Jaidip Mukerjea

Jaidip Mukerjea
Country (sports)	India
Residence	Kolkata, India
Born	21 April 1942 (age 82); Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Turned pro	1968 (amateur tour from 1959)
Retired	1975
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	42–46
Highest ranking	120 (3 June 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1962)
French Open	4R (1965, 1966)
Wimbledon	4R (1963, 1964, 1966, 1973)
US Open	4R (1962)
Doubles
Career record	12–18
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1962)
Wimbledon	QF (1966, 1967, 1973)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1963)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1966)

Jaidip Mukerjea (born 21 April 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from India.^[1]

Personal life

Mukerjea is the grandson of Indian independence leader Chittaranjan Das. He completed his schooling from La Martiniere Calcutta.

Tennis career

Juniors

Mukerjea won the Indian National Junior Championship in 1959. He then began to play overseas, and was the runner-up at the Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament in 1960.

Amateur/Pro tour

Mukerjea's international breakout year came in 1962, when he made the fourth round of the U.S. Championships. He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1963 and 1964, and reached the fourth round at the French Championships in 1965.

1966 was Mukerjea's most successful year. He again reached the fourth round at the French Championships and Wimbledon. He was also a member of the India Davis Cup team that reached the final. Mukerjea won India's only rubber in the final; he and Ramanathan Krishnan defeated John Newcombe and Tony Roche in doubles. For his accomplishments, Mukerjea was given the Arjuna Award in 1966.

During his career, Mukerjea won at least 6 singles titles, including the Asian Championships three times.^[2]^[3]

After retirement

Mukerjea currently operates a Tennis Academy in Calcutta bearing his name, and he has served as tournament director for the Sunfeast Open, as well as Davis Cup Captain for India.^[4]

Singles titles (10)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1963	Adelboden International	Adelboden	Clay	Jaroslav Drobný	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	1965	Indore International	Indore		Michael Sangster	7–5, 6–2, 6–1
Win	3.	1966	Finland International Championships	Helsinki		Allen Fox	7–5, 4–6, 10–8
Win	4.	1966	Asian Championships	Calcutta		Ramanathan Krishnan	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Win	5.	1966	Central India Championships	Allahabad		Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	6.	1966	India National and Northern India Championships	New Delhi		Premjit Lall	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
Win	7.	1967	Western India Championships	Bombay		Bob Carmichael	5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	1969	Asian Championships	Calcutta		Bill Tym	6–2, 6–1, 6–0
Win	9.	1971	India National Championships	Delhi		Premjit Lall	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Win	10.	1972	Asian Championships	Poona		Vijay Amritraj	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4