Yuki Bhambri

Yuki Bhambri (Hindi: यूकी भांबरी, born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is a former Junior No. 1 and winner of 2009 Australian Open Junior Championship. He is first Indian to win the junior Australian Open title and fourth Indian in history to capture a junior singles Grand Slam championship title. He appears in the Davis Cup tournament for India. In 2015 he played against two-time grand slam champion, Andy Murray, in the first round of the Australian Open, but he lost in straight sets.

Personal and early life

He started playing tennis at the age of six years. His father is Chander and mother is Indu. He is the youngest in the family. His sisters are Ankita Bhambri and Sanaa Bhambri and is cousin of Prerna Bhambri and Prateek Bhambri, all of whom are professional tennis players. His tennis coach is Aditya Sachdeva.

Junior career

Bhambri reached the junior combined No. 1 ranking in the world in February 2009. He won the Junior Australian Open Boys singles title in 2009 by beating Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Greece in the finals. He competed in all the Junior Grand Slam Tournaments in 2008, He lost in 2008 Australian Open Boys' Singles in the semi-finals to eventual champion Bernard Tomic. He lost in the first round of the French Open Boys' Singles and Wimbledon Boys' Singles. He made it to the second round of US Open Boys' Singles before losing to his doubles partner. He played in three Junior Grand Slam Doubles tournaments partnering with Karunuday Singh at the Australian Open Boys' Doubles losing in the first round, Ilija Vujic at the French Open Boys' Doubles losing in the second round, and Filip Krajinović at the US Open Boys' Doubles losing in the first round.