Arjun Kadhe
अर्जुन कढे
ResidencePune, India
Birth date7 January 1994 (age 32)
Birth placePune, India
Height185 cm
Turnedpro2017
CollegeOklahoma State University (2014–2017)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney$251,558
Singlestitles0
HighestsinglesrankingNo. 328 (27 August 2018)
Doublestitles1
HighestdoublesrankingNo. 76 (28 October 2024)
CurrentdoublesrankingNo. 114 (30 June 2025)
Wimbledondoublesresult1R (2025)
Usopendoublesresult1R (2025)
Updated30 December 2024

Arjun Kadhe (Marathi: अर्जुन कढे; born 7 January 1994) is an Indian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 76 achieved on 28 October 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 328 achieved on 27 August 2018. Kadhe has won one doubles ATP Tour title. He also won 4 ITF Tour singles and 6 ATP Challenger Tour and 7 ITF doubles titles.

Personal and early life

Kadhe was born in Pune to Jayant and Rashmi Kadhe. His father supported him for playing tennis. He attended Vikhe Patil Memorial School through his early studies and was supported and championed as a tennis athlete all throughout his younger years. He attended the Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce before coming to OSU. He also got support from Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and Lakshya, a sports NGO. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2017. Arjun married his long time partner Kavita Mishra on 13 December 2025.[1] Interestingly, his long-time doubles partner Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli also got married around the same time.[2]

College career

Kadhe became the third Cowboy to ever earn three All-America honors. During his tenure in Oklahoma, Kadhe and his doubles partner Julian Cash became the first doubles team in Oklahoma State history to achieve the top spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. The pair scripted a team-high 34 wins along with prestigious All-America honours at the NCAA Doubles Championship.[3] He defeated seven ranked opponents in doubles with Cash, two of which came in the NCAA Doubles Tournament. He also won the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament in March while teaming with Cash and reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional during fall play. He was in sixth place on OSU's career doubles wins list with 67. He clinched 20 singles wins primarily playing at the No. 2 position, including two wins over ranked opponents.[4]

Professional career

He appeared in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at the junior level over the past two years. Kadhe won his first ITF singles title in November 2017 at Thu Dau Mot City in Vietnam.[5]

He made his singles and doubles ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Maharashtra Open. In singles, he lost in opening round to compatriot Yuki Bhambri.[6] In doubles, he paired with Frenchman Benoît Paire but lost in the first round.

Partnering Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli, Kadhe won his first ATP title at the 2024 Almaty Open, defeating Nicolás Barrientos and Skander Mansouri in the final.[7][8]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2024Almaty Open,
Kazakhstan
250 SeriesHard (i)Rithvik Choudary BollipalliNicolás Barrientos
Skander Mansouri
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [14–12]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals

Singles: 8 ITF Tour (4–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2017India F9, CoimbatoreFuturesHardSasikumar Mukund3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Nov 2017Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot CityFuturesHardAndrew Harris7–5, 6–3
Win2–1Mar 2018India F1, BhubaneswarFuturesHardVijay Sundar Prashanth6–3, 6–2
Loss2–2Mar 2018India F2, KolkataFuturesHardCarlos Boluda-Purkiss0–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Mar 2018India F4, TrivandrumFuturesHardVijay Sundar Prashanth3–6, 3–6
Loss2–4May 2018Nigeria F3, AbujaFuturesHardJoão Menezes3–6, 1–6
Win3–4Mar 2022M15 Bhopal, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHardSidharth Rawat7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win4–4Mar 2022M15 Bengaluru, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHardSidharth Rawat6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 20 ATP Challenger Tour (7–13)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–13)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–11)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2018Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHardDenis YevseyevMikhail Elgin
Yaraslav Shyla
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win1–1Jul 2019Chengdu, ChinaChallengerHardSaketh MyneniNam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu
6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss1–2Nov 2019Pune, IndiaChallengerHardSaketh MyneniPurav Raja
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win2–2Jan 2022Forlì, ItalyChallengerHard (i)Marco BortolottiMichael Geerts
Alexander Ritschard
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win3–2Feb 2022Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHardAlexander ErlerSaketh Myneni
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss3–3Sep 2022Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHardFernando RomboliPurav Raja
Divij Sharan
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss3–4Jan 2023Quimper, FranceChallengerHard (i)Anirudh ChandrasekarSadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul
2–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Feb 2023Vilnius, LithuaniaChallengerHard (i)Daniel MasurIvan Liutarevich
Vladyslav Manafov
0–6, 2–6
Win4–5Feb 2023Chennai, IndiaChallengerHardJay ClarkeSebastian Ofner
Nino Serdarušić
6–0, 6–4
Loss4–6Jul 2023Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClayRithvik Choudary BollipalliPierre-Hugues Herbert
Arthur Reymond
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss4–7Jul 2023Porto, PortugalChallengerHardRithvik Choudary BollipalliToshihide Matsui
Kaito Uesugi
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [5–10]
Win5–7Oct 2023Olbia, ItalyChallengerHardRithvik Choudary BollipalliIvan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov
6–1, 6–3
Loss5–8Jan 2024Oeiras, PortugalChallengerHard (i)Marcus WillisKarol Drzewiecki
Piotr Matuszewski
3–6, 4–6
Loss5–9Mar 2024Murcia, SpainChallengerClayJeevan NedunchezhiyanThéo Arribagé
Victor Vlad Cornea
5–7, 1–6
Win6–9Apr 2024Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHardJeevan NedunchezhiyanPiotr Matuszewski
Matthew Christopher Romios
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win7–9May 2024Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClayAnirudh ChandrasekarSimon Freund
Johannes Ingildsen
7–5, 6–4
Loss7–10Sep 2024Shanghai, ChinaChallengerHardRithvik Choudary BollipalliCristian Rodríguez
Matthew Romios
6–7(4–7), 6–1, [7–10]
Loss7–11Sep 2024Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHardRithvik Choudary BollipalliBlake Ellis
Adam Walton
6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss7–12Oct 2025Jinan, ChinaChallengerHardRithvik Choudary BollipalliFinn Reynolds
James Watt
5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Loss7–13Mar 2026Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHardRithvik Choudary BollipalliAndrés Andrade
Federico Agustín Gómez
3–6, 6–7(4–7)

References

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  2. ^ "Arjun Kadhe on Wedding Bliss, Injury Comeback, and Plans for the 2026 Tennis Season". 15 January 2026.
  3. ^ Phadnis, Ashish (15 November 2017). "Stepping into new shoes is exciting, says Pune's tennis player Arjun Kadhe". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ Arjun Kadhe
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  6. ^ Judge, Shahid (3 January 2018). "Yuki Bhambri bests rookie Arjun Kadhe in season opener". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Almaty Open 2024 tennis: Arjun Kadhe-Rithvik Bollipalli win maiden ATP Tour title". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Indian duo Arjun and Rithvik win first ATP Tour Title in Almaty". Inside Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2024.