Ramesh Krishnan

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Ramesh Krishnan
The former Tennis players, Shri Ramanathan Krishnan and Shri Ramesh Krishnan called on the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill, in New Delhi on November 26, 2009.jpg
Ramanathan Krishnan and Ramesh Krishnan called on the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill, in New Delhi, 26 November 2009.
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Residence Madras, India
Born (1961-06-05) 5 June 1961 (age 63)
Madras, India
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1978
Retired1993
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,262,330
Singles
Career record319–285
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 23 (28 January 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)
French Open 3R (1982)
Wimbledon QF (1986)
US Open QF (1981, 1987)
Doubles
Career record36–69
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 114 (14 September 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1988)
French Open 1R (1979, 1981)
Wimbledon Q1 (1978, 1979)
US Open 2R (1987)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games QF (1992)
Team competitions
Davis Cup F (1987)
Last updated on: 24 August 2022.

Ramesh Krishnan (born 5 June 1961) is an Indian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. [1] As a junior player in the late 1970s, he won the singles titles at both, Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarterfinals in the 1980s and was a part of the Indian team captained by Vijay Amritraj which reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1987 against Sweden. Krishnan also beat then-world No. 1, Mats Wilander, at the 1989 Australian Open. He became India's Davis Cup captain in 2007.

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Early life

Ramesh was born in Madras, [2] India, and is the son of Ramanathan Krishnan who reached the Wimbledon semifinal twice in the 1960s. Ramesh emulated an achievement of his father's by winning the Wimbledon junior title in 1979. He also won the French Open junior title that year, achieving what would be called Junior Channel Slam, and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world.

Career

At the senior level, Ramesh reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon once (1986) and the US Open twice (1981 and 1987). He was admired for his touch, anticipation and all-round game, but his lack of a killer stroke or a strong service kept him from reaching the very top of the men's game.

Ramesh was a key member of the Indian team which reached the Davis Cup final in 1987. In the semifinals against Australia, he beat John Fitzgerald in four sets the opening singles match, and then defeated Wally Masur in straight sets the decisive fifth rubber to give India a 3–2 victory. However, in the final against Sweden, India was defeated 5–0 with Krishnan losing two singles matches to Mats Wilander and Anders Järryd and with the Indian team managing to win only one set. Ramesh was a stalwart on India's Davis Cup team from 1977 to 1993, compiling a 29–21 winning record (23–19 in singles and 6–2 in doubles).[ citation needed ]

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Ramesh reached the men's doubles quarterfinals partnering Leander Paes.[ citation needed ]

Ramesh retired from the professional tour in 1993. Over the course of his career, he won eight top-level singles titles and one doubles title; he also won four challenger singles titles (defeating the teenage Andre Agassi in the Schenectady final in 1986). His career-high singles ranking was world No. 23, in January 1985.[ citation needed ]

In 1998, Ramesh was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in recognition of his achievements and contributions to Indian tennis. [3]

Ramesh runs a tennis academy in Chennai, set up along the lines of similar institutions in the United States. He became India Davis Cup team captain in January 2007. [4]

ATP career finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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 (8–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (2–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–3)
Indoors (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Nov 1981 Manila, PhilippinesGrand PrixCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ivan Dupasquier 6–4, 6–4
Win2–0 Jul 1982 Stuttgart, West GermanyGrand PrixClay Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Mayer 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win3–0 Mar 1984 Metz, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Gunnarsson 6–3, 6–3
Loss3–1 Oct 1985 Cologne, West GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Lundgren 3–6, 2–6
Win4–1 Oct 1986 Tokyo Outdoor, JapanGrand PrixHard Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Carlsson 6–3, 6–1
Win5–1 Nov 1986 Hong Kong, Hong KongGrand PrixHard Flag of Ecuador.svg Andres Gomez 7–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win6–1 Jan 1988 Wellington, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Chesnokov 6–7(7–9), 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
Loss6–2 Jan 1988 Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Flag of Israel.svg Amos Mansdorf 3–6, 4–6
Loss6–3 Jun 1988 Bristol, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Flag of Germany.svg Christian Saceanu 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss6–4 Aug 1988 Rye Brook, United StatesGrand PrixHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Srejber 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win7–4 Jan 1989 Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Flag of Israel.svg Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–0
Win8–4 Aug 1990 Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden 6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Mar 1987 Nancy, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Claudio Mezzadri Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Scott
6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (4–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jul 1986 Schenectady, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 6–2, 6–3
Win2–0 Apr 1987 Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jay Lapidus 6–3, 6–0
Win3–0 Apr 1989 Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Canter 6–1, 6–3
Win4–0 Apr 1990 Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Garrow 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Apr 1989 Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Canter Flag of the United States.svg John Letts
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Man-Son-Hing
5–7, 6–4, 0–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1979 French Open Clay Flag of the United States.svg Ben Testerman 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win 1979 Wimbledon Grass Flag of the United States.svg David Siegler 6–0, 6–2

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R AAA 3R 3R AA 3R 3R 3R 2R 2R AA0 / 89–853%
French Open A 2R A 1R 3R 1R 1R A 1R A 1R A 1R AA Q1 0 / 83–827%
Wimbledon Q3 1R 3R A 3R 1R 3R 3R QF 2R 2R 1R 2R A Q1 Q1 0 / 1115–1158%
US Open A 2R 2R QF 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q3 0 / 1314–1352%
Win–loss0–02–43–24–24–31–44–42–26–36–34–42–32–41–20–00–00 / 4041–4051%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAAAAAAA 1R 1R 1R 1R AAA0 / 40–40%
Miami AAAAAAAAA 2R 4R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 710–759%
Monte Carlo AAAA 1R AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAA 1R 1R AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Rome AAA 1R AA 1R A 2R AAAAAAA0 / 31–325%
Canada AAA QF 3R 2R A QF 2R 2R 1R A 3R 1R Q2 A0 / 913–959%
Cincinnati AAA 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R AA0 / 118–1142%
Win–loss0–00–00–04–43–41–22–23–22–33–44–44–33–41–31–11–10 / 3732–370%

Career highlights

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