Name Akhtar Ali | Role Coach | |
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Awards Arjuna Award for Lawn Tennis Similar People | ||
Akhtar ali khan zakir ali khan thumri in raag pahari
Akhtar Ali (Urdu: اختر علی), born 5 July 1939 is an Indian former tennis player. He was a member of the Indian Davis Cup team continuously from 1958 to 1964. Former Captain of Indian Davis cup in 2008.
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- Akhtar ali khan zakir ali khan thumri in raag pahari
- Indian Players Are Not Fit Enough To Play 5 Sets Akhtar Ali
- Post career
- Awards
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Later he turned to coaching and coached the players like Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj, Anand Amritraj and Leander Paes. He is father of Zeeshan Ali, a former Indian national tennis champion.
Indian Players Are Not Fit Enough To Play 5 Sets : Akhtar Ali
Post career
Former Davis Cup coach Akhtar Ali will start a junior development programme at the South Club from Friday. The trainees will be divided into three categories — under-14, under-16 and under-18. Free coaching will be provided to the state’s best players.
Awards
Winner of the Arjuna Awardees in Lawn Tennis in 2000.
Dronacharya award 2001.
Allsport Management, a city-based sports management company along with Ontrack Systems Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 global IT & ITES company, will present GOLDEN AKHTAR, a programme to felicitate Akhtar Ali on his 50th year of yeoman service to Indian Tennis on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at ITC Sonar Bangla Sheraton Hotel & Tower in Kolkata.