Somdev Devvarman (born Guwahati 13 February 1985), also known as "Somdev Dev Varman", is a tennis player from India. He rose to prominence while at college at the University of Virginia in the USA. He is the only collegiate player to ever have made it to three consecutive NCAA Singles Championships, winning it in his junior and senior year.

Devvarman reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2009 Chennai Open, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open former champion and world number 42 Carlos Moyá of Spain and 25th ranked Ivo Karlović of Croatia. Rainer Schüttler of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semi-final meaning that Devvarman progressed to the finals. In the final of the 2009 Chennai Open he lost to Marin Čilić of Croatia, 6–4, 7–6(3).
Devvarman is a defensive baseliner; he rallies from the back of the court aiming to keep the ball in play. He has gifted with unending stamina and great movement. He is sponsored by Lacoste and Babolat.

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Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi born (June 7, 1974) in Chennai, is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win of the Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 2006, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a Career Mixed Doubles Grand Slam. In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest awards. Bhupathi is an alumnus of the University of Mississippi in the United States. He was married to model Shvetha Jaishankar, but the couple has now separated. They had been married for seven years.   Bhupathi is Christian by belief.

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Leander Adrian Paes, born 17 June 1973 (Aged 37), is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. Having won 6 Doubles and 6 Mixed Doubles Tennis Grand Slam titles and finishing runners up in numerous other Grand Slam finals, he is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected contemporary doubles and mixed doubles players in the world. After winning the Mixed Doubles title with Cara Black at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2010, he became the first male tennis player since Rod Laver to win any Wimbledon title in three different decades. He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the Indian Davis Cup team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1996–1997, the Arjuna Award in 1990, and the Padma Shri award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India.
Apart from his twelve Grand Slam victories at doubles and mixed doubles events, he is famous for his several memorable Davis Cup performances playing for India and also for winning a bronze medal for India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He also achieved the rare Men's Doubles/Mixed Doubles double during the 1999 Wimbledon. His consecutive Olympic appearances from 1992 to 2008 make him the third Indian, after shooters Karni Singh and Randhir Singh, to compete at five Olympic Games. After winning the Mixed Doubles in Wimbledon 2010, Leander Paes became only the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades.

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