Christopher Rungkat

Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. He is the grandson of 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 mother, Elfia Mirlianti, is full 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.

Christopher Rungkat

Christopher Rungkat Davis Cup Semi-final
Country (sports)	Indonesia
Residence	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Born	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$253,302
Singles
Career record	22–12
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 11 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 241 (8 April 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	23-18
Career titles	1 10 Challenger, 37 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 68 (17 June 2019)
Current ranking	No. 81 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
US Open	1R (2019)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
Medal record Representing  Indonesia Men's tennis Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Mixed Doubles Southeast Asian Games 2011 Palembang Men's Singles 2011 Palembang Men's Doubles 2011 Palembang Team Event 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's Singles 2019 Manila Mixed doubles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Team Event 2011 Palembang Mixed Doubles 2015 Singapore Team Event 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's Doubles 2009 Vientiane Men's Doubles 2009 Vientiane Team Event Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Men's Singles 2013 Palembang Men's Doubles 2013 Palembang Team Event
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Rungkat also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boy's final with Henri Kontinen.[2] Rungkat is the first Indonesian to reach US open boy's finalist and to win the doubles title of French Open.

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

Career

Christopher Rungkat spent his junior career in Europe by playing on the European Junior Circuit and was based in Tennis Val (Valencia, Spain). He is the second Asian male player to win a junior French Open doubles title, after Kei Nishikori. He was the winner of the Men's Singles title at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur. A year later at the 2018 Asian Games in his home country, Rungkat was partnered up with Aldila Sutjiadi for the Mixed Doubles category in just two weeks, and was not targeted to grab any medals. However, they surprised with getting the gold medal after producing a couple of upsets and eventually beating Thai pair Sonchat Ratiwatana and Luksika Kumkhum in the end to get the gold medal.[4] He started 2019 with a title in Da Nang Vietnam Airlines Tennis Open with partner Cheng-Peng Hsieh beating former world number 1 in the doubles semi-final Leander Paes and partner Divij Sharan.[5] In February, Rungkat reached his first doubles final ATP Tour 250 at The Sofia Open with partner Cheng-Peng Hsieh.[6]

Rungkat made an appearance in the Davis Cup in 2007 and played in 22 ties.[7]

Personal life

Christopher Rungkat partnered up with PocariID in 2007 for a project called POCARI SWEAT SPORT SCIENCE hoping to help Christopher maximize his performance.[8]

Sponsors

Clothing

• Nike 2005 – 2008
• Reebok 2008–2010

Equipments

• Head 2005–2008
• Wilson Sporting Goods 2008–2010

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Titles by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2019	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Nikola Mektić Jürgen Melzer	2–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	1–1	Feb 2020	Maharashtra Open, India	250 Series	Hard	André Göransson	Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 17 (11–6)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (11–6)

Titles by Surface Hard (11–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2010	Indonesia F2, Tarakan	Futures	Hard (i)	An Jae-sung	6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	May 2011	Indonesia F1, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Richard Becker	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–0	Jun 2011	Indonesia F2, Surabaya	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	4–0	Jun 2011	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Kento Takeuchi	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–1	May 2012	Thailand F2, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Jose Statham	6–7^(10–12), 3–6
Win	5–1	May 2012	Thailand F3, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Antoine Escoffier	6–2, 6–2
Win	6–1	Jul 2012	Indonesia F1, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Nam Ji-sung	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Win	7–1	Dec 2012	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Jeong Suk-young	6–4, 7–5
Loss	7–2	Jun 2014	Thailand F5, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	4–6, 1–6
Loss	7–3	Jun 2014	Thailand F7, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Dayne Kelly	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(7–9)
Win	8–3	Apr 2015	Indonesia F1, Tarakan	Futures	Hard (i)	Finn Tearney	7–6^(9–7), 1–6, 6–1
Loss	8–4	Apr 2015	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Lee Duck-hee	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–4	Jun 2015	Thailand F5, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Shuichi Sekiguchi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9–5	Aug 2016	Vietnam F2, Thủ Dầu Một	Futures	Hard	Yusuke Takahashi	4–6, 1–6
Win	10–5	Aug 2016	Indonesia F1, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Wong Hong-kit	6–0, 6–1
Win	11–5	Aug 2016	Indonesia F2, Makassar	Futures	Hard	Lucas Gómez	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Loss	11–6	Mar 2017	Indonesia F4, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Doubles: 74 (47–27)

Legend (Doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–16) ITF Futures Tour (37–11)

Titles by Surface Hard (40–24) Clay (6–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2005	Indonesia F1, Yogyakarta	Futures	Hard	Febi Widhiyanto	Suwandi Suwandi Bonit Wiryawan	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2007	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Bonit Wiryawan	Chang Huai-en Peng Hsien-yin	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2007	Indonesia F5, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Andrian Raturandang	Aditya Madkekar Ashutosh Singh	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	2–2	Feb 2008	Thailand F2, Laksi	Futures	Hard	Nathan Thompson	Roman Jebavý Filip Zeman	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–2	Feb 2008	Thailand F3, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Nathan Thompson	Gong Mao-xin Norikazu Sugiyama	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–2	Jul 2008	Indonesia F1, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Ayrton Wibowo	Peng Hsien-yin Yi Chu-huan	6–1, 7–5
Win	5–2	Nov 2008	Malaysia F1, Kuala Lumpur	Futures	Hard	Nathan Thompson	Sergey Betov Andrei Karatchenia	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–2	Aug 2009	Iran F5, Tehran	Futures	Clay	Sunu-Wahyu Trijati	Alexei Filenkov Murad Inoyatov	6–2, 6–0
Win	7–2	Aug 2009	Thailand F2, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Ketut-Nesa Arta	Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Moriya	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	7–3	Aug 2009	Thailand F3, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Ketut-Nesa Arta	Lee Hsin-han Yang Tsung-hua	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	8–3	Jun 2010	Indonesia F3, Tegal	Futures	Hard	Nathan Thompson	Weerapat Doakmaiklee Kittipong Wachiramanowong	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	8–4	Jun 2010	Malaysia F2, Kuala Lumpur	Futures	Hard	Nathan Thompson	Kaden Hensel Dane Propoggia	1–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	9–4	Nov 2010	Thailand F4, Khon Kaen	Futures	Hard	Kirati Siributwong	Dorian Descloix Yannick Jankovits	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	9–5	Apr 2011	Thailand F3, Khon Kaen	Futures	Hard	Kirati Siributwong	Weerapat Doakmaiklee Kittipong Wachiramanowong	0–6, 2–6
Win	10–5	Apr 2011	India F4, Noida	Futures	Hard	Kittipong Wachiramanowong	Junn Mitsuhashi Danai Udomchoke	6–7^(1–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Win	11–5	Jun 2011	Indonesia F2, Surabaya	Futures	Hard	Weerapat Doakmaiklee	Huang Liang-chi Ouyang Bowen	6–4, 7–5
Win	12–5	Jun 2011	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Weerapat Doakmaiklee	David Agung Susanto Sunu-Wahyu Trijati	7–5, 6–0
Win	13–5	Jun 2011	Japan F6, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Win	14–5	Jun 2011	Japan F7, Tokyo-Akishima	Futures	Grass	Yi Chu-huan	Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han	6–4, 6–3
Loss	14–6	May 2012	Thailand F3, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	David Agung Susanto	Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Win	15–6	Jun 2012	Indonesia F1, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Elbert Sie	Kim Cheong-eui Oh Dae-soung	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win	16–6	Jun 2013	Netherlands F1, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	Henri Kontinen	Niels Lootsma Jelle Sels	6–1, 7–5
Win	17–6	Jun 2013	Netherlands F2, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Henri Kontinen	David Škoch Jan Zedník	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	18–7	Jun 2013	Netherlands F3, Breda	Futures	Clay	Henri Kontinen	Bjorn Fratangelo Mitchell Krueger	6–4, 7–5
Win	19–6	Mar 2014	China F1, Guangzhou	Futures	Hard	Radu Albot	Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	20–6	May 2014	Thailand F4, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	Phassawit Burapharitta Grittaboon Prahmanee	6–0, 6–1
Loss	20–7	Jun 2014	Thailand F6, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Andre Dome	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [8–10]
Win	21–7	Jun 2014	Thailand F7, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Vishnu Vardhan	Timo Sivapruksa Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	6–1, 6–2
Win	22–7	Jul 2014	Thailand F8, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	David Agung Susanto	Dane Chuntaruk Pruchya Isaro	6–3, 6–3
Loss	22–8	Apr 2015	Indonesia F1, Tarakan	Futures	Hard (i)	Toshihide Matsui	Matt Seeberger Finn Tearney	2–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win	23–8	Apr 2015	Indonesia F2, Tegal	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Aditya Hari Sasongko Sunu-Wahyu Trijati	6–4, 6–2
Win	24–8	Apr 2015	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Danai Udomchoke	6–4, 6–2
Win	25–8	Apr 2015	Thailand F1, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	26–8	Jun 2015	Thailand F4, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	27–8	Aug 2015	Thailand F6, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Benjamin Mitchell Jordan Thompson	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	27–9	Aug 2015	Thailand F7, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	0–1	Jan 2016	Manila, Philippines	Challenger	Hard	Francis Casey Alcantara	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	2–6, 2–6
Win	28–9	Apr 2016	China F5, Taizhou	Futures	Hard	Vijay Sundar Prashanth	Jeson Patrombon Wang Aoran	6–4, 6–0
Win	29–9	Jul 2016	Vietnam F1, Thủ Dầu Một	Futures	Hard	David Agung Susanto	Gengo Kikuchi Shunrou Takeshima	6–3, 6–1
Win	30–9	Aug 2016	Vietnam F2, Thủ Dầu Một	Futures	Hard	Pruchya Isaro	Shintaro Imai Arata Onozawa	7–5, 6–2
Win	31–9	Aug 2016	Indonesia F2, Makassar	Futures	Hard	David Agung Susanto	Lin Wei-de Yu Cheng-yu	6–1, 6–4
Loss	0–2	Nov 2016	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Daniel Masur Ante Pavić	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–3	Nov 2016	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 4–6
Win	32–9	Dec 2016	Indonesia F6, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Karol Drzewiecki Maciej Smoła	6–4, 6–4
Loss	0–4	Jan 2017	Dallas, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	7–6^(7–6), 3–6, [9–11]
Win	33–9	Feb 2017	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Sho Katayama Sho Shimabukuro	6–3, 6–2
Loss	0–5	Mar 2017	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), [6–10]
Win	34–9	Mar 2017	Indonesia F4, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Pirmin Haenle Karunuday Singh	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	34–10	Apr 2017	Indonesia F6, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Soichiro Moritani Kento Takeuchi	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	35–10	May 2017	Japan F6, Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Toshihide Matsui	Shintaro Imai Takuto Niki	7–5, 6–2
Win	1–5	Jun 2017	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Ruan Roelofse	Fred Gil Gonçalo Oliveira	7–6^(9–7), 6–1
Win	2–5	Jul 2017	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Bradley Klahn Kevin King	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Loss	2–6	Oct 2017	Ningbo, China	Challenger	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Radu Albot Jose Statham	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–7	Nov 2017	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Ben McLachlan Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	2–8	Nov 2017	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Ruben Gonzales	Max Purcell Andrew Whittington	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	36–10	Nov 2017	Indonesia F7, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Shintaro Imai Renta Tokuda	6–3, 1–6, [11–9]
Win	3–8	Feb 2018	Dallas, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Leander Paes Joe Salisbury	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	3–9	Apr 2018	Nanchang, China	Challenger	Clay (i)	Ruben Gonzales	Gong Mao-xin Zhang Ze	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), [7–10]
Win	4–9	May 2018	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Ruan Roelofse John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–10	Jul 2018	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Roberto Maytín	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Austin Krajicek	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	36–11	Jul 2018	Indonesia F1, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Michael Look Matthew Romios	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	37–11	Aug 2018	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Francis Casey Alcantara Kaito Uesugi	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–11	Oct 2018	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Darian King Noah Rubin	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–11	Oct 2018	Fairfield, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Henri Laaksonen Harri Heliövaara	6–0, 7–6
Loss	5–12	Oct 2018	Ningbo, China	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Gong Mao-xin Zhang Ze	5–7, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss	5–13	Oct 2018	Liuzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Gong Mao-xin Zhang Ze	3–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win	6–13	Nov 2018	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–13	Jan 2019	Da Nang, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela Leander Paes	6–3, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss	7–14	Feb 2019	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Gong Mao-xin Zhang Ze	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–14	Mar 2019	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Gonçalo Oliveira Li Zhe	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	9–14	May 2019	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Toshihide Matsui Vishnu Vardhan	7–6^(9–7), 6–1
Win	10–14	May 2019	Gwangju, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	10-15	Nov 2019	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andre Goransson	Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan	6-7^(6-8), 3-6
Loss	10-16	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6-3, 6-7^(1-7), [5-10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boy's doubles (1-1)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2008	French Open	Clay	Henri Kontinen	Jaan-Frederik Brunken Matt Reid	6–0, 6–3
Loss	2008	US Open	Hard	Henri Kontinen	Nikolaus Moser Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [8–10]

References

1. (11 June 2008) French Open glory for Indonesian junior player, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved 6 November 2010
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. (13 June 2010) Christopher Brings Home Tarakan Title Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved 6 November 2010
4. Tenis Asian Games 2018 - Pasangan Dadakan, Christopher Rungkat/Aldila Sutjiadi Cuma 2 Pekan Latihan Bersama (in Indonesian)
5. "Da Nang | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
6. "Sofia | Results | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
7. "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
8. OTSUKA, PT AMERTA INDAH. "Mengenal Lebih Dekat Christopher Rungkat". Pocari Sweat Indonesia. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

External links

• Christopher Rungkat at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Christopher Rungkat at the International Tennis Federation