FULL NAME: Ajay Kumar Nishank
BORN: October 31, 1976 in Bhubaneswar
GENDER: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married
FAMILY: Father (Haribandhu Nishank), mother (Nalini Nishank), wife (Sonalika Misra), two elder brothers (Bijay Kumar and Sanjay Kumar).
HOME ADDRESS: Plot No 2602, Biswanath Nagar, PO- BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar-14, Odishha.
TELEPHONE NO: 09937023493 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: ajay1tennis@gmail.com and ajay1tennis@yahoo.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Commerce Graduate and Inter in ICWAI
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION:
*     Holds a Level-II coaching certificate from AITA.
*     Passed AITA Level-I coaching examination at Coimbatore in 2000.
*     Passed AITA Level-I coaching examination at Mumbai in 2007.
PROFESSION: Freelance tennis coach
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Self-taught player.
CAREER SPAN: Playing competitive tennis from 1996
HOBBY: Singing and watching TV
OTHER GAMES PLAYED: Cricket, football, soft tennis
IDOL: Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer.
AMBITION: To groom a Grand Slam player and spread tennis awareness in Orissa.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:

STATE:
*     Won the mens doubles title in the 7th All Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 26 January, 2020.
*     Won the men’s open doubles title with partner Kabir Hans in the 12th KDTA Odisha Open Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar Club, Bhubaneswar from Nov 8-11, 2018.
*     Won the men’s doubles title with Kabir Hans as partner in the 5th All-Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Jan 5-7, 2018.
*     Won the men’s open doubles title with Kabir Hans as partner in the Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial 11th Odisha Open Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar from Nov 9 to 12, 2017.
*     Won the men’s doubles title and finished men’ s doubles runners-up in the 4th All-Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from January 13 to 15, 2017.
*     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 doubles runners-up with Satirtha Pattnaik as partner in the 9th KDTA Odisha Open Tennis Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 15, 2015.
*     Finished men’s doubles runners-up in the Puri Open All-Odisha Tennis Tournament at Puri Club in Puri on April 12, 2015.
*     Finished men’s doubles runner-up in the 16th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Dec 21, 2014.
*     Finished runner-up in both men’s singles and open doubles events of the 15th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, from Dec 13 to 15, 2013.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men’s open doubles and mixed doubles titles with Satirtha Patnaik and Shilpi Swarupa Das respectively as partners in the 7th Odisha Open Tennis Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 10, 2013.
*     Won the men’s open doubles title with Satirtha Patnaik in the 14th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Dec 9, 2012.
*     Won the men`s open doubles title with Satirtha Patnaik as partner in the KDTA Odisha Open Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 11, 2012.
*     Won the men`s doubles title with partner Satirtha Patnaik at the PDTA Odisha Open Tennis Tournament in Puri on April 15, 2012.
*     Won the mixed doubles title with Komal Vishakha in the KDTA Odisha Open Tennis Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 13, 2011.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men’s singles and doubles titles in the 11th All-Orissa Nalco Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Dec 13, 2009.
*     Men’s singles runner-up twice (2001and 2002) and doubles champion once (1996) in the All-Orissa Ranking Tournament at Sambalpur.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men’s singles and doubles titles in the Paradeep Masters Invitational Tournament at Paradip in 1998.
*     Men’s doubles champion in the AES All-Orissa Ranking Tournament at Bhubaneswar in 2000.
*     Eight times men’s doubles champion (1999 to 2002 and 2004 to 2007), four times men’s singles champion (2004 to 2007) and six times men’s singles runner-up (1999 to 2003 and 2008) in the Nalco Open All-Orissa Ranking Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
*     Men’s singles champion once (2006), runner-up twice (2003 and 2005), men’s doubles champion once (2003) and runners-up once (2005) in the All-Orissa Ranking Tournament at Puri.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men’s singles and doubles titles in the All-Orissa Ranking Tournament at Rourkela in 2003.
*     Won the men’s doubles title twice in the Gonasika OMC All-Orissa Tournament at Keonjhar in 2005 and 2006.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men’s singles and doubles titles in the KDTA All-Orissa Open Tournament at Bhubaneswar in 2008.

NATIONAL:
*     Finished doubles runners-up with partner Ajay Nishank in the AITA-OTA 50K Men’s Ranking Tennis Tournament, held at KIIT International School in Bhubaneswar from Oct 19 to 23, 2015.
*     Reached men’s singles quarterfinals twice in the All-India Inter-State Tournament at Gurgaon, Delhi in 2005 and 2006.
*     Reached pre-quarterfinals in both men’s singles and doubles events of the Central Excise AITA Open Tournament at Kolkata in 2007.
*     Reached men’s doubles pre-quarters in the all-India ranking tournament at Ahemedabad in 1997.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Won the men`s doubles gold medal with Lalit Dash at the 7th Senior National Soft Tennis Championship at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Nov 19, 2009.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 June, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 18 March, 2020