# Vijay Sundar Prashanth

Vijay SP Natarajan (born 27 October 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 335 achieved on 5 October 2015.

## Early life

Vijay was born in Chennai. He started playing tennis at the age of 5, when his grandfather introduced him to the sport.
He did his schooling at PSSB (Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan) and completed his graduation from Loyola college.

## Professional career
### 2015: ATP singles debut; National Games in Trivandrum, Kerala

He caught everyone's eye, when he won against Indian Davis Cup player Yuki Bhambri at 2015 Aircel Chennai Open. He went on to become the fourth Indian ever to qualify for the main draw.
Medalist at the 35th National Games held in Trivandrum, Kerala in 2015 [TEAM- Gold medal; INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES- Silver medal]

### 2016: South Asian Games in Guwahati, India

Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.

### 2017: Indoor Asian Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Prashanth won Individual Mens Doubles Gold and Individual Mens Singles Silver for India at the Indoor Asian Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017.

### 2023: Top 100

Prashanth cracked into the Top 100 for the first time on 13 November 2023 after reaching the finals of the 2023 HPP Open in Helsinki, Finland.

### 2024: Maiden ATP title at the Hangzhou Open

Partnering with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Prashanth won the doubles title at the 2024 Hangzhou Open, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final.

## ATP Tour finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (1–0)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2024 | Hangzhou Open, China | ATP 250 | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Hendrik Jebens Constantin Frantzen | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–7] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Doubles: 62 (25–37)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers (5–9)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (20–28)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (17–28)
* Clay (8–9)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2007 | India F6, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vivek Shokeen | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2009 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Mithun Murali | Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | May 2011 | India F5, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Elbert Sie Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2011 | India F8, Delhi | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Vitali Reshetnikov Karunuday Singh | 7–5, 2–6, [4–10] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2011 | Turkey F23, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Riccardo Ghedin | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2011 | India F12, Kolkata | Futures | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Sriram Balaji Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
| Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2012 | India F2, Bhopal | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2012 | India F3, Bhimavaram | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Rohan Gajjar Saketh Myneni | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–7 | Apr 2012 | India F4, Trichy | Futures | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Rupesh Roy Vivek Shokeen | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 3–7 | Jul 2012 | Germany F7, Römerberg | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Lukas Jastraunig Marc Rath | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Jul 2012 | India F10, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Saketh Myneni Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–9 | Dec 2012 | India F15, Davanagere | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, [1–10] |
| Loss | 3–10 | Dec 2012 | India F17, Belgaum | Futures | Hard | Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan | Amrit Narasimhan Michael Shabaz | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–11 | Oct 2013 | Great Britain F20, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | David Pel | Josh Goodall Harry Meehan | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 4–11 | Aug 2014 | Iran F9, Tehran | Futures | Clay | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Markos Kalovelonis Amirvala Madanchi | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–12 | Nov 2014 | India F6, Kolkata | Futures | Clay | Vishnu Vardhan | Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–13 | Nov 2014 | India F7, Raipur | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–2, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 4–14 | Nov 2014 | India F8, Gwalior | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Shahbaaz Khan | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–14 | Mar 2015 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Enrique López Pérez David Pérez Sanz | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–14 | Aug 2015 | India F11, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 7–14 | Sep 2015 | India F12, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Markos Kalovelonis Timur Khabibulin | 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Loss | 7–15 | Sep 2015 | India F13, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash | Gao Xin Ouyang Bowen | 6–2, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 8–15 | Sep 2015 | India F15, Madurai | Futures | Hard | Sumit Nagal | Anirudh Chandrasekar Vignesh Peranamallur | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 8–16 | Oct 2015 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | John Paul Fruttero | Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh | 7–5, 4–6, [2–10] |
| Win | 9–16 | Apr 2016 | China F5, Taizhou | Futures | Hard | Christopher Rungkat | Jeson Patrombon Wang Aoran | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 10–16 | May 2016 | India F3, Jassowal | Futures | Hard | Sriram Balaji | John Lamble Bernardo Saraiva | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–16 | Sep 2016 | Thailand F2, Hua Hin | Futures | Hard | Sriram Balaji | Pruchya Isaro Ken Onishi | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–16 | Sep 2016 | India F4, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Kunal Anand Anvit Bendre | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 12–17 | Sep 2016 | India F6, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Anvit Bendre | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 13–17 | Feb 2017 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Sanam Singh | Pirmin Hänle Shane Vinsant | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–18 | Feb 2017 | India F2, Jorhat | Futures | Hard | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Loss | 13–19 | Mar 2017 | India F3, Guwahati | Futures | Hard | Sanam Singh | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Loss | 13–20 | Jul 2017 | Båstad, Sweden | Challenger | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Tuna Altuna Václav Šafránek | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13–21 | Aug 2017 | Thailand F6, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Pruchya Isaro Sho Katayama | 4–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Win | 14–21 | Oct 2017 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Ben McLachlan Go Soeda | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 15–21 | Dec 2017 | Indonesia F8, Jakarta | Futures | Hard | Justin Barki | Sora Fukuda Scott Puodziunas | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–4] |
| Loss | 15–22 | Mar 2018 | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Sidharth Rawat Manish Sureshkumar | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16–22 | Mar 2018 | India F2, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Lý Hoàng Nam | 6–2, 5–7, [10–5] |
| Win | 17–22 | Mar 2018 | India F3, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 18–22 | Mar 2018 | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Clay | Arjun Kadhe | Caio Silva Thales Turini | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 18–23 | Apr 2018 | Uzbekistan F2, Karshi | Futures | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Konstantin Kravchuk Roman Safiullin | 6–3, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Loss | 18–24 | Jun 2018 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 19–24 | Nov 2018 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Loss | 19–25 | Jan 2019 | M15 Anning, China | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Chen Ti Ray Ho | 4–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$ |
| Win | 20–25 | Mar 2019 | M15 Manama, Bahrain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alexander Igoshin | Jesper de Jong Sidane Pontjodikromo | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–8] |
| Loss | 20–26 | Apr 2019 | M25+H Abuja, Nigeria | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Dan Added Michail Pervolarakis | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 20–27 | May 2019 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Tuna Altuna | Alexander Merino Manuel Peña López | 6–3, 4–6, [0–10] |
| Loss | 20–28 | Sep 2019 | M15 Nanchang, China | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Vladimir Ivanov Yan Sabanin | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 21–28 | Oct 2019 | M15 Nanchang, China | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Ray Ho Yeung Pak-long | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 21–29 | Mar 2021 | M15 Lucknow, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Vinayak Sharma Kaza | Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 21–30 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 21–31 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Julian Cash Henry Patten | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 22–31 | Jun 2022 | M25 Arlon, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Constantin Frantzen Tim Sandkaulen | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 22–32 | Oct 2022 | Fairfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Julian Cash Henry Patten | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 22–33 | Feb 2023 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Chung Yun-seong Hsu Yu-hsiou | 6–3, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, [9–11] |
| Win | 23–33 | Feb 2023 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi | 6–1, 4–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 24–33 | Mar 2023 | Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Purav Raja Divij Sharan | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 24–34 | Apr 2023 | Split, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 25–34 | Jun 2023 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Fernando Romboli Marcelo Zormann | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 25–35 | Jul 2023 | Salzburg, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Andrey Golubev Denys Molchanov | 4–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$ |
| Loss | 25–36 | Aug 2023 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Théo Arribagé Luca Sanchez | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 25–37 | Jan 2024 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Manuel Guinard Arthur Rinderknech | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |

### Doubles Highlights

WINNER – Doubles ATP Challenger 75 in Vicenza, June 2023.
WINNER – Doubles ATP Challenger 75 in Las Franquesas del Valles, March 2023.
WINNER - Doubles ATP Challenger 100 in Pune, March 2023.
FINALIST - Doubles ATP Challenger 100 in Bangalore, February 2023.
WINNER- Doubles Title at LTA British Tour Event in 2020.
WINNER- Doubles ATP Challenger in Pune, November 2018.
WINNER- Doubles ATP Challenger in Ho Chi Minh City, 2017.

### Singles: 10 (4–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers (0–0)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–6)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–4)
* Clay (3–2)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2011 | Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh | Futures | Hard | Karan Rastogi | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2012 | India F10, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Jeong Suk-young | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2012 | Iran F1, Esfahan | Futures | Clay | Sriram Balaji | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Mar 2013 | India F2, Madurai | Futures | Clay | Victor Crivoi | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Mar 2015 | India F3, Tiruchirappalli | Futures | Clay | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–4 | Mar 2015 | India F4, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Ivan Gakhov | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Win | 3–4 | Sep 2015 | India F14, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Sidharth Rawat | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2017 | Thailand F6, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | Jacob Grills | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Mar 2018 | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | Mar 2018 | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Clay | Arjun Kadhe | 6–3, 6–3 |