Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors title with Finnish player Henri Kontinen.(11 June 2008) French Open glory for Indonesian junior player, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved 6 November 2010 He is the youngest ever Indonesian to be the All Indonesian Champion, and by the end of his junior career, he was awarded for Indonesian best promising athlete 2008.
Rungkat also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' event with Henri Kontinen. Rungkat is the first Indonesian to reach the US Open boys' final and to win the doubles title at the French Open.
In June 2010, he won the Tarakan Open International Men's Futures tournament, his first international tournament title since his professional debut in 2007.(13 June 2010) Christopher Brings Home Tarakan Title , Jakarta Globe, Retrieved 6 November 2010 He won his maiden ATP Tour title in men's doubles, partnered with Swedish player André Göransson in February 2020, 13 years after turning professional.
Personal life He is the grandson of Benny Rungkat, former chairman of the Indonesian Air Carriers Association. Christopher's father, Michael Alexander Fritz Rungkat, is of Manadonese descent and his mother, Elfia Mirlianti, is Minang descent.
Christopher Rungkat partnered up with PocariID in 2007 for a project called Pocari Sweat Sport Science hoping to help Christopher maximize his performance.
Career Christopher Rungkat spent his junior career in Europe by playing on the European Junior Circuit and was trained in Tennis Val, Valencia, Spain. He is the second Asian male player to win a junior French Open doubles title, after Kei Nishikori.Returning from break point: How doubles did the trick for Christopher Rungkat He was the winner of the men's singles title at the Tennis at the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.Christopher Rungkat Rebut Emas SEA Games 2017
A year later at the 2018 Asian Games in his home country, Rungkat was partnered up with Aldila Sutjiadi for the mixed doubles category in just two weeks, and was not targeted to grab any medals. However, they surprised with getting the gold medal after producing a couple of upsets and eventually beating Thai pair Sonchat Ratiwatana and Luksika Kumkhum in the end to get the gold medal.Tenis Asian Games 2018 – Pasangan Dadakan, Christopher Rungkat/Aldila Sutjiadi Cuma 2 Pekan Latihan Bersama
He started 2019 with a title in with partner Hsieh Cheng-peng beating former world No. 1 in the doubles semifinal, Leander Paes and partner Divij Sharan.Da Nang Vietnam Airlines Tennis Open Overview In February, Rungkat reached his first doubles final ATP Tour 250 at the Sofia Open with partner Hsieh Cheng-peng.
Rungkat won his maiden ATP Tour title at the 2020 Maharashtra Open in Pune, India in the men's doubles event, after 13 years on tour. Partnered with André Göransson, Rungkat defeated fourth seed and his former partner Hsieh Cheng-peng who competed with Denys Molchanov 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] in the first round to advance to the quarterfinal. They then surprised the French team of Benoît Paire and Antoine Hoang in straight sets, before securing a spot in the final with a win over Romain Arneodo and Andre Begemann 6–4, 7–6(7–1). In the final, the pairing defeated third seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andrei Vasilevski in the super tie-break.Petenis Indonesia Christopher Rungkat Raih Gelar ATP Tour Pertama
Awards and nominations +AwardYearCategoryResultAORI2009Best Hope Athlete2011Best Male AthleteFavorite AthleteIndonesian Sport Awards2018Favorite Mixed Doubles Athlete with Aldila SutjiadiInternational Tennis Federation2020Davis Cup Commitment Award
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsATP Tour FinalsATP Tour Masters 1000ATP Tour 500 SeriesATP Tour 250 Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Sofia Open, Bulgaria250 SeriesHard Hsieh Cheng-peng Nikola Mektić Jürgen Melzer2–6, 6–4, [2–10]Win1–1Maharashtra Open, India250 SeriesHard André Göransson Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (11–6)Finals by surfaceHard (11–6)Clay (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Indonesia F2, TarakanFuturesHard (i) An Jae-sung6–3, 0–6, 6–2Win2–0Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Richard Becker6–4, 6–3Win3–0Indonesia F2, SurabayaFuturesHard Arata Onozawa7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)Win4–0Indonesia F3, JakartaFuturesHard Kento Takeuchi6–3, 6–2Loss4–1Thailand F2, BangkokFuturesHard José Statham6–7(10–12), 3–6Win5–1Thailand F3, BangkokFuturesHard Antoine Escoffier6–2, 6–2Win6–1Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Nam Ji-sung7–6(7–5), 6–1Win7–1Indonesia F3, JakartaFuturesHard Jeong Suk-young6–4, 7–5Loss7–2Thailand F5, BangkokFuturesHard Toshihide Matsui4–6, 1–6Loss7–3Thailand F7, BangkokFuturesHard Dayne Kelly6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9)Win8–3Indonesia F1, TarakanFuturesHard (i) Finn Tearney7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–1Loss8–4Indonesia F3, JakartaFuturesHard Lee Duck-hee4–6, 3–6Win9–4Thailand F5, BangkokFuturesHard Shuichi Sekiguchi6–4, 6–3Loss9–5Vietnam F2, Thủ Dầu MộtFuturesHard Yusuke Takahashi4–6, 1–6Win10–5Indonesia F1, JakartaFuturesHard Wong Hong-kit6–0, 6–1Win11–5Indonesia F2, MakassarFuturesHard Lucas Gómez6–3, 3–6, 6–0Loss11–6Indonesia F4, JakartaFuturesHard Brydan Klein6–4, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Doubles: 95 (60 titles, 35 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (10–21)ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (50–14)Finals by surfaceHard (53–30)Clay (6–3)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–2)