Rohan Bopanna (born 4 March 1980) is an Indian former tennis player who specialised in doubles. In January 2024, at the age of 43, he won the Australian Open men’s doubles title with Matthew Ebden and became the oldest man to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles. He also won the French Open mixed doubles in 2017. Known for his powerful serve, he represented India in the Davis Cup for more than two decades and played at three Olympic Games.
Quick Facts
| Full name | Rohan Machanda Bopanna |
| Born | 4 March 1980, Bangalore (now Bengaluru), India |
| Age | 46 |
| Hometown | Coorg (Kodagu), Karnataka |
| Sport | Tennis (doubles) |
| Turned professional | 2003 |
| Retired | 2025 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 in doubles (January 2024) |
| Grand Slam titles | Australian Open men’s doubles (2024); French Open mixed doubles (2017) |
| Spouse | Supriya Annaiah (m. 2012) |
| Honours | Arjuna Award (2018), Padma Shri (2024) |
Early Life
Bopanna comes from Coorg, the coffee-growing hill district of Karnataka, where his father, M. G. Bopanna, is a coffee planter. He began playing tennis at eleven, later than most professionals, after trying hockey and football. He moved to a tennis academy in Pune as a teenager and turned professional in 2003.
Career
Bopanna formed a doubles partnership with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan. The pair, nicknamed the “Indo-Pak Express”, campaigned for peace between their countries with the slogan “Stop War, Start Tennis” and received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award. They reached the final of the US Open in 2010, losing to the Bryan brothers.
Bopanna partnered Mahesh Bhupathi at the 2012 London Olympics and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in 2013. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he and Sania Mirza finished fourth in the mixed doubles. In 2017 he won his first Grand Slam title, the French Open mixed doubles, with Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada. He won gold in men’s doubles at the 2018 Asian Games with Divij Sharan.
Partnering the Australian Matthew Ebden from 2023, Bopanna won the Indian Wells Masters, reached the US Open final and won mixed doubles gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou with Rutuja Bhosale. On 27 January 2024 he and Ebden won the Australian Open, making him, at 43, the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era and the oldest first-time world No. 1. He retired from Davis Cup play in 2023 and from the Indian team after the Paris Olympics in 2024, and he announced his retirement from professional tennis in November 2025.
Personal Life
Bopanna married Supriya Annaiah, a psychologist, in 2012, and they have a daughter, Tridha. He runs a tennis academy in Bengaluru and owns a coffee brand that uses beans from his family’s estate.
Awards and Honours
Major Titles
Frequently Asked Questions
When and where was Rohan Bopanna born?
Rohan Bopanna was born on 4 March 1980 in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), India and is 46 years old.
What honours has Rohan Bopanna received?
Arjuna Award (2018), Padma Shri (2024).
Featured image: Rohan Bopanna in action at the US Open, New York, 2010. Photo by Robbie Mendelson, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
