Rajeev Ram (/rəˈʒiːv ˈrɑːm/ rə-ZHEEV RAHM;[2] born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is currently ranked world No. 1 in doubles.

Rajeev Ram

Ram at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Carmel, Indiana
Born	(1984-03-18) March 18, 1984 (age 38) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2017 (singles)[1]
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	University of Illinois
Coach	Bryan Smith
Prize money	US$ 7,576,111
Singles
Career record	57–93 (38.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 56 (April 18, 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013, 2016)
French Open	1R (2010, 2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	2R (2013, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	397–287 (58.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	25
Highest ranking	No. 1 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1 (3 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2020)
French Open	QF (2011, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	SF (2016, 2021, 2022)
US Open	W (2021, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2016, 2021)
Olympic Games	2R (2016, 2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (2019, 2021)
French Open	SF (2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2011, 2021)
US Open	F (2016)
Olympic medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 3 October 2022.

Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's doubles with Joe Salisbury, as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková.[3][4] Ram also won a mixed doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open.[5] He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 3 October 2022, and has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level. Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on five occasions, finishing runner-up in both 2016 and 2021.

Prior to his retirement from singles in 2017, Ram reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 in April 2016, and won two ATP singles titles, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in both 2009 and 2015.[6] He made his Davis Cup debut for the United States in 2021, and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Personal

Ram was born to Indian parents Raghav and Sushma Ram. Table tennis, cricket, and music are some of his interests.

Early career

In his junior career, Ram won a total of nine national junior titles, including singles and doubles. Amongst his titles were the National Claycourt 14-and-under singles title, the boys' 16-and-under national championship, the 18-and-under Easter Bowl title, and the Target Cup tournaments. In addition to his nine junior titles, Ram played high school tennis at Carmel, earned All-State honors, became the state singles champion, and earned a scholarship in both 1998 and 1999.

Rajeev earned a wildcard entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open. Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments.[7] He was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon, partnered with Brian Baker.

Ram then delayed enrollment at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign until January 2003 so that he could continue to play tennis as an amateur on the pro circuit.[8] During his one semester as a ringer at Illinois, he won the national doubles title with Brian Wilson and helped the Fighting Illini go undefeated (32–0) and win the 2003 NCAA team championship.[8]

Professional years

2007-08

In 2007, he won five doubles Challenger titles partnering Bobby Reynolds, and reached three other finals on his way to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 62.

On July 5, 2008, Ram won the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship in Winnetka, Illinois for his first career Challenger-level singles title.

2009: First ATP singles and doubles titles

He won his first ATP doubles title in Chennai, India 2009 with compatriot Eric Butorac.

On July 10, 2009, Ram accomplished the unusual feat of winning four professional-level tennis matches in one day. At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island, the tournament had been rained out early in the week, pushing back many scheduled matches. On July 10, Ram advanced to the singles semifinals with wins over Samuel Groth and Jesse Levine and then partnered with Jordan Kerr to advance to the doubles semifinals with wins over Arnaud Clément/Olivier Rochus and Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Santoro. Mahut, Santoro, and Rochus each played three matches that day, though none of them won all their matches. Ram then beat Rochus and Sam Querrey on consecutive days to capture his first ATP title.[9] He accomplished the rare feat of winning a title as a Lucky Loser and also captured the doubles title.

In Atlanta in July 2010, he won his first doubles title with American Scott Lipsky, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen for the outdoor hard-court Atlanta Tennis Championships.[10][11] In the semifinals, Lipsky and Ram had defeated John Isner and James Blake.[12] In November, they won a tournament in Eckental, Germany.[13]

2011

Ram started 2011 strong, partnering with Lipsky in February to take the indoor hard court San Jose Open (over Christopher Kas from Germany and Alexander Peya from Austria) and the outdoor hard court Delray Beach titles (over Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Xavier Malisse from Belgium).[10][14][15] In June, he and Lipsky advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2011 French Open.[16]

2013

In 2013, he teamed with Rohan Bopanna, and in Dubai, they reached the semifinals.

2014: First Grand Slam doubles semifinal

At the 2014 US Open (tennis) he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal partnering Scott Lipsky where they were defeated by top seeds and eventual champions, the Bryan brothers.

2015: Second ATP singles title

At the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, he reached his second career final and won his second career ATP singles title by defeating Ivo Karlovic.[17]

2016: Olympic silver, first Grand Slam mixed doubles final, ATP Tour Finals runner-up

At the Delray Beach Open, Ram reached his third career final and first singles final outside the grass courts of the Hall of Fame Open, losing to Sam Querrey. At the Olympic Games, he won silver with Venus Williams in mixed doubles.[18] Less than a month later, Ram and CoCo Vandeweghe advanced to the mixed doubles final at the US Open, where they were defeated in straight sets by Mate Pavić and Laura Siegemund.

In men's doubles, Ram and partner Raven Klaasen reached the finals for the ATP World Tour Finals.

2017: Retirement in singles, First doubles Masters title at Indian Wells

2019: Australian Open mixed doubles title

Ram, with his partner Barbora Krejčíková won the Australian Open mixed-doubles title.[19]

2020: Australian Open doubles title, top 5 debut

Ram, with his partner Joe Salisbury won the Australian Open men's-doubles tournament, defeating Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final. As a result, he reached a career-high of world No. 5 in doubles, on February 3, 2020.

2021: Second Australian Open mixed & US Open & Masters doubles titles, World No. 4

Ram and partner Barbora Krejčíková won Australian Open mixed-doubles tournament, defeating Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur. He also competed in the men's doubles tournament with partner Joe Salisbury to defend their title, but lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in the final.[20]

He reached the final and won his third Masters 1000 in Canada at the National Bank Open with Salisbury, defeating world No. 1 and No. 2 Croatians, Pavic and Mektic, his second final for the year at a Masters level after the Italian Open, where they lost to the Croatian pair.[21] As a result, he returned to the top 5, on August 16, 2021.

At the 2021 US Open Ram partnering with Salisbury reached the final, defeating Matthew Ebden/Max Purcell in a nearly three hour-long match, saving four match points in the quarterfinals[22] and Sam Querrey/Steve Johnson (tennis) in the semifinals.[23] The pair won the men’s doubles tournament, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final.[24] As a result, he reached a career-high of world No. 4 in doubles, on September 20, 2021.

2022: US Open champion, Two Masters 1000 titles, World No. 1

He became World No. 2 on April 4, 2022 after reaching the quarterfinals at the 2022 Miami Open, losing to eventual champions Hubert Hurkacz and John Isner, with his partner Joe Salisbury who became World No. 1. He won the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters with Salisbury defeating 6th seeded pair of Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal.[25]

He won his second Masters of the season at the 2022 Western & Southern Open with Salisbury.[26] At the 2022 US Open, Ram and Salisbury defended their title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the finals.[27] This was the third Grand Slam title together for Ram and Salisbury.[28] They became just the second team to repeat as men's doubles champions at this Major in the Open Era other than Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde who went also back-to-back in New York.[29] Ram became the oldest first-time World No. 1 in the doubles rankings on October 3, 2022. He is the 18th American to become No. 1 in the rankings.[30]

World TeamTennis

Ram made his World TeamTennis debut in 2017 with the San Diego Aviators. He joined the Chicago Smash for its debut season, during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[31]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2020	Australian Open	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2021	Australian Open	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	3–6, 4–6
Win	2021	US Open	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	2022	US Open (2)	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	7–6(7–4), 7–5

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	US Open	Hard	CoCo Vandeweghe	Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Win	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Barbora Krejčíková	Astra Sharma John-Patrick Smith	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win	2021	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Barbora Krejčíková	Samantha Stosur Matthew Ebden	6–1, 6–4

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	ATP Finals, London	Hard (i)	Raven Klaasen	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss	2021	ATP Finals, Turin	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4–6, 6–7(0–7)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	Miami Open	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	2017	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win	2018	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	Marcel Granollers	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2021	Italian Open	Clay	Joe Salisbury	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2021	Canadian Open	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	2022	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Joe Salisbury	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	2022	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Tim Pütz Michael Venus	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)

Olympic medal matches

Mixed doubles: 1 (silver medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2016	2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil	Hard	Venus Williams	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jack Sock	7–6(7–3), 1–6, [7–10]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2009	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Sam Querrey	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2015	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (2)	250 Series	Grass	Ivo Karlović	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–1	Feb 2016	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Sam Querrey	4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 45 (25 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2005	New Haven Open, United States	Intl Series	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jan 2009	Chennai Open, India	250 Series	Hard	Eric Butorac	Jean-Claude Scherrer Stan Wawrinka	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Jul 2009	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Jordan Kerr	Michael Kohlmann Rogier Wassen	6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Win	3–1	Oct 2009	Thailand Open, Thailand	250 Series	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac	Guillermo García López Mischa Zverev	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	4–1	Jul 2010	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Rohan Bopanna Kristof Vliegen	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]
Loss	4–2	Feb 2011	SA Tennis Open, South Africa	250 Series	Hard	Scott Lipsky	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	5–2	Feb 2011	Pacific Coast Championships, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Scott Lipsky	Alejandro Falla Xavier Malisse	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	6–2	Feb 2011	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	7–2	Sep 2012	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	7–3	Jul 2014	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt	5–7, 4–6
Win	8–3	Jun 2015	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Raven Klaasen	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss	8–4	Oct 2015	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Raven Klaasen	Treat Huey Henri Kontinen	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss	8–5	Apr 2016	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss	8–6	May 2016	Geneva Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Raven Klaasen	Steve Johnson Sam Querrey	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2016	Halle Open, Germany (2)	500 Series	Grass	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	10–6	Oct 2016	Chengdu Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Pablo Carreño Busta Mariusz Fyrstenberg	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss	10–7	Oct 2016	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	10–8	Nov 2016	ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Raven Klaasen	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	11–8	Feb 2017	Delray Beach Open, United States (2)	250 Series	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Treat Huey Max Mirnyi	7–5, 7–5
Win	12–8	Mar 2017	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	12–9	Jun 2017	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Raven Klaasen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	3–6, 4–6
Win	13–9	Jul 2017	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (2)	250 Series	Grass	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	14–9	Sep 2017	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Alexander Peya	Nikola Mektić Nicholas Monroe	6–3, 6–2
Win	15–9	May 2018	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	6–3, 7–5
Loss	15–10	May 2018	Geneva Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss	15–11	Jul 2018	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Ryan Harrison	Nicholas Monroe John-Patrick Smith	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss	15–12	Sep 2018	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	16–12	Oct 2018	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Austin Krajicek	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	17–12	Nov 2018	Paris Masters, France	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	Marcel Granollers	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–4, 6–4
Loss	17–13	Jan 2019	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	18–13	Mar 2019	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates	500 Series	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	18–14	Jun 2019	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	500 Series	Grass	Joe Salisbury	Feliciano López Andy Murray	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	18–15	Oct 2019	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win	19–15	Oct 2019	Vienna Open, Austria	500 Series	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win	20–15	Feb 2020	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 6–2
Loss	20–16	Feb 2021	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	3–6, 4–6
Loss	20–17	May 2021	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Joe Salisbury	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	20–18	Jun 2021	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Joe Salisbury	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 3–6
Win	21–18	Aug 2021	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	22–18	Sep 2021	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	22–19	Oct 2021	Vienna Open, Austria	500 Series	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4–6, 2–6
Loss	22–20	Nov 2021	ATP Finals, Italy	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4–6, 6–7(0–7)
Win	23–20	Apr 2022	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Joe Salisbury	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	24–20	Aug 2022	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Tim Pütz Michael Venus	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win	25–20	Sep 2022	US Open, United States (2)	Grand Slam	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	7–6(7–4), 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

¹ Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
² Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.

Doubles

Current through the 2022 US Open

¹ Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
² Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.

Mixed doubles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

References

External links

• Rajeev Ram at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Rajeev Ram at the International Tennis Federation
• Fighting Illini Men's Tennis Player Profile

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