Butler University Athletics

Match-By-Match Results

2014-15 - Senior Season: Posted a 13-16 record in singles competition... Ended the season 8-10 in dual action, 5-6 in early season tournaments and 3-4 vs. BIG EAST foes... Played primarily at No. 5 singles... Went 5-5 at No. 5, 1-0 at No. 3, 1-4 at No. 4 and 1-1 at No. 6... Solid doubles player that held a 17-12 overall record... 13-10 in dual events, 4-2 in early season tournaments and 4-3 vs. BIG EAST opponents... Primarily played at No. 1 doubles, posting an 8-8 record... Went 5-2 at No. 2 doubles... Notched five early season wins during the fall season in tournament competition... First win of the fall came against Dawoud Kabli of Youngstown State... Advanced in the Purdue Fall Invite with a pair of wins (7-6, 6-4 / 7-6, 6-2)... Final two wins came in the backdraw of the Louisville Invite... Won 6-2, 6-0 over Manuel Grossmann of West Alabama and 6-4, 6-2 against Nick Mercer of Morehead State... Dual match play began on Jan. 17 vs. Cleveland State... Bhattacharya lost his season opener 3-6, 2-6 vs. Manuel Bellutti... Posted back-to-back wins to start off the month of February with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5 over Joe Bove of The Citadel and a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 over Andrea Morlet of Indianapolis... Picked up a singles win at the No. 5 spot over Georg Lundkvist of Northern Illinois (6-4, 7-5)... Won his BIG EAST opener at No. 3 singles against Bradley Noyes of Villanova (6-2, 6-0)... Posted four-straight wins during the final stages of the season by defeating opponents from Eastern Kentucky, IUPUI, Creighton and Xavier... Each BIG EAST win came at No. 5 singles... Won 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 over Elliott Baker of Creighton and 6-4, 6-2 over Gabriel Chaves Araug of Xavier... 

2013-14 - Junior Season: Ended the year with an 8-22 overall record in singles competition going 2-18 in dual play and 6-4 during tournament action... Held a 0-3 record vs. BIG EAST opponents... Played primarily at No. 1 singles, posting a 2-16 record... Went 0-2 at No. 2 singles... Reached the finals of the River Forest Collegiate Invitational with wins over Valparaiso and Northern Illinois... Won back-to-back matches in early February with a 6-3, 6-2 decision over Jeffrey Schorsch of Valpo at No. 1 singles... Knocked off Hamish Weerasing of Bradley 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1... Split time between No. 2 and No. 3 doubles... Posted an 11-7 overall record, including a 10-5 mark during dual play... Went 1-2 in doubles during tournament action... Ended the year 1-2 vs. BIG EAST foes... Best efforts came at No. 3 doubles where he posted a 6-1 record... Was an even .500 at No. 2 with a 4-4 record... Lone tournament doubles win came alongside Billy Weldon vs. St. Louis, 8-5... Started the dual season off with a bang, winning seven-straight matches while playing with Brandon Woods... Defeated Dayton, Valparaiso, Bradley, Indianapolis, ASA, Toledo and DePaul during that stretch... Four of the first five wins were played at No. 3... Final two wins wre recorded at No. 2... Recorded wins over Duquesne and IPFW at No. 3 doubles, 8-3 and 8-6... Final win of the year came at No. 2 with Bhattacharya and Woods defeating Krull and Schneider of Xavier 8-2.

2012-13 - Sophomore Season: Ended the year with an overall record of 14-20... Posted a 7-15 record in singles competition during the regular season... Went 7-9 at No. 2 Singles, 0-1 at No. 3 Singles and 0-5 at the No. 1 spot... Played with multiple teammates in doubles action... Ended the year 2-2 alongside Brandon Woods in No. 2 Doubles, went 1-2 at No. 3 Doubles with Andres Maynez, and 0-1 at No. 2 Doubles with Sam O'Neill... Picked up one win in doubles play with Tommy Marx at No. 2... Rattled off three straight wins in No. 2 Singles vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/26), Northern Kentucky (1/27) and ASA (2/1)... Final win of the season came 6-4, 6-3 over Patrick Kella of Saint Louis (4/13) in No. 2 Singles... First Doubles win came alongside Andres Maynez at the No. 3 spot... Tandem defeated Eastern Kentucky (1/26) 8-5... Beat Northern Kentucky (1/27) 8-1 in No. 2 Doubles with Tommy Marx... Picked up two wins in No. 2 Doubles when playing with Brandon Woods... Defeated Saint Louis (4/13) 8-2 and Saint Joseph's (4/25) 8-2.

2011-12 - Freshman Season: Went 3-6 in conference play while playing mostly at the 3-6 singles spots... Saw action at No. 3 doubles... Picked up conference wins over UIC and Valparaiso... Came from behind to capture three-set win over Southern Illinois on 2/4/12.

Before Butler: Didn't play high school tennis... Schooled at National Institute of Open Schooling in Noida, India... Trained at the Sanchez-Cassel Academy in Barcelona, Spain... One of the top junior players in India, ranking in the top 20 in the U-14, U-16 and U-18 divisions... Climbed to 48th in the country in the men's ranking.

Personal: Born November 8, 1992... Economics major.