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
Residence	Encino, Los Angeles, United States
Born	(1983-10-02) October 2, 1983 (age 41) Los Angeles. United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$460,805
Singles
Career record	20–33
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 154 (15 June 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2008)
French Open	Q1 (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2009, 2010)
US Open	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	12–21
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 119 (26 October 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	1R (2002)
Medal record Representing  India Men's tennis Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad Team Event
Last updated on: 3 July 2022.

Background

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

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

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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)

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

Singles: 7 (4–3)

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)

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

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

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

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

• Prakash Amritraj at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Prakash Amritraj at the International Tennis Federation
• Prakash Amritraj at the Davis Cup
• Amritraj World Ranking History