Rohan Bopanna

Bopanna entered his 1st ever ITF Junior tournament which was India ITF Junior World Ranking Event 1996. He won his singles 1st round match against Girish Ramchandani in straight sets. This was his 1st win in the junior level on his 1st appearance. But he lost his next match in straight sets to Yeni Sandeep in straight sets. In the doubles, he partnered Akshay Jagdale where they lost in straight sets to Harsh Mankad and Rishi Sridhar.

Bopanna started the year at Indian ITF Junior Tournament 1 where he had qualified for main draw by getting a bye and beating compatriots Vivek Bhakuni, Nikhil Murali and Arjun Shetty respectively all in straight sets. But he lost in the 1st round to Vijayendra Laad 1-6,6-2,4-6. In the doubles he partnered Samrat Bhasin but they also lost in 1st round to Austrians Christoph Haid and Hubert Suppan in straight sets. Bopanna won the 1st Arab Championships with Rohan Saikia. This was his 1st ever Junior Level Title. He then won Arab Contractors International Junior Championships with Rohan Saikia.

He and Rohan then made it to the semi-finals of Kuwait Junior Open where they lost in a high tense match to pair of German Airan Kiebel and Pakistani Syed Nasir AliSherazi 4-6,7-6,4-6. He ended the year at Duncans ITF Junior World Tennis Championships where he had a 2nd round exit in singles losing to Tembe Kedar and in doubles he partnered with Vijayendra Laad where they lost at semi-finals to top seeds and eventual winners Indo-Brit pair of Manoj Mahadevan and James Auckland in straight sets.

Bopanna started the year by winning 1st Indian ITF Junior Tournament with Bhatt Ravikiran.

Bopanna started entering ITF Circuit Tournaments but didn't got much success as many times his campaign ended in qualifying rounds or 1st and 2nd rounds of main draw.

Bopanna had a good success at ITF futures level in 2002. He won the UAE F2 Futures with his Taiwanese partner Lu Yen-hsun. This was his 1st Futures title. He then won the Sri Lanka F1 Futures with compatriot Vijay Kannan. He then won India F2 Futures by defeating Dmitri Mazur 7-5,5-7,6-4. He also won the doubles with Vijay Kannan. He then won the India F5 Futures both singles and doubles with Vijay Kannan. He made his Davis Cup debut in the World Group Qualifying match against Australia. He lost his singles match against Scott Draper 3-6,5-7. Eventually India lost the tie 0-5 clean sweeped. He was selected for 2002 Asian Games. In the singles, he was seeded 11th but he lost to 3rd seed and eventual bronze medallist Takao Suzuki of Japan 5-7,2-6 in the pre-quarters. In the team event, he won his singles and doubles match with Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya as India easily beat Timor-Leste to enter Quater-finals. But in the Quater-finals he lost his important singles match as India lost to Uzbekistan 3-0. He entered Tata Open as a wildcard with his Spanish partner Carlos Cuadrado but they lost in the 1st round in straight sets.

Bopanna started the season at Tata Open where he entered the main draw as a wildcard but he lost in 1st round to Željko Krajan in straight sets. Bopanna was selected for Davis Cup tie against Japan. Bopanna defeated Jun Kato 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-4 in one hour 54 minutes for his first win in Davis Cup. India defeated Japan 4-1 in the Asia-Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie.[8] In the next tie against New Zealand, Bopanna went down to Alistair Hunt in a gruelling five setter. But he won his next singles match against James Shortall in straight sets as India won the tie 4-1 to qualify for world group play-offs.[9]

He won the Denver Challenger with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi where they were the top seeds. This was his first ATP Challenger Series title(now known as ATP Challenger Tour). Before Denver they have reached the semi-finals of Manchester Trophy. He then won Indonesia F1 Futures title where he defeated Febi Wediyanto in the final.

In the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Netherlands, Bopanna lost his singles match against Martin Verkerk. In the important doubles match, he and Mahesh Bhupathi lost to John van Lottum and Martin Verkerk. India were clean sweep 5-0 by Holland in the tie.[10]

Bopanna won 2 gold medals at Afro-Asian Games. In the doubles, he partnered Mahesh Bhupathi where they defeated Adelo Abadia and Johnny Arcilla of Phillippines in semi-finals in straight sets. Then, compatriots Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya and Vinod Sridhar 6-4,3-6,6-2 in the gold medal match. In the team event, Bopanna put India on 1-0 lead in the gold medal tie with a run-away 6-2 6-2 win over Rotimi Jegede before Prakash Amritraj overcame Sunday Maku, the top ranked Nigerian, to carve out a 6-4 6-1 victory. In the doubles match, Vijay Kannan and Vishal Uppal blew away Balalola Abdul and Maku 6-1 6-4 as India defeated Nigeria 3-0 in the gold medal match.[11]

Bopanna was out for 8 weeks due to a bicep injury which made him miss 2004 Chennai Open and Davis Cup tie against New Zealand.[12] He won the Kuwait F1 Futures tournament with Mustafa Ghouse. In the singles, he reached semi-finals where he lost to the top seed and eventual winner Filip Prpic in straight sets.

Bopanna was then out for almost 9 months due to a career threatening shoulder injury for which he had neccesiated a surgery. His impressive show in the US $10,000 ITF Futures men's tennis tournament in Colombo ended in anti-climax as he lost in the singles final in straight sets to German Peter Mayer-Tischer 7-6(2), 6-2 to finish runner-up in the clay court event. His disappointment was compounded by his loss in the doubles final. In an all-Indian final, he paired with Vijay Kannan but they went down 3-6, 4-6 to Vishal Uppal and Ashutosh Singh.[13]

Bopanna distinguished himself as one of India's finest doubles players at the 2007 Hopman Cup. He lost his first singles match, but helped clinch a 2–1 victory with Sania Mirza over the Czech Republic in the final and decisive mixed doubles match. In their second confrontation against Croatia, the scenario was repeated, with Mirza winning her singles match while Bopanna lost. Together they defeated the Croats in mixed doubles to end up with four points out of three matches. India lost to Spain to finish runners-up in Group B, with Mirza and Bopanna losing both their singles matches, but winning in mixed doubles.

Bopanna at the St. Petersburg Open 2008, doubles quarterfinals

Bopanna won the men's doubles title at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles with partner Eric Butorac.[14] This was his first ATP title.

Rohan started the season fairly well by qualifying for the Chennai Open, but lost in the first round of the main draw. In February, he made it to the final of the SAP Open in San Jose, California, partnering with Jarkko Nieminen.

Rohan Bopanna started the year on a high, reaching the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open, partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.

In February, with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Bopanna won his second, and the duo's first, ATP doubles title, beating Karol Beck and Harel Levy in the final of the SA Tennis Open in a super-tiebreak. The duo reached the final of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco. They reached the final of the Nice Open, before losing to the Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares.

In June, Bopanna and Qureshi made it to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event for the first time in their careers at the Wimbledon Championships.

After a successful Wimbledon, Bopanna and Qureshi achieved another finals finish at the Atlanta Open. They beat the world No. 1 pair of the Bryan brothers in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. They lost their semifinal match to Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles. They then reached the final of the New Haven Open at Yale and the St. Petersburg Open.

Bopanna at the 2010 US Open

At the US Open, Bopanna reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Bopanna and Qureshi were seeded 16th and beat the American team of Brian Battistone and Ryler DeHeart in the first round. In the second round, they eliminated Kohlmann and Jarkko Nieminen in straight sets. In the third round, the pair upset the second seeds Daniel Nestor and Zimonjic, again in straight sets. In a highly entertaining quarterfinal, Bopanna's big serves made a difference as they knocked out Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman. In their first semifinal appearance, the duo defeated the Argentine pair of Schwank and Zeballos, still in straight sets. The big-serving Bopanna was spot-on again, as he accumulated one ace after another. Bopanna even pounded an overhead over his shoulder, while retrieved a lob to force an error, causing a commentator to compare it to Roger Federer's between-the-legs winners against Novak Djokovic and Brian Dabul. The ambassadors of India and Pakistan to the US supported the duo at the final. The pair took on the world No. 1 and top-seeded Bryan brothers. The pair lost the final in two closely fought set. Bopanna was exceptional on serve and conjured some high-intensity aces.

Bopanna played a decisive role in India's 2010 Davis Cup triumph over Brazil, taking India back to the World Group for the first time since 1998. He won the decider against Ricardo Mello to clinch the tie 3–2 and take India into the World Group for the first time in 19 years.[15] Bopanna finished the 2010 season as world No. 8 in doubles.

Bopanna began the 2011 season with Qureshi at the Chennai Open in early January. With the IndoPak Express and the re-united Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes on opposite sides of the draw, there were hopes for a dream final. However, Bopanna and Qureshi lost in the quarterfinal to eventual finalists Robin Haase and David Martin, 4–6, 5–7.

The duo finished in the semifinals at the Medibank International in Sydney. They exited the Australian Open in the third round.

At the 2011 Davis Cup in Serbia, Bopanna played in singles and doubles with Somdev Devvarman after Paes and Bhupathi pulled out of the tournament due to injuries.[16] Bopanna had many Serbian fans applauding his impressive winners, but having clawed his way back into the match after falling two sets behind, he lost the match in the fifth set, 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6. This match enabled Bopanna to qualify for the singles ties to make it to the main draw of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Bopanna defeated Canada's Peter Polansky in a close encounter, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5, before outplaying Germany's Daniel Brands in straight sets, 7–6, 7–6, to secure his spot in the top draw. Bopanna upset higher-ranked opponents on the hard courts of the ATP Masters 1000 event.

With Qureshi, he reached the quarterfinals of French Open.[17] The duo won the Gerry Weber Open[18] and exited in the semifinals of the US Open. They won the Stockholm Open against Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, 6–1, 6–3.[19] They reached the quarterfinals in Vienna and Valencia and won in Bercy against Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut, 6–2, 6–4.

They participated in the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals in London, losing their first round-robin match to Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor.[20]

In 2012, Bopanna played with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi. They were seeded fourth at the Australian Open, but only made it to the third round. He and Bhupathi won their first title together at Dubai.[21]

Bopanna has been selected to participate in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Mahesh Bhupathi.[22]

Bopanna refused to partner Leander Paes for doubles event for 2012 Summer Olympics triggering a row which finally led to two participating teams, as Paes partnered with Vishnu Vardhan.[23]

On 20 August 2012 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, Bopanna partnering Mahesh Bhupathi lost to Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău in the final 4–6, 4–6.[24]

On 4 November 2012, Bopanna and Bhupathi won the Paris Masters cup.[25]

On 6 November 2012, Boppana and Bhupathi lost the opening match of ATP Tour Finals against Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen[26] but made it to semifinals by defeating Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor.[27]

Bopanna and Bhupathi played with different partners for the first three months of 2013, but rejoined forces starting with the Monte-Carlo Masters.

Rohan partnered Édouard Roger-Vasselin in Wimbledon in 2013 and reached the semifinals before bowing out of the competition in a hard-fought match that ended in five sets against the Bryan brothers.

After the team's run at Wimbledon in 2013, Rohan reached his career best ranking of world No. 3 in doubles on 22 July 2013, and was also the first time ranked as the highest Indian on the rankings table.

Bopanna started the season with Chennai Open where he partnered with compatriot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. He lifted his first title at the tournament by defeating pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in an all Indian final.[28]

He entered the French Open with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. They won the title beating pair of Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Robert Farah in the final. This was Bopanna's maiden Grand Slam title making him the fourth Indian player to win a Grand Slam title.[29]

In April, he won his fourth Masters title with Pablo Cuevas at Monte-Carlo Masters. They defeated Spanish pair of Feliciano López and Marc López in the final.[30] In August, he paired with Ivan Dodig to reach second Masters final of the season at Rogers Cup. They lost the finals to French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.[31] He finished the year with doubles ranking of 18 winning three titles from six final appearances.

Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin during 2018 French Open.

Bopanna entered the Australian Open with Hungarian Tímea Babos. They reached the final but lost to pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavić. This was Bopanna's second Grand Slam mixed-doubles final.[32]

In 2019 he won the Marahashtra Open with Divij Sharan.
In 2020 he won the Qatar Open with Wesley Koolhof and reached the quarter-finals at the US Open with Denis Shapovalov.

In 2021 Bopanna participated in the Australian Open where he partnered with Ben McLachlan. They were defeated in the first round by Ji-sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song 6–4, 7–6. He later entered as an alternate in the qualifying draw of the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open (hard indoor), a new 250 Series tournament, returning to play singles five years after the last time. He was defeated 6–3, 6–4 by Christopher Eubanks. In March, he returned to play doubles with Qureshi seven years later since the last time he played in with him at Shenzhen where they lost in Quarter-finals. They lost in the first round against Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6–7, 6–2, [10–1] at the Mexican Open. After 5 straight 1st round losses, Bopanna reached the Quarter-finals of 2021 Madrid Open. He lastly played as a doubles pair with Qureshi at 2021 Kremlin Cup and reached second round, Since then they have never played together. Rohan then paired up with Canadian Denis Shapovalov with whom he had recently reached Quarter-finals of Indian Wells Masters. Bopanna ended the year with a semi-final lost at St. Petersburg Open.

Rohan started the year with a ATP Tour 250 title at 2022 Adelaide International pairing with compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan. Rohan paired up with Édouard Roger-Vasselin for 2022 Adelaide International 2 and 2022 Australian Open but with a first round lose in both tournaments made them broke as a pair, He also lost in the first round of Mixed doubles. 2 weeks later, he won his second title of the year at Maharastra Open with Ramkumar Ramanathan by defeating Australian pair of Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith in final. He made it to the Quarter-finals of Rotterdam Open and finals of Qatar Open with Denis Shapovalov. Bopanna had a first round exit at Dubai tennis championships with Aslan Karatsev.