Prakash Amritraj

Prakash Amritraj
Nation:	India
Birthday:	October 2nd 1983
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	75 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	2013
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 460,805
singles
Career record:	20:33
Highest ranking:	154 (June 15, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	12:21
Highest ranking:	119 (October 26, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983 in Los Angeles , United States ) is a former Indian tennis player .

Private

Prakash Amritraj's father Vijay Amritraj and his uncle Anand Amritraj were also active tennis professionals. His cousin Stephen Amritraj , Anand's son, also played on the Challenger Tour . He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in business administration.

Career

On June 15, 2009, Prakash Amritraj achieved his best position in the world rankings with 154th place. A year earlier he was in the final of the Newport tournament , which he lost to French Fabrice Santoro 3: 6 and 5: 7. In doubles he was also able to reach the final on the World Tour once . In 2006 he and his compatriot Rohan Bopanna reached the final in front of a home crowd in Chennai . However, against Michal Mertiňák and Petr Pála they had to admit defeat 2: 6 and 5: 7. On the Challenger Tour he has won six titles so far with changing partners. At Grand Slam tournaments , he achieved his best result on the side of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi with the last 16 in Wimbledon . His highest place in the double world rankings was 119th on October 26th, 2009.

From August 2010 to August 2012 Prakash Amritraj took a break from the World Tour and did not complete a single tournament. Amritraj played his last professional match in July 2013 in Atlanta. Since the end of July 2014 he has not been included in the world rankings.

Between 2003 and 2008, Prakash Amritraj played a total of ten matches for the Indian Davis Cup team . He was only used individually, but his balance sheet is negative with seven games won and eleven lost.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series

ATP Challenger Tour (7)

singles

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 13, 2008	Newport	race	Fabrice Santoro	3: 6, 5: 7

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 4, 2003	Tumkur	Hard court	Rik De Voest	Michal Mertiňák Branislav Sekáč	6: 4, 6: 3
2.	July 22, 2006	Aptos	Hard court	Rohan Bopanna	Rajeev Ram Todd Widom	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 6]
3.	4th July 2008	Dublin	carpet	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen	6: 3, 7: 6 6
4th	November 1, 2008	Louisville	Hard court (i)	Jesse Levine	Frank Dancevic Dušan Vemić	6: 3, 7: 6 10
5.	February 6, 2009	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Rajeev Ram	Patrick Briaud Jason Marshall	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 8]
6th	17th November 2012	Yokohama	Hard court (i)	Philipp Oswald	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	May 3, 2013	Johannesburg	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7: 6 1 , 7: 6 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 8, 2006	Chennai	Hard court	Rohan Bopanna	Michal Mertiňák Petr Pála	2: 6, 5: 7

Web links

• ATP profile of Prakash Amritraj (English)
• ITF profile Prakash Amritraj (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Prakash Amritraj (English)