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Full name
  
Premjit J. Lall

French Open
  
3R (1969)

Country (sports)
  
Name
  
Premjit Lall


Career record
  
31–63

Role
  
Tennis player

Australian Open
  
3R (1962)

Retired
  
1979

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Plays
  
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

Died
  
December 31, 2008, Kolkata

Awards
  
Arjuna Award for Lawn Tennis

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Premjit Lall (20 October 1940 – 31 December 2008) was a professional tennis player from India.

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Former Indian tennis player Jaidip Mukerjea with Rj Animesh live on 91.9 Friends FM Kolkata


Tennis career

Lall reached the Junior final at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. He played on the India Davis Cup team from 1959 until 1973.

In doubles, he reached the quarterfinals at the 1962 Australian Championships and the 1966 and 1973 Wimbledon Championships, all with Jaidip Mukerjea.

Lall was given India's top sports honor, the Arjuna Award in 1967. Lall played his final professional match in 1979.

Personal

Following an accident in 1992, Lall used a wheelchair. He died at his residence in Kolkata on 31 December 2008 after a prolonged illness, and cremated at Tollygunge.

References

Premjit Lall Wikipedia