Somdev's First Grand Slam

Somdev Devvarman recently qualified for Wimbledon 2009. This is his first Grand Slam and is going to play doubles along with his Australian partner Kevin Anderson. Somdev mentioned he wasn't happy with his singles performance and it would have been sweeter had he qualified for singles too, nevertheless he is happy to play in Wimbledon, which is considered as top most Grand Slam in tennis world. Somdev and his Australian partner are going to play against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the first round.


Somdev is currently ranked at 129 in the world, which is highest singles ranking so far. In Doubles he is ranked at 357, which is also is his highest ranking so far.

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Somdev devvarman is an Indian professional tennis player. He won two NCCA singles championship title consecutively in the year of 2007 and 2008. The first Asian and Indian to achieve that feat. He is currently ranked at 320 on ATP ranking. He recently won Lexington ATP Challenger series, only the second Indian player to achieve the feat in recent years. It is said that he will be among the top 100 ATP ranked players and the highest ranked India tennis player.

In Vancouver Open (2008) Somdev reached to quarter-final, where he lost to Japanese player Go soeda. He also plays for Indian Davis cup team and was one of the member for 2007 Davis cup team.

More details about Somdev's personal background and professional career are available at Somdev-Devvarman.