Arjun Kadhe
Kadhe at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois | |
| Country (sports) | India |
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| Residence | Pune, India |
| Born | 7 January 1994 Pune, India |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2017 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Oklahoma State University (2014–2017) |
| Coach | Hemant Bendrey[1] |
| Prize money | $251,558 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 328 (27 August 2018) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 8–10 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 76 (28 October 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 114 (30 June 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2025) |
| Last updated on: 30 December 2024. | |
Arjun Kadhe (Marathi: अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 76 achieved on 28 October 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. Kadhe has won one doubles ATP Tour title. He also won 4 ITF Tour singles and 6 ATP Challenger Tour and 7 ITF doubles titles.
Personal and early life
Kadhe was born in Pune to Jayant and Rashmi Kadhe. His father supported him for playing tennis. He attended the Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce before coming to OSU. He also got support from Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and Lakshya, a sports NGO. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2017.
College career
Kadhe became the third Cowboy to ever earn three All-America honors. During his tenure in Oklahoma, Kadhe and his doubles partner Julian Cash became the first doubles team in Oklahoma State history to achieve the top spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. The pair scripted a team-high 34 wins along with prestigious All-America honours at the NCAA Doubles Championship.[2] He defeated seven ranked opponents in doubles with Cash, two of which came in the NCAA Doubles Tournament. He also won the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament in March while teaming with Cash and reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional during fall play. He was in sixth place on OSU's career doubles wins list with 67. He clinched 20 singles wins primarily playing at the No. 2 position, including two wins over ranked opponents.[3]
Professional career
He appeared in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at the junior level over the past two years. Kadhe won his first ITF singles title in November 2017 at Thu Dau Mot City in Vietnam.[1]
He made his singles and doubles ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Maharashtra Open. In singles, he lost in opening round to compatriot Yuki Bhambri.[4] In doubles, he paired with Frenchman Benoît Paire but lost in the first round.
Partnering Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli, Kadhe won his first ATP title at the 2024 Almaty Open, defeating Nicolás Barrientos and Skander Mansouri in the final.[5][6]
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2024 | Almaty Open, Kazakhstan |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli | Nicolás Barrientos Skander Mansouri |
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [14–12] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals
Singles: 8 ITF Tour (4–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | India F9, Coimbatore | Futures | Hard | Sasikumar Mukund | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2017 | Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot City | Futures | Hard | Andrew Harris | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2018 | India F1, Bhubaneswar | Futures | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2018 | India F2, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2018 | India F4, Trivandrum | Futures | Hard | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2018 | Nigeria F3, Abuja | Futures | Hard | João Menezes | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Mar 2022 | M15 Bhopal, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Sidharth Rawat | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
| Win | 4–4 | Mar 2022 | M15 Bengaluru, India | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Sidharth Rawat | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Doubles: 15 ATP Challenger Tour (6–9)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2018 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Denis Yevseyev | Mikhail Elgin Yaraslav Shyla |
5–7, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2019 | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu |
6–3, 0–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2019 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marco Bortolotti | Michael Geerts Alexander Ritschard |
7–6(7–5), 6-2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Erler | Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2022 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Romboli | Purav Raja Divij Sharan |
4–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2023 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Anirudh Chandrasekar | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2023 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Challenger | Hard (i) | Daniel Masur | Ivan Liutarevich Vladyslav Manafov |
0–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Feb 2023 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Jay Clarke | Sebastian Ofner Nino Serdarušić |
6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Jul 2023 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Arthur Reymond |
6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2023 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli | Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–7 | Oct 2023 | Olbia, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli | Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Jan 2024 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marcus Willis | Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Mar 2024 | Murcia, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Théo Arribagé Victor Vlad Cornea |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 6–9 | Apr 2024 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Piotr Matuszewski Matthew Christopher Romios |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
References
- ^ a b Kumaraswamy, K (28 November 2017). "A monkey off my back:Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Phadnis, Ashish (15 November 2017). "Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune's tennis player Arjun Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Arjun Kadhe
- ^ Judge, Shahid (3 January 2018). "Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Almaty Open 2024 tennis: Arjun Kadhe-Rithvik Bollipalli win maiden ATP Tour title". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Indian duo Arjun and Rithvik win first ATP Tour Title in Almaty". Inside Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2024.