FULL NAME: Lalit Dash
NICK NAME: Lalu
GENDER: Male
BORN: June 6, 1970 at Cuttack
GENDER: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married
FAMILY: Pravat Dash (Father), Suchitra Dash (Mother), Siddharth Dash (Elder brother), Sasmita Dash (Wife), Swastik (Son)
HOME ADDRESS: Shreeniwas, College Road, Naharkanta, Bhubaneswar-752101, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE: 9438087734 (Mobile)
E-MAIL: lalit-dash1970@rediffmail.com
PROFESSION: Tennis coach
HOME CLUB: Ace Base Tennis Resort, Naharkanta, Bhubaneswar.
HIGHEST RANKING AS PLAYER: All-India ranking 68 as on June, 2007. State singles ranking 3 as on June, 2007 and State doubles ranking 1 from 2004 to 2008.
OTHER GAMES PLAYED: Cricket, soft tennis

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:

STATE:
*     Finished runners-up in men’s doubles event of the 10th Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Odisha Open Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar from Nov 11 to 13, 2016.
*     Finished mixed doubles runners-up with Shilpi Swarupa Das 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 2nd All-Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on January 11, 2015.
*     Reached men`s singles quarterfinals and open doubles semifinals in the 7th Odisha Open Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar Club, Bhubaneswar from Nov 7 to 10, 2013.
*     Finished men`s open doubles and mixed doubles runners-up with Vijay Avinandan and Nikki Gargi respectively as partners  in the KDTA Odisha Open Tournament at Bhubaneswar Club in Bhubaneswar on Nov 11, 2012.
*     Won the men`s doubles title with partner Ajay Nishank and reached singles quarterfinals in the 11th All-Orissa Nalco Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Dec 11 to 13, 2009.
*     Reached men`s doubles semifinals and singles quarterfinals in the 10th Nalco Open All Orissa Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Dec 12 to 15, 2008.
* Won the men`s doubles title in the KDTA Orissa Open Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar Club, Bhubaneswar from Nov 3 to 9, 2008.
*     Won the veteran doubles title in the All Orissa Open Tennis Tournament, held at Puri from April 6 to 8, 2007.
*     Won the men`s doubles title and reached singles semifinals in the 8th Nalco Open All Orissa Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Dec 8 to 19, 2006.
* Won the men`s doubles title in the Gonasika OMC Open Tennis Tournament, held at Keonjhar from Jan 13 to 15, 2006.
*     Won the men`s doubles title and reached singles semifinals in the 7th Nalco Open All Orissa Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Dec 9 to 11, 2005.
*     Won the men`s doubles title and reached singles quarterfinals in the All Orissa Open Tennis Tournament, held at Puri from Feb 11 to 13, 2005.
*     Reached men`s doubles semifinals in Gonasika OMC Open Tennis Tournament, held at Keonjhar on Feb 5 & 6, 2005.
*     Reached quarterfinals in both singles and doubles categories of the 6th Nalco Open All-Odisha Tennis Tournament, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Dec 10 to 12, 2004.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men`s singles and doubles titles in the Prachi Open All-Odisha Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar from May 15 to 18, 1994.
*     Won the men`s doubles title in the Prachi Open All-Odisha Tennis Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar from May 17 to 20, 1991.

NATIONAL:
*     Reached men`s doubles pre-quarterfinals in the Central Excise AITA Open Tennis Tournament, held at Kolkata from March 12 to 17, 2007.
*     Reached men`s quarterfinals in the National Inter-State Tennis Championship, held at NTA, Gurgaon from June 5 to 8, 2006.
*     Reached men`s doubles pre-quarterfinals in the Suryo Udyoto Orissa Open All-India Tennis Tournament at Bhubaneswar from Nov 15 to 20, 1993.
*     Represented Odisha in the National Inter-State Hard Court Tennis Championship at Hyderabad from March 4 to 10, 1991.
*     Played his first all-India tournament at Orissa Open in Bhubaneswar, 1987.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     Started his coaching career from Cuttack in 2001.
*     Doing coaching at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 2004 till date.
*     Imparts coaching at Ace Base Tennis Resort, Naharkanta, Bhubaneswar since 2008.
*     Imparts coaching at Delhi Public School, Kalinga since 2009.
*     Imparts coaching at Delhi Public School, Kalinga since 2009.
*     His leading pupils include Ansu Kumar Bhuyan, Seeulee Upadhyaya, Tanmayee Patnaik, Komal Vishakha, Koel Mishra, Mahesh Mohapatra, Abhilash Chandra Sahoo, Abhirup, Susuta Das, Avilipsa Rath, Ritika Nath.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Won the men’s doubles gold medal with Ajay Nishank at the 7th Senior National Soft Tennis Championship at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Nov 19, 2009.
*     Selected for Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida (USA) in 1989, but could not join due to lack of support from the State government.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: November 20, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: November 15, 2016