Stephen Amritraj (born March 28, 1984) is an American former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player, who represented India in international tournaments. He is the nephew of

Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj (born 14 December 1953) is an Indian sports commentator, actor and retired professional tennis player from Madras. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour, in 1983.In 2022, he was honored for his cont ...

, and son of

Anand Amritraj Anand Amritraj ( Tamil: ஆனந்த் அம்ரித்ராஜ்; born 20 March 1951) is a former Indian tennis player and businessman. He along with brother Vijay Amritraj led India into the 1974 Davis Cup finals against South Afri ...

. Amritraj is the son of former world tour player

and paternal cousin of fellow former pro Prakash Amritraj, who also represented India. He played high school tennis at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino,

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, and

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college tennis for Duke University. Amritraj's career high singles ranking is world No. 973, which he reached in June 2007. Amritraj is married to American professional tennis player

Alison Riske Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open. ...

.Watch: American tennis star Alison Riske grooves to Bollywood song at her wedding with Stephen Amritraj
23 July 2019

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USTA Junior Spotlight - Jan. 28, 2002
1984 births Living people People from Calabasas, California Tennis players from Los Angeles American male tennis players Indian male tennis players American people of Indian Tamil descent American sportspeople of Indian descent Indian-American tennis players Duke University alumni Duke Blue Devils men's tennis players American expatriates in India Tamil sportspeople Amritraj family {{India-tennis-bio-stub