Nandan Bal

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Nandan Bal
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Born (1959-09-01) 1 September 1959 (age 65)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles9 (ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 309 (22 December 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q3 (1979, 1980)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 605 (23 March 1987)

Nandan Bal (born 1 September 1959) is an Indian tennis coach and former professional player. He has coached India in both the Davis Cup and Fed Cup since retiring as a player. [1]

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Bal, a right-handed player from Pune who represented India in two Davis Cup ties, was a singles silver medalist for India at the 1979 Universiade and also won a silver medal at the 1982 Asian Games, in the team event. [2]

Career

Bal played his first senior tournament in 1978 at the Calcutta International where he lost in the second round to Britisher Robin Drysdale. In 1980 he competed at the Greater Manchester Grass Court Tennis Championships in England, but exited early to the American Pat DuPré. [3]

On his Davis Cup debut, against South Korea in the 1980 tournament, Bal had a singles win over Kim Choon-ho and partnered with Sashi Menon to a win in the doubles, before losing the deciding fifth singles rubber to Jeon Young-dai. His other Davis Cup appearance came against Thailand in 1983, with his contribution a win in the final reverse singles, to secure a 5–0 clean sweep of the tie. [4]

His career singles highlights included winning nine titles five of which on the ITF World Circuit including the Indian National Championships three times 1983 to 1985, and the Zambia Open twice 1983 to 1984.

He also competed on the ITF Indian Satellite Circuit where he won four titles including the Pune Open and Indian Satellite Masters in 1980, the Yamuna Nagar Open in 1981 and the Bombay Satellite Open in 1986.

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References

  1. Chaturvedi, Hemanshu (23 August 2020). "Nandan Bal: A tennis star, coach and mentor all rolled into one". The Daily Guardian (India).
  2. "Hold more tournaments: Nandan Bal". The New Indian Express . News18 India. 20 August 2011.
  3. "TENNIS: MANCHESTER GRASS". Toledo Blade via Google News Archive . 3 June 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  4. "Davis Cup - Players (Nandan Bal)". www.daviscup.com.