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Yuki Bhambri
Country	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Date of birth	July 4, 1992 (age 17)
Place of birth	New Delhi, India
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
Turned pro	16
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$15,263
Singles
Career record	1-1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	337 (November 30, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Highest ranking	669 (August 25, 2008)
	Last updated on: January 30, 2009.

Yuki Bhambri (Hindi: यूकी भांबरी, born July 4, 1992, in New Delhi) is an Indian professional tennis player. Yuki is managed by IMG and trains at the IMG/Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, FL.

[edit] Junior career

Yuki has a current junior ranking of 1 in the world as of February 2, 2009 and has consistently been in the top 20 since the beginning of 2008^[1]. He won the Junior Australian Open Boys singles title in 2009 by beating Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany 6-3,6-1 in the finals.

He competed in all the Junior Grand Slam Tournaments in 2008, He lost in 2008 Australian Open Boys' Singles in the semi-finals to eventual champion Bernard Tomic. He lost in the first round of the French Open Boys' Singles and Wimbledon Boys' Singles. He made it to the second round of U.S. Open Boys' Singles before losing to his doubles partner Filip Krajinovic.

He played in three Junior Grand Slam Doubles tournaments partnering with Karunuday Singh at the Australian Open Boys' Doubles losing in the first round, Ilija Vujic at the French Open Boys' Doubles losing in the second round, and Filip Krajinovic at the U.S. Open Boys' Doubles losing in the first round.

After a disappointing performance in the grand slam events, Yuki's career went back on track with his success in the Junior Fed Cup in Mexico, where he led India to the semifinals along with Saurabh Singh, losing due to an ankle injury. Later, Yuki went on to win a Grade A ITF tournament, Osaka Mayor's Cup, defeating top 30 Hiroki Moriya 6-2 6-3. Maintaining this momentum, Yuki also won the Asia/Oceania Cup in Indonesia. He continued his winning streak with a stellar performance in the Eddie Herr Cup by reaching the semifinals only to lose to the champion, Alex Domijan. Yuki concluded his season by making history as the first Indian winner of the prestigious Orange Bowl at the young age of 16, beating top US player Jarmere Jenkins in straight sets.

In 2009, Yuki began the year strong winning the junior Australian Open, defeating German Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas in the final 6-3 6-1 in only 57 minutes. Throughout the tournament, he only dropped one set. Yuki became the first Indian singles winner of the junior Australian Open at the young age of 16 and the fourth Indian in history to capture a junior singles grand slam title.^[2] Due to his success in juniors, Yuki has decided to focus solely on professional tournaments, except for the junior grand slam events.

Yuki currently trains at the internationally renowned Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. However, he also trains in New Delhi, India with his coach Aditya Sachdeva. He is the younger brother of top Indian women's tennis players Ankita and Sanaa Bhambri. ^[3]

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2008

Yuki had participated in a number of Future and Challenger events in India since he was 15, but has focused mostly on ITF junior events after turning 16.

[edit] 2009

After his win in the Orange Bowl, Yuki obtained a wild card in the Sony Ericsson Open qualifying draw; however, IMG, the host of the tournament, decided to upgrade Yuki to receive a spot in the main draw of the tournament, where he competed a draw including all the top professionals such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic. He also obtained a wild card spot in the doubles main draw pairing with Harsh Mankad as well as a wild card spot in the singles qualifying draw in the Chennai Open, where he lost to top college player and compatriot Sanam Singh, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Yuki also obtained a wild card position for the 2010 Australian Open qualifying draw as an additional reward for his win at the 2009 Junior Australian Open. Given his success, Yuki was offered a position of being on the Indian Davis Cup Team, but declined so he could continue practicing in the US to prepare for upcoming the Sony Ericsson Open. In the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, Yuki lost to top 100 player, Diego Junqueira 6-4, 6-3 in the first round. Following his showing at the Sony Ericsson, Yuki played in an ITF Futures Event in New Delhi, India, where he won the tournament becoming the youngest Indian to win a Futures event; Yuki continued this winning streak by capturing the title of the following Futures event held in the same venue. Yuki made his Davis cup debut against South Africa in the World group play-offs and won his match against a higher ranked opponent in Izak Van Der Merwe.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Yuki Bhambri at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Yuki Bhambri at the International Tennis Federation
Yuki Bhambri at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
Yuki in Action
CNN Interview
Indian tennis has a new hero: Yuki Bhambri
Orange Bowl Final 1
Orange Bowl Final 2
Bhambri Prevents U.S. Sweep
Yuki Bhambri Wins Orange Bowl

[0] ITF Tennis Yuki Bhambri Player Biography

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[2] Ankita and Sanaa Bhambri

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