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{{Infobox tennis biography<br />
| name = Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya<br />
| image =<br />
| fullname =<br />
| country_represented = {{IND}}<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|04|04|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kapurthala]], India<br />
| death_date =<br />
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| height =<br />
| plays = Left-handed<br />
| careerprizemoney = $62,462<br />
| singlesrecord = <br />
| singlestitles = <br />
| highestsinglesranking = No. 340 (13 January 2005)<br />
| doublesrecord = 1–0 <small>(Davis Cup)</small><br />
| doublestitles = <br />
| highestdoublesranking = No. 296 (23 May 2005)<br />
}}<br />
'''Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya''' (born 4 April 1983) is an Indian former professional [[tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sunil Sipaeya... steady and sure |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2001/nov/05sunil.htm |work=[[Rediff]] |date=5 November 2001}}</ref><br />
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A left-handed player from [[Kapurthala]], Sipaeya was a national hardcourt champion as a 16-year old in 1999 and made the junior doubles quarter-finals of the [[2001 Wimbledon Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brijnath |first1=Rohit |title=Sunil Kumar, a clerk's son from Kapurthala, becomes national tennis champion at 16 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19991025-sunil-kumar-a-clerks-son-from-kapurthala-becomes-national-tennis-champion-at-16-781712-1999-10-25 |work=[[India Today]] |date=25 October 1999 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sipaeya represented India at the [[2002 Asian Games]] and was a doubles silver-medalist at the [[2003 Afro-Asian Games]].<br />
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His career best singles ranking of 340 was attained in 2005 and he won two [[ITF Futures]] singles titles during his career. As a doubles player he was ranked as high as 296 in the world and won a further 15 ITF tournaments.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desai |first1=Shail |title=Victory adds colour to Sipaeya's tennis|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/interviews/Victory-adds-colour-to-Sipaeyas-tennis/articleshow/7415451.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 February 2011 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2007 he made his only [[Davis Cup]] appearance for India, as the doubles partner of [[Leander Paes]] in a tie against Uzbekistan. He and Paes were victorious in five sets, over [[Farrukh Dustov]] and [[Denis Istomin]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of India Davis Cup team representatives]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{ATP|sc63}}<br />
* {{Davis Cup player|800199850}}<br />
* {{ITF profile|sunil-kumar-sipaeya/800199850/ind}}<br />
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[[Category:1983 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male tennis players]]<br />
[[Category:Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kapurthala]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]</div>->Red Director