Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is an Indian professional tennis player. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event. He was featured as ITF player of April 2011. He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016
Personal life Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes. He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad.
Career Vishnuvardhan was considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the World Group.
Vishnuvardhan began to show glimpses of his talent right from a young age, performing well on the junior circuit. The year 2003 proved to be his defining year on the junior circuit with Vishnuvardhan winning the Junior Nationals, and earning himself a place in the Indian Junior Davis Cup team. This success on the junior circuit translated itself into glory in Inter-University tournaments as well, with Vishnuvardhan capturing the gold medal in successive tournaments as the team captain.
Vishnuvardhan has won the Grass Court Nationals and achieving a career-high national ranking of two.V.V. Subrahmanyam. "Rare honour for city tennis player", The Hindu, 26 December 2007. Retrieved on 24 June 2008.
J.Vishnuvardhan won this first futures tournament on 11 July.
In 2012, Vishnu won the Zuari Garden City-ITF against Sriram Balaji 7–6(7), 6–3.
Vishnu won the Toyota Bangalore Open ITF in June 2012 by defeating Ti-Chen of Chinese Taipei 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.
Vishnu participated in the 2012 London Olympics in the Men's Doubles category partnering Leander Paes. Vishnu and partner Leander Paes crashed out of the Olympic doubles after a 7–6 (7/3), 4–6, 6–3 defeat against French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra. Vishnu won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016, by defeating left-hander Siddharth Vishwakarma from Varanasi 6–3, 6–4. For the year of 2018, Vishnu is focusing on doubles by partnering with Sriram Balaji with a goal of playing at the Wimbledon.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 24 (10–14) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (10–14)Titles by surfaceHard (10–14)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1India F3, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri6–7(1–7), 4–6Win1–1India F6, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 6–2Loss1–2India F7, New DelhiFuturesHard Kim Young-jun3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss1–3India F8, New DelhiFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 3–6Loss1–4India F3, VijayawadaFuturesHard Rupesh Roy6–1, 4–6, 5–7Loss1–5Great Britain F12, LondonFuturesHard Joshua Milton6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6Loss1–6Cambodia F1, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Danai Udomchoke2–6, 3–6Win2–6India F3, ChandigarhFuturesHard Yuki Bhambri4–6, 7–5, 6–3Win3–6India F4, NoidaFuturesHard Kim Young-jun7–5, 3–6, 7–6(15–13)Loss3–7India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Patrik Rosenholm6–5 ret.Loss3–8India F10, PuneFuturesHard Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan4–6, 5–7Win4–8India F11, New DelhiFuturesHard Rohan Gajjar6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win5–8Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Ivan Sergeyev6–3, 7–6(7–1)Win6–8India F8, MysoreFuturesHard Sriram Balaji7–6(9–7), 6–3Win7–8India F9, BangaloreFuturesHard Chen Ti6–2, 4–6, 6–1Loss7–9India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Antal van der Duim5–7, 3–6Loss7–10India F6, MysoreFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan6–7(2–7), 6–3, 3–6Loss7–11India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier6–7(4–7), 2–6Loss7–12India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Antoine Escoffier2–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss7–13India F15, MaduraiFuturesHard Sumit Nagal6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)Win8–13India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard David Agung Susanto6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win9–13India F3, JassowalFuturesHard Dalwinder Singh7–6(7–4), 6–4Win10–13India F5, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji6–4, 6–3Loss10–14India F2, JorhatFuturesHard Sriram Balaji2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Doubles: 82 (47–35) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (39–24)Titles by surfaceHard (40–29)Clay (5–4)Grass (2–1)Carpet (0–1)