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| Country (sports) |  India |
|---|---|
| Residence | Minneapolis,Minnesota, U.S. |
| Born | (1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (age 45) Bombay,Maharashtra,India |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $ 163,939 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6–13 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 222 (19 December 2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–6 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 102 (26 October 2009) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2010) |
| Parents | |
Harsh Mankad (born 10 November 1979) is a former world ranked ATP Professionaltennis player fromIndia. He played Davis Cup for India between 2001–2010 and was the No. 1 singles player on the team for several of those years.
He is the grandson of world-renownedcricketerVinoo Mankad, and the son of Indian Test cricketer and Mumbai captainAshok Mankad and pioneer women's tennis playerNirupama Vasant.[1] Harsh resides inMinneapolis.[2]
Mankad was the #1 ranked junior tennis player in India, winning National Titles in every age group. Mankad earned a scholarship to the University of Minnesota where he played #1 singles and #1 doubles from 1999 to 2002. He played collegiate tennis at theUniversity of Minnesota.[3] Mankad won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Indoor Tennis Championships inDallas,Texas in November 2001.[citation needed] He was the first Indian to win this event and consequently secured the No. 1 ranking in theNCAA Division I US tennis rankings for 2001–2002.[citation needed]
On the ATP Tennis Tour, Mankad played against several world #1 ranked players, including Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, Lleyton Hewwitt, and other top ranked players such as James Blake, Marcos Baghdatis, and Scheng Schalken. Mankad has been a member ofIndia Davis Cup team for over a dozen Davis Cup ties between Sep 2001 and Oct 2010. He was the highest ranked singles player from India on theATP Tour in June 2005 (No. 220). He won the Manchester Challenger title in July 2006, becoming the first Indian sinceLeander Paes to win anATP Challenger Series title.[4]
Mankad qualified for the main draw of doubles inWimbledon 2010 partneringIlija Bozoljac.[5]
Since retiring from the ATP Tour, Mankad has been the Director of the Tennis Academy at Golden Valley Golf and Country Club in Minneapolis, MN from Feb 2012 - Oct 2013. Mankad instituted several new marketing initiatives as the director and established a premiere tennis academy at the Country Club. He also co-Founded "Tenicity", a web and mobile platform aimed at enhancing the overall quality of a tennis program.[citation needed]
