Rohan Bopanna ranked career-best 51 in doubles

He may be missing from the tennis courts in April but that didn't stop Rohan Bopanna from reaching his career best ranking of 51 in doubles this week - a bit closer to Vijay Amritraj's milestone of 39. Bopanna was ranked 52 (his previous best) last week.

The 28-year-old hasn't played on the Tour since helping India beat Japan 3-2 in the Davis Cup on April 11.

Bopanna's last doubles outing was as a wildcard entry at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships in the first week of March, where he partnered Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan to reach the quarterfinals.

He is ranked 306 in singles, 58 spots behind Indian men's number one Prakash Amritraj.

This week Bopanna comes out of hibernation to partner Mahesh Bhupathi, who won his 501st doubles match at last week's Monte Carlo event, at the BMW Open in Munich.

ATP CAREER BEST RANKINGS
MEN'S DOUBLES
1 Bhupathi, Mahesh (26 Apr '99)
1 Paes, Leander (21 Jun '99)
39 Amritraj, Vijay (21 Oct '85)
51 Bopanna, Rohan (28 Apr '08)
80 Amritraj, Anand (2 Jan '84)