Rajeev Ram

Where does the Carmel athlete keep his Olympic medal?

If Ram had a signature T-shirt, it might read, “I won a silver at the Rio Olympics, I’m ranked in the top 20 … and all Indianapolis ever gave me was this lousy magazine story.”

We’re looking forward to a weekend of Vonnegut opera, craft cocktail tours, and Home-A-Rama.

Ram remains alive in men’s doubles action at the All England Club—and has his work cut out for him.

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Rajeev Ram, who has played professional tennis for nine years, went on his best roll ever at the sport’s major event in New York City.

Ronnie Schneider, a UNC recruit from Bloomington, and his partner Paul Oosterbaan of Kalamazoo, Mich., will face off against Carmel’s Rajeev Ram and his pal Brian Baker. All four are American.

Indy’s own touring professional tennis player, Rajeev Ram, ranked as high as No. 90 in 2012 on the ATP Tour that includes the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, staged his third annual charity tennis exhibition on Saturday, Dec. 8. Joining him: his friendly foe and sometimes-partner Brian Baker, a childhood chum currently ranked No. 61, two promising junior stars (Bloomington South’s Ronnie Schneider and Carmel’s Sameer Kumar) and a revolving lineup of local club pros.

It may not be the London Olympics, but it will more than do.

Rajeev Ram is a many splendored thing: Indian American, Denver born, Carmel based, and confident in his work on the heels of narrowly losing to the No. 2 doubles team in men’s professional tennis worldwide at Wimbledon last week. Ram and partner Scott Lipsky came close to upending brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, arguably the best pro doubles tandem ever, in London, losing in five sets.