The All India Tennis Association (AITA) organizes tournaments and encourages local players of the game by organizing training camps for promising players. Some of the tennis tournaments held in India are
ITF Men`s Satellites, (various venues) (Hard Court)
WTA Bangalore Open, Bangalore (Hard Court)
ITF "Bhavna Swarup Memorial" Women`s Circuit Event, Muzaffarnagar (Grass Court)
ITF "BPCL" Women`s Circuit Event, Delhi (Hard Court)
ITF "ONGC" Junior International, (Clay Court)
ITF "Adidas" Junior International, (Hard Court)
ITF "Sunny Enclave" Junior International, (Hard Court)
"Chennai Open" ATP, Chennai (Hard Court)
AITA "S.B.Saurashtra" Nationals, Delhi (Grass Court)
ITF "BSNL" Men`s futures, (Hard Court)
ITF "Microsoft" Men`s futures, (Hard Court)
Mahesh Bhupathi, the leading Indian tennis player is the most recognizable face in Indian men`s tennis. He is one of the best double tennis player in the world and has 10 grand slam titles and mixed doubles to his credit. Mahesh is known for his steady gaze, sharp sense of humour, sharper ear-stud and finely woven serves .He is one of the brightest star of Indian tennis sky.
From Vijay Amritraj to the latest sensation Sania Mirza, a variety of such players adorn the collection of Indian tennis. Even Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are the highlights of India`s proud collection. It was due to the achievements of Vijay Amritraj in 1973 when he reached the quarterfinal stage at two Grand Slam events that India received a worldwide recognition in Tennis. Even Leander Paes, in 1996 won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics becoming the first Indian tennis Player in more than 4 decades to win an individual medal in the Olympics.
With the advent of tennis academies all over India, many amateurIndian tennis players find the right path to pursue their hobby as a full time profession. Such Indian tennis academies have by and large proved to be instrumental in shaping the careers of many such young and talented individuals and making them big stars of tomorrow. Legends like Rohit Rajpal and Leander Paes are a product of the The Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy. Vijay Amritraj was the first one in India to start a full fledged tennis academy, teaming up with Rajan Pillay.
Sania Mirza is the only Indian woman in the history of Indian Tennis who reach and register a win in any grand slam tournament when she reached to the fourth round of the 1995 U.S. Open., Famous for her style, fashion and looks like many other tennis stars, Sania Mirza creating big waves on the tennis courts. Sania Mirza, the youth icon of India is creating history in Tennis worldwide. She is the first Indian Tennis Player to get into Top 50 WTA Ranking.
Arjuna Award is given by Government of India for achievements in sports. Indian tennis has produced a good number of "Arjuna Award" winners throughout its journey in India. Those winners were really the all time great Tennis players of India. Ramanathan Krishnan was the first Indian Tennis player who won the "Arjuna Award" in the year of 1961.Sania Mirza became the last Indian Tennis player so far to win the very much honourable and prestigious "Arjuna Award" in the year of 2004.
Ramanathan Krishnan is another great player of Indian tennis who represented the country in the 1950`s and 60`s. One of the legends of Indian tennis, Ramanathan Krishnan was born on 11th April 1937. His father was a famous tennis player T.K.Ramanathan and gave him early training. Ramanathan had a huge potential and tennis took a grip on him from a very early stage. He soon became a known figure in national circuit won both the senior and junior championships eight times at a stretch.