Chiradip "Chiro" Mukerjea (born 14 August 1953) is an Indian former professional
tennis
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player.
Biography
Born in
Calcutta
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
, Mukerjea played on the professional tour in the 1970s. He was unbeaten during his
Davis Cup
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career for India, winning three singles and one doubles rubber.
His first Davis Cup appearance came in India's 4–0 win over
Pakistan
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in 1973, where he played a dead rubber reverse singles against
Saeed Meer which was abandoned after one set. He next played in 1976, featuring in ties against
Thailand
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and the
Philippines
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. In the tie against Thailand he was again called up for a dead rubber reverse singles and beat
Somparn Champisri in straight sets. He was used more in the subsequent tie against the Philippines and won both of his singles rubbers in five sets, as well as the doubles rubber, with
Sashi Menon
Sashi Menon (born 9 August 1952) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He was active from 1970 to 1984 and played over 700 matches and won 4 career singles titles, in addition he also won 3 doubles titles.
Career
He played his first ...
.
Mukerjea reached the second round in both of his
Wimbledon
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singles main draw appearances, which included a win over
Wojciech Fibak
Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, a ...
in 1975. He was a doubles finalist at the
1976 Indian Open and won a doubles bronze medal at the
1978 Asian Games
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in Bangkok.
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
See also
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List of India Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1953 births
Living people
Indian male tennis players
Tennis players from Kolkata
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games