Fazaluddin Syed (; born 18 October 1974) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. He has competed on the ATP tennis tour, achieving a Top 400 ranking in singles and Top 200 ranking in doubles. Fazal has represented India in

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between 1998 and 2001.

Early life

Fazal was born in

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

, India, and is the son of Syed Naeemuddin, who was one of India's prominent footballers.. Fazal ranked No. 1 as a junior (U-18) in India. He played collegiate tennis at

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and was ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles. He was also elected captain of Men's Tennis at Temple University.

Career

Fazal achieved a Top 400 ranking in singles and Top 200 ranking in doubles. He represented India in the Davis Cup between 1998 and 2001. Fazal was the National

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Champion of India in 2000. He was a bronze medalist at the

1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games () and the XIII Asiad,, or simply Bangkok 1998 (), were an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and di ...

in Bangkok in 1998. Fazal earned No. 1 ranking as an Amateur by the USTA 1997–98. He won the 1997

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National

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championships.

Post-retirement

After his retirement in 2002 he coached former world No. 1 doubles player

Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he ...

and

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(top 10 Doubles) on the 2005

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circuit. He coached Bhupathi on mixed double the same year. Fazal operates a Level 7 Tennis academy in Philadelphia. With Level 7 Tennis he has coached a possible future star in John Robertson, one of the brightest British tennis prospects.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fazaluddin, Syed 1974 births Living people Indian male tennis players Asian Games bronze medalists in tennis Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games tennis players for India Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Indian tennis coaches Tennis players from Kolkata