Jaidip Mukerjea is a retired professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Mukerjea is the grandson of Indian independence leader Chittaranjan Das

Chittaranjan Das

Chittaranjan Das was an eminent Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement.-Personal life:...

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Mukerjea won the Indian National Junior Championship in 1959. He then began to play overseas, and was the runner-up at the Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

 Junior tournament in 1960

1960 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Neale Fraser defeated Rod Laver 6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5-Women's Singles: Maria Bueno defeated Sandra Reynolds Price 8-6, 6-0...

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Mukerjea's international breakout year came in 1962, when he made the fourth round of the U.S. Championships

1962 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1962 U.S. National Championships :-Men's Singles: Rod Laver defeated Roy Emerson 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4-Women's Singles: Margaret Court defeated Darlene Hard 9-7, 6-4...

. He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1963

1963 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Chuck McKinley defeated Fred Stolle 9-7 6-1 6-4-Women's Singles: Margaret Court defeated Billie Jean King 6-3, 6-4...

 and 1964

1964 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Roy Emerson defeated Fred Stolle 6-1 12-10 4-6 6-3-Women's Singles: Maria Bueno defeated Margaret Court 6-4, 7-9, 6-3...

, and reached the fourth round at the French Championships

French Open (tennis)

The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are...

 in 1965

1965 French Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1965 French Championships :-Men's singles: Fred Stolle defeated Tony Roche 3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3-Women's singles: Lesley Turner Bowrey defeated Margaret Court 6–3, 6–4...

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1966 was Mukerjea's most successful year. He again reached the fourth round at the French Championships

1966 French Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1966 French Championships :-Men's Singles: Tony Roche defeated István Gulyás 6-1 6-4 7-5-Women's Singles: Ann Jones defeated Nancy Richey 6-3 6-1...

 and Wimbledon

1966 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Manolo Santana defeated Dennis Ralston 6-4 11-9 6-4-Women's Singles: Billie Jean King defeated Maria Bueno 6-3, 3-6, 6-1...

. He was also a member of the India Davis Cup team

India Davis Cup team

The India Davis Cup team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.India finished as runners-up 3 times . In 1974, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to particapate in the final due to...

 that reached the final. Mukerjea won India's only rubber in the final; he and Ramanathan Krishnan

Ramanathan Krishnan

Ramanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:Krishnan honed his skills under his father, T.K. Ramanathan...

 defeated John Newcombe

John Newcombe

John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former World No. 1 tennis player.-Biography:He won seven Grand Slam singles titles, A natural athlete, Newcombe played several sports as a boy until devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of...

 and Tony Roche

Tony Roche

Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player, native of Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title and twelve Grand Slam doubles titles. He is also very well known for coaching...

 in doubles. For his accomplishments, Mukerjea was given the Arjuna Award

Arjuna award

The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....

 in 1966.

Mukerjea currently operates a Tennis Academy bearing his name, and he has served as tournament director for the Sunfeast Open

Sunfeast Open

The Sunfeast Open was an annual WTA Tour tennis tournament that was started in Kolkata in 2005. The event was a Tier III-tournament with a prize money of USD 175,000 and was played on indoors greenset. The fourth edition of the  WTA Sunfeast Open, slated to be held in Kolkata from October 6-12,...

, as well as Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

Captain for India.

External links

• Jaidip Mukerjea Tennis Academy