Tennis in India.
                     All about Tennis in India 
with the tournaments won
Tennis in India
 Tennis enjoys a considerable following in India, although it is limited 
to urban areas but still it is counted among the most popular sports in 
India. India has produced a number of tennis players, who have 
achieved international recognition and have made their presence in 
some of the top tennis tournaments and grand slams.
AITA
 All India Tennis Association (AITA) established in 1920, is the 
governing body of tennis in India and is a member of the Asian 
Tennis Federation. India Davis Cup team is the most successful 
team of Asia in Davis Cup, who has finished as runners-up 3 
times.
History
 Tennis has been a popular sport in England since around the 1880s 
when the British Army and Civilian Officers brought the game to 
India. Regular tournaments like the 'Punjab Lawn tennis 
Championship' at Lahore (Now in Pakistan) (1885); 'Bengal Lawn 
Tennis Championship' at Calcutta (now Kolkata) (1887) and the 'All 
India Tennis Championships' at Allahabad (1910) were organized. 
Golden era
 In the 1960s, the sport witnessed a golden era. Ramanathan 
Krishnan earned his highest seeding – No. 4 in Wimbledon in 1962. 
In the Davis Cup, India repeatedly became the Zonal Champions. 
Ramanathan Krishnan, along with Premjit Lal, SP Mishra, Jaidip and 
RK Khanna as the non-playing captain, steered India to the Cup 
finals in 1966. 
1970s
 In the 1970s, Vijay Amritraj burst onto the scene. With teammates 
Sashi Menon, Jasjit Singh and brother Anand Amritraj, Vijay took India 
to World Cup Finals for the second time in 1974. Vijay also made it to 
the quarterfinals of US Open in 1973 and 1981; and Wimbledon in 1973 
and 1974. Ramesh Krishnan, the son of Ramanathan Krishnan, won the 
junior Wimbledon championship and junior French Open title in 1979 
and was ranked number 1 junior in the world.
1990s
 The 1990s saw the rise of Leander Paes who won the bronze medal 
at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1997, Mahesh Bhupati became 
India's first ever grand slam winner when he won the mixed doubles 
at French Open. Paes partnered with Bhupati to reach the finals of all 
four grand slams in 1999, winning two.
2000s
 The 2000s saw India's first WTA tournament winner Sania Mirza. 
Mirza also won a number of grand slam titles in doubles in the late 
2000s and 2010s. India's last grand slam win came in 2017 when 
Rohan Bopanna won the mixed doubles title at French Open. At the 
end of 2010s, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was the only Indian men's 
singles player in the top 100. 
Grand Slam
 In 1997, India won their first Grand Slam title at the French open, 
in the Mixed Doubles. Since then Indians have won Grand Slam 
titles in the Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles 
besides Girls' Doubles events. No Indian has so far won a Grand 
Slam Singles title in the Men's or Women's category.
The Indian Open
 The Indian Open originally called the All India Championships and 
also known as The National Lawn Tennis Championships of India and 
later the Indian International Championships is a defunct combined 
(men's and women's) tennis tournament. It was played from 1910 
until 1982 and the men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis 
circuit, 1970 to 1979. It was held in various cities in, India and was 
played outdoor on multiple surfaces.