Yuki Bhambri (born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently specializes in doubles. He has an ATP career-high doubles ranking of world No. 26 achieved on 31 March 2025. He also has a career-high singles ranking of No. 83 achieved on 16 April 2018.
He is a former Junior tennis No. 1 and winner of the 2009 Australian Open Junior Championship. He is the first Indian to win the junior Australian Open title and the fourth Indian in history to capture a junior singles title at a Grand Slam championship. He represents India in the Davis Cup.
He competed in all the junior Grand Slams in 2008. He lost at the 2008 Australian Open Boys' Singles in the semifinals to eventual champion Bernard Tomic.
Yuki concluded his season by making history as the first Indian winner of the prestigious Orange Bowl at age 16, beating Jarmere Jenkins of the U.S. in straight sets.
In 2009, Bhambri began the year by winning the junior Australian Open, defeating Alexandros Georgoudas from Greece in the final in only 57 minutes. Throughout the tournament he dropped only one set, becoming the first Indian singles winner of the junior Australian Open and the fourth Indian in history to capture a junior singles grand slam title.
A week later, he defeated Amir Weintraub in straight sets to win the first ATP Challenger singles title of his career in Fergana, Uzbekistan on 20 May 2012.
He won his first ATP Challenger singles title of the season and the second of his career at Traralgon, Australia, defeating American Bradley Klahn in the final.
On 8 February 2014, Bhambri won his third ATP Challenger singles title at the Sriram Capital PL Reddy Memorial ATP Challenger tennis tournament in Chennai. He defeated Alexander Kudryavtsev of Russia in three sets in the final. He also won the doubles title at the same event with his partner Michael Venus of New Zealand. The pair defeated the Indo-Slovak combination of Sriram Balaji and Blaž Rola in the doubles final.
Later in the year, Bhambri won two medals for India at the 2014 Asian Games. He won bronze in the men's singles category, losing to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the semifinals. He also won bronze in the men's doubles category with Divij Sharan as his partner. The pair lost in the semifinals to the Korean pair of Lim Yong-kyu and Chung Hyeon.
He then entered the 2015 Delhi Open as a wildcard and reached the finals, losing to Somdev Devvarman in three sets 3–6, 6–4, 6–0. He maintained his good start of the season and reached the semifinals of the Kazan Kremlin Cup. On 13 September, he defeated Wu Di in the finals of the Shanghai Challenger in three sets 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–3) to win his first title of the season, which helped him reach no. 125 in the ATP rankings. He reached the finals at the OEC Kaohsiung, losing to Hyeon Chung in straight sets 7–5, 6–4.
He broke into the top 100 for the first time in his career on 19 October 2015. He won his first title in India on 31 October, defeating Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets 6–2, 7–6(7–4) in Pune. As a result of his good run, he rose to a career-best ranking of 88 on 9 November. He finished the year ranked 93rd.
In February he won his sixth doubles Challenger title at the 2016 Delhi Open, partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi.
Bhambri was out of action from March to September because of an elbow injury. This caused his ranking to drop out of the top 500.
In July, Bhambri reached the quarterfinals at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. This was his second quarterfinal on the ATP World Tour, and his first at an ATP 500-level event. Bhambri defeated Stefan Kozlov in the first round and shocked 6th seed and defending champion Gaël Monfils in the second round. He then defeated Guido Pella to reach the quarterfinals where he lost to eventual finalist Kevin Anderson.
In October, Bhambri teamed up with Divij Sharan to enter the Tashkent Challenger. They finished as runners-up, losing to the pair of Hans Podlipnik Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski in the final. In November, he won his second Pune Challenger title, defeating compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the final. This was his sixth Challenger singles title.
In March, he entered the Indian Wells Masters and qualified for the main draw. He defeated Nicolas Mahut in the opening round. In the second round he upset then-world no. 12 Lucas Pouille in straight sets. He eventually lost to Sam Querrey in the third round. Bhambri carried his good form to the next masters at the Miami Open where he qualified for main draw. There he defeated Mirza Bašić in the first round before bowing out in the second round with a loss to Jack Sock.
In April, Bhambri won the first Challenger title of the season at the Santaizi Challenger by defeating compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan. With this win he returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings.
On the back of his improved rankings, Yuki earned direct entry into the 2018 French Open. This was his first match in the main draw at the event. He lost in the first round to Ruben Bemelmans in straight sets. He also entered the doubles draw with compatriot Divij Sharan. The pair advanced to the second round where they lost to second seeds and eventual finalists Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić.
Yuki also got direct entry into the 2018 Wimbledon Championships for the first time. He lost in the opening round to Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano.
In August, Yuki opted to play at the 2018 US Open instead of representing India at the Asian Games. With his participation at the US Open he completed playing in the main draw at all four grand slams. But he could not earn his maiden win at a slam event, losing in the opening round to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Soon after the US Open, Yuki started struggling with injuries. The correct diagnosis for which was made by Rafael Nadal's doctor.
One week later, Bhambri won an ITF doubles title in India partnering Saketh Myneni. It would be his first title win in almost three years and the result would push him back into the ATP rankings in doubles.
Bhambri received a protected ranking into the qualifying draw of the 2021 Dubai Open. There, he defeated compatriots Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan to qualify for the main draw where he lost in the first round to Aljaž Bedene in three sets. The result would push him back into the ATP rankings in singles.
Bhambri partnered Matthew Ebden in doubles at the 2021 Orlando Open. The pair won their first round match but withdrew from their second round match due to an injury. Bhambri ended the season with a title at ITF India Futures 6 with compatriot Saketh Myneni defeating compatriots S D Prajwal Dev and Rishi Reddy 6–4, 7-6(6) in straight sets.
At the Australian Open, he was out in the qualifying round where he lost to Tomáš Macháč 1–6,3–6 in the second round. Bhambri lost in round of 16 of both singles and doubles of 2022 Maharashtra Open. In the singles event he lost to Stefano Travaglia 3–6,2–6. In the doubles event, he partnered Divij Sharan where they lost to compatriots Saketh Myneni and Sasi Kumar Mukund 3–6,4–6. He and Divij then lost in quarterfinals of Bengaluru Challenger to 2nd seeds Alexander Erler and Vít Kopřiva 4–6,3–6. At the Bengaluru Challenger 2, he and Divij lost to compatriots Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni 1–6,5–7. He then was in the qualifying round of Dubai Championships where he upset João Sousa 6–3,3–6 and 7–6(7–5) in the 1st round. But just missed to qualify for the main draw by losing to Christopher O'Connell 3–6,4–6.
He received a protected ranking in French Open men's singles qualifiers but lost to Altuğ Çelikbilek in straight sets. Bhambri won the Prostějov Challenger with Myneni. They won by defeating third seeds Denys Molchanov and Franko Škugor in the quarterfinals, top seeds Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler in the semifinals in straight sets and second seeds Roman Jebavý and Andrej Martin in the final to capture the title.
He won his first ATP title at the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Lloyd Harris. He moved up to world No. 58 in the ATP doubles rankings on 3 July 2023. He made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as an alternate pair with Myneni. He reached his second career doubles final at the 2023 Stockholm Open with Julian Cash.
He won his second title at the 2024 BMW Open with Albano Olivetti. Following a fourth career final at the 2024 ATP Lyon Open with Olivetti, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 51 on 10 June 2024. He reached the top 50 in the doubles rankings two weeks later on 24 June 2024. The pair reached the final at the Chengdu Open in September, losing to Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.
Bhambri won the biggest title of his career at the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships with new partner Alexei Popyrin defeating second seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten.
Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 0–6 | 0% | |
ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||
Miami Open | 1R | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | NH | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
Davis Cup | PO | A | A | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | A | PO | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 14–6 | 68% | ||
Win–loss | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0 / 6 | 14–6 | 68% | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 8–4 | 4–10 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0 / | 28–33 | 46% |
Year-end ranking | 335 | 505 | 345 | 217 | 195 | 249 | 93 | 532 | 116 | 137 | – | – | 1048 | 551 | 1180 | $913,713 |
Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | SF | W | ||||||
French Open | A | 1R | A | ||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | ||||||
US Open | Q2 | 2R | QF |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
ATP Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4) |
Hard (1–2) |
Clay (2–1) |
Grass (1–1) |
Outdoor (3–2) |
Indoor (0–1) |
Win | 1–0 | Jun 2023 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | 250 Series | Grass | Lloyd Harris | Robin Haase Philipp Oswald | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Julian Cash | Andrey Golubev Denys Molchanov | 6–7(8–10), 2–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Albano Olivetti | Andreas Mies Jan-Lennard Struff | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) | |
Loss | 2–2 | ATP Lyon Open, France | 250 Series | Clay | Albano Olivetti | Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 8–10 | |
Win | 3–2 | Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Albano Olivetti | Ugo Humbert Fabrice Martin | 3–6, 6–3, 10–6 | |
Loss | 3–3 | Chengdu Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Albano Olivetti | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 4–6, 6–4, 4–10 | |
Win | 4–3 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Alexei Popyrin | Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten | 3–6, 7–6(14–12), 10–8 | |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2025 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | 250 Series | Grass | Robert Galloway | Santiago González Austin Krajicek | 1–6, 6–1, 13–15 |
Win | 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | Alexandros Georgoudas | 6–3, 6–1 |
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ATP Challenger (7–5) |
ITF Futures (12–4) |
Hard (18–8) |
Clay (0–1) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (1–0) |
Win | 1–0 | India F3, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | 7–6(7–1), 6–4 | |
Win | 2–0 | India F4, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Raven Klaasen | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) | |
Win | 3–0 | India F5, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Rohan Gajjar | 6–2, 7–6(8–6) | |
Win | 4–0 | India F8, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 5–0 | India F10, Kolkata | Futures | Hard | Rupesh Roy | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 6–0 | India F1, Mumbai | Futures | Hard | Roko Karanušić | 2–6, 7–5, 6–3 | |
Loss | 6–1 | India F3, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Vishnu Vardhan | 6–4, 5–7, 3–6 | |
Win | 7–1 | Nigeria F3, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Ruan Roelofse | 7–5, 7–5 | |
Win | 8–1 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Amir Weintraub | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 8–2 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Marek Semjan | 6–3, 6–6 ret. | |
Loss | 8–3 | Chinese Taipei F1, Taipei City | Futures | Hard | Huang Liang-chi | 6–4, 5–7 ret. | |
Win | 9–3 | Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei City | Futures | Hard | Kento Takeuchi | 7–5, 6–4 | |
Loss | 9–4 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 10–4 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Klahn | 6–7(13–15), 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 11–4 | India F9, Delhi | Futures | Hard | N.Sriram Balaji | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 12–4 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |
Loss | 12–5 | USA F23, Edwardsville | Futures | Hard | Mitchell Frank | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 | |
Loss | 12–6 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Somdev Devvarman | 6–3, 4–6, 0–6 | |
Win | 13–6 | Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi | Futures | Hard | Dzmitry Zhyrmont | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 13–7 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 3–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 14–7 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Di Wu | 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–3) | |
Loss | 14–8 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Chung Hyeon | 5–7, 4–6 | |
Win | 15–8 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Evgeny Donskoy | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 16–8 | Hong Kong F4, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard | Shintaro Imai | 6–4, 7–5 | |
Win | 17–8 | India F1, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | N.Sriram Balaji | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 18–8 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
Loss | 18–9 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Jordan Thompson | 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 | |
Win | 19–9 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Carpet | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–3, 6–4 |
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ATP Challenger (14–10) |
ITF Futures (5–3) |
Hard (15–13) |
Clay (2–0) |
Loss | 0–1 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Ryler Deheart | Gong Maoxin Zhe Li | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh | Futures | Hard | Vivek Shokeen | Huang Liang-chi Lee Hsin-han | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–3 | Indonesia F4, Jakarta | Futures | Hard | Rohan Gajjar | Zhe Li Yi Chu-Huan | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 1–3 | Nigeria F3, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | Vishnu Vardhan Karan Rastogi | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Win | 2–3 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin | 1–6, 6–1, 10–5 | |
Loss | 2–4 | Penza, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Konstantin Kravchuk Nikolaus Moser | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–10 | |
Loss | 2–5 | Beijing, China | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–10 | |
Loss | 2–6 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 3–6 | Winnetka, United States | Challenger | Hard | Michael Venus | Somdev Devvarman Jack Sock | 2–6, 6–2, 10–8 | |
Loss | 3–7 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Wang Chieh-Fu | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 3–8 | Australia F10, Sydney | Futures | Hard | Yasutaka Uchiyama | Dane Propoggia Rubin Statham | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 4–8 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Michael Venus | N.Sriram Balaji Blaž Rola | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
Win | 5–8 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Somdev Devvarman Sanam Singh | 7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 10–8 | |
Loss | 5–9 | Indore, India | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6–2, 4–6, 3–10 | |
Win | 6–9 | Karshi, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin | 5–7, 6–3, 10–8 | |
Loss | 6–10 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Matthew Ebden | Chris Guccione Artem Sitak | 4–6, 6–7(2–7) | |
Loss | 6–11 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Michael Venus | Treat Huey Frederik Nielsen | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 5–10 | |
Win | 7–11 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Saketh Myneni Sanam Singh | 6–3, 4–6, 10–5 | |
Loss | 7–12 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Hans Podlipnik Castillo Andrei Vasilevski | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 8–12 | M15 Lucknow, India | Futures | Hard | Saketh Myneni | N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth Vinayak Sharma Kaza | 6–2, 6–3 | |
Win | 9–12 | M15 Gurugram, India | Futures | Hard | Saketh Myneni | S D Prajwal Dev Rishi Reddy | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | |
Win | 10–12 | M15 Bhopal, India | Futures | Hard | Saketh Myneni | L. Bathrinath A. Shanmugam | 6–4, 6–1 | |
Win | 11–12 | M15 New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Anirudh Chandrasekhar Vishnu Vardhan | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Win | 12–12 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | JC Aragone Roberto Quiroz | 4–6, 6–3, 10–7 | |
Win | 13–12 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Saketh Myneni | Roman Jebavý Andrej Martin | 6-3, 7-5 | |
Win | 14–12 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral | 6–4, 3–6, 10–6 | |
Win | 15–12 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh | 3–6, 6–4, 10–8 | |
Win | 16–12 | Mallorca, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Marek Gengel Lukáš Rosol | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Loss | 16–13 | Gwangju, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–2, 3–6, 6–10 | |
Win | 17–13 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Saketh Myneni | Christopher Rungkat Akira Santillan | 2–6, 7–6(9–7), 14–12 | |
Win | 18–13 | Girona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Saketh Myneni | Íñigo Cervantes Oriol Roca Batalla | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 19–13 | Brest Challenger, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash | Robert Galloway Albano Olivetti | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 10–5 |
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