Nishesh Basavareddy
Nishesh Basavareddy is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 99 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 676 reached on 25 November 2024.
Early life
Basavareddy was born in Newport Beach, California, to father Muralikrishna Basavereddy and mother Sai Prasanna. His parents emigrated from Nellore, India to the United States in 1999. His older brother, Nishanth, was born in San Francisco. At the age of 8, he moved to Carmel, Indiana with his family.He started taking tennis lessons in his childhood.
Junior career
Basavareddy had great results on ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 69–17 singles win-loss record. In 2022, he won three reputable junior events: J1 Porto Alegre, JA Criciúma, and JA Milan. He also won the U14-category at prestigious Orange Bowl and was a member of the U.S. U14 team that won the World Junior Team Finals in the Czech Republic. However, his best result in juniors was the boys' doubles title at the 2022 US Open, with countryman Ozan Baris.He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 3 on 2 January 2023.
College years
Basavareddy entered Stanford University in the fall of 2022. As a freshman during the 2022-23 season, he won the ITA Fall National Championship and was named an ITA All-American. He was selected for the All-Pac-12 second team and earned ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year honors. He finished the season ranked No. 16 in singles and No. 22 in doubles, with a career-high ranking of No. 2 in singles. He won the ITA Northwest Super Regional and advanced to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles at the NCAA Championships.In his sophomore season, he won the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year award and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team. He earned ITA All-America honors for the second consecutive year and was named ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch. He helped Stanford win the Pac-12 regular-season title, the program’s first since 2021. He ended the season ranked No. 12 in singles, with a 16-2 overall record and an 11-2 mark against ranked opponents. He also recorded three Pac-12 Player of the Week honors and reached the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship. Off the court, he was named to the CSC Academic All-America second team and the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
Professional career
2024: Top 150 & Pro debuts, NextGen Finals & maiden ATP win
Basavareddy reached the top 200, at No. 199 in September 2024, following his third Challenger final at the 2024 LTP Men's Open.He won his maiden title later that season, at the 2024 Tiburon Challenger, defeating compatriot Eliot Spizzirri in the final.
Following a runner-up at the 2024 Champaign Challenger and a second Challenger title at the 2024 Puerto Vallarta Open, Basavareddy reached the top 150, with a career-high singles ranking of No. 139 on 25 November 2024.
Basavareddy also qualified for the 2024 Next Generation ATP Finals where he recorded his first ATP win. Following the qualification, he announced he turned professional on 5 December 2024, foregoing his NCAA eligibility.
2025: ATP debut & first semifinal, Major, Masters & top 100 debuts
Basavareddy made his ATP main draw debut at the 2025 Brisbane International after qualifying for the main draw with wins over former top-100 player Borna Gojo and former top-10 player Lucas Pouille. He lost to Gaël Monfils in three sets. A week later he also qualified for the main draw at the 2025 ASB Classic in Auckland and recorded his second win and first in an ATP main draw over lucky loser Francisco Comesaña in straight sets. He defeated the defending champion and world No. 23 Alejandro Tabilo in three sets to reach his maiden ATP quarterfinal and move into the top 115 in the rankings. Next, he defeated eight seed and compatriot Alex Michelsen to reach his first ATP semifinal and moved onto the top 110 in the ATP singles rankings. He became the youngest American to reach a tour-level semifinal on hardcourts since an 18-year-old Reilly Opelka in 2016 in Atlanta. However, he then fell to Gaël Monfils in the semifinals in two tough sets.Basavareddy received a main draw wildcard for his Grand Slam debut at the 2025 Australian Open.
He lost in the first round to Novak Djokovic, but not before taking the first set against the former #1. He impressed Djokovic and the crowd with his performance in the match with a final score of 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 2-6.
Basavareddy qualified for the main draw of the 2025 Acupulco Open but lost to Denis Shapovalov, and followed that up with first round losses in Indian Wells on his Masters debut, and at the 2025 Țiriac Open. He defeated Otto Virtanen at the Open Aix Provence before losing to eventual finalist Stan Wawrinka.
Basavareddy reached the top 100 in the ATP singles rankings at world No. 99 on 23 June 2025 before the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, where he made his main draw debut.
He also made his debut at the 2025 US Open having received a wildcard for the main draw.
Personal life
Basavareddy is of Telugu descent.Basavareddy graduated from Carmel High School.
His tennis idols are Novak Djokovic and Rajeev Ram.
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals.''ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | [2023 Fairfield Challenger – Singles|] | Fairfield Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard |  dts|Jul 2024Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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