Sriram Balaji
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| Full name | Sriram Balaji Narayanaswamy |
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| Country (sports) | INDIA |
| Residence | Coimbatore, India |
| Born |
18 March 1990 Coimbatore, India |
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | $117,381 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 309 (24 November 2014) |
| Current ranking | No. 403 (16 January 2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 29 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 180 (5 May 2014) |
| Current ranking | No. 293 (16 January 2017) |
| Last updated on: 23 January 2017. | |
Sriram Balaji (born 18 March 1990) is a professional Indian tennis player.
Balaji has a career high ATP singles ranking of 309, achieved on 24 November 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 180 achieved on 5 May 2014.
Balaji has won a total of 6 ITF singles titles on the futures circuit as well as 29 ITF doubles titles on the futures circuit.
Sriram was born to Narayanaswamy and Jayanthi Narayanaswamy in Coimbatore. He started playing tennis at the age of Nine years. He succeeded his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya and PERKS Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. He started his tennis career at PERKS Tennis Academy, Coimbatore.He is currently getting trained at Schüttler-Waske Tennis University in Germany. His hobbies are swimming and reading books.His favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
Balaji made his ATP main draw debut at the 2012 Aircel Chennai Open in the doubles event, partnering Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The wildcard pairing put up a good fight, but lost to the second seeds Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 5–7, 4–6.
At the 2014 Aircel Chennai Open, Balaji was given a wildcard into the doubles event with Ramkumar Ramanathan. The Indian pair defeated Lipsky and Ram, who Balaji had lost to in 2012, 7–5, 6–3. In the quarterfinals the pair lost to Croatian-duo Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić, 3–6, 3–6.
Balaji has joined Mumbai Tennis Masters team for Champions Tennis League India.
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