| Country (sports) |  India | |||||||||||||
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| Residence | New Delhi, India | |||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1997 Jaitpur, Haryana, India | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||
| Prize money | $522,877 (15 June 2021)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||
| Career record | Template:Tennis record | |||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 122 (24 August 2020)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 144 (15 June 2021)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2021) | |||||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 (2021) | |||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2018) | |||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2020) | |||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||
| Career record | Template:Tennis record | |||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 540 (8 October 2018)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 856 (5 April 2021)[1] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 15 June 2021. | ||||||||||||||
Sumit Nagal (born 16 August 1997) is an Indian professional tennis player. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title, thus becoming the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title. He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles tennis player and since 2018, he has been a regular member of India's national Davis Cup squad.
Early life
Sumit Nagal was born on August 16, 1997 to a school-teacher Suresh Nagal and his wife Krishna Devi, a homemaker in Jhajjar, Haryana. Nagal started playing tennis at the age of eight at a local sports club. When he was ten years old, he was selected to join Mahesh Bhupathi's training academy, as part of the first batch of Mahesh Bhupathi's Apollo Tyres Mission 2018 programme.[2] As part of the programme, between 2008 and 2010, Nagal was based in Bangalore. Upon the programme closing down, Nagal shifted to Toronto for training with Coach Bobby Mahal.
Career
Early career
He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title with his Vietnamese partner Lý Hoàng Nam, defeating the pair of Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan in the final. He became the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title.[3]
2016: Davis cup debut
He made his Davis Cup debut for India in the 2016 World Group Playoff tie against Spain in New Delhi.[4]
2017: First ATP Challenger title
Nagal ran into a controversy when he was dropped from Davis Cup team for serious disciplinary issues.[5]
At Bengaluru Challenger Nagal stunned top seed Blaz Kavcic in quarter finals, followed it by beating compatriot Yuki Bhambri in semis and finally Jay Clarke in the Finals capturing his first challenger title.[6]
2018
He finished as runner-up in 2018 Junior Asian Games along with his Indian partner Amandeep Singh and Raj Kumar (sub pro).
2019: Debut at Grand Slam main draw
Year 2019 proved to be breakthrough year for Nagal. At the 2019 US Open, Nagal qualified to make his grand slam main draw debut. He faced Roger Federer in his opening round match.[7] He lost the match but managed to take first set against the multiple grand slam champion.[8] Later he reached his second career ATP challenger final at the Banja Luka Challenger. He lost the championship match to Dutch player Tallon Griekspoor.[9] The next tournament he reached final again at Buenos Aires Challenger.[10] He won the title defeating local player Facundo Bagnis. This was his second challenger title and first one on Clay.[11]
2020: First Grand Slam main draw win
At 2020 US Open, Nagal won his opening round match against Bradley Klahn, thus becoming first Indian since Somdev Devvarman (2013 US Open) to win a match in the main draw of a Grand Slam. In second round he was defeated in straight sets by the second seed, Dominic Thiem of Austria.[12]
2021: Olympics
Nagal qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in singles.[13] Sumit Nagal reached into the 2nd round after defeating Denis Istomin at the Tokyo Olympics.[14][15] Nagal holds the distinction for being the first Indian in 25 years to qualify to the second round of an Olympics tennis event.[16]
Career statistics
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
Template:Performance key Current through the 2021 French Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | Template:Tennis win percentage |
| French Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Template:Tennis win percentage |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Template:Tennis win percentage |
| US Open | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | Template:Tennis win percentage | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | Template:Tennis win percentage |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (11–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2015 | India F8, Hyderabad | Futures | Clay |  Gustavo Vellbach
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6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2015 | India F11, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Ronit Singh Bisht
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2015 | India F15, Madurai | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan
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7–6(7-5), 7–6(7-4) |
| Win | 4–0 | Aug 2016 | Poland F6, Poznan | Futures | Clay |  Daniel Masur
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6–4, 1–6, 6-3 |
| Win | 5–0 | Oct 2016 | Hungary F7, Balatonboglar | Futures | Clay |  Peter Nagy
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7–6(7-3), 6-1 |
| Loss | 5–1 | May 2017 | Romania F2, Bacau | Futures | Clay |  Goncalo Oliveira
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6–3, 3–6, 0-6 |
| Win | 6–1 | Jun 2017 | Sri Lanka F1, Colombo | Futures | Clay |  Alexander Zhurbin
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6–3, 6-2 |
| Win | 7–1 | Jul 2017 | Sri Lanka F3, Colombo | Futures | Clay |  Carlos Bolunda-Purkiss
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6–1, 6-1 |
| Win | 8–1 | Jul 2017 | Italy F23, Pontedera | Futures | Clay |  Andrea Basso
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6–4, 6-4 |
| Win | 9–1 | Sep 2017 | India F7, Chennai | Futures | Clay |  Colin Van Beem
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6–3, 6-0 |
| Win | 10–1 | Nov 2017 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | United Kingdom Jay Clarke | 6–3, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Loss | 10–2 | Sep 2019 | Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay | Tallon Griekspoor
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2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 11–2 | Sep 2019 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Bagnis
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6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2015 | India F15, Madurai | Futures | Hard | N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth
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Anirudh Chandrasekar Vignesh Peranamallur
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6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2016 | Uzbekistan F1, Karshi | Futures | Hard | Chinese Taipei Ti Chen |  Sanjar Fayziev Jurabek Karimov
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5–5 ret. |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Boys' Doubles: 1 (1-0)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Lý Hoàng Nam
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 Reilly Opelka  Akira Santillan
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7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Controversies
In 2017, after reports came to surface that Sumit had missed a practice session in July 2016 at Chandigarh during the tie against South Korea, citing elbow injury. he was dropped from the Indian Davis Cup squad led by Anand Amritraj which was scheduled to face the New Zealand between 3 and 5 February 2017. A source close to All India Tennis Association (AITA) told Sportskeeda, "It is a case of sheer indiscipline, on the part of the player. He missed several training sessions, brought his girlfriend to the camp without informing us. Several other discrepancies have also emerged, which led to the captain taking this call."[17][18][19] Nagal denied the allegations, he got support from former India player Somdev Devvarman who stated that "I want to be clear once again. You have not chosen Sumit Nagal for the upcoming tie, because Sumit Nagal is NOT available to play. How do I know this? Because I have spent 2 weeks with Sumit in December helping him with his training and his rehab for the current shoulder injury he is recovering from."[20]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sumit-nagal/n897/overview
- ↑ https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/who-is-sumit-nagal-the-indian-tennis-player-who-will-face-roger-federer-at-us-open-2019-first-round
- ↑ "Sumit Nagal wins Wimbledon boys' doubles title". 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Who is Sumit Nagal, the 22-year-old from Haryana Who Just Won a Set Against Roger Federer at US Open". 27 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ "Sumit Nagal 'finished mini-bar in his hotel room', dropped from India Davis Cup team". PTI. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ "Sumit Nagal wins ATP Bengaluru Open title". PTI. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ Meiseles, Josh. "Who Is Sumit Nagal? Meet Federer's First Round Opponent". www.atptour.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ Hegde, Prajwal (28 August 2019). "Valiant Sumit Nagal gives Roger Federer a scare before going down at US open". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ Chakraborty, Samrat (15 September 2019). "Sumit Nagal Loses To Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor In Final Of Banja Luka Challenger". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ↑ Mar 3, Damayanti Dasgupta / TNN /; 2021; Ist, 22:01. "Sumit Nagal on fire in Argentina | Tennis News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Sumit Nagal wins Buenos Aires Challenger, likely to break into top 135 of ATP rankings". 30 September 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ "Dominic Thiem ousts Sumit Nagal to advance into Round 3". 3 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ↑ PTI (16 July 2021). "Sumit Nagal makes singles cut for Tokyo Olympics; AITA pairs him with Bopanna, withdraws Sharan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Sumit Nagal beats Denis Istomin to win singles Tennis match for India after 25 years". SportsTiger. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ↑ Sumit Nagal wins India's first Olympic singles match in 25 years Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021
- ↑ N.Sudarshan. "Tennis at Tokyo 2020: Indian challenge all but over with Nagal's loss". Sportstar. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ "India drops Sumit Nagal from Davis Cup squad citing indiscipline". 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ "Sumit Nagal dropped from India's Davis Cup squad due to serious breach of discipline: AITA sources". Firstpost. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ "Sumit Nagal dropped from Indian Davis Cup team on charges of serious discipline breach". News Nation. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ Nickels, Jepher Christopher (18 January 2017). "Sumit Nagal slams allegations made by All India Tennis Association". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
External links
- Sumit Nagal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Sumit Nagal at the International Tennis Federation
- Sumit Nagal at the Davis Cup
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