Lawn Tennis

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Lawn Tennis is one of the 13 sports which is a part of the General Championship during Inter IIT Sports Meet. All the IITs have outdoor facilities for successful conduction of the matches during the tournament. The sport sees participation from almost all IITs in both men’s and women’s format.

Facilities[edit | edit source]

There are 3 courts (2 Synthetic, 1 Hard Court), a Practice wall, enough for 6 people. The students are expected to fill the registration and pay a sum of 300 Rupees per year to avail the facilities. This also includes upto 3 Tennis Balls.

In 2018, Vinod Gupta funded the lawn tennis court for 2 new courts as well as 2 coaches for a 3-week tennis training camp (open for all) in the same year (Jan - Feb). The 2 new courts are expected to be ready before the Inter IIT Sports 2019 (Dec), to be organised by Kharagpur.

Format of Play[edit | edit source]

The playoff format follows a best-of-series throughout the competition with 5 and 3 games for men’s and women’s respectively. Each game is a best of 3 sets of Best of 11 games each.  All matches are played using Wilson Tennis Balls and a player from a team can’t play in more than 2 matches. This means that a minimum of 2 players in the women’s team and 3 players in the men’s team is needed. The order of matches is as follows:

Men’s: Women’s
1st Match: Singles 1st Match: Singles
2nd Match: Doubles 2nd Match: Doubles
3rd Match: Reverse Singles 3rd Match: Reverse Singles

Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

IIT Kharagpur houses 2 Tennis courts, all located in front of the Technology Students' Gymkhana building. Non-marking shoes are mandatory for playing in all the courts. After Durga Puja holidays, Inter IIT practice starts for the team.

Office Bearers[edit | edit source]

The current administrative positions held by officials in the Gymkhana are:

  • Secretary Tennis: Parush Patel
  • General Secretary, Sports and Games : Ayush Gurjar , Spandana Silla

Trials for Inter IIT[edit | edit source]

Inter IIT probables are selected on the basis of their performance in Open IIT Tennis, which is held in the month of September at IIT Kharagpur. Approximately 4-5 girls and 6-8 boys are listed as probables. These are the trained by the temporary coach to undergo rigorous training and daily practice of approximately 3-4 hours.  A one-on-one match against each other towards mid November finalizes on 2/3 girls and 4 boys for the Inter IIT team.

Past Performance[edit | edit source]

Year Event Location Team Result
2018 53rd Inter IIT Sports meet IIT Guwahati Men's team: Krishna,Prathamesh,Ayush Shukla,Akhil Bronze Medalist
2018 53rd Inter IIT Sports meet IIT Guwahati Women's team:Snigdha,Yogshree,Smriti 4th Position
2014 50th Inter IIT sports meet IIT Bombay Men's team:Kunal, Hareesh,Tejeshwar,Dibyajyoti Bronze Medalists
2014 50th Inter IIT sports meet IIT Bombay Women's team: Mallika,Praniti,Shambhobi Gold Medalists
2013 49th Inter IIT sports meet IIT Guwahati Men's team: Shrrinesh, Hareesh,Tejeshwar,Dibyajyoti Silver medalists
2013 49th Inter IIT sports meet IIT Guwahati Women's team: Mallika,Praniti,Shambhobi Gold medalists

Team Lineup[edit | edit source]

2014 Team[edit | edit source]

Women’s Men's
Mallika Saharia (Captain, 50th Inter IIT) Dibyajyoti Mahapatra
Praniti Agrawal Kunal punj
Shambhobi Bhattacharya Tejeshwar Gill
Hareesh Chandra Vutla (Captain, 50th Inter IIT)

See Also[edit | edit source]