American tennis player
Rajeev Ram Country (sports) United States Residence Carmel, Indiana , U.S.Born (1984-03-18 ) March 18, 1984 (age 40) Denver , Colorado , U.S.Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Turned pro 2004 Retired 2017 (singles)[ 1] Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) College University of Illinois Coach Bryan Smith, David O'Hare Prize money US$ 9,751,451Career record 57–93 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 56 (April 18, 2016) Australian Open 2R (2013 , 2016 ) French Open 1R (2010 , 2016 ) Wimbledon 2R (2013 ) US Open 2R (2013 , 2015 ) Career record 477–331 Career titles 31 Highest ranking No. 1 (3 October 2022)Current ranking No. 30 (11 November 2024) Australian Open W (2020 )French Open QF (2011 , 2019 , 2020 , 2022 , 2024 ) Wimbledon SF (2016 , 2021 , 2022 ) US Open W (2021 , 2022 , 2023 )Tour Finals W (2022 , 2023 )Olympic Games F (2024 ) Career titles 2 Australian Open W (2019 , 2021 )French Open SF (2017 ) Wimbledon 3R (2011 , 2021 ) US Open F (2016 ) Olympic Games F (2016 ) Last updated on: 11 November 2024.
Rajeev Ram ( rə-ZHEEV RAHM ;[ 2] born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former World no. 1 in doubles.
Ram is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open , the 2021 US Open , the 2022 US Open , and the 2023 US Open in men's doubles with Joe Salisbury , as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková .[ 3] [ 4] Ram also won two silver medals, in mixed doubles with Venus Williams at the 2016 Olympics , and in doubles with Austin Krajicek at the 2024 Olympics .
He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open , and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open .[ 5] He became world No. 1 for the first time in October 2022, and has won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour , including five at Masters 1000 level, and 2 in singles. Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on six occasions, winning the title in 2022 and in 2023 , having finished as runner-up in both 2016 and 2021 .
Prior to his retirement from singles in 2017, Ram reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 in April 2016, and won two ATP YEAT singles titles, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in both 2009 and 2015 .[ 6] He made his Davis Cup debut for the United States in 2021, and competed at the 2016 , the 2021 and the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early life
Rajeev Ram was born in Denver to Raghav and Sushma Ram, both immigrants from India.[ 7] His father was from Bangalore and his mother is from Delhi .[ 8] Ram has described his knowledge of Hindi as "decent," but admitted that he unsuccessfully tried to learn Kannada , the language of his father's family.[ 9]
Ram attended Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana .[ 10] His father died of pancreatic cancer in 2019.[ 11] [ 12]
Junior and college career
In his junior career, Ram won a total of nine national junior titles, including singles and doubles. Among his titles were the National Claycourt 14-and-under singles title, the boys' 16-and-under national championship, the 18-and-under Easter Bowl title, and the Target Cup tournaments. In addition to his nine junior titles, Ram played high school tennis at Carmel , earned All-State honors, became the state singles champion, and earned a scholarship in both 1998 and 1999.
Rajeev earned a wildcard entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open . Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments.[ 13] He was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon , partnered with Brian Baker .
Ram then delayed enrollment at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign until January 2003 so that he could continue to play tennis as an amateur on the pro circuit.[ 14] During his one semester at Illinois, he won the national doubles title with Brian Wilson and helped the Fighting Illini go undefeated (32–0) and win the 2003 NCAA team championship .[ 14]
Professional career
2007–08
In 2007, he won five doubles Challenger titles partnering Bobby Reynolds , and reached three other finals on his way to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 62.
On July 5, 2008, Ram won the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship in Winnetka, Illinois for his first career Challenger-level singles title.
2009: First ATP singles and doubles titles
He won his first ATP doubles title in Chennai, India 2009 with compatriot Eric Butorac .
On July 10, 2009, Ram accomplished the unusual feat of winning four professional-level tennis matches in one day. At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island, the tournament had been rained out early in the week, pushing back many scheduled matches. On July 10, Ram advanced to the singles semifinals with wins over Samuel Groth and Jesse Levine and then partnered with Jordan Kerr to advance to the doubles semifinals with wins over Arnaud Clément /Olivier Rochus and Nicolas Mahut /Fabrice Santoro . Mahut, Santoro, and Rochus each played three matches that day, though none of them won all their matches. Ram then beat Rochus and Sam Querrey on consecutive days to capture his first ATP title.[ 15] He accomplished the rare feat of winning a title as a lucky loser and also captured the doubles title.
In Atlanta in July 2010, he won his first doubles title with American Scott Lipsky , defeating Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen for the outdoor hard-court Atlanta Tennis Championships .[ 16] [ 17] In the semifinals, Lipsky and Ram had defeated John Isner and James Blake .[ 18] In November, they won a tournament in Eckental, Germany.[ 19]
2011
Ram started 2011 strong, partnering with Lipsky in February to take the indoor hard court San Jose Open (over Christopher Kas from Germany and Alexander Peya from Austria) and the outdoor hard-court Delray Beach titles (over Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Xavier Malisse from Belgium).[ 16] [ 20] [ 21] In June, he and Lipsky advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2011 French Open .[ 22]
2013
In 2013, he teamed with Rohan Bopanna , and in Dubai, they reached the semifinals.
2014: First Grand Slam doubles semifinal
At the 2014 US Open (tennis) he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal partnering Scott Lipsky where they were defeated by top seeds and eventual champions, the Bryan brothers .
2015: Second ATP singles title
At the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships , he reached his second career final and won his second career ATP singles title by defeating Ivo Karlović .[ 23]
2016: Olympic silver and first Major mixed doubles final, ATP Tour Finals runner-up
At the Delray Beach Open , Ram reached his third career final and first singles final outside the grass courts of the Hall of Fame Open, losing to Sam Querrey. At the Olympic Games , he won silver with Venus Williams in mixed doubles.[ 24] Less than a month later, Ram and CoCo Vandeweghe advanced to the mixed doubles final at the US Open , where they were defeated in straight sets by Mate Pavić and Laura Siegemund .
In men's doubles, Ram and partner Raven Klaasen reached the finals for the ATP World Tour Finals .
2017: Retirement in singles, First doubles Masters title at Indian Wells
2019: Australian Open mixed doubles title
Ram, with his partner Barbora Krejčíková won the Australian Open mixed doubles title.[ 25]
2020: Australian Open doubles title, top 5 debut
Ram, with his partner Joe Salisbury won the Australian Open men's doubles tournament, defeating Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final. As a result, he reached a career high of world No. 5 in doubles, on February 3, 2020.
2021: Second Australian Open mixed & US Open & Masters doubles titles, World No. 4
Ram and partner Barbora Krejčíková won Australian Open mixed doubles tournament, defeating Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur .
He also competed in the men's doubles tournament with partner Joe Salisbury to defend their title, but lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in the final.[ 26]
He reached the final and won his third Masters 1000 in Canada at the National Bank Open with Salisbury, defeating world No. 1 and No. 2 Croatians, Pavic and Mektic, his second final for the year at a Masters level after the Italian Open , where they lost to the Croatian pair.[ 27] As a result, he returned to the top 5, on August 16, 2021.
At the 2021 US Open Ram, partnering with Salisbury, reached the final, defeating Matthew Ebden /Max Purcell in a nearly-three-hour-long match, saving four match points in the quarterfinals[ 28] and Sam Querrey /Steve Johnson in the semifinals.[ 29] The pair won the men’s doubles tournament, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final.[ 30] As a result, he reached a career high of world No. 4 in doubles, on September 20, 2021.
2022: US Open champion, Two Masters 1000 titles, ATP Finals Crown, World No. 1
He became World No. 2 on April 4, 2022 after reaching the quarterfinals at the 2022 Miami Open , losing to eventual champions Hubert Hurkacz and John Isner , with his partner Joe Salisbury who became World No. 1. He won the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters with Salisbury defeating sixth-seeded pair of Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal .[ 31]
He won his second Masters of the season at the 2022 Western & Southern Open with Salisbury.[ 32] At the 2022 US Open , Ram and Salisbury defended their title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the finals.[ 33] This was the third Grand Slam title together for Ram and Salisbury.[ 34] They became just the second team to repeat as men's doubles champions at this Major in the Open era other than Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde who went also back-to-back in New York.[ 35] Ram became the oldest first-time World No. 1 in the doubles rankings on October 3, 2022. He is the 18th American to become No. 1 in the rankings.[ 36]
The pair ended the year by winning the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, beating Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-6, 6-4 in the final.[ 37]
2023: Third US Open doubles title
Ram began his 2023 season at the Maharashtra Open with Joe Salisbury . The pair reached the semifinals before losing to 4th seeds Vliegen/Gille. Next, at the Australian Open , Ram and Salisbury lost in the third round.
In the U.S Sunshine Swing, the pair entered the Indian Wells Masters seeded second and falling in the third round to Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz . At the Miami Masters , they experienced another early exit in the fourth round.
In the spring clay court season, Ram and Salisbury reached their maiden masters Quarterfinals of the season at the Rome Masters .
At the 2023 US Open , Ram and Salisbury defended their title, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in the finals. It was their third straight US Open title.[ 38]
2024: Olympics Silver medal and split from Salisbury
In July 2024, Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek won the doubles match against Ukraine for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series. Their victory secured a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup Finals group round.[ 39]
He won the silver medal with Austin Krajicek at the Paris Olympics .[ 40]
At the US Open , Ram and Salisbury went out in the third round to Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow , suffering their first loss at the tournament in four years after a run of 20 successive wins.[ 41] [ 42] Three weeks later they announced they had ended their partnership.[ 43] [ 44]
2025: Auckland doubles final
Partnering with Christian Harrison , Ram reached the doubles final at the Auckland Classic , but withdrew before the match against Nikola Mektić and Michael Venus due to Ram suffering an arm injury.[ 45] [ 46]
World TeamTennis
Ram made his World TeamTennis debut in 2017 with the San Diego Aviators . He joined the Chicago Smash for its debut season, during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[ 47]
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Year-end championships finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
2016
Miami Open
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut
7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win
2017
Indian Wells Masters
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
6–7(1–7) , 6–4, [10–8]
Win
2018
Paris Masters
Hard (i)
Marcel Granollers
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
6–4, 6–4
Loss
2021
Italian Open
Clay
Joe Salisbury
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win
2021
Canadian Open
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win
2022
Monte-Carlo Masters
Clay
Joe Salisbury
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win
2022
Cincinnati Masters
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Tim Pütz Michael Venus
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–5)
Loss
2023
Canadian Open
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Marcelo Arévalo Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 1–6
Loss
2024
Canadian Open
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Olympic medal matches
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand 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 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Doubles: 55 (31 titles, 24 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (4–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (2–2)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (5–4)
Summer Olympics (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (5–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (15–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (24–16)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (4–4)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (22–19)
Indoor (9–5)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 2005
New Haven Open , United States
Intl Series
Hard
Bobby Reynolds
Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez
4–6, 3–6
Win
1–1
Jan 2009
Chennai Open , India
250 Series
Hard
Eric Butorac
Jean-Claude Scherrer Stan Wawrinka
6–3, 6–4
Win
2–1
Jul 2009
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships , United States
250 Series
Grass
Jordan Kerr
Michael Kohlmann Rogier Wassen
6–7(6–8) , 7–6(9–7) , [10–6]
Win
3–1
Oct 2009
Thailand Open , Thailand
250 Series
Hard (i)
Eric Butorac
Guillermo García López Mischa Zverev
7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Win
4–1
Jul 2010
Atlanta Open , United States
250 Series
Hard
Scott Lipsky
Rohan Bopanna Kristof Vliegen
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , [12–10]
Loss
4–2
Feb 2011
SA Tennis Open , South Africa
250 Series
Hard
Scott Lipsky
James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win
5–2
Feb 2011
Pacific Coast Championships , United States
250 Series
Hard (i)
Scott Lipsky
Alejandro Falla Xavier Malisse
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win
6–2
Feb 2011
Delray Beach Open , United States
250 Series
Hard
Scott Lipsky
Christopher Kas Alexander Peya
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win
7–2
Sep 2012
St. Petersburg Open , Russia
250 Series
Hard (i)
Nenad Zimonjić
Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss
7–3
Jul 2014
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States
250 Series
Grass
Jonathan Erlich
Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt
5–7, 4–6
Win
8–3
Jun 2015
Halle Open , Germany
500 Series
Grass
Raven Klaasen
Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Loss
8–4
Oct 2015
Malaysian Open , Malaysia
250 Series
Hard (i)
Raven Klaasen
Treat Huey Henri Kontinen
6–7(4–7) , 2–6
Loss
8–5
Apr 2016
Miami Open , United States
Masters 1000
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut
7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss
8–6
May 2016
Geneva Open , Switzerland
250 Series
Clay
Raven Klaasen
Steve Johnson Sam Querrey
4–6, 1–6
Win
9–6
Jun 2016
Halle Open, Germany (2)
500 Series
Grass
Raven Klaasen
Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Win
10–6
Oct 2016
Chengdu Open , China
250 Series
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Pablo Carreño Busta Mariusz Fyrstenberg
7–6(7–2) , 7–5
Loss
10–7
Oct 2016
Japan Open , Japan
500 Series
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
10–8
Nov 2016
ATP World Tour Finals , United Kingdom
Tour Finals
Hard (i)
Raven Klaasen
Henri Kontinen John Peers
6–2, 1–6, [8–10]
Win
11–8
Feb 2017
Delray Beach Open, United States (2)
250 Series
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Treat Huey Max Mirnyi
7–5, 7–5
Win
12–8
Mar 2017
Indian Wells Masters , United States
Masters 1000
Hard
Raven Klaasen
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
6–7(1–7) , 6–4, [10–8]
Loss
12–9
Jun 2017
Rosmalen Grass Court Championships , Netherlands
250 Series
Grass
Raven Klaasen
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
3–6, 4–6
Win
13–9
Jul 2017
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (2)
250 Series
Grass
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win
14–9
Sep 2017
Shenzhen Open , China
250 Series
Hard
Alexander Peya
Nikola Mektić Nicholas Monroe
6–3, 6–2
Win
15–9
May 2018
Bavarian Championships , Germany
250 Series
Clay
Ivan Dodig
Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya
6–3, 7–5
Loss
15–10
May 2018
Geneva Open, Switzerland
250 Series
Clay
Ivan Dodig
Oliver Marach Mate Pavić
6–3, 6–7(3–7) , [9–11]
Loss
15–11
Jul 2018
Atlanta Open, United States
250 Series
Hard
Ryan Harrison
Nicholas Monroe John-Patrick Smith
6–3, 6–7(5–7) , [8–10]
Loss
15–12
Sep 2018
Shenzhen Open, China
250 Series
Hard
Robert Lindstedt
Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury
6–7(5–7) , 6–7(4–7)
Win
16–12
Oct 2018
Kremlin Cup , Russia
250 Series
Hard (i)
Austin Krajicek
Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald
7–6(7–4) , 6–4
Win
17–12
Nov 2018
Paris Masters , France
Masters 1000
Hard (i)
Marcel Granollers
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
6–4, 6–4
Loss
17–13
Jan 2019
Brisbane International , Australia
250 Series
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win
18–13
Mar 2019
Dubai Tennis Championships , United Arab Emirates
500 Series
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff
7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Loss
18–14
Jun 2019
Queen's Club Championships , United Kingdom
500 Series
Grass
Joe Salisbury
Feliciano López Andy Murray
6–7(6–8) , 7–5, [5–10]
Loss
18–15
Oct 2019
European Open , Belgium
250 Series
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies
6–7(1–7) , 3–6
Win
19–15
Oct 2019
Vienna Open , Austria
500 Series
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , [10–5]
Win
20–15
Feb 2020
Australian Open , Australia
Grand Slam
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Max Purcell Luke Saville
6–4, 6–2
Loss
20–16
Feb 2021
Australian Open, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek
3–6, 4–6
Loss
20–17
May 2021
Italian Open , Italy
Masters 1000
Clay
Joe Salisbury
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
20–18
Jun 2021
Eastbourne International , United Kingdom
250 Series
Grass
Joe Salisbury
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
4–6, 3–6
Win
21–18
Aug 2021
Canadian Open , Canada
Masters 1000
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win
22–18
Sep 2021
US Open , United States
Grand Slam
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss
22–19
Oct 2021
Vienna Open, Austria
500 Series
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah
4–6, 2–6
Loss
22–20
Nov 2021
ATP Finals, Italy
Tour Finals
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut
4–6, 6–7(0–7)
Win
23–20
Apr 2022
Monte-Carlo Masters , Monaco
Masters 1000
Clay
Joe Salisbury
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win
24–20
Aug 2022
Cincinnati Masters , United States
Masters 1000
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Tim Pütz Michael Venus
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–5)
Win
25–20
Sep 2022
US Open, United States (2)
Grand Slam
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski
7–6(7–4) , 7–5
Win
26–20
Nov 2022
ATP Finals, Italy
Tour Finals
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
7–6(7–4) , 6–4
Win
27–20
May 2023
Lyon Open , France
250 Series
Clay
Joe Salisbury
Nicolas Mahut Matwé Middelkoop
6–0, 6–3
Loss
27–21
Aug 2023
Canadian Open, Canada
Masters 1000
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Marcelo Arévalo Jean-Julien Rojer
3–6, 1–6
Win
28–21
Sep 2023
US Open, United States (3)
Grand Slam
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
29–21
Oct 2023
Vienna Open, Austria (2)
500 Series
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow
6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Win
30–21
Nov 2023
ATP Finals, Italy (2)
Tour Finals
Hard (i)
Joe Salisbury
Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4
Win
31–21
Jan 2024
Adelaide International , Australia
250 Series
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden
7–5, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss
31–22
Aug 2024
Olympic Games , France
Olympics
Clay
Austin Krajicek
Matthew Ebden John Peers
7–6(8–6) , 6–7(1–7) , [8–10]
Loss
31–23
Aug 2024
Canadian Open, Canada
Masters 1000
Hard
Joe Salisbury
Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
31–24
Jan 2025
Auckland Open , New Zealand
250 Series
Hard
Christian Harrison
Nikola Mektić Michael Venus
Walkover
Records
These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
2 Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.
Doubles
Current through the 2024 Madrid Open .
1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
2 Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.
Mixed doubles
Current through the 2024 Australian Open .
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