Devvarman at the2015 Wimbledon Qualifying | |
| Full name | Somdev Kishore Devvarman |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | |
| Residence | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Born | (1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (age 40) Agartala, Tripura, India |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008[1] |
| Retired | 2017(last match 2016) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Virginia |
| Prize money | $1,459,122 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 62–81 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 62 (25 July 2011) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2013) |
| French Open | 2R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2011) |
| US Open | 2R (2009,2013) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 19–26 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 139 (31 October 2011) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2010) |
| French Open | 1R (2011) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2011) |
| US Open | 3R (2011) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 1R (2010) |
| Last updated on: 2 January 2017. | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||
| Men's Tennis | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2010 Delhi | Singles | |
| Asian Games | ||
| 2010 Guangzhou | Singles | |
| 2010 Guangzhou | Doubles | |
| 2010 Guangzhou | Team | |
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is an Indian former professionaltennis player. He is known for being one of the few collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at theNCAA, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years at theUniversity of Virginia. Only three other players have matched that record since 1950. His 44–1 win–loss record in 2008 at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship was the best record since 1971.[2]
His best achievement on the ATP World Tour was reaching the final of theChennai Open in 2009, as a wild card entry. In 2010, Somdev won the gold medal in themen's singles event ofXIXth Commonwealth Games at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, and he followed it up with both men's singles and doubles gold in the2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He was coached by Scott McCain.
In 2011, Devvarman received theArjuna Award from the Indian government for his tennis successes.[3][4][5] In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed him as the national observer for tennis.[6] In 2018, he was awarded with the civilian awardPadma Shri.[7]
Somdev was born into aTripuriHindu family inGuwahati, Assam to Ranjana and Pravanjan Dev Varman, a retired income tax commissioner. He belongs to the Indian state ofTripura. His family moved toCalcutta when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there until he was 8.[8] His father's work took the family to Madras (Chennai) where Somdev grew up, beginning tennis at age 9, and studied atMadras Christian College Higher Secondary School.[9] Devvarman started competing inFutures tournaments in 2002 at the age of 17. His biggest achievement during this time was a victory in theKolkata F2 championship in 2004, after which he rose to 666 in the world rankings. He moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at theUniversity of Virginia. Somdev, while at college, won the 2007NCAA Singles Championship by defeating Georgia Bulldog's senior, the top seedJohn Isner in the final. A year later, he defeated Tennessee's J.P. Smith to win his second consecutive NCAA Singles National Championship. Devvarman becomes the 13th player in the 124-year history of the tournament to win consecutive titles, and just the fourth to do so in the past 50 years with an unprecedented 44–1 record in 2008. Somdev finished university with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008. He won his first career title that year at a Futures tournament in Rochester, New York. The University of Virginia retired Devvarman's jersey in 2009.[10] At the end of 2010, he was felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai.

After graduating from the University of Virginia, Devvarman started his professional career at the Futures tournament in Rochester, New York, where he won the singles title. He and his former university partner,Treat Huey, won the doubles title. The next week at another Futures match in Pittsburgh, Devvarman and Huey won the doubles title, and Devvarman the singles.
Devvarman made the final of theKennedy Funding Invitational in New York in July 2007. In a clay-court non-tour event which included several players ranked in the top 150, Devvarman defeatedRicardo Mello,Robert Kendrick, andJustin Gimelstob, before losing a three-set match to No. 69Michael Russell in the final. He returned and won the tournament in 2008, beatingSam Querrey andDudi Sela along the way.
On 27 July 2008, Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger, first coming through qualifying, and then beating players includingBobby Reynolds,Xavier Malisse, andRobert Kendrick to take the title. He received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinals, before his first professional defeat, byGo Soeda.
In August 2008, Devvarman made the quarterfinals of theLegg Mason Tennis Classic, first beatingSam Warburg,Jamie Baker, and Soeda to qualify, and then beatingTaylor Dent andRobert Kendrick in the main draw, before losing to RussianIgor Kunitsyn.
At theBCR Bucharest Open, Devvarman lost to world No. 18Nicolás Almagro after winning the first set in the first round, having beaten No. 93 ItalianFilippo Volandri in the final round of qualifying. Devvarman ended 2008 ranked as world No. 204. He had started the year at No. 1033.
Devvarman reached his firstATP Tour final at the2009 Chennai Open, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open champion and world No. 42Carlos Moyá of Spain and No. 25Ivo Karlović of Croatia.Rainer Schüttler of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinals, meaning that Devvarman progressed to the final. In the final, he lost toMarin Čilić of Croatia.
At the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, Somdev was seeded 28th in singles qualifying. He beatPrakash Amritraj in his first qualifying round; then lost to unseededŁukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round. After some poor results in qualifying and Challenger tournaments, Somdev had a successfulDavis Cup campaign, winning both his matches againstChinese Taipei, including a critical reverse singles match against world No. 59Yen-Hsun Lu to leadIndia to victory.
In the second Grand Slam of 2009, the French Open, Devvarman was seeded 26th in singles qualifying. He defeatedJoão Souza of Brazil in the first round and ousted BritAlex Bogdanovic before losing to third seed and world No. 96Marcos Daniel. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, Somdev, seeded 14th in qualifying, failed to advance to the singles draw, losing in the first round toJean-Rene Lisnard of Monaco. In doubles, Devvarman and partnerKevin Anderson advanced to the main draw, but lost to the fourth-seeded pairMahesh Bhupathi andMark Knowles.
Devvarman had poor clay- and grass-court seasons, but was more successful upon return to hard courts, reaching the semifinals of theComerica Bank Challenger. He then caused a major upset in theLegg Mason Tennis Classic, avenging his defeat in the Chennai Open againstMarin Čilić. After beating Poland'sJerzy Janowicz, Devvarman became the first Indian in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles tournament sincePrakash Amritraj in 2002.
In theUS Open, Devvarman beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw. He beatFrederico Gil in the first round. In the second round, he lost to 24th seedPhilipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

Devvarman reached the quarterfinals of theSA Open inJohannesburg. He also reached the second round of theATP World Tour 500 seriesDubai Tennis Championships, where he lost againstMarcos Baghdatis. He also led India'sDavis Cup team in their match againstRussia.
Somdev qualified for the2010 French Open and lost to Switzerland'sMarco Chiudinelli in the first round. He achieved direct entry to the2010 US Open, where he lost toKevin Anderson in the first round. Somdev competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate,Treat Huey, where they lost toRohan Bopanna andAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
On 10 October 2010, Somdev won the men's tennis gold medal in theCommonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi by beatingGreg Jones of Australia in straight sets. On 23 November 2010, Somdev also won the singles gold medal in the2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China by beatingDenis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets. The day before, he had teamed up withSanam Singh to win the gold in the doubles event.[11] However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not ATP tour events, Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points.
Somdev rose to a career high ranking of No. 94 on 25 October.
Somdev started 2011 ranked at No. 108. He started the season with theChennai Open, an ATP 250 tournament, and lost to qualifierDavid Goffin in the first round.
Somdev got a wild card to the2011 Australian Open due to his good performance in 2010. Playing this tournament for the first time in his career, he lost toTommy Robredo in the first round. Somdev was top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament, where he lost toAndrej Martin of Slovakia in the quarterfinals.
Somdev was given direct entry into theSouth African Tennis Open 2011, an ATP 250 tournament, by virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit. He lost toKevin Anderson in the final. After this tournament, Somdev reached a ranking of No. 80 as he claimed 150 ATP points from this tournament. He then travelled to Dubai, where he obtained a wild card for the2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. He faced world No. 2Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where he lost. Somdev lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat and moved to No. 93.
Then Somdev went to Serbia for the first round of theDavis Cup World Group. Somdev played two singles rubbers and one doubles against the Serbs. He defeatedJanko Tipsarević in the second rubber. Somdev showed remarkable resilience in rallying from an identical down 1–4 in the first two sets and clinching the third set on a tie-break to overpower world No. 45 Tipsarević. After this match, India managed to keep the scoreline on 1–1 the opening day. In the fourth rubber of the tie, Somdev facedVictor Troicki and lost. Somdev moved to No. 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011.
After playing the Davis Cup, Somdev played at theBNP Paribas Open. Somdev reached the fourth round of the tournament. This is his best performance at anATP Masters 1000 event so far. He started the tournament from qualification rounds, and then in the main draw, he defeatedAdrian Mannarino in the first round. Then he created a huge upset by beating world No. 22Marcos Baghdatis in the second round. Then he stunnedXavier Malisse (world No. 52) in the third round. He faced world No. 1Rafael Nadal in the fourth round and lost, after giving a tough fight. Somdev moved to world No. 73 on 21 March 2011.
After his good performance at Indian Wells, Somdev played the Sony EricssonMiami Masters ATP 1000 tournament. He defeated world No. 47Potito Starace in the first round in straight sets, and then stunned big-serving sensationMilos Raonic (world No. 34) in a tough straight-set match. In the third round, he lost to Spain's No. 6 rankedDavid Ferrer.[12]
Somdev started his clay season at the2011 US Men's Clay Court Championships inHouston, Texas. He lost to world No. 27Guillermo García-López in the second round. After taking three weeks rest, he reached Belgrade to play theSerbia open. He defeatedMikhail Kukushkin, in the first round. Then, he stunned world No. 26Guillermo García-López in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to world No. 36Janko Tipsarević. He moved to his career-best ranking of No. 70 on 2 May 2011. He lost in the first round of the2011 French Open toIvan Ljubičić.[13]
Devvarman lost in the2011 Wimbledon singles second round, losing to 18th seedMikhail Youzhny of Russia.[14] In the Atlanta Tennis Championships, Somdev reached the quarterfinals, where he lost toMardy Fish.[15] He finished the year ranked No. 66 in the world.
Devvarman began 2012 with a recurring shoulder injury,[16] which ended with him not competing in the first half of the season.[17] He returned to action in accepting a wildcard entry to participate in men's singles event at the2012 London Olympics.[18]Somdev lost to Tom Burn in the Great Britain F13 event in the first round. He then lost toBenjamin Becker of Germany in straight sets at Winston-Salem in the qualifiers. Somdev entered the main draw of US Open with a protected ranking of 85. He lost toRubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the first round. He was then defeated byErnests Gulbis in the first round ofErste Bank Open.
His only wins in the season came in theCharlottesville Challenger, where he reached the quarterfinals after receiving a wildcard entry into the main draw. He ended the year ranked No. 664 in the world, having been largely inactive in 2012.
2013 saw Devvarman apparently recovered from the injuries that had prevented him competing in much of 2012.
He won through to the second round of theChennai Open before succumbing toTomáš Berdych. He then played in the Australian open, where he advanced to the second round, beating world No. 78Björn Phau of Germany. However, he lost in the second round to world No. 24Jerzy Janowicz, despite winning the first two sets.Somdev entered thePBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament, where he won against qualifierMichael Berrer in the first round. He then lost the second round to fourth seededJürgen Melzer. He played inOpen 13, where he caused an upset againstBenoît Paire in the first round, before bowing out of the tournament against AustralianBernard Tomic in the second round.He defeated qualifierIgor Kunitsyn in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, before losing to No. 7Juan Martín del Potro in the second round.
Somdev entered the qualifying draw of the2013 BNP Paribas Open using his protected ranking of 85. However, he lost toMatteo Viola in the first round.Somdev beatEvgeny Donskoy in the first round of the2013 Sony Open Tennis. He then playedlucky loserÉdouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the second round, where he registered a come-from-behind victory in three sets. He next faced No. 1Novak Djokovic in the third round, where he lost in straight sets. His performance in Miami was a personal best since his comeback from the shoulder injury.Somdev playedRubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the first round of2013 US Men's Clay Court Championships. Somdev used his protected ranking of 85 for the last time to enter this tournament. However he lost in the first round.He entered the draw at theSarasota Open. In singles, he defeatedJesse Levine in the first round. He then facedIlija Bozoljac whom he defeated in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Somdev defeatedMischa Zverev. Somdev lost to qualifierAlex Kuznetsov in the semifinals. He won thedoubles title with his partnerIlija Bozoljac after qualifying into the main draw. He entered the main draw of theSavannah Challenger, where he won his round-of-32 match against Nikoloz Basilashvili as his opponent retired after the first. Somdev, however, lost his next match toFacundo Argüello.Somdev then played at theTallahassee Challenger but lost in the first round to the eventual winnerDenis Kudla.
At the French Open, he qualified for the main draw. In the first round, he beatDaniel Munoz-De La Nava in straight sets. Then, he had a second-round match-up withRoger Federer, but he lost in straight sets,.
Somdev then went to play in theCaltanissetta Challenger, where he won his first round againstEduardo Schwank after Schwank retired in the second set. Somdev defeatedLeonardo Mayer in the second round and won his quarterfinal match againstFederico Delbonis. He lost in the semifinals toDušan Lajović in straight sets.
Somdev won againstBrydan Klein in straight sets in the first round of theAegon Nottingham Challenger. In the second round, he defeatedJack Sock. He defeatedDonald Young in the quarterfinals. He, however, had to face defeat in the semifinals toSteve Johnson.
Somdev facedMatt Reid in the first round of theWimbledon qualifiers. He lost the match 6–7(4), 6–4, 16–18. Somdev's first tournament after Wimbledon was the2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles. where Somdev reached the semifinals, before losing toJack Sock. He then entered qualifying at the2013 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles, where he lost in the second round to fellow countrymanPrakash Amritraj.
In February 2014, Devvarman defeated Kazakhstan'sAleksandr Nedovyesov to win the singles of the2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open.[19][20]
He defended his title in February againstYuki Bhambri in the2015 Delhi Open.[21][22]
On 1 January 2017, Devvarman announced his retirement from professional tennis.[23]
Devvarman made hisDavis Cup debut forIndia in 2008 againstUzbekistan at the age of 22. In the second rubber of the tie Devvarman facedDenis Istomin and fell in straight sets. With the tie locked at two match victories each, Devvarman was substituted for countrymenPrakash Amritraj in the fifth rubber. Amritraj would be victorious in four sets. Devvarman would return to the team in the2008 World Group Playoffs to faceRomania. He would fall short in both his singles matches and keep India in the zonals for another year.India started 2009 by playing Chinese Taipei in the Asia Oceania Group 1 quarterfinal. India won 3–2 with a significant contribution from Devvarman who won both his ties againstTi Chen andYen-Hsun Lu. The team later travelled to Johannesburg to face South Africa in the World Group play-offs. Somdev won both his ties and India won the tie 4–1 to move back into the World Group.India faced Russia in the World Group round 1 at Moscow. India lost the tie 2–3 which included two losses from Somdev. India hosted Brazil at Chennai in the World Group Play-off tie. Somdev lost toRicardo Mello on day 1 and India went down 0–2. India went to win the tie 3–2 in a come from behind fashion which included a win from Somdev as his opponentThomaz Bellucci retired whilst he was trailing 6–7(3), 0–4. This meant that India would once again be a part of the World Group.India drew defending champions Serbia for Round 1. The tie was played atNovi Sad. Somdev playedJanko Tipsarević in the second rubber and won in straight sets 7–5, 7–5, 7–6(3) This was a major upset and gave India a realistic chance of reaching the round 2. Due to the absence ofLeander Paes andMahesh Bhupathi, Somdev teamed up withRohan Bopanna for the Doubles rubber on Saturday. The Indians lost 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(10). Somdev playedViktor Troicki in a make-or-break match for India. However, he lost in straight sets 4–6, 2–6, 5–7. India eventually lost the tie 1–4 with the only win coming from Devvarman.India later travelled to Tokyo to play against Japan in the World Group Play-off. Somdev lost againstYuichi Sugita in the first rubber 3–6, 4–6, 5–7. He didn't play the reverse singles due to a shoulder problem which eventually would make him miss most of the tennis in 2012. India lost the tie 1–4 to Japan which resulted in relegation back to Asia-Oceania Group 1.India had to face South Korea at home in an Asia-Oceania Group 1 tie. 11 players including Somdev had boycotted this tie due to misunderstandings with theAll India Tennis Association. India lost that tie to South Korea 1–4. India hosted Indonesia in a relegation play-off tie at Bangalore. Somdev won both his singles matches as India won the tie 5–0 to stay in the Asia-Oceania Group 1.
Competing in his maiden Olympics atLondon 2012, Devvarman entered theMen's singles via a wildcard entry. He was defeated by Finland'sJarkko Nieminen.
For the first time inCommonwealth Games history tennis was held at the2010 Delhi games. Playing in front of a home crowd, Devvarman entered theMen's singles andMen's doubles. He won the gold medal in singles.
Somdev represented India at the2010 Asian Games inGuangzhou, China. He won the gold medal in themen's singles event where he defeatedDenis Istomin 6–1, 6–2 in the final.He also won the gold medal in themen's doubles event with his partnerSanam Singh. They defeatedGong Maoxin and Li Zhe of China in the final 6–3, 6–7(4), 10–8.Somdev was also a part of the Men's Team which won the bronze medal.
Devvarman is now professionally managed byMahesh Bhupathi's company Globosport.
He is sponsored byLacoste andBabolat.
His parents are from the state ofTripura in India. Devvarman belongs to Tripura's erstwhile royal family.[24] He is the grandson of Tripura's late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman, popularly known as Bidurkarta.[25]He is a big fan ofRoger Federer.He idolises the Krishnans (Ramesh Krishnan,Ramanathan Krishnan),Leander Paes andMahesh Bhupathi. He likes watching cricket and idolises Sachin Tendulkar. His favourite film isGood Will Hunting and his favourite actress isPriyanka Chopra. Devvarman's favourite food is Sambar Rice. Devvarman's favourite musician isDave Matthews.[8]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2009 | Chennai Open, India | 250 Series | Hard | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2011 | SA Tennis Open, South Africa | 250 Series | Hard (i) | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2011 | Los Angeles Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | 6–7(3–7), 6–7(10–12) |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current till2015 US Open.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25.00 | ||||||
| French Open | A | Q3 | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20.00 | ||||||
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33.33 | ||||||
| US Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 28.57 | ||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 5–14 | 26.32 | ||||||
| Davis Cup | PO | PO | 1R | PO | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 6–8 | 42.86 | ||||||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | Q2 | 4R | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75.00 | ||||||
| Miami Masters | A | A | Q2 | 3R | A | 3R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 66.67 | ||||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 53.85 | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Year-end ranking | 204 | 126 | 108 | 66 | 664 | 90 | 139 | 177 | 909 | $1,459,122 | ||||||||
Current till2013 US Open (tennis).
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| US Open | A | A | 3R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | |