Ramesh Krishnan

Ramesh Krishnan (born 5 June 1961) is an Indian

Ramesh was born in Madras,^[2] India, and is the son of Ramanathan Krishnan who reached the Wimbledon semifinal twice in the 1960s. Ramesh emulated an achievement of his father's by winning the Wimbledon junior title in 1979. He also won the French Open junior title that year, achieving what would be called Junior Channel Slam, and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world.

Career

At the senior level, Ramesh reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon once (1986) and the US Open twice (1981 and 1987). He was admired for his touch, anticipation and all-round game, but his lack of a killer stroke or a strong service kept him from reaching the very top of the men's game.

Ramesh was a key member of the Indian team which reached the Davis Cup final in 1987. In the semifinals against Australia, he beat John Fitzgerald in four sets the opening singles match, and then defeated Wally Masur in straight sets the decisive fifth rubber to give India a 3–2 victory. However, in the final against Sweden, India was defeated 5–0 with Krishnan losing two singles matches to Mats Wilander and Anders Järryd and with the Indian team managing to win only one set. Ramesh was a stalwart on India's Davis Cup team from 1977 to 1993, compiling a 29–21 winning record (23–19 in singles and 6–2 in doubles).^{[citation needed]}

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Ramesh reached the men's doubles quarterfinals partnering Leander Paes.^{[citation needed]}

Ramesh retired from the professional tour in 1993. Over the course of his career, he won eight top-level singles titles and one doubles title; he also won four challenger singles titles (defeating the teenage Andre Agassi in the Schenectady final in 1986). His career-high singles ranking was world No. 23, in January 1985.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Ramesh was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in recognition of his achievements and contributions to Indian tennis.^[3]

Ramesh runs a tennis academy in Chennai, set up along the lines of similar institutions in the United States. He became India Davis Cup team captain in January 2007.^[4]

ATP career finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1981	Manila, Philippines	Grand Prix	Carpet	Ivan Dupasquier	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 1982	Stuttgart, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Sandy Mayer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	3–0	Mar 1984	Metz, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Jan Gunnarsson	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Oct 1985	Cologne, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Peter Lundgren	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Oct 1986	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Grand Prix	Hard	Johan Carlsson	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–1	Nov 1986	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Andres Gomez	7–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	6–1	Jan 1988	Wellington, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Andrei Chesnokov	6–7(7–9), 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Jan 1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6–3	Jun 1988	Bristol, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Christian Saceanu	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	6–4	Aug 1988	Rye Brook, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Milan Srejber	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	7–4	Jan 1989	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–0
Win	8–4	Aug 1990	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Kelly Evernden	6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1987	Nancy, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Claudio Mezzadri	Grant Connell Larry Scott	6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (4–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1986	Schenectady , United States	Challenger	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 1987	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Jay Lapidus	6–3, 6–0
Win	3–0	Apr 1989	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Jonathan Canter	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–0	Apr 1990	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Brian Garrow	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1989	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Jonathan Canter	John Letts Bruce Man-Son-Hing	5–7, 6–4, 0–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1979	French Open	Clay	Ben Testerman	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	David Siegler	6–0, 6–2

Performance timeline

Singles

Career highlights

• 1979 –
  Wimbledon
  and French Open junior singles champion.
• 1981 – Reached the quarterfinals of the US Open.
• 1981 – Won his first ATP singles title in Manila.
• 1986 – Reached the quarterfinals of
  Wimbledon
  .
• 1986 – Won the Japan Open.
• 1987 – Reached the quarterfinals of
  1987 Heineken Open
  in back to back weeks in January.
• 1987 – Reached the quarterfinals of the US Open.
• 1987 – Member of the Indian team which reached the final of the Davis Cup. (Krishnan won the decisive singles rubber against Australia in the semifinals. India went on to lose to Sweden in the final.)
• 1988 – Won the Wellington Open; runner-up in the ATP Auckland Open, Bristol Open and Rye Brook (New York) Open.
• 1989 – Defeated the then world No. 1, Mats Wilander, in the second round of the Australian Open.
• 1989 – Won the Auckland Open, reached the quarterfinals of the Schenectady Open and Washington DC Open in back to back weeks in July. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1989 Livingston Open.
• 1990 – Won the Schenectady Open and reached the semifinals of the
  1990 Heineken Open
  .
• 1991 – Reached the quarterfinals of the Wellington Open.
• 1992 – Reached the semifinals of the Singapore Open.
• 1992 – Reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with Leander Paes.

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