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Prakash Amritraj

Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments.[1] He is the son of former Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj.

Prakash Amritraj
Country (sports) India
ResidenceEncino, Los Angeles, United States
Born (1983-10-02) October 2, 1983 (age 40)
Los Angeles. United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$460,805
Singles
Career record20–33
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (15 June 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2008)
French OpenQ1 (2009, 2010)
WimbledonQ3 (2009, 2010)
US Open1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record12–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 119 (26 October 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon3R (2009)
US Open1R (2002)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's tennis
Afro-Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hyderabad Team Event
Last updated on: 3 July 2022.

Background edit

Prakash Amritraj is the son of Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj and Shyamala, a Sri Lankan Tamil.[2][3][4]

Prakash is the paternal cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand and paternal uncle Ashok were former professional tennis players representing India. Prakash has one brother, Vikram, who was born in 1987.

He played 2 years of college tennis for the University of Southern California. He won the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Boys' 18s National Championships in 2002.[5]

Professional career edit

In 2007, Amritraj won three straight ITF Pro Circuit tournaments in India, beating Karan Rastogi in all three finals.

On July 14, 2008 Amritraj played in his first ATP Tour final, losing to Fabrice Santoro from France in straight sets.[6]

From August 2010 to August 2012, Amritraj was inactive on the tour. However, he returned to the court for the first time in just over two years when he competed as a wildcard in a qualifier at the 2012 Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos, California.

Prakash Amritraj joined the staff of the Tennis Channel in 2016 as one of the network's primary travel reporters and also as an in-match analyst and a host both in studio and at worldwide events. In February 2021, his contract was renewed for an additional three years through 2023.[7]

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2008 Newport, United States International Series Grass   Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2006 Chennai, India International Series Hard   Rohan Bopanna   Michal Mertiňák
  Petr Pála 		2–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 7 (4–3) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2004 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Igor Kunitsyn 4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 2005 Forest Hills, United States Challenger Grass   Frédéric Niemeyer 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–2 Jun 2007 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard   Karan Rastogi 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 2–2 Jun 2007 India F4, Dehradun Futures Hard   Karan Rastogi 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–2 Jun 2007 India F5, Delhi Futures Hard   Karan Rastogi 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Sep 2012 USA F24, Claremont Futures Hard   Daniel Kosakowski 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–3 Nov 2012 India F14, Pune Futures Hard   Saketh Myneni 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 14 (8–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–4)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2002 USA F24B, Costa Mesa Futures Hard   Rajeev Ram   Oskar Johansson
  James Shortall 		6–7(0–7), 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2002 USA F28, Costa Mesa Futures Hard   Rajeev Ram   Richard Bloomfield
  David Sherwood 		6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win 2–1 Oct 2003 Tumkur, India Challenger Hard   Rik de Voest   Michal Mertiňák
  Branislav Sekáč 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 2003 Dharwad, India Challenger Hard   Rik de Voest   Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Sanchai Ratiwatana 		6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–3 May 2004 Uzbekistan F4, Andijan Futures Hard   Jean-Julien Rojer   Alexey Kedryuk
  Orest Tereshchuk 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Oct 2004 Burbank, United States Challenger Hard   Eric Taino   Nick Rainey
  Brian Wilson 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 2006 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet   Rohan Bopanna   Alun Jones
  Jonathan Marray 		4–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win 3–5 Jul 2006 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Rohan Bopanna   Rajeev Ram
  Todd Widom 		3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 4–5 Jul 2008 Dublin, Ireland Challenger Carpet   Aisam Qureshi   Frederik Nielsen
  Jonathan Marray 		6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–5 Nov 2008 Louisville, United States Challenger Hard   Jesse Levine   Frank Dancevic
  Dušan Vemić 		6–3, 7–6(12–10)
Win 6–5 Feb 2009 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard   Rajeev Ram   Patrick Briaud
  Jason Marshall 		6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 6–6 May 2009 Izmir, Turkey Challenger Hard   Rajeev Ram   Jonathan Erlich
  Harel Levy 		3–6, 3–6
Win 7–6 Nov 2012 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard   Philipp Oswald   Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Sanchai Ratiwatana 		6–3, 6–4
Win 8–6 May 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa Challenger Hard   Rajeev Ram   Purav Raja
  Divij Sharan 		7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1)

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q2 A Q3 Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A Q2 A Q2 A Q2 Q3 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R A A Q2 A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A Q1 Q1 A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

References edit

  1. ^ "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ Lidz, Franz. "Tennis Player Vijay Amritraj Is As Fine On Film As He Is On The Court". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Honeymoon over for Amritraj". The Southeast Missourian. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Amritrajs' Big-Fat Wedding In Colombo". Fashion Scandal. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Prakash Amritraj Captures 18s Championship With Four Set Win Over Doug Stewart". ustaboys.com. United States Tennis Association. 11 August 2002. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ "ATP Tour profile". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Tennis Channel Career". Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links edit

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