Nitin Kirtane

Nitin Kirtane (born 4th March 1974) is an Indian professional tennis player. Kirtane won the gold medal at the 2002 National Games of India and along with Mahesh Bhupathi was the runner-up at the 1992 boys Wimbledon Championship.[1][2][3][4][5]

Nitin Kirtane
Country (sports) India
Born (1974-03-04) 4 March 1974
Maharashtra, India
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysLeft-handed
CollegeBrihan Maharashtra College of Commerce
Prize money$20, 736
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 540 (24 February 2003)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 280 (25 October 1999)
Last updated on: 21 May 2022.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1992WimbledonGrassIndia Mahesh BhupathiAustralia Scott Draper
Australia Steven Baldas
1–6, 6–4, 7–9

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2082 India F8, Davanagere Futures Hard India Harsh Mankad 1–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 6 (0–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1998 USA F2, Vero Beach Futures Clay Australia Ashley Fisher Sweden Simon Aspelin
United States Chris Tontz
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1999 Egypt F1, Cairo Futures Clay India Sandeep Kirtane Australia Darin Currall
Australia Glenn Knox
7–6, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Nov 2000 India F4, Lucknow Futures Grass India Vishal Uppal France Leslie Demiliani
Italy Dario Pizzato
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 2001 India F5, Indore Futures Clay India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya India Srinath Prahlad
India Ajay Ramaswami
3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–5 Sep 2002 India F5, Chennai Futures Hard India Saurav Panja India Rohan Bopanna
India Vijay Kannan
2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–6 Nov 2002 India F7, New Delhi Futures Hard India Saurav Panja India Vishal Uppal
India Vijay Kannan
2–6, 4–6

References

  1. "Boys' Doubles 1992 Wimbledon Championships". Wimbledon.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "Nitin Kirtane is back with a bang". The Times of India. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "Pune based Nitin Kirtane wins grand double crown at AITA". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. "Age no barrier as Nitin Kirtane carries on for his love of tennis". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. "Tennis: Gold for Nitin Kirtane & Sania". The Hindu. 22 December 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2018.


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