Ramesh Krishnan

Ramesh Krishnan was an Indian tennis player who played professionally from 1978 to 1993. Krishnan achieved a career-best singles ranking of 23 in the world in January 1985, and a doubles ranking of 114 in the world in September 1987.

In 1979 Krishnan won the junior Grand Slam singles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon. He won his first ATP singles title in November 1981 in Manila, beating Ivan Dupasquier of Switzerland in straight sets. His one and only doubles title came in March 1987 at the Lorraine Open in France with his Swiss partner Claudio Mezzadri.

At Grand Slams Krishnan reached the singles quarter-finals at the US Open twice (1981, 1987), and once at Wimbledon (1986). In the doubles he reached the second round of the 1987 US Open and the 1988 Australian Open. He represented India at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where he lost his first round singles match to Jim Courier. He had better success in the doubles, reaching the quarter-finals with partner Leander Paes. Krishnan was part of India’s Davis Cup team from 1977 to 1993 where he played in the final of the 1987 tournament, but lost to Mats Wilander and Anders Järryd of Sweden. He was appointed as the captain of India’s team in 2007.