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
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
between 1998 and 2001.
Early life
Fazal was born in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
, India, and is the son of
Syed Naeemuddin
Syed Nayeemuddin (born 1944), known as Nayeem, is an Indian football coach and former player. He played for and was captain of the Indian national team[Temple University
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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
grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament.
Although grass c ...
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, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...
in Bangkok in 1998. Fazal earned No. 1 ranking as an Amateur by the USTA 1997-98. He won the 1997
USTA National
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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championships.
Post Retirement
After his retirement in 2002 he coached former world No. 1 doubles player
Mahesh Bhupathi and
Martin Damm (top 10 Doubles) on the 2005
US Open 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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1974 births
Living people
Indian male tennis players
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Indian tennis coaches
Tennis players from Kolkata