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**Team Captain '20,'21**
**Islander Invite '21 Singles Champion**
**Islander Invite '21 Doubles Champion**

2021-2022 (Sr): Started season at No. 1 singles line, but settled into primary position at No. 3. Best record at No. 2 at 3-1. Was 4-4 at No. 3. 14-13 overall record, 8-9 dual... Made ATP Tour Debut at Dallas Open on February 7, losing to Vasek Pospisil 1-6, 0-6 in the first round... Played most doubles dual matches with Ivan Thamma (2-5). Also competed with Pranav Kumar (1-2) and and Callaway Clark (1-0)... Went undefeated at Islander Invite going 3-0 in singles (defeated Mathieu Peres 6-2,6-3 in the finls) and 3-0 in doubles with partner Julian Steinhausen to win singles and doubles title.

2020-2021 (RS Jr.): Played predominately at the No.1 and No.2 singles position... went 5-10 at No.1 singles and 1-2 at No.2 Singles position during AAC tournament in Orlando, Fl... defeated Mason Beiler (Oklahoma) 6-4,4-6,6-4 in final singles match to clinch 4-3 upset over OU in Norman on January 31... defeated Connor DiMarco (Tulsa) 4-6,6-1,6-4 to help SMU to a 4-3 upset win on April 11... went 7-13 on the season in doubles including 3-2 over ranked teams... did not compete in Fall '20 due to Covid restrictions.

2019-2020 (Jr. at SMU): Played the entire shortened season at No. 1 Singles position... went 5-5 at No.1 singles before the season ended due to Covid... also went 5-4 in tournament play in Fall '19... come from behind win against Axel Vila Antuna (Lamar) on Jan 25 to help team defeat Lamar on the road 4-3... defeated Ito/Sigsggard (Texas) on Jan 18 with partner T.Vaise 6-4 to help clinch the doubles point over defending NCAA team champions...

2018-19 (So. at Illinois): Paired with first time partner, redshirt sophomore Gui Gomes, the duo defeated UCF's Manoel Alencar and Mikhail Sokolovskiy, 6-3. With partner Alex Brown, he handed No. 32 Simen Bratholm / Nick Brookes (Northwestern) their fourth loss of the season with a 6-4 victory. Clinched the match for the Illini with a win over Mathew Tsolakyan, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4, vs. UCLA on Feb. 13 at Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago. Won his seventh consecutive singles defeating Simon Soendergaard, 6-3, 6-3 vs. North Carolina on Feb. 9.  In an upset, Chakravarthi defeated No. 60 William Howells, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 at Notre Dame on Feb. 6.  With partner and sophomore Alex Brown, defeated No. 51 Georgia duo Robert Loeb/Jan Zielinski, 7-6, 9-7 at the MLK Invitational on Jan. 20. Also went undefeated in singles play at the tournament.

2017-18 (Fr. at Illinois): Clinched a team-best 10 doubles points with fellow-freshman Alex Brown.  Clinched six Illini match victories, including Illinois's 4-0 sweep of Marquette in the NCAA First Round. Earned two ranked doubles wins with Brown during the NCAA Tournament against Vandy's No. 11 Klinger and Lowe and TCU's No. 6 Nunez and Rybakov
 
Juniors/High School: Won B18s National Team Championships with Southern California with current teammates Ivan Thamma and under Coach Grant Chen … U16 Easter Bowl Doubles Title … Top-20 Nationally in U16s … Reached No. in 14s and 16s in Middle States Section … Won a G2 and G3 ITF Doubles Title
 
Personal: born on January 2, 1999 ...  Parents are Sheila and Suresh Chakravarthi … Hobbies outside of tennis: hanging out with friends, playing golf and playing video games .Favorite athlete: Rafael Nadal …