He started the year by reaching Quarter-finals of India F1 Futures with Vijay Kannan. He reached semi-finals of India F2 and F3 Futures with Vijay Kannan where both times they lost in straight sets and both he had a first round exit in singles. He reached the finals of India F4 Futures in both singles and doubles. In singles, he lost to Srinath Prahlad in straight sets. This was his first ITF Circuit final. In doubles, he again lost to Prahlad and Ajay Ramaswami in straight sets partnering Vijay Kannan. He then reached the finals of India F5 Futures where he again lost to Srinath Prahlad in straight sets. He then lost to Eyal Erlich in singles semi-finals of India F6 Futures. He ended 2002 season by entering Australia F6 Futures where he had first round exit in singles by Todd Reid in straight sets and reached Quarter-finals in doubles with Ronald Rugimbana. 2002: Success at ITF Circuit, Davis Cup and Asian Games Debut Bopanna had a good success at ITF futures level in 2002. He won the UAE F2 Futures with his Taiwanese partner Lu Yen-hsun. This was his 1st Futures title. He then won the Sri Lanka F1 Futures with compatriot Vijay Kannan. He then won India F2 Futures by defeating Dmitri Mazur 7-5,5-7,6-4. He also won the doubles with Vijay Kannan. He then won the India F5 Futures both singles and doubles with Vijay Kannan. He made his Davis Cup debut in the World Group Qualifying match against Australia. He lost his singles match against Scott Draper 3-6,5-7. Eventually India lost the tie 0-5 clean sweeped. He was selected for 2002 Asian Games. In the singles, he was seeded 11th but he lost to 3rd seed and eventual bronze medallist Takao Suzuki of Japan 5-7,2-6 in the pre-quarters. In the team event, he won his singles and doubles match with Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya as India easily beat Timor-Leste to enter Quarter-finals. But in the Quarter-finals he lost his important singles match as India lost to Uzbekistan 3-0. He entered Tata Open as a wildcard with his Spanish partner Carlos Cuadrado but they lost in the 1st round in straight sets to Jaroslav Levinský and David Škoch. This was his first ever appearance at main draw of any ATP Tour tournament. 2003: 1st Challenger Series Title Bopanna started the season at Tata Open where he entered the main draw