Mahmoud Alam (born in
British India
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) is a former tennis player from
Pakistan
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, who represented the country in the Davis Cup and also played at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon
He is the first Pakistani to reach the second round in 1948 at
Wimbledon
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during the pre-open era. He was one of two Pakistanis at the tournament.
Scores
* 1st round: defeated Bela Peto of Hungary, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3.
* 2nd round: lost to Egyptian Marcel Coen 7–9 4–6, 7–5, 3–6.
Davis Cup
Alam represented Pakistan in 2 ties in 1948 against Switzerland and in 1950 against Philippines. He overall record was 0–6.
* Singles: 0–4
* Doubles: 0–2
Background and family life
His father, Mehboob Alam, was a captain of
Aligarh
Aligarh (; formerly known as Koil) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capital, New Delhi. ...
's hockey team from 1914 - 1918.
Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq
/ref> His daughter, Sheherezade Alam
Sheherezade Alam (19 June 1948 – 19 May 2022) was a Pakistani-Canadian ceramist.
Early life and education
Alam was born in 1948 in Lahore, Pakistan to Mahmoud Alam, a Pakistani former tennis player and his wife, Surayya, in Lahore. She had ...
is a celebrated ceramist and son-in-law, Zahoor ul Akhlaq was a painter. He also has two sons, Asad and Shaban.
References
External links
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Pakistani male tennis players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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