About Ramesh Krishnan

Ramesh Krishnan (Tamil: ரமேஷ் கிருஷ்ணன்) (born 5 June 1961, in Madras, India) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy\s singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1987. He became India\s Davis Cup captain in 2007. Ramesh is the son of Ramanathan Krishnan, who was one of India\s leading tennis players in the 1960s. Ramesh emulated an achievement of his father\s by winning the Wimbledon junior title in 1979. He also won the French Open junior title that year, and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world. At the senior level, Ramesh reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon once (1986) and the US Open twice (1981 and 1987).