Prakash
Amritraj
Male
India
1983-10-02
Los Angeles, United States of America
He is an Indian former professional tennis player and the son of renowned former Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj.
Prakash Amritraj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj and Shyamala, a Sri Lankan Tamil. Vijay played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years.
Prakash is the paternal cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand and paternal uncle Ashok were also former professional tennis players representing India. Prakash has one brother, Vikram, who was born in 1987.
He played 2 years of college tennis for the University of Southern California where he majored in Business.
In 2007, Amritraj won three straight ITF Pro Circuit tournaments in India, beating Karan Rastogi in all three finals.
On July 14, 2008 Amritraj played in his first ATP Tour final, losing to Fabrice Santoro from France in straight sets.
From August 2010 to August 2012, Amritraj was inactive on the tour. However, he returned to the court for the first time in just over two years when he competed as a wildcard in a qualifier at the 2012 Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos, California. He faced Austin Krajicek, losing the first set before winning the second, although he had to retire midway through the third set.
2010 - 2013
0
11
5
Round 1
Prakash Amritraj 1 *
Guillaume Rufin
6-7(4)
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Go Soeda 1 *
Prakash Amritraj
7-6(2)
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Prakash Amritraj 1 *
Flavio Cipolla
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt 1 *
Prakash Amritraj
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Prakash Amritraj 1 *
Andre Begemann
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Édouard Roger-Vasselin 1 *
Prakash Amritraj
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Joao Souza 1 *
Prakash Amritraj
4-6
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Prakash Amritraj 1 *
Dieter Kindlmann
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Prakash Amritraj 1 *
Marinko Matosevic
2-6
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Bernard Tomic 1 *
Prakash Amritraj
7-6(3)
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Michael Russell 1 *
Prakash Amritraj
6-3
6-1