Latest revision as of 15:56, 28 March 2026

Graphic courtesy: The Times of India

[edit] 2014, 2013 and 2012: one title each

The Times of India, Nov 01 2015

It was fifth career-title for Yuki at Challenger level and first time he has won two Challengers in a single season. He won one each in 2014, 2013 and 2012.

[edit] 2015

[edit] 2 titles, 2 semi-finals

The Times of India, Nov 01 2015

Yuki pockets second title of season

Yuki Bhambri fashioned an impressive if not dominating win to clinch his second ti tle of the sea son with a 6-2, 7-6(4) defeat of second seed Evgeny Donskoy in the final of the $50,000 KPIT-MSLTA Challenger, here on Saturday . It was the best serving day of the tournament for Yuki, ranked 105, as he lost only two points on his serve to quickly wrap up the first set and that set the tone of the match. Donskoy's game was littered with errors and it only aided Yuki, who collected 80 points for his effort and is not only set to re-enter the top-100 but will stay there for good number of weeks. Yuki has been very consistent in the three preceding months as he won title in Shanghai, ended runner-up in Taiwan and reached semifinals in Tashkent and Vancouver.

[edit] 2018

[edit] Feb/ World no. 101

Yuki is ranked 101, February 20, 2018: The Times of India

Yuki Bhambri jumped 11 places to stand just outside the top-100 bracket in the men's singles rankings, following his runner-up finish at the Chennai Open Challenger tournament. Bhambri had squandered a match point against Australia's Jordon Thompson to settle for 48 ranking points and $4240 in prize money. With this jump, Yuki is now ranked 101. PTI

[edit] 2026: Looking back at 2009- Feb 2026 phase

Prajwal.Hegde, February 25, 2026: The Times of India

Dubai : Yuki Bhambri enjoyed significant success in singles — Australian Open boys champion at 16, world No. 1 junior and ranked a career-high 83 in the pros. Did the 33-year-old think he would ace it when he made the shift to doubles four years ago? The corners of Bhambri’s mouth lift into a half-smile which gives way to a quiet chuckle. “There were a lot of emotions,” he says, in his typical understated manner, his voice hoarse, worn down by a throat infection he picked up on arrival.


“I did think that I would ace it when I started. Then once I started playing doubles, there was a time when I thought I might not be able to ace it. The transition took a little bit longer than I expected, but eventually, things panned out,” he says. 


Bhambri, ranked No. 21 in the doubles rankings, switched from singles to doubles in 2022 after a three-year battle with tendonitis in both knees.


“I was learning every year, I made improvements. I moved up the ranking slowly, but surely,” he says. “There weren’t any sudden jumps, but I finally feel like I am doing what I want to do, playing the tournaments that I want to play, being able to maintain this ranking, giving myself these opportunities.” 
“Winning the Dubai Duty Free championships here last year 
opened up opportunities for me,” he said. “Doubles is quite competitive, with small draws a lot of players don’t get opportunities. You want to be competing in these 500s, Masters but it is quite difficult to get in. So, more than winning this title giving me the belief, I think it opened doors for me to play a proper schedule on the ATP tour.


“It helped push me up the rankings, to be able to play these events, which then eventually led to better results,” Bhambri argued. “A third round in the French Open and Wimbledon, semifinals at the US Open. This is what happens when you get these opportunities and are able to capitalise on them.”


Some 12 months on, Bhambri, playing alongside Sweden’s Andre Goransson this time, asked for a late start to the tournament to give himself a chance to recover. 


Though the Indian took the court, he was far from his best, the IndiaSwedish duo going down to the third seeds Finland’s Harri Heliovaara and Britain’s Henry Patten 1-6, 4-6 in 70-minutes on Tuesday.


In another first-round match, wildcard entrants Sriram Balaji and Austria’s Neil Oberleitner had a couple of match points against the fourth-seeded Italians Simone Bolleli and Andre Vavassori but eventually went down 7-5, 6-7 (8), 5-10. 


New hero for India


Earlier this month in Bengaluru, Bhambri anchored a scratch pairing with 25-year-old Dakshineshwar Suresh to deliver the decisive doubles point for India in their Davis Cup first-round qualifier against the fancied Netherlands.


“Full credit to DK,” he said of the 6 ft 6’ US Collegiate player who won all his three matches in the tie. “I remember seeing him as a 17-year-old, he’s a completely different player now. India has a new Davis Cup hero.”