American tennis player
Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983) is an Indian-American former professionaltennis player, who represented India in international tournaments.[1] He is the son of former Indian tennis playerVijay Amritraj.
Prakash Amritraj is the son of Indian tennis playerVijay Amritraj and Shyamala, aSri Lankan Tamil.[2][3][4]
Prakash is the paternal cousin of fellow tour proStephen Amritraj, whose fatherAnand and paternal uncleAshok 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 theUniversity of Southern California. He won theUnited States Tennis Association (USTA)Boys' 18s National Championships in 2002.[5]
Professional career
[edit]In 2007, Amritraj won three straight ITF Pro Circuit tournaments in India, beatingKaran Rastogi in all three finals.
On July 14, 2008 Amritraj played in his firstATP Tour final, losing toFabrice 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 the2012 Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos, California.
Prakash Amritraj joined the staff of theTennis 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]
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–1) | | Carpet (0–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–1) | | Indoors (0–0) |
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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–1) | | Indoors (0–0) |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit]| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (0–2) | | ITF Futures (4–1) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (4–2) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–1) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (7–4) | | ITF Futures (1–2) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (7–5) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit]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.
Fabrice Santoro
Petr Pála
