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Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won five ATP doubles titles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles at the 2018 Asian Games.
Country (sports) | India |
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Residence | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Born | Delhi, India | 2 March 1986
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $944,431 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 438 (30 July 2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 111–121 |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 36 (16 July 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 180 (15 January 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2018) |
French Open | 3R (2017) |
Wimbledon | QF (2018) |
US Open | 3R (2013) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2019) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2019, 2021) |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 19 January 2024. |
Sharan was born in New Delhi. He began playing tennis at the age of seven at a local tennis academy. His favorite surfaces are grass and hard courts. His overall favorite shot is the volley. His idols growing up were Roger Federer, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.[1] He married British tennis player Samantha Murray in July 2019.[2]
Sharan's best junior world doubles ranking was No. 5 in 2003. His best result in Grand Slam junior championships was his semifinal appearance at the 2004 French Open where he partnered with compatriot Tushar Liberhan.[3][4]
Sharan turned pro in 2004. He found limited success in singles and developed as doubles specialist. He won his first Futures doubles title 3 years later, in 2007.[5] He reached his first doubles ATP Challenger finals in 2010 at the Kyoto Challenger in Japan. He won his first doubles ATP Challenger title in September 2011 at the Ningbo Challenger in China.[6] He continued to find success in doubles at both ITF and Challenger events. By the end of 2011, he had won 16 ITF titles and 1 ATP Challenger title.
2012 proved to be a breakthrough year for Sharan on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached 8 ATP Challenger doubles finals and won 2 titles in the year. Sharan won the Busan Challenger with Yuki Bhambri[7] and the Bangkok Challenger with Vishnu Vardhan. In September, Sharan made his Davis Cup debut against New Zealand.[8] With his good run he entered into list of top 100 ranked doubles players and later finished the year close to top 100 doubles ranking at 107.
Sharan continued to impress at Challenger events. He reached 5 finals and won a title at the Kyoto Challenger. This was his first title with his most successful partner Purav Raja. The pair played together throughout the year and they found their biggest success by winning their first ATP World Tour title at the 2013 Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia. They defeated the second-seeded French-Dutch combination of Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Igor Sijsling in the final.[9]
Sharan entered the qualifying draw at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships with Raja, with the pair successfully qualifying for the main draw. They lost in the first round to Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler. This was the first match at a Grand Slam event for both Raja and Sharan.[10] At the 2013 US Open, Sharan partnered with Lu Yen-hsun from Chinese Taipei. The pair reached the third round where they lost to Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer.[11]
As a result of this good run, Sharan finished the year inside the top 100 doubles rankings for the first time at 71.
Sharan reached 4 Challenger finals and won 2 titles in the year 2014. He won the Kyoto Challenger with Purav Raja[12] and the Shanghai Challenger with Yuki Bhambri. His best result at an ATP World Tour event was a semifinal appearance at the 2014 Claro Open where he had partnered with Canadian player Adil Shamasdin.
At the 2014 Asian Games, Sharan won a bronze medal for India with Yuki Bhambri.[13]
The year 2015 was not so successful for Sharan. He played with many different partners and reached 4 Challenger finals, winning 2 of them. He won the Guzzini Challenger with British partner Ken Skupski[14] and the Izmir Challenger with compatriot Saketh Myneni.[15] He played only a singles match at ATP World Tour level and lost it. He finished the year ranked 134 as a doubles player.
Sharan made an excellent comeback in 2016. He partnered with Purav Raja and reached 6 ATP Challenger finals, winning 4 of them. They won the Manchester Trophy Challenger, Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Open Castilla y León and Pune Challenger. The pair also won their second ATP World Tour title at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico. They defeated the pair of Jonathan Erlich and Ken Skupski in the final.[16] Sharan finished the year with doubles ranking of No. 63.
Sharan started the new season on strong note. He reached his third ATP World Tour final at the 2017 Chennai Open partnering with Purav Raja. In an all Indian final, they lost to the team of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.[17] He then reached his fourth ATP World Tour final and won his third ATP title in Belgium at the European Open with his new partner Scott Lipsky. They defeated the pair of Santiago González and Julio Peralta in the final.[18]
Sharan had good run on the Challenger Tour as well. He reached four finals winning two of it. He won titles in Bordeaux with Purav Raja[19] and Bangaluru with Mikhail Elgin. On the back of good results, Sharan entered the top-50 on 27 November 2017 and has been holding a spot inside the top-50 since then.
Sharan started year with Maharashtra Open where he paired with compatriot Yuki Bhambri. The pair reached to the semis but lost to French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Gilles Simon. At Australian Open, he reached third round thus making his best performance at the event.
He won his first Challenger title of the season at Canberra Challenger.[20] He continued with few more Challenger tournaments till April but later moved his focus entirely on ATP world tour.
At Wimbledon Championships, Sharan reached his first Gland Slam quarter-finals. He partnered with Artem Sitak from New Zealand. They lost to eventual champions Mike Bryan and Jack Sock.[21]
Sharan finished another year inside the top 50 with doubles ranking of 39.
Sharan began the year teaming up with his compatriot Rohan Bopanna. The new pairing started off with a bang by capturing the Pune open doubles title in front of the home crowd. This was Sharan's 4th title on ATP tour. Following this result the pair lost a few close matches and they mutually decided to end their partnership citing their low combined ranking as the primary reason behind the split. Divij then teamed up with the Brazilian doubles specialist Marcelo Demolinor and reached the doubles final in the Bavarian open. Following this he reached the round of 16 in Wimbledon. Divij won his 5th title in ATP tour teaming up with Igor Zelenay in St Petersburg, Russia to win his second title of the year.
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2013 | Colombia Open, Colombia | 250 Series | Hard | Purav Raja | Édouard Roger-Vasselin Igor Sijsling |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2016 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico | 250 Series | Hard | Purav Raja | Jonathan Erlich Ken Skupski |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2017 | Chennai Open, India | 250 Series | Hard | Purav Raja | Rohan Bopanna Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Oct 2017 | European Open, Belgium | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Scott Lipsky | Santiago González Julio Peralta |
6–4, 2–6, [10–5] |
Win | 4–1 | Jan 2019 | Maharashtra Open, India | 250 Series | Hard | Rohan Bopanna | Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–2 | May 2019 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Marcelo Demoliner | Frederik Nielsen Tim Pütz |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Sep 2019 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Igor Zelenay | Matteo Berrettini Simone Bolelli |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2007 | Pakistan F2, Lahore | Futures | Grass | Aqeel Khan | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2008 | Nigeria F4, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Kamil Čapkovič | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2011 | India F7, Delhi | Futures | Hard | Patrik Rosenholm | 4–6, 4–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2006 | Romania F11, Târgu Mureș | Futures | Clay | Bogdan-Victor Leonte | Adrian Cruciat Victor Ioniță |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2007 | Nigeria F1, Benin City | Futures | Hard | Navdeep Singh | Guillermo Hormazábal Hans Podlipnik Castillo |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2007 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Futures | Hard | Navdeep Singh | Bogdan-Victor Leonte Jurgens Strydom |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 2007 | Kuwait F2, Mishref | Futures | Hard | Navdeep Singh | Thomas Oger Nicolas Tourte |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2008 | India F4, Gurgaon | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Lee Hsin-han Wang Yu jr. |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Sep 2008 | India F6, Chennai | Futures | Clay | Vishnu Vardhan | Ashutosh Singh Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya |
6–3, 4–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2008 | India F7, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Ashutosh Singh Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Oct 2008 | Nigeria F3, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Rohan Gajjar | Pavel Chekhov Pavel Katliarov |
7–6(8–6), 6–7(2–7), [10–7] |
Win | 5–4 | Mar 2009 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Mithun Murali Vijay Sundar Prashanth |
4–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
Win | 6–4 | May 2009 | India F4, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Tushar Liberhan Vishal Punna |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 7–4 | Jul 2009 | India F5, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Rohan Gajjar Purav Raja |
6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 8–4 | Jul 2009 | India F6, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Vivek Shokeen Ashutosh Singh |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2009 | India F10, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Rohan Gajjar Purav Raja |
4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 9–5 | Oct 2009 | India F11, Pune | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Rohan Gajjar Purav Raja |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2010 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Vishnu Vardhan | Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 9–6 | Mar 2010 | India F1, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Vivek Shokeen Ashutosh Singh |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 10–6 | Apr 2010 | India F3, Vijayawada | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Sriram Balaji Vignesh Peranamallur |
2–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
Win | 11–6 | Jul 2010 | Great Britain F8, Manchester | Futures | Grass | Vishnu Vardhan | Barry King Ashwin Kumar |
6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 11–7 | Jul 2010 | Great Britain F9, Ilkley | Futures | Grass | Vishnu Vardhan | Andrew Fitzpatrick Josh Goodall |
6–3, 5–7, [3–10] |
Win | 12–7 | Jul 2010 | Great Britain F11, Chiswick | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | James Chaudry George Coupland |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2010 | Karshi, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Gong Maoxin Li Zhe |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 12–8 | Oct 2010 | Spain F35, Martos | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Agustín Boje-Ordóñez Pablo Martín-Adalia |
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [8–10] |
Loss | 12–9 | Jan 2011 | Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Danai Udomchoke Kittipong Wachiramanowong |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 13–9 | Mar 2011 | Australia F2, Berri | Futures | Grass | Vishnu Vardhan | Chris Letcher Brendan Moore |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Win | 14–9 | Mar 2011 | India F1, Mumbai | Futures | Hard | Purav Raja | Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 15–9 | Mar 2011 | India F2, Kolkata | Futures | Clay | Vishnu Vardhan | Sriram Balaji Ashutosh Singh |
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 16–9 | Apr 2011 | India F3, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Lee Hsin-han Bumpei Sato |
6–4, 4–6, [10–7] |
Win | 17–9 | Jun 2011 | India F7, Delhi | Futures | Hard | Rohan Gajjar | Takuto Niki Vitali Reshetnikov |
6–2, 7–6(9–7) |
Win | 18–9 | Jul 2011 | France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse | Futures | Clay | Laurent Rochette | Alexandre Folie Florian Reynet |
7–6(7–1), 6–0 |
Win | 19–9 | Jul 2011 | France F12, Saint-Gervais | Futures | Clay | Antal van der Duim | Simon Cauvard Baptiste Dupuy |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 1–2 | Sep 2011 | Ningbo, China | Challenger | Hard | Karan Rastogi | Jan Hernych Jürgen Zopp |
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [13–11] |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2011 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 1–4 | Feb 2012 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | John Peers John-Patrick Smith |
2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–4 | May 2012 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han |
1–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Loss | 2–5 | Jul 2012 | Penza, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Konstantin Kravchuk Nikolaus Moser |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 2–6 | Aug 2012 | Beijing, China | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [6–10] |
Loss | 2–7 | Aug 2012 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Vishnu Vardhan | Oleksandr Nedovyesov Ivan Sergeyev |
4–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Win | 3–7 | Sep 2012 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–8 | Sep 2012 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–9 | Nov 2012 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin |
4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–9 | Mar 2013 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Purav Raja | Chris Guccione Matt Reid |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–10 | Apr 2013 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Chris Guccione Matt Reid |
3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 4–11 | May 2013 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram |
6–7(1–7), 6–7(1–7) |
Loss | 4–12 | Jun 2013 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Purav Raja | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), [8–10] |
Loss | 4–13 | Oct 2013 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Mikhail Elgin Teymuraz Gabashvili |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–14 | Feb 2014 | Kolkata, India | Challenger | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh |
3–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
Win | 5–14 | Mar 2014 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Purav Raja | Sanchai Ratiwatana Michael Venus |
5–7, 7–6(7–3), [10–4] |
Win | 6–14 | Sep 2014 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Somdev Devvarman Sanam Singh |
7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), [10–8] |
Loss | 6–15 | Oct 2014 | Indore, India | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Aleksandr Nedovyesov |
6–2, 4–6, [3–10] |
Loss | 6–16 | Mar 2015 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko |
1–6, 6–3, [2–10] |
Loss | 6–17 | Apr 2015 | Sarasota, USA | Challenger | Clay | Chung Hyeon | Facundo Argüello Facundo Bagnis |
6–3, 2–6, [11–13] |
Win | 7–17 | Jul 2015 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Ken Skupski | Ilija Bozoljac Flavio Cipolla |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6] |
Win | 8–17 | Sep 2015 | Izmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Malek Jaziri Denys Molchanov |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [0–1] ret. |
Loss | 8–18 | Oct 2015 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Maximilian Neuchrist | Gerard Granollers Adrián Menéndez Maceiras |
6–1, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 8–19 | Apr 2016 | Savannah, USA | Challenger | Clay | Purav Raja | Brian Baker Ryan Harrison |
7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10] |
Win | 9–19 | Jun 2016 | Manchester, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Purav Raja | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski |
6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
Win | 10–19 | Jun 2016 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | Purav Raja | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 11–19 | Jul 2016 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Quino Muñoz Akira Santillan |
6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
Win | 12–19 | Oct 2016 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Luca Margaroli Hugo Nys |
3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Loss | 12–20 | Nov 2016 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski |
6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
Win | 13–20 | May 2017 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | Purav Raja | Santiago González Artem Sitak |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 13–21 | Oct 2017 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | Hans Podlipnik Castillo Andrei Vasilevski |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 13–22 | Oct 2017 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Scott Clayton | Sander Arends Antonio Šančić |
4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 14–22 | Nov 2017 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Mikhail Elgin | Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov |
6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 15–22 | Jan 2018 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Jonathan Erlich | Hans Podlipnik Castillo Andrei Vasilevski |
7–6(7–1), 6–2 |
Win | 16–22 | Sep 2019 | Jinan, China | Challenger | Hard | Matthew Ebden | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu |
7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–3] |
Loss | 16–23 | Sep 2020 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Sriram Balaji | Zdeněk Kolář Lukáš Rosol |
2–6, 6–2, [6–10] |
Loss | 16–24 | Apr 2022 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira | Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
5-7, 3-6 |
Loss | 16–25 | Jul 2022 | Indianapolis, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | Hans Hach Verdugo Hunter Reese |
6-7(3-7), 6–3, [7-10] |
Win | 17–25 | Sep 2022 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Arjun Kadhe Fernando Romboli |
6–4, 3–6, [10–8] |
Loss | 17–26 | Oct 2022 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | Sander Arends David Pel |
7–6(7–1), 6–7(6–8), [6–10] |
Win | 18–26 | Nov 2022 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Purav Raja | Reese Stalder Petros Tsitsipas |
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 18–27 | Mar 2023 | Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Purav Raja | Anirudh Chandrasekar Vijay Sundar Prashanth |
5–7, 1–6 |
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