Somdev Kishore Devvarman is a professional Indian tennis player. In 2011, Devvarman received the Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his national tennis successes.Devvarman is now professionally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi's company Globosport.He is sponsored by Lacoste and Babolat.
Background
Ethnicity:
a Tripuri Bengali Hindu family in Guwahati, Assam to Ranjana and Pravanjan Dev Varman
Somdev belongs to Tripura's erstwhile royal family.
He is the grandson of Tripura's late royal scion Bikramendra Kishore Debbarman, popularly known as Bidurkarta.
Career
Devvarman reached the quarterfinals of the SA Open in Johannesburg. He also reached the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 series Dubai Tennis Championships, where he lost against Marcos Baghdatis. He also led India's Davis Cup team in their match against Russia.Somdev qualified for the 2010 French Open and lost to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, in the first round. He achieved direct entry to the 2010 US Open, where he lost to South Africa's Kevin Anderson, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6, in the first round. Somdev competed at Wimbledon in the doubles draw with former UVA teammate, Treat Huey, where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–7.On 10 October 2010, Somdev won the Men's Tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi by beating Greg Jones of Australia in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2. On 23 November 2010, Somdev also won the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6–1 6–2. The day before, he had teamed up with Sanam Singh to win the gold in the doubles event. However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not considered ATP tour events, Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points.Somdev rose to a career high ranking of no. 94 on 25 October.