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Christopher Rungkat

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Christopher Rungkat
Country  Indonesia
Residence Valencia, Spain
Born 14 January 1990 (age 21)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 2008
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money US$23,267
Singles
Career record 45-42
Career titles 0 ATP, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 448 (12 September 2011)
Current ranking No. 448 (12 September 2011)
Doubles
Career record 91-31
Career titles 0 ATP, 14 ITF
Highest ranking No. 302 (12 September 2011)
Current ranking No. 302 (12 September 2011)
Last updated on: 12 September 2011.
Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games
Silver 2007 Korat Team Event
Bronze 2007 Korat Men's Doubles
Bronze 2009 Vientiane Men's Doubles
Bronze 2009 Vientiane Team Event

Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born January 14, 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. He is the grandson of "Famous" Benny Rungkat, former chairman of the Indonesian Air Carriers Association. Christopher's father, Michael Alexander Fritz Rungkat, is of Dutch and Indonesian descent and his mom, Elfia Mirlianti, is of Cambodian and Indonesian descent. .In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.[1] He is the youngest ever Indonesian to be the All Indonesian Champion, and by the end of his junior career,he was awarded for Indonesian best promising athlete 2008

Rungkat also reached the final of the 2008 U.S. Open boy's final with Henri Kontinen.[2]

In June 2010, he won the Tarakan Open International Men’s Futures tournament, his first international tournament title since going pro.[3]

Career

Christopher Spent his junior career in Europe by playing European junior circuit and he was based in Tennis Val (Valencia, Spain). He's the second Asian male player who ever won a junior French open doubles title after Kei Nishikori

Personal life

As a tennis player,Christopher spent most of his time on the tour.Loves PC games and Xbox.

Public Figure

Even tennis is not a big sport in Indonesia that have huge local followers like football and badminton he still managed to attract media attention because of his looks and skills on court

Clothing = Nike 2005 - 2008, Reebok 2008-2010. Equipments = Head 2005-2008, Wilson Sporting Goods 2008-2010

ITF Finals

ITF Singles Finals (4-0)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (4–0)
Outcome # Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 7 June 2010 $10,000 - Tarakan, Indonesia F2 Hard (i) South Korea Jae-Sung An 6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 29 May 2011 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F1 Hard Germany Richard Becker 6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 5 June 2011 $10,000 - Surabaya, Indonesia F2 Hard Japan Arata Onozawa 7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Winner 4. 12 June 2011 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F3 Hard Japan Kento Takeuchi 6–3, 6–2

ITF Doubles Finals (14-5)

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (14–5)
Outcome # Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 1 August 2005 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F1 Hard Indonesia Febi Widhiyanto Indonesia Suwandi Suwandi
Indonesia Bonit Wiryawan
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 13 August 2007 $10,000 - Indonesia F3 Hard Indonesia Bonit Wiryawan Chinese Taipei Huai-En Chang
Chinese Taipei Hsien-Yin Peng
5–7, 3–6
Winner 1. 17 September 2007 $10,000 - Indonesia F5 Hard Indonesia Andrian Raturandang India Aditya Madkekar
India Ashutosh Singh
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner 2. 18 February 2008 $10,000 - Thailand F2 Hard United States Nathan Thompson Czech Republic Roman Jebavy
Czech Republic Filip Zeman
6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. 25 February 2008 $10,000 - Thailand F3 Hard United States Nathan Thompson China Mao-Xin Gong
Japan Norikazu Sugiyama
6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 28 July 2008 $10,000 - Indonesia F1 Hard Indonesia Ayrton Wibowo Chinese Taipei Hsien-Yin Peng
Chinese Taipei Chu-Huan Yi
6–1, 7–5
Winner 5. 3 November 2008 $10,000 - Malaysia F1 Hard United States Nathan Thompson Belarus Siarhei Betau
Belarus Andrei Karatchenia
6–3, 6–4
Winner 6. 3 August 2009 $10,000 - Iran F5 Clay Indonesia Sunu-Wahyu Trijati Russia Alexei Filenkov
Uzbekistan Murad Inoyatov
6–2, 6–0
Winner 7. 24 August 2009 $10,000 - Thailand F2 Hard Indonesia Ketut-Nesa Arta Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Moriya
4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Runner-up 3. 31 August 2009 $10,000 - Thailand F3 Hard Indonesia Ketut-Nesa Arta Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee
Chinese Taipei Tsung-Hua Yang
6–7(4), 4–6
Winner 8. 14 June 2010 $10,000 - Tegal, Indonesia F3 Hard United States Nathan Thompson Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Thailand Kittipong Wachiramanowong
4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Runner-up 4. 28 June 2010 $10,000 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F2 Hard United States Nathan Thompson Australia Kaden Hensel
Australia Dane Propoggia
1–6, 6–7(1)
Winner 9. 8 November 2010 $10,000 - Khon Kaen, Thailand F4 Hard Thailand Kirati Siributwong France Dorian Descloix
France Yannick Jankovits
6–2, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 5. 11 April 2011 $10,000 - Khon Kaen, Thailand F3 Hard Thailand Kirati Siributwong Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Thailand Kittipong Wachiramanowong
0–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 18 April 2011 $10,000 - Noida, India F4 Hard Thailand Kittipong Wachiramanowong Japan Junn Mitsuhashi
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
6–7(1), 6–3, [10–6]
Winner 11. 4 June 2011 $10,000 - Surabaya, Indonesia F2 Hard Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-chi
China Ouyang Bowen
6–4, 7–5
Winner 12. 11 June 2011 $10,000 - Jakarta, Indonesia F3 Hard Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee Indonesia David Agung Susanto
Indonesia Sunu-Wahyu Trijati
7–5, 6–0
Winner 13. 17 June 2011 $10,000 - Tokyo, Japan F6 Hard Chinese Taipei Chu-Huan Yi Chinese Taipei Cheng-Peng Hsieh
Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee
7–6(2), 6–3
Winner 14. 24 June 2011 $10,000 - Tokyo, Japan F7 Grass Chinese Taipei Chu-Huan Yi Chinese Taipei Cheng-Peng Hsieh
Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee
6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ^ (11 June 2008) French Open glory for Indonesian junior player, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved November 6, 2010
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ (13 June 2010) Christopher Brings Home Tarakan Title, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved November 6, 2010

External links

v · d · eFrench Open boys' doubles champions

1981 Barry Moir / Michael Robertson  • 1982 Pat Cash / John Frawley  • 1983 Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl  • 1984 Luke Jensen / Patrick McEnroe  • 1985 Petr Korda / Cyril Suk  • 1986 Franco Davín / Guillermo Pérez-Roldán  • 1987 Jim Courier / Jonathan Stark  • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge  • 1989 Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge  • 1990 Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc  • 1991 Thomas Enqvist / Magnus Martinelle  • 1992 Enrique Abaroa / Grant Doyle  • 1993 Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh  • 1994 Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti  • 1995 Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels  • 1996 Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis  • 1997 José de Armas / Luis Horna  • 1998 José de Armas / Fernando González  • 1999 Irakli Labadze / Lovro Zovko  • 2000 Marc López / Tommy Robredo  • 2001 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca  • 2002 Markus Bayer / Philipp Petzschner  • 2003 Dudi Sela / Georgy Balazs  • 2004 Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers  • 2005 Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer  • 2006 Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori  • 2007 Andrei Karatchenia / Thomas Fabbiano  • 2008 Henri Kontinen / Christopher Rungkat  • 2009 Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan  • 2010 Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz  • 2011 Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballes