Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players.

Personal life He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, and has also been Jeevan's mentor.

Jeevan also found the love of his life in 2024 when he married Vishnupriya Chiteri Meyyappan.

Professional career 2011: Turned pro Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011.

2017: First ATP doubles title Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating a pair of compatriots, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, in an all Indian final. As a result he broke into the top 100 at world No. 86 on 9 January 2017.

2023: First Major win at Australian Open, Third ATP final He reached his third ATP final at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra with compatriot N.Sriram Balaji as an alternate pair. They defeated compatriots Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in straight sets in first round. In the quarterfinals, they upset second seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow in straight sets winning both sets in a tiebreak. Next they defeated British pair of Jack Cash and Henry Patten in the semifinals in straight sets to reach their first ATP Tour final as a team. Despite not losing a single set on their way to final they were defeated in straight sets by Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen in the final. He won his first Grand Slam doubles match at the 2023 Australian Open with Balaji defeating fifth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek as an alternate pair. He entered the main draw of the 2023 French Open also as an alternate pair with Balaji.

2024: Hangzhou Open title Partnering with Vijay Sundar Prashanth, Nedunchezhiyan won the doubles title at the 2024 Hangzhou Open, defeating Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the final.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–2)Titles by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (2–2)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Chennai Open, India250 SeriesHard Rohan Bopanna Purav Raja Divij Sharan6–3, 6–4Loss1–1Chengdu Open, China250 SeriesHard Austin Krajicek Ivan Dodig Mate Pavić2–6, 4–6Loss1–2Maharashtra Open, India250 SeriesHard Sriram Balaji Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen4–6, 4–6Win2–2Hangzhou Open, ChinaATP 250Hard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Hendrik Jebens Constantin Frantzen4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 14 (7–7) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (7–7)Titles by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Vijay Kannan6–0, 3–6, 5–7Win1–1India F10, PuneFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan6–4, 7–5Win2–1India F12, KolkataFuturesClay Sriram Balaji6–2, 6–1Win3–1India F5, MaduraiFuturesClay Marc Giner4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)Win4–1India F13, MumbaiFuturesHard Mate Pavić6–1, 6–1Loss4–2India F1, ChennaiFuturesClay Victor Crivoi6–7(3–7), 5–7Loss4–3India F7, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji7–6(8–6), 4–6, 0–6Win5–3India F8, CoimbatoreFuturesHard Vijayant Malik6–2, 5–1 ret.Loss5–4Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard James McGee6–1, 6–4Loss5–5Gabon F2, LibrevilleFuturesHard Arthur Surreaux6–4, 4–6, 5–7Loss5–6Nigeria F2, LagosFuturesHard Ante Pavić4–6, 3–6Loss5–7Guam F1, TumonFuturesHard Takuto Niki7–6(8–6), 2–6, 5–7Win6–7India F2, BhimavaramFuturesHard David Pérez Sanz7–6(9–7), 6–1Win7–7India F12, ChennaiFuturesHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran7–6(10–8), 6–4

Doubles: 58 (32–26) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (12–20)ITF Futures Tour (20–6)Titles by surfaceHard (20–17)Clay (11–7)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0India F6, ChennaiFuturesClay Vivek Shokeen Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth7–5, 6–4Loss1–1India F12, KolkataFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji Vinayak Sharma Kaza3–6, 6–4, [3–10]Win2–1India F4, TrichyFuturesClay Vijay Sundar Prashanth Rupesh Roy Vivek Shokeen7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]Win3–1India F9, BangaloreFuturesHard Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Sriram Balaji Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan4–6, 6–3, [10–7]Loss3–2Cambodia F2, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Gao Wan Marcus Daniell Richard Gabb1–6, 6–7(5–7)Win4–2India F15, DavanagereFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Vijay Sundar Prashanth Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–1]Loss4–3India F1, ChennaiFuturesClay Sriram Balaji Arata Onozawa Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan4–6, 6–0, [7–10]Win5–3India F6, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Toshihide Matsui Bumpei Sato6–1, 6–4Win6–3India F7, ChennaiFuturesHard Sriram Balaji Keith-Patrick Crowley Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]Win7–3Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Sam Barry Elie Rousset6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]Loss7–4Gabon F2, LibrevilleFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Sam Barry Elie Rousset0–6, 0–6Win8–4Burundi F1, BujumburaFuturesClay Yannick Mertens Mark Fynn Hassan Ndayishimiye6–3, 6–2Win9–4India F10, BhopalFuturesHard Purav Raja Daniiar Duldaev Karunuday Singh6–3, 6–3Win10–4India F3, ChennaiFuturesClay Vishnu Vardhan Sriram Balaji Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan7–6(7–1), 6–3Win11–4Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard Sam Barry Mark Fynn Ruan Roelofse6–2, 6–2Win12–4Gabon F2, LibrevilleFuturesHard Sam Barry Mark Fynn Ruan Roelofse7–6(7–5), 6–3Win13–4Kazakhstan F12, ShymkentFuturesClay Enrique López Pérez Yurii Dzhavakian Olexiy Kolisnyk7–5, 6–0Win14–4Kazakhstan F13, ShymkentFuturesClay Enrique López Pérez Aleksandar Lazov Aleksandre Metreveli6–3, 6–3Win15–4India F7, RaipurFuturesHard Vishnu Vardhan Vinayak Sharma Kaza Vijay Sundar Prashanth2–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win1–0Kolkata, IndiaChallengerHard Somdev Devvarman James Duckworth Luke Savillew/oWin16–4India F1, ChandigarhFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Enrique López Pérez David Pérez Sanz6–3, 6–4Loss16–5Indonesia F3, JakartaFuturesHard Danai Udomchoke Toshihide Matsui Christopher Rungkat4–6, 2–6Loss16–6Nigeria F1, AbujaFuturesHard Matija Pecotić Deiton Baughman Eric Quigley1–6, 4–6Win17–6Nigeria F2, AbujaFuturesHard Matija Pecotić Keith-Patrick Crowley Tucker Vorster6–4, 3–6, [10–4]Win18–6Guam F1, TumonFuturesHard Yuichi Ito Masakatsu Noguchi Masaki Sasai2–6, 6–3, [10–7]Win19–6India F11, ChennaiFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash Vinayak Sharma Kaza6–4, 7–6(7–5)Win20–6India F12, ChennaiFuturesHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Markos Kalovelonis Timur Khabibulin4–6, 6–3, [10–4]Loss1–1Shenzhen, ChinaChallengerHard Saketh Myneni Luke Saville Jordan Thompson6–3, 4–6, [10–12]Win2–1Nanjing, ChinaChallengerClay Saketh Myneni Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov6–3, 6–3Win3–1Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Enrique López Pérez Aleksandre Metreveli Dmitry Popko6–1, 6–4Loss3–2Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Ramkumar Ramanathan Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana5–7, 4–6Loss3–3Kobe, JapanChallengerHard (i) Christopher Rungkat Daniel Masur Ante Pavić6–4, 3–6, [6–10]Loss3–4Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Christopher Rungkat Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith3–6, 4–6Loss3–5Dallas, USAChallengerHard (i) Christopher Rungkat David O'Hare Joe Salisbury7–6(8–6), 3–6, [9–11]Win4–5Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Franko Škugor Rameez Junaid Lukáš Rosol6–3, 6–2Loss4–6Ningbo, ChinaChallengerHard Christopher Rungkat Radu Albot Jose Statham5–7, 3–6Loss4–7Kobe, JapanChallengerHard (i) Christopher Rungkat Ben McLachlan Yasutaka Uchiyama6–4, 3–6, [8–10]Win5–7Dallas, USAChallengerHard (i) Christopher Rungkat Leander Paes Joe Salisbury 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Loss5–8Lille, FranceChallengerHard Purav Raja Hugo Nys Tim Pütz6–7(3–7), 6–1, [7–10]Loss5–9Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay Enrique López Pérez Robert Galloway Denis Kudla3–6, 1–6Loss5–10Savannah, USAChallengerClay Enrique López Pérez Luke Bambridge Akira Santillan2–6, 2–6Loss5–11Nottingham, Great BritainChallengerGrass Austin Krajicek Frederik Nielsen Joe Salisbury6–7(5–7), 1–6Win6–11Ilkley, Great BritainChallengerGrass Austin Krajicek Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies6–3, 6–3Win7–11Winnetka, USAChallengerHard Austin Krajicek Roberto Maytín Christopher Rungkat6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]Win8–11Monterrey, MexicoChallengerHard Marcelo Arévalo Leander Paes Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–1, 6–4Loss8–12Shenzhen, ChinaChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat4–6, 2–6Win9–12Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Purav Raja Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss9–13Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Purav Raja Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral3–6, 4–6Win10–13Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Vladyslav Manafov Oleg Prihodko7–6(8–6), 6–4Win11–13Blois, FranceChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Romain Arneodo Jonathan Eysseric6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]Loss11–14Braga, Portugal ChallengerClay Christopher Rungkat Vít Kopřiva Jaroslav Pospíšil6–3, 3–6, [4–10]Loss11–15Temuco, Chile ChallengerHard Luis David Martínez Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán4–6, 2–6Loss11–16Skopje, North MacedoniaChallengerClay Sriram Balaji Petr Nouza Andrew Paulson6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss11–17Alicante, SpainChallengerHard John-Patrick Smith Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Divij Sharan4–6, 6–3, [7–10]Loss11–18Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Sriram Balaji Andre Begemann2–6, 5–7Loss11–19Danderyd, SwedenChallengerHard Vijay Sundar Prashanth Julian Cash Bart Stevens7–6(9–7), 4–6, [7–10]Loss11–20Murcia, SpainChallengerClay Arjun Kadhe Théo Arribagé Victor Vlad Cornea5–7, 1–6Win12–20Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHard Arjun Kadhe Piotr Matuszewski Matthew Christopher Romios7–6(7–5), 6–4

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