Tennis In India

  India has established the Tennis Association in 1920 at Lahore. Its known as All India Lawn Tennis Association (AILTA). And India also the one of the member in Asian Tennis Federation. The AILTA organization has its headquarters in Delhi's R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex.

  The first AGM of AILTA was held at the Town Hall at Delhi, Mr.Samuel Perry O'Donnell, a British member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) was elected as the first president of the AILTA.

   The British Army and Civilian offcers were brought Tennis in India In the year of 1880s.and India organized many Tennis touraments like Punjab lawn Tennis Championship at Lahore in the year of 1885, Bengal lawn Tennis Championship on 1887 at kolkata. In 1910 All India tennis championship were held. India is the most successful team of Asia in Davis Cup, India beatened France, Holland, Belgium, Romania, Spain and Greece.

   Most Total wins is Nirupama Sanjeev(29-14), Most Singles Wins is Nirupama Sanjeev(20-8), Most Double Wins is Rushmi Chakravarthi(11-11), Best Doubles players are Arati ponnappa and Rushmi chakravarthi(3-1).

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Rogers Cup: Tsitsipas' advances to semis; Anderson routs Dimitrov     Updated On : Aug 11,2018   2:00 pm Toronto, Aug 11 (IANS) Stefanos Tsitsipas' best-ever run at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event continued when he rallied to upset third-ranked Alexander Zverev 3-6, 7-6 (13-11) 6-4 and advance to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. View More.. Nadal eliminates Wawrinka at Toronto Masters     Updated On : Aug 10,2018   2:52 pm Toronto, Aug 10 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has asserted his authority on court and defeated Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 7-6(4) in the Round of 16 at the Masters 1000 in Toronto. View More.. Halep outlasts Pavlyuchenkova, qualifies for round of 16 in Montreal     Updated On : Aug 10,2018   2:38 pm Montreal, Aug 10 (IANS) World No.1 woman tennis player Simona Halep from Romania has reached the round of 16 of the Premier 5 tournament after beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets. View More.. 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Nadal maintains 1st spot in ATP rankings     Updated On : Aug 06,2018   2:30 pm Madrid, Aug 6 (IANS) Spain's Rafael Nadal continued to lead the men's Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 9,310 average points, ahead of Switzerland's Roger Federer. View More.. Washington Citi Open: Kuznetsova wins first title since 2016     Updated On : Aug 06,2018   1:12 pm Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova won the Washington Citi Open WTA tennis tournament, beating Croatia's Donna Vekic to clinch her first title since 2016. View More.. Alexander Zverev defends Washington Open title     Updated On : Aug 06,2018   7:40 am Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany has defeated 19-year-old Alex de Minaur from Australia 6-2, 6-4 to win the Washington Open. View More.. 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