Ramanathan Krishnan

Ramanathan Krishnan
Ramanathan Krishnan and Ramesh Krishnan with Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill in New Delhi, 2009.
Country (sports) India
ResidenceMadras, India
Born (1937-04-11) 11 April 1937 (age 87)
Nagercoil, British India[1][2]
Turned pro1953 (ILTF World Circuit)
Retired1975
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record512–176[3]
Career titles69[3]
Highest rankingNo. 3[4]
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1962)
WimbledonSF (1960, 1961)
US Open3R (1957, 1959)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1967)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1966Ch, 1968)

Ramanathan Krishnan (born 11 April 1937)[1][5][2] is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, reaching as high as World No. 3 in Potter's amateur rankings.[4] He led India to the Challenge Round of the 1966 Davis Cup against Australia and was the non playing captain when Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj[6] led India into the 1974 Davis Cup finals against South Africa.[7] He was active from 1953 to 1975 and won 69 singles titles.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Complex to Get Ramanathan Krishnan's Name". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b ""Tennis centre named after Ramanathan Krishnan"". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Players:Krishnan, Ramanathan". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 29 September 2023.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b Potter, Edward C. (November 1959). "The World's First Ten of 1959". World Tennis. Vol. 7, no. 6. New York. p. 30.
  5. ^ ""Tennis centre named after Ramanathan Krishnan"". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ Dave Seminara (28 November 2009). "The Year the Davis Cup Felt Empty". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ "South Africa v India". Davis Cup. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.