-0 | 8 December 2019 | 2019 South Asian Games | South Asian Games | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 7–5,3–6,[10–5] |