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 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.
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[1]