Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha is an Indian tennis player from Karnataka.
He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 98 achieved on 20 May 2024 and a career high singles ranking of No. 605 achieved on 14 January 2019.
Kaliyanda Poonacha has won six ATP Challenger doubles titles.

Career

He won his first Challenger at the 2023 President's Cup with S D Prajwal Dev.
Partnering with Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli, Poonacha won the 2024 San Luis Open Challenger.
In February 2025, he and Dev received a cash prize of Rs.100000 each from the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association for winning the gold medal in the 38th National Games tennis doubles for men.
In November, he won a wildcard along with his doubles partner Pruchya Isaro of Thailand, for the 2026 Australian Open men's doubles after winning the Asia-Pacific wildcard playoff.