FULL NAME: Santosh Kumar Mallik
GENDER: Male
BORN: March 13, 1981
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
FAMILY: Son of Naba Kishore Mallik and Sabita Mallik, Santosh has two sisters and one brother.
HOME ADDRESS: Plot No. N6/339, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE NO: 9777177038 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: skmbond@yahoo.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Arts Graduate
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION:
*     Holds a Level-II coaching certificate from AITA
*     Passed AITA Level-I coaching examination from Chennai, 2003.
*     Passed AITA Level-I coaching examination at Mumbai in 2007.
*     Became national-level tennis official after completing National Level School Tennis Officiating Course, held at Guwahati from May 12 to 14, 2017.
PROFESSION: Freelance tennis coach
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Ashok Deo. But he claims himself as a self-taught player.
CAREER SPAN: Has been an active player since 2000.
HOBBY: Watching movies, listening to music, reading books.
OTHER GAMES PLAYED: Badminton, Cricket
IDOL: Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal
AWARDS/HONOURS: None so far
AMBITION: To be the best coach of the world

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:

STATE:
*     Won the men’s doubles title with partner Vivek Tibarewal in the 10th Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Odisha Open Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar from Nov 11 to 13, 2016.
*     Finished runner-up in men’s doubles event of the 3rd All-Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from Jan 8 to 10, 2016.
*     Finished men’s singles runner-up in the 9th KDTA Odisha Open Tennis Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 15, 2015.
*     Won men’s doubles title and finished singles runner-up in the Puri Open All-Odisha Tennis Tournament at Puri Club in Puri on April 12, 2015.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men’s singles and doubles title in the 2nd All-Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament here at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on January 11, 2015.
*     Won the men’s doubles title in the 16th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Dec 21, 2014.
*     Finished runner-up in men’s open doubles event of the 15th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, from Dec 13 to 15, 2013.
*     Finished runners-up in both men’s singles and open doubles (partner Adwitiya Patnaik) categories of the 7th Odisha Open Tennis Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 10, 2013.
*     Finished men`s open singles runner-up in the KDTA Odisha Open Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 11, 2012.

NATIONAL:
*     Bagged a double crown, winning both the 35+ singles and doubles titles at the Vertex AISTA All India Senior Ranking Tennis Tournament at Cosmopolitan Club in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh on 4th March 2022.
*     Won the doubles title and finished doubles runners-up in 35-plus age group of the AITA-CSTA All-India Veteran Tennis Tournament, held at VIP’s Club in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) from March 20 to 24, 2017.
*     Won the doubles title with Chinmay Pradhan in the AITA Men’s 1 Lakh Prize-Money Tennis Tournament at Raipur in Chhattisgarh on May 1, 2015.
*     Reached singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals (partner Satirtha Patnaik) in the AITA-OTA Men`s Ranking 30K Tennis Tournament held at Gurukul Tennis Academy, Mendhasal, Bhubaneswar from July 15 to 21, 2013.
*     Finished double runners-up with Adwithiya Patnaik in the doubles event of the AITA-OTA 30K Men`s Ranking Tournament at Gurukul Tennis Academy, Mendhashal, Bhubaneswar (Feb 11 to 17, 2012).

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Attended 4th National Coaches workshop at Chandigarh, 2007.
*     He is the youngest coach of Orissa to qualify in AITA level I Coaching examination.
*     Has groomed state and national title holders like Chinmay Pradhan, Adwitya Patnaik, Ansu Kumar Bhuyan, Partha Sarathi Hansdah, Shakti Ray.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 13th January 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 5th March 2022