Somdev Devvarman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Somdev Devvarman

Indian tennis player

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1985

Place of Birth: Guwahati, Assam, India

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Somdev Devvarman

  • Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player.
  • He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years at the University of Virginia.
  • Only three other players have matched that record since 1950.
  • His 44–1 win-loss record in 2008 at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship is unprecedented.His best achievement on the ATP World Tour was reaching the final of the Chennai Open in 2009, as a wild card entry.
  • In 2010, Somdev won the gold medal in the men's singles event of XIXth Commonwealth Games at the R.K.
  • Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, and he followed it up with both men's singles and doubles gold in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
  • He was coached by Scott McCain. In 2011, Devvarman received the Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his tennis successes.
  • In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed him as the national observer for tennis.
  • In 2018, he was awarded with the civilian award Padma Shri.

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