Nov 6th - 13th, 2021
Trivandrum District Tennis Championships
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Nov 6th - 13th, 2021
Trivandrum District Tennis Championships
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NEWS
19-03-2023
EGM to be held on 2nd April
The Executive Committee has decided, at its meeting on March 15, to convene an Extraordinary General Body meeting of the Club at 6.30 PM on Sunday, 2nd April 2023, to transact urgent business as per copy of Notice and Agenda appended below.
The relevant notes and papers forming the background of the meeting are under despatch to members and life members.
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18-03-2023
Tamil Nadu players dominate AITA Women's 1L tournament
Both the finals of the TTC-AITA Women's 1L tournament were all-TN affairs on Friday. Janani Ramesh narrowly missed winning a double crown. The 3rd seed beat the 5th seeded fellow Tamilian Harivarshine in straight sets in the singles final but lost to her in the doubles final 6-10 in the super tie break. Full results can be accessed in the Tournament Centre (click here).
Her Highness Princess Aswathi Thirunal Gauri Lakshmi Bayi gave away the prizes
13-03-2023
Women take centre stage as another TTC-AITA event starts
The qualifying rounds of the TTC-AITA Women's 1L tournament have been completed on Sunday, and the main event commences on Monday.
Women's fitness through sports was highlighted on Sunday morning in the form of a 3-km Run and a musical exercise cum entertainment program for women organised by Radio Mirchi at TTC.
24-02-2023
Ojes Theyjo wins both titles at AITA Men's 1L
Oges Theyjo J of Tamil Nadu lived up to the favourite tag in the S Chidambara Iyer memorial TTC-AITA Men's 1L tournament that concluded at our Club courts on Friday.
Ranked no 20 in India and the top seed here, he fought off a stiff challenge from Sivadeep Kosaraju of Telengana, who was the 2nd seed, winning 7-5 in the deciding 3rd set.
Oges Theyjo and his partner S Boopathy won the all-Tamil Nadu doubles final.
Mrs Chidambara Iyer presented the rolling trophy instituted in the name of her late husband to Oges Theyjo.
The detailed results can be seen here
17-02-2023
Strong field for S Chidambara Iyer memorial AITA Men's 1L
Over a dozen players from the top 100 in the national ranking have entered for the S Chidambara Iyer memorial TTC-AITA Men's 1L tournament commencing on Monday.
Oges Theyjo Jaya Prakash of Tamil Nadu, ranked no 20, is the top seed. Only two Kerala players, Arjun U of Trichur and Arun Raj JS of Trivandrum, find a place in the main draw. Others will have to move through the qualifying rounds, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday.
11-02-2023
Binu Mani gets outstanding player award as ITF Masters concludes with colorful ceremony
Kerala's Binu Mani was voted as the tournament's outstanding player after he won the 50+ singles and doubles (with brother Biju Mani as partner) on the final day of the Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial ITF Masters tournament on Friday.
Another pair of brothers took all the honours in the 65+ category as Roy Edwards, representing Germany, did the double. Tom was his partner in doubles.
Govind Krishnakumar also was dominant in the 70+ group. MS Krishnakumar took two doubles titles home, winning in 40+ and 35+. Both the Krishnakumars are TTC members who were former State no 1 and currently members of the senior India teams in their respective age groups.
Minister for Sports V Abdurahiman was Chief guest for the evening.
For full results pl click here.
10-02-2023
Court 2 is also now floodlit
The lighting works undertaken on the Club's Court 2, its second showcourt, have been completed.
The light bulbs dismantled from Courts 1, 7, 8 and 9 when they were recently refurbished have been used on court 2. The lights are fitted on six poles, as on court 1, with individual switches for each of the 5 lights on each pole. The average light intensity on the playing arena is 500 - 600 LUX.
The lighted court 2 was used to complete spillover matches of the ITF Masters tournament on Tuesday.
With the completion of this project the Club now has 2 floodlit clay courts apart from the 3 floodlit hard courts in the roofed stadium
06-02-2023
Festive start to ITF MASTERS TOURNAMENT
Dr Shashi Tharoor, MP, inaugurated the SHARAT KUMAR NAMBIAR MEMORIAL ITF TOURNAMENT, MT200 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2023 amidst a festive atmosphere at the Club yesterday. Attended by a large crowd of members, tournament players, well-wishers and the media, the function was also adorned by the presence of Indian cricket star Sanju Samson.
The first round singles matches in all the 7 different age groups have started today and the finals are to be played on Friday, 10th of February 2023. Over 100 players are participating in the tournament, which is part of the International Tennis Federation’s WORLD TENNIS MASTERS series for age groups 30-plus and above.
Dr Tharoor spoke warmly of the late Sharat Kumar (Kannan) who was his former intern and in whose name the event is held. He was also introduced to the 12-year old Trivandrum-born Vedant Mohan, one of India’s brightest young tennis players and currently training in Spain.
The MP and Sanju Samson “kicked off” the tournament by having a few rallies on court with Vedant.
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03-02-2023
Visakh and Venugopal to play for India in ITF Masters World Championships
VS Visakh and M Venugopal of TTC have been selected by AITA to represent India in the ITF Masters World Team Championships to be held in Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey from 19 Mar to 24 Mar 2023.
Visakh will play in the India 35-plus team and Venu in 50-plus.
The selection is based on the ranking points accumulated from select tournaments during the past one year.
The two TTC players are the 6th and 7th from the Club to be selected for India during the last 2 years, following in the footsteps of MS Krishnakumar, A Sanjaikumar, K Shankar, Govind Krishnakumar and MR Ramesh.
01-02-2023
Dr Shashi Tharoor to inaugurate ITF Masters tournament, Sanju Samson will be special guest
The SHARAT KUMAR NAMBIAR MEMORIAL ITF (International Tennis Federation) WORLD TENNIS MASTERS TOURNAMENT MT 200 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM to be conducted by the Club from 6th to 10th February will be inaugurated by Dr Shashi Tharoor this Sunday 5th February at 5 pm.
Indian cricket star Sanju Samson will be a special guest on the occasion.
One of India’s brightest young tennis players 12-year-old Vedant Mohan, born in Trivandrum and currently training in Spain, will also be introduced to the Chief Guest and to the media. He is on a private visit to the City and continuing his training at TTC before he leaves for Europe next week. He is due to play in the IMG World Future Stars event in Greece, which is for a handpicked best 28 players of 12 years and under from around the world.
Over 100 players have already registered for the Seniors tournament. Competition will be held across 7 age groups, 30-plus to 70-plus.
The Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial Foundation run by Anand Kumar (Nandu) and his wife Raji is the event's sole sponsor. It had received ITF recognition as a top ranker in player satisfaction last year, which contributed to its upgrade from MT100 to MT200 this year.
30-01-2023
TVS regain TPTL title after 4 years
The 8th edition of TPTL finished on Sunday with a glorious triumph for Team TVS over GSand Raptors in the final of the immensely popular franchised team event. This was the 2nd TPTL title for Team TVS after their first one in 2018-19. Raptors was the only unbeaten side in the group stages but met its match in the final.
Earlier, Shanja Acers won the 3rd place play off against TIPL Advantage.
Latha Rani, VP and Centre Head of title sponsors IBS Software, was chief guest at the prize distribution.
Visit the TPTL microsite for more details.
16-01-2023
TTC Thomson wins team event at Calicut
TTC defended the title at the Peekay T-15 team challenge at Cosmopolitan Club Calicut yesterday. The TTC team sponsored by Thomson won all its matches including a closely fought final against RSC Kochi.
The team was represented by M S Krishnakumar (capt), V S Visakh, MDS Kumaraswamy, Madhu Ganesh, Rajmohan Pillai,
A Ajaikumar, Suresh CH, Kuriakose Jacob and Biju Thomas (manager).
16-01-2023
Sharat Kumar memorial ITF Seniors upgraded to MT200
The ITF Seniors Championships hosted by the Club and sponsored by the Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial Foundation will this year be a Grade MT200 event.
ITF confirmed the upgrade, which will attract more higher ranked players to enter the tournament scheduled from Feb 6 to 10. ITF had earlier given a recognition award to the 2022 tournament at TTC as one of the outstanding MT100 events held in India.
The age group of 30+ will be a new addition to the Seniors division. TTC-ITF will feature 7 age groups among Men and 2 age groups among women.
14-01-2023
Ramesh Krishnan conferred Hon membership, inspires trainees at tennis clinic
Ramesh Krishnan, one of the greatest tennis players India has produced, was conferred TTC’s honorary membership at a meeting at the Club’s GV Raja Hall yesterday.
Her Royal Highness Princess Pooyam Thirunal Gowri Parvathy Bayi presented a memento on behalf of the TTC to Ramesh Krishnan on the occasion after the President S Rajeev briefly profiled his glittering tennis career for the benefit of the large gathering.
The only Indian to have reached the singles quarter finals of three Grand Slam tournaments in the Open era, Ramesh joins his father, the legendary Ramanathan Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj and Leander Paes as the four Indian stars who have been bestowed this honour by the Club.
Ramesh today held a clinic for tennis coaches and trainees at the roofed stadium. He gave the youngsters several invaluable tips on improving their skills and match play temperament.
An Arjuna awardee and a former national captain of the Davis Cup team, Ramesh was also chief guest at a function to honour the owners of the ten teams participating in the Trivandrum Premier Tennis League starting from Jan 21. He also attended a press meet organized at the Club.
Ramesh was all praise for the excellent infrastructure and tennis facilities maintained at the Club.
14-01-2023
Sreenath wins double crown as TTC boys make clean sweep of AITA TS
VS Sreenath won both singles and doubles in the Under 14 category of the TTC-AITA Talent Series tournament that concluded today at the TTC courts. He beat fellow TTC trainee Sree Karthik AR in the final. The two of them went on to clinch the doubles title also. Abhinav SD came from behind to get the better of Mikhail Shiyad in another all-TTC final, this time in the Under 12 group.
Several seeded players from outside the State were ousted by the semi final stage as Kerala players, particularly from TTC, dominated the AITA event and garnered valuable ranking points.
The finalists were thrilled to have Indian tennis great Ramesh Krishnan give them the prizes as chief guest.
Results of all finals and semi finals.
14-01-2023
Aslam wins Singles and Doubles in Members' League
Mohd Aslam emerged as champion player of the Club as he won both the Singles and Doubles at the month-long Members' League that finished earlier this week. He beat Anil Apsara in the singles final, and partnered Kaamil Faheem to defeat Vinod Comor and Jinu John in the paired event final.
Princess Gowri Parvathi Bayi gave the prizes to the winners in the presence of Ramesh Krishnan soon after the latter was bestowed with Hon membership by the Club.
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10-01-2023
Ramesh Krishnan to visit Club, will be bestowed Hon membership
Ramesh Krishnan, one of India's greatest ever tennis players, is visiting our Club at our invitation on Jan 13 and 14. He will be holding a clinic for the benefit of our coaches and trainees on Jan 14th.
The Club will confer on Ramesh Krishnan an honorary membership of the Club during his visit as it is timely and opportune. He will join 3 other Indian players Ramanathan Krishnan (Ramesh's father), Vijay Amritraj and Leander Paes in the list of legendary tennis stars who have been admitted as Honorary member of our Club.
The honour will be bestowed to him at a formal function at the GV Raja Hall on Jan 13th at 7 pm. All members are welcome to attend.
30-12-2022
TTC trainee Adwaith wins AITA-CS
SD Adwaith of TTC confirmed his growing stature as one of the State's most promising juniors by winning the Under-16 Boys' Singles title in the T. Nilakanta Pillay Memorial AITA Championship Series today. In what must be the first all-Kerala singles final in a CS event, Adwaith got the better of Ephinoah Oommen, also of TTC after being blanked in the first set.
Ananya Varanasi from Hyderabad won a creditable double by claiming both the under-16 and under-18 singles among girls. Rakshak Tarun lifted the Under-18 Boys' singles crown.
Results of all finals can be seen here
24-12-2022
Franchisees engage in war of attrition at TPTL Auction
The enhanced player purse available to team owners this year resulted in various strategic battles being fought for the star players as the auction for the 8th edition of TPTL unfolded yesterday at the Club's GV Raja Hall.
A total of 86 players went under the auctioneers hammer. Each team had a purse of Rs 20000 to bid for a minimum of 5 players. 63 players were finally bought by the owners. As per normal TPTL practice the unsold players were absorbed equally by all the teams.
Expectedly, the marquee home players VS Visakh and MS Krishnakumar and RSC Kochi's Arun Cherry Jacob fetched the highest bids. Madhu Ganesh was a surprise entrant to the 5-figure category.
For more details of the auction and other TPTL information pl visit the tournament site.. TPTL Micro Site
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07-12-2022
Month-long Members' Tennis League starts
The tennis activities at the Club have been taken one notch higher with the commencement of a unique league in which all players partner everyone else for one match during a month long competition. A total of 44 members are participating in this first-of-its-kind doubles tournament that follows a rotation formula enabling multiple partnerships and resultant camaraderie. The event will go on until Jan 15. A separate singles tournament is also being played simultaneously.
02-12-2022
Sports Minister inaugurates MPOWER Community Tennis program
MPOWER, TTC's enhanced free community tennis programme was launched yesterday by Sri V Abdurahiman, Hn'ble Minister for Sports and Fisheries, Govt of Kerala.
The Club has embarked on this new structured long term tennis program that aims at selecting, coaching and nurturing talented young children from economically weaker families in and around Trivandrum to develop their skills in tennis.
The first year of MPOWER has commenced with a batch of 27 children who have been screened and selected from a wider list of applicants. These children have been undergoing basic introductory training since July and are now ready to be inducted into TTC's regular coaching system from December 2022.
MPOWER will be financially supported by corporate funding as well as the backing of generous well wishers.
The Technopark-based IT company QBurst will be joining hands with TTC to support MPOWER as their CSR initiative.
The beneficiaries will be provided free coaching and all other necessities including equipments, apparel, footwear and nourishment.
The Minister also spent more than an hour at the Club visiting the Tennis facilities and discussing the Club’s future plans. He also announced during the inauguration that his ministry is contemplating utilization of the Club's experience in setting up tennis courts across the State.
30-11-2022
TPTL Edition 8 from Jan 21-29 2023, will have 10 teams
The Trivandrum Premier Tennis League (TPTL), one of TTC's cherished assets, will have its 8th edition from January 21 to 29, 2023. The Tournament Committee announced this after a meeting with team owners. The online player registration will be active immediately and valid until Dec 20. Auction will be held on Dec 23, 2022.
There will be 10 teams in the League for the first time. Two new teams DOSCOS by Sharat Kumar Nambiar Foundation and Chennai Super Kings have joined the existing 8 franchisees. The enlarged tournament will now see 70 matches. Prize money and Player purse have been increased by 35% over last year's.
The high profile and popular TPTL is open for player registration by members of all Clubs in Kerala.
For more details pl visit the TPTL page on this site.
28-11-2022
Over 100 kids have their first taste of competition
The TTC Open Mini Tennis tournament that finished yesterday was a huge success with over 100 children between the ages of 5 and 12 enjoying their first taste of competitive tennis over 2 days of matches featuring soft colour balls for the 3 age groups under 10 and regular balls for under-12. Several girls and boys from outside Trivandrum also figured in the event held at the roofed courts.
Parvathy Prasad, Senior Director, QBurst, Technopark was the guest of honour at the prize distribution ceremony.
25-11-2022
Club to host 4 events for juniors in AITA CS and TS tournaments
TTC will conduct the T NILAKANTA PILLAY MEMORIAL AITA Championship Series U-16 & U-18 (TWO AGE CATEGORIES) for BOYS & GIRLS at the Club courts from 26th Dec to 31st Dec 2022 (Qualifying rounds from 24th Dec).
Another two events are scheduled between January 9th and 15th 2023 when the AITA-TTC TALENT SERIES for Under 12 and Under 14 Boys and Girls will be held.
Both the tourneys will be under the auspices of TDTA, KTA and AITA. Please visit the Tournament Centre for more details.
15-11-2022
ITF award for TTC, next ITF Seniors allotted for February
The ITF World Tennis Masters Tour has awarded the Tournament Recognition Certificate to our Club for outstanding player satisfaction and tournament delivery during the ITF Seniors event organised by us in May this year. This is the first time that TTC has received this award and is the only one given to any Indian host of an MT100 grade tournament.
ITF has also confirmed allotment of the Sharat Kumar Nambiar memorial ITF Seniors from February 6 to 10, 2023. This is expected to be either a 200 or 400 grade event.
15-08-2022
Flag hoisting marks Independence Day Celebrations at TTC
Vice President Ranjit Mathew hoisted the National flag at a simple ceremony on the occasion of the 75th independence day on Monday
01-08-2022
Mini Tennis event a huge success
Over 100 children including many tiny tots in the 5 and 6 year old range participated in the TTC Open Mini Tennis Tournament.
K V Manojkumar, Chairperson of Kerala State Commission for protection of Child rights, was the chief guest for the prize distribution ceremony.
For detailed report on the tournament pl click here
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29-06-2022
TTC will host 18 tournaments in next 10 months
The Club's tentative tournament calendar as approved by the Executive Committee reveals a packed schedule comprising 18 events including several AITA and ITF tournaments. The dates for these are subject to final approval by the respective bodies. The allotment of Sree Chitra State Championships to TTC is also yet to be confirmed by KTA.
26-07-2022
Open Mini Tennis Tournament on July 30/31
The Club will be hosting a mini tournament on July 30 and 31 for children who have yet to graduate to full fledged tennis.
The competition, open to TTC trainees as well as kids from other centres, will be conducted in 3 separate age groups, 6 to 8 (red dot), 8 to 10 (orange) and 10 to 12 (green). ITF-approved low pressured balls would be used. Format would be league cum knock out, enabling all participants to be involved in multiple matches.
Concurrently there will also be an aptitude test for beginners in all age groups.
Signing in for the tournament would be between 3 and 7 pm on Friday, July 29th. Authentic proof of age will have to be produced at time of regn. The competition will start at 8.30 am on Saturday. MORE DETAILS & TOURNAMENT BROCHURE
11-07-2022
Union Minister Jaishankar visits TTC
The Union Minster for External Affairs S JAISHANKAR paid visits to TTC on Sunday and Monday as part of an Interaction with the Youth program arranged by the BJP party. He was welcomed by Hon Secretary R Jayprakash and spent a few minutes with some of the Club members
10-07-2022
Club celebrates Wimbledon finale in style
TTC enjoyed watching the Wimbledon men's singles final on Sunday on a huge LED wall placed in the middle of court 1. Over 150 tennis fans including members, trainees and families were transported to the legendary venue, so to say, as they watched Djokovic and Kyrgios fight it out at close quarters. Strawberries and cream were served, which gave the evening a real Wimbledon flavor.
09-07-2022
Selection process takes off for Community Tennis program
The initial process of screening applicants for the Club's enhanced Community tennis free coaching program commenced on Saturday with 40 children enrolling and being tested for basic abilities. They will undergo further orientation and assessment over the next few weekends before the final selection.
05-07-2022
Screening of Children for free coaching to be held on 9th July
Screening for selection of talented children between 5 and 10 years from economically backward families (possessing Yellow, Pink and Blue category Ration Cards and with a family Income below Rs 1 Lakh per annum) to the TTC Community Tennis Free Coaching program will be held at the Club on Saturday, 9th July.
The enhanced Free coaching scheme that is set to cover 25 trainees within this year is part of TTC's celebration of 85 years of existence as a premier Tennis institution and the first wholly indigenous Tennis facility in India.
TTC has had this free long-term program for children from BPL families as a continuously running programme, which has produced several champion players over the years, including VS Sabarinath, the current State men's no 1. The coaching is supplemented with free nourishment and assistance for purchase of equipment and accessories. Corporate support, Club membership fees and members' donations help to fund the programme. The Club aims to elevate this year both the quality of the program and the number of children who benefit from it.
After the initial round of selection on 9th July (between 7 am and 9.30 am), short listed children will be trained and screened every weekend for 2 months before the final selection of upto 25 trainees. The screening will be on the basis of aptitude towards sports, willingness for training, strength, flexibility, build, general endurance, speed, co-ordination skills and medical tests.
These selected children will be integrated into the regular professional coaching program that is run by the Club.
Schools in Trivandrum may recommend suitable and interested children. Parents are to bring their children along with Photograph, copy of BPL Ration Card, Copy of parents and Child ID Card (Aadhar etc.), Parents Income Certificate. The documents should indicate the name of their ward. Parents may contact TTC Office and register before 7 PM on Friday 8th July. Spot registration will also be allowed on the date of screening.
20-06-2022
Rajeev, Jayprakash re-elected, Ranjit to be VP, Biju is Treasurer
Rajeev S and Jayprakash R were re-elected on Sunday as President and Hon Secretary of the Club respectively.
Election Officers Thomas Kurian and Sriram S announced the results of the Elections at the conclusion of the 84th AGM at the GV Raja Hall.
Toss of coin had to be resorted to for breaking the deadlock in the contest for Vice President after both candidates Ranjit Mathew and MDS Kumaraswamy polled 75 votes apiece. Kumaraswamy called wrongly to lose out.
Biju Thomas was voted in as Hon Treasurer. Seven of the eight candidates were also declared elected to the Executive Committee.
13-06-2022
Intense competition marks members' doubles tournament
Healthy, and sometimes fierce, competition was on view in the 3-day members' doubles tournament called NOVA, which was held over the weekend in the revamped roofed stadium on a brand new surface and under significantly improved floodlights.
The Open doubles event, featuring 32 players and played on a round robin cum knock out format, was won by MS Krishnakumar and Benjamin. They beat Jinu John and Kathiresh in the final. The losing semi finalists were KV Sudeep-Shiraz and CH Suresh-Jayprakash.
The Seniors' doubles title for 70-plus went to Anil Kumar and Jayachandran who won over Sathish Kumar and Prof Radhakrishnan in the final.
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10-06-2022
Agenda for AGM and EC resolutions circulated
The formal Notice and Agenda for the Club's 84th AGM have been circulated by the Hon Secretary and is reproduced below.
Three resolutions have also been proposed by the Executive Committee for General Body consideration.
The Scretary's report for the year 2021-2022 has also been circulated to all members. The document can be viewed by members after logging in to the members' section. Use this link
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07-06-2022
Members' doubles tournament from June 10 to 12
The Club's roofed courts with its brand new lighting system will be used in competition for the first time this weekend. A members' doubles tournament (to be played on round robin cum knock out format) has been scheduled from Friday to Sunday, with all matches to be played under floodlights in the evenings. The super seniors will have the option of playing their matches on court 1 if they prefer clay to synthetic.
Members are to register immediately. The pairings will be decided by a combination of seeding and draw of lots. The draw will be made by the tournament committee at 6.30 pm on Wednesday and the match schedules will be put up by Thursday.
06-06-2022
Club Elections: Straight contests for all 4 office bearer posts
The Election Committee has announced the nominations received and accepted for the Club Elections to be held on June 19.
There will be straight contests for the post of President, Vice President, Hon Secretary and Treasurer. Eight candidates will also fight for the seven Executive Committee posts.
The last date for withdrawal of nomination is June 9.
30-05-2022
MS Krishnakumar to captain India yet again
Former State champion and TTC's pride MS Krishnakumar has once again been selected to the Indian team for the ITF World Championships for Young Seniors in the 40-plus category, which would be held in Portugal from July 31 to Aug 5.
Krishnakumar, who is an employee in the Finance department of Government of Kerala, has also been nominated as captain of the team by AITA for the third successive year.
He had last week won two titles at the ITF Seniors event in TTC and was also awarded the Sharat Kumar memorial rolling trophy for the most outstanding player of the tournament.
28-05-2022
Krishnakumar, Biju and Sanjai do the double at ITF Seniors
Kerala's own stars claimed 7 of the 8 titles at the Sharat Kumar Nambiar memorial ITF Seniors which concluded at TTC yesterday. MS Krishnakumar, Biju Mani and A Sanjaikumar did the double, winning a singles and doubles final apiece. Senthil Kumar lifted the 35+ singles crown, beating George Sundera Doss in an all-Pondicherry final. For all the results, visit our Tournament Centre.
State Minister for Revenue K Rajan was Chief Guest for the prize distribution ceremony. Others present included Guests of Honour KR Jyothilal, Principal Secretary, Government of Kerala, and Soorya Krishnmoorthy, cultural activist. The Minister also presented a memento on TTC's behalf to the founders of the Sharat Kumar Memorial Foundation Anand Kumar and his wife Raji, who were the principal sponsors of the Championships.
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24-05-2022
Inauguration of ITF Seniors kicks off TTC's 85th anny celeb
MB Rajesh, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, launched the Club's 85th year celebrations by inaugurating the ITF Seniors tournament and the commencement of a fresh Community Tennis program at a gala function on Monday.
Speaker Rajesh reminded the audience of TTC having been the first indigenous tennis Club in the country and complimented the late Col GV Raja for his vision in setting it up in 1937 during the days when all other Indian clubs were British-run.
Her Highness Gauri Parvathi Bayi, who was the guest of honour, spoke of how tennis at TTC was a passion for her father, the late Col GV Raja.
Earlier, the first day of the ITF Seniors event had a sunny start with all the Singles first round matches completed as per schedule. For all results and other details, pl visit the Tournament Centre
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21-05-2022
Stage is set for ITF Seniors Championships
TTC is all set to welcome some of the leading players in the seniors circuit from different parts of the country who will be descending on the Club this coming week to play in the Sharat Kumar Nambiar memorial ITF Seniors Championship.
Competitions are to be held in 4 separate age groups, 35+, 40+, 50+ and 60+ for both singles and doubles. The Singles draw has already been finalised (Visit Tournament center to see the draws and schedule). Players for Doubles are to sign in by 12 noon on Monday, 23rd.
Among the favorites for grabbing the honours are Kerala's own MS Krishnakumar, A Sanjaikumar and K Shankar, all of whom have represented India at the World Championships in recent years.
There is prize money of Rs 1.50 lakhs on offer.
16-05-2022
Suresh CH and Vinod Comor win big at KTPA event
TTC players expectedly claimed most of the honours at the invitational tournament for seniors conducted by the Kumarapuram Tennis Players' Association (KTPA) last weekend at the Ramanathan Krishnan Tennis centre at Kumarapuram.
CH Suresh won two titles, the 50+ singles and the 95+ doubles partnering with Rajmohan Pillai, while Vinod Comor lifted the 80+ doubles partnering VS Visakh and was runner up in 95+ doubles in tandem with S Rajeev.
The only title to elude TTC was the 35+ singles, which was won by Binu Mani.
Over 100 seniors, both young and not so young, participated in an extremely competitive but friendly environment under the stewardship of the newly formed KTPA.
09-05-2022
Trivandrum Dist wins men's title, Ernakulam tops women's
Trivandrum District easily won the Men's gold medal as Arun Raj and Gautam Krishnan crushed Kollam to win both singles and make the doubles tie redundant in the final of the team event of the Kerala Games 2022.
The host district was at the receiving end in the women's final as Gayatri Rajesh Menon and Shrijana Thapa of Ernakulam proved too good for Soumya MS and Sreelakshmi AR
07-05-2022
Tennis events of Kerala Games under way at TTC
The Tennis discipline in the multi-sport Kerala Games 2022 was inaugurated today by the President of the Kerala Olympics Association Sunil Kumar. The event is an Inter district team competition, separate for men and women. Trivandrum, Ernakulam and Trichur are expected to contest for the top honours.
05-05-2022
AGM and Elections on June 19
The Club Elections and AGM will be held on Sunday June 19th. This was decided by the Executive Committee at its meeting on 4th May. Life member Thomas Kurian and member S Sriram have also been nominated as the Election Officers.
30-04-2022
Tarun and Thapa win Sharat memorial AITA CS
Rakshak Tarun of Tamil Nadu and Shrijana M Thapa of Kerala justified their top seeding to win the boys' and girls' singles titles respectively in the Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial AITA Championship Series Under 18 tournament that concluded yesterday at the Club.
Santosh Yuvaraj of TN and Dharani Dhanyata of Karnataka were the losing finalists.
Tarun went on to win the boys' doubles title as well, partnering Jaishnu Krishnan to beat the local pairing of Manu Gautam and Sabarinath VS.
The Kerala Minister for Excise, Local Self Governments and Rural Development MV Govindan Master, who was the Chief guest, gave the Sharat Kumar memorial rolling trophy and other prizes to the finalists, in the presence of Guest of honour and KSIDC Managing Director MG Rajamanickam, IAS. The founders of the Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial Foundation and the trophy donors Ananth Kumar and Raji also graced the occasion.
23-04-2022
AITA CS Qualifiers get under way
Matches in the boys' singles qualifying draw of the Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial AITA Championship Series Under 18 tournament commenced today at the Club courts. Several of Kerala's junior players feature in the qualifying draw. Eight qualifiers will join the 24 direct entrants (based on national rankings) to enter the main draw of 32.
There is no qualifying event among the girls as all the entries are accommodated in the main draw.
The first round matches of the tournament are scheduled to commence on Monday.
11-04-2022
Aji and Suresh lift SMC Fiesta trophy
PL Aji and CH Suresh captured the Sharat Kumar Nambiar memorial trophy at the SMC Fiesta by winning the Open Doubles of Sri Mulam Club's annual event. In the final held on Sunday at TTC's roofed stadium owing to rains preventing the match being held at the SMC court, Aji and Suresh overcame KV Sudeep and Vinod Comor 9-5 (best of 17 games). All the finalists are TTC members.
Anil Kumar and Sathish Kumar of TTC took home the Adv Cherunniyoor Vasudevan Pillai memorial trophy for veterans. TC Koshy and Krishnan Nair of SMC finished runners up.
08-04-2022
Adwaith shines, as TTC juniors do well at AITA TS
Adwaith SD was the surprise winner of the Boys' singles at the AITA Talent series tournament for Under-16 juniors at TTC. He beat Sivprasath K of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the final after having shocked top seed Balasurya of TN earlier in the quarter final.
Adwaith went on to complete the double by winning the boys' doubles crown as well, in partnership with Ephinoah Richie. The duo won the final over Shrikanth and Shrinath C Menon 7-6 (6), 6-2 in an all-TTC affair.
Another promising Kerala youngster Sreelakshmi AR was winner of Girls' doubles in tandem with Anvi Punaganti of Karnataka. The latter had taken the Girls' singles title earlier, beating Kerala's Vaishnavi OJ in the final. Vaishnavi was runner up in the doubles too, with Parvana Padmakumar as partner.
04-04-2022
Great chance for juniors to earn ranking points
The AITA Talent Series tournament for Under-16 juniors got off to a start at the TTC courts on Monday. A large number of players from Kerala including TTC's trainees figure in the main draw and are in line to earn valuable national ranking points.
18 out of the 32 in the boys' singles category are from Kerala. GP Balasurya of Tamil Nadu is the top seed.
Anushka Bhola of Kerala heads the girls' singles draw in which 12 of 16 are from the home State.
The tournament ends on Friday April 8.
04-04-2022
Ramesh to represent India in Seniors World Championships
MR Ramesh, past President of TTC, has been selected for the Indian team (65+ age group) to play in the Super Seniors World Team Tennis Championships to be held from April 24 to 29 in Florida, USA.
Ramesh was in the Indian team last year also but the team could not participate in the event owing to travel restrictions.
02-04-2022
TTC to host ITF Seniors in May
The Club will host an ITF Seniors tournament after a gap of more than 6 years. The dates allotted for the event, which will be played on clay courts, are May 23 to 27.
The tournament, for age groups 35+, 40+, 50+ and 60+, will be in memory of Sharat Kumar Nambiar, an alumni of Doon school, Dehradun and also a former student at Boston University. Sharat was a promising all rounder and a tennis player. He unfortunately died in a car accident in 2019. The tourney is being sponsored by "Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial Foundation" founded by his parents K Anand Kumar and Raji.
For more details of the tournament pl visit our Tournament Centre.
20-03-2022
VS Visakh to represent India in Pickleball
Visakh V S of Trivandrum Tennis Club has been selected to represent India in the 2022 Asian Pickleball Championship in Phuket, Thailand from 13th to 17th April. His selection follows trials held by the Amateur Pickleball Federation of India in Mumbai last week. Visakh is an accomplished tennis player and a former Kerala State junior champion.
Pickleball is one of the fastest growing racquet sports in the world, and combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. It has been growing in popularity in India too. The Pickleball Association of Kerala has been recently formed to promote and develop the game in the State. Several active tennis players are members of this Association.
The Asian Championships will feature players from China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
19-03-2022
TPTL gets off to exciting start
TPTL VII, the 7th edition of TTC's popular Trivandrum Premier Tennis League, had a great beginning on Saturday with the late evening tie going to the wire. Rockholm Rocks won both doubles to turn the table on TIPL Advantage despite losing the marquee singles match in which Arun Cherry was beaten by MS Krishnakumar. Earlier, Firmusoft Flames got the better of Shanja Acers in the opening tie.
All 8 team owners were felicitated at a brief inauguration function ahead of the matches.
The 9-day "festival of tennis" ends on March 27. For latest results Pl visit the TPTL results page
18-03-2022
Govind Krishnakumar wins double crown at Mumbai ITF 400
Former Kerala State men's no.1 and TTC member Govind Krishnakumar won the Singles and Doubles titles at the prestigious ITF 400 Senior Tennis Championship held recently in Mumbai in the 70+ group.
Govind defeated Tahir Ali 6-4, 6-0 in the singles final and went on to partner Tahir Ali and win over Rama Rao and Khusru Shroff 6-2, 6-1 in the doubles final.
15-03-2022
Club to host 2 AITA Juniors events in April incl a Championship Series
TTC will play host to an AITA Chamiponship Series event for Under 18 boys and girls from April 25 to 29.
The tournament will be in memory of Sharat Kumar Nambiar(Kannan), an alumni of Doon school, Dehradun and also a former student at Boston University. Sharat was a promising all rounder and a tennis player. He unfortunately died in a car accident on the 25th of Dec 2019 in Dubai.
The tournament is being sponsored by "Sharat Kumar Nambiar Memorial Foundation" founded by his parents K Anand Kumar(Nandu) and Raji.
April will also see an AITA Talent Series event at the Club for Under 16 boys and girls from April 4 to 8.
For details of both tournaments pl visit our Tournament Centre.
11-03-2022
Sanjai wins ITF Seniors, earns selection to Team India
A Sanjaikumar of TTC won the 60-plus singles and was runner up in the 60-plus doubles at the ITF seniors tennis tournament held at Jhajjar, Haryana last week. He beat Ashish Sen of Kolkata in the singles final.
It has also been confirmed that Sanjaikumar is selected to represent India in the 60-plus age category for the World Seniors Championships to be held in Miami, USA from May 5th.
08-03-2022
Women's Day celebrated with Intro to Tennis for women of all ages
A unique introduction to tennis and skill test for women was held by the Club yesterday to mark International Women's Day. Nearly 50 women of all ages participated.
07-03-2022
Teams regroup for TPTL after fresh auction
Over 75 players went under the hammer in the re-auction for Edition VII of the Trivandrum Premier Tennis League, the Club's popular franchise based all-Kerala team tournament.
The fresh auction overrides the one held in Dec 2021 when the competition was originally scheduled for January 2022. The postponement to March was caused by new Covid restrictions, which resulted in some of the team compositions changing due to player non availability.
Most of the 8 teams managed to retain their main players using the Right to Match option. As expected, the highest bids went for the top 2 senior players in the State, MS Krishnakumar and VS Visakh.
The teams have been placed in two round robin groups and the preliminary league matches will be played from 19th to 24th March. Semifinals will follow on 26th and Final on 27th. Each tie will comprise an Open singles, an Open doubles and and a 110+ doubles.
04-03-2022
Sreelekshmi wins double crown at U-16 AITA-TS Kochi
Sree Lekshmi.A.R Nair, one of TTC's elite trainees won both the singles and doubles titles for girls at the AITA TALENT SERIES U-16 KOCHI. Sree Lekshmi's partner in doubles was Medha Gautham, also of TTC.
03-03-2022
Two General Body meetings called for 17th March
The 83rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Club would be held at 6.30 PM on Thursday, 17th March 2022 as per decision of the Executive Committee (EC). This AGM would normally have taken place in May/June of 2021 but had to be put off due the Covid-induced restrictions. The meeting's primary agenda would be to pass the Audited Accounts for 2020-21 and the Minutes of the previous AGM held in April 2021.
The EC has also decided to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) immediately after the AGM to appraise members of status of important matters concerning the Club and also to consider and approve a few resolutions moved by EC.
Copies of the Notices for above two meetings, the Minutes of the 82nd AGM held on 4th April 2021, the Audited Accounts for 20-21 and the Resolutions proposed by EC for General Body approval are under circulation to members. These will shortly be accessible to members on this website in the Members' Log-in section.
01-03-2022
TTC trainees make a clean sweep
The Club's trainees won all the titles at the AITA Talent Series(TS7) for under 16 boys and girls held at the Kumarapuram center last week. It was a clean sweep for TTC as all the finalists in singles and doubles were from the Club's trainee base.
Adwaith SD and Anushka Bhola won a double crown each, winning the singles and doubles, with Ephinoah and Sree Lekshmi as their respective partners.
VS Sreenath was runner up in boys' singles and SreeLekshmi in girls' singles.
L to R:- Srinath, Sreelakshmi, Pavithra, Vaiga, Anushka Bhola
L to R: Adwaith S D, Ephinoah, Abel, Adithyan SD, Sreelakshmi, Vaiga
All Results
18-02-2022
TPTL to be held in March
TPTL Edition VII, earlier scheduled in January 2022 and postponed due to Covid restrictions, will now be held from 19th Mar 2022 to 27th Mar 2022. The inaugural function will be on Mar 18.
There will be a fresh Player Auction on 5th Mar 2022, Saturday. All players will go for re-auction. Registrations will be open till 2nd Mar.
The tournament Committee has decided to allow each team owner two RTM (Right to match) cards, which he can use to match the final bid of any player who was in his team after the last conducted auction on 14th Dec 2021.
Players from all clubs in Kerala will be eligible to register for the auction. Players can register for auction by going to https://www.trivandrumtennisclub.com/tptlplayersreg
27-01-2022
TTC becomes affiliated with Karnataka Gymkhana Assn Hubli
The Club has completed formalities for affiliation with one of the oldest sporting institutions in the country, Karnataka Gymkhana Association, Hubli, which was established in 1915 primarily as a cricket centre.
KGA has now, apart from a lush green cricket ground suitable for first class matches, two floodlit clay tennis courts, indoor badminton and several other sporting facilities. It is located at the heart of Hubli city and also has 32 guest rooms.
For more, visit https://www.kgahubli.com/
27-01-2022
Solemn ceremony marks Republic Day celebration
The Club's Vice President B Suresh Kumar unfurled the national flag at a solem ceremony on Wednesday in the presence of a handful of members.
16-01-2022
TPTL put off, ITF Seniors and AITA-CS also may be postponed
The Club has decided to move the Trivandrum Premier Tennis League (TPTL), scheduled for Jan 22 to 30, to a later date in view of the fluid Corona situation. Fresh dates will be announced as soon as possible.
Two events scheduled in February, the AITA-Championship Series for juniors and the ITF Seniors, are also likely to be postponed subject to approval of AITA and ITF respectively.
15-01-2022
Kerala players rake up ranking points, Karan Thapa wins 3 titles
Several Kerala players utilised the SBI-TTC AITA Talent Series to earn valuable national ranking points as the tournament concluded at the TTC courts yesterday.
Karan B Thapa of Kochi won both the under 16 and under 14 boys' singles as well as the U-14 doubes crown with Abel J Manoj as partner. Ephinoah Ricbi and Adarsh S emerged winners in the U-16 doubles.
The all-TTC Girls' under 16 singles final was won by Anushka Bhola over Sreelakshmi. Nandini VS of TN took the Girls' under 14 title beating Pavithra M in the final.
The results of all finals can be seen in the Tournament Centre
From L to R:
Anushka Bhola, Sreelakshmi, Adwaith, Madhav Panicker, Ephinoah, Adarsh S, Nandini, Pavithra
11-01-2022
SBI-TTC AITA Talent Series gets under way
Giving local junior players a great chance to garner national ranking points, the AITA Talent Series, sponsored by State Bank of India, has commenced at the TTC courts.
Dharun Sabari C and Levin S, both from Tamil Nadu, are the top seeds in the Boys' under 16 and Under 14 singles. There is a total of 33 entries from Kerala in both categories together, including 15 from TTC. Karan B Thapa of Kochi is no 2 seed in U-14.
The Girls' under 16 singles field is headed by Anushka Bhola of TTC. Ten other Kerala players including 5 of TTC figure in the draw. Nandini VS of TN is top seed in Girls' under 14. The draw has 7 Kerala players including two from TTC.
09-01-2022
Visakh, Thomas, Kishore, Madhu shine in Trichur
Thomas Jacob and VS Visakh of TTC lifted the All Kerala veterans 35+ doubles trophy at the Trichur Tennis Trust courts in Trichur yesterday.
The 55+ doubles winners were also TTC members Ram Kishore and Madhu Ganesh. Madhu was also runner up in 55+ singles.
08-01-2022
Sabari wins singles, Gautham & Arun Raj doubles
Sabarinath VS won the first ever Trivandrum District Olympics Tennis Championship 2022. He beat Arun Raj JS in the Men's singles final to win gold at Trivandrum Tennis Club courts yesterday.
Another TTC student member Manu Gautham claimed the 3rd place bronze winning over Binu Mani in the play off. Arun Raj and Gautham Krishnan won the gold medal in the doubles. All five of the above players will represent Trivandrum District in the State Olympiad to be held at TTC in February.
In the Womens category , the following players qualified to represent the District Team at the State Olympics, Anushka Bhola, Soumya MS, Jolly Ann Thomas, Bhadra S, Sreelakshmi AR , Ronesha Hermon. View Results
07-01-2022
CH Suresh elected as Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences
Our member Dr Suresh C H has been elected as Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc), Bangalore.
This is regarded as one of the most prestigious scientific recognitions in India. Founded in the year 1934 by Sir C V Raman, the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore aims at promoting the progress and upholding the cause of science in pure and applied branches. It publishes scientific journals, organises scientific meetings and discussions, recognises scientific talent, promotes science education and plays an important advisory role to the Government of India
04-01-2022
Tennis event of District Olympics commences at TTC
Kerala is pioneering a State level multi sports event this February on the lines of the Olympic Games. Ahead of that each District is holding its own Olympiad to select the various teams. The Trivandrum District Tennis event is currently on at the TTC courts under the auspices of the District Olympic Association and the Distr Tennis Association.
All the top players of Trivandrum are taking part in the four categories, Men's & Women's singles and doubles events. The top 4 in singles and the winners of the doubles will qualify to represent the District at the Kerala Olympics in February. The Tennis event of the State Games will also be held in TTC.
01-01-2022
Oges Theyjo wins both AITA Singles and Doubles
J Oges Theyjo of Tamil Nadu won a double at the SBI-TTC S Chidambara Iyer memorial AITA men's tennis tournament at TTC yesterday. Third seeded Oges defeated 4th seed Tarun Anirudh of Telengana in the singles final 6-4, 7-5, and partnered K Sivadeep of Telengana to overcome Tarun and Sidharth Arya of TN 6-4, 3-6, (10-8) in the doubles final.
For more match results, visit our Tournament Centre
Singles winner Ojes (in purple T Shirt & cap) & runner up Mr Tarun (In grey-black T Shirt)
Doubles winners Ojes and Sivadeep (in navy blue & black)
29-12-2021
Tamil Nadu players dominate SBI-TTC AITA Men's
Only 3 Kerala players entered the 2nd round of the SBI-TTC AITA Men'sTennis Championships hosted by the Club. Gautham Krishna (Trivandrum), Arjun (Trichur) and Ashik Hussain (Kollam) reached and lost in the prequarter finals on Tuesday.
Players from across the border expectedly took the honours as the tournament reached the quarter final stage.
The Mens Singles Quarter Final line up are as below..
1.Siddharth Arya (TN) ( Seed 1) Vs Bhoopathy Sakthivel.(TN)
2. Tarun Anirudh (Telengana) Vs Krishna Teja Raja .(TN)
3. Ihsaan Mahmood (TN) Vs Oges Teygo. (TN)
4. Suhith Reddy Lanka (Telengana) vs Irfan Hussain. (TN) ( Seed 2)
27-12-2021
AITA ranking tournament from today
The Chidambara Iyer memorial AITA National Ranking tournament for Men starts off today at our Club courts. The qualifying matches started on 24th. In all 29 players will figure in this. 8 will qualify to join the 24 seeded players in the main draw.
The tournament carries a total prize money of Rs 1 lakh. The finals will be held on Saturday Dec 31.
25-12-2021
Sabarinath wins AITA U18 Singles at Hyderabad
VS Sabarinath, Kerala State men's champion and one of TTC's elite trainees, won the AITA Championship Series (CS7) under 18 Boys' title hosted by the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy at Hyderabad earlier this week.
Sabari, who scalped many higher ranked players on his way to the title, beat Vishal Vasudev Menon 6-3, 6-1 in the final.
23-12-2021
TTC gets to host ITF Seniors in Feb
The Club will host an ITF Seniors event after a gap of nearly six years come February 2022. The International Tennis Federation has allotted Feb 14 to 18 for the tournament.
Competition will be held in four age-groups, 35+, 40+, 50+ and 60+, in both singles and doubles.
More details will be posted soon on our Tournament Center.
15-12-2021
All 8 TPTL teams look evenly matched
A total of 56 players were purchased by the franchise owners at the TPTL Auction held at the GV Raja Hall on Tuesday. Expectedly, MS Krishnakumar was the most sought after player and commanded the highest bid, followed by VS Visakh and Arun Chery Jacob.
The 32 unsold players were also distributed among the 8 teams, each of who will have a total of 11 players to choose from. The league-cum-knock out competition will be held between Jan 22 and 30, 2022 on the clay surface of Court 1 of TTC. Matches will be held only in the evenings under floodlights.
For more details visit the TPTL home page
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14-12-2021
TPTL Auction today
The Player Auction for the 7th edition of the Trivandrum Premier Tennis League (TPTL VII) will be held at GV Raja Hall today at 6.30 pm. A total of 80 players including a few from outside Trivabdrum have registered for the popular team event that will be held between Jan 22 and 30, 2022. The 80 players will go under the auction hammer and picked up by owners of the 8 franchised teams. The 8 teams will compete for the TPTL trophy and a prize money of nearly Rs 2.5 lakhs.
13-12-2021
Thomas Mathew, Madhu Ganesh and Visakh do the double
TTC players expectedly won the most podium finishes at the Kerala Seniors tennis tournament held at the Club last weekend.
Thomas Mathew won both singles and doubles titles in the 75+ category. VS Visakh did the same in the youngest of the groups, 35+. And Madhu Ganesh took both titles in the 55+ age group.
Ernakulam was awarded the special trophy for best outstation district.
Dr PA Thomas, former President of TTC, and Jacob Kallivayalil, former President of the Kerala Tennis Association, were the guests of honour at the prize distribution function. View results
10-12-2021
All set for Kerala Seniors Tournament
The Club will host yet another tennis tournament this weekend. Nearly 100 players from across the State will be participating in the Kerala Seniors event on December 11 and 12.
Competition would be held in five different age groups, 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+ and 75+ in both Singles & Doubles.
03-12-2021
Sabarinath wins Sree Chitra
V S Sabarinath of TTC beat Ashik Hussain of Kollam in the Men's singles final of the Kerala State Championships to lift the Sree Chitra rolling Trophy and become the State tennis champion.
Srijana Thapa beat Nivedita Sankar in an all-Ernakulam final to win the Women's Tennis Singles title. The Mens doubles title was won by Arun Raj & Gautham Krishna and the under 18 boys' crown by Vignesh. AR Sreelakshmi achieved 3 podium finishes, winning the Girls under 14 and women's doubles and coming runner up in girls' under 16 singles. See All Results
Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Prince Aditya Varma were the guests of honour at the prize distribution ceremony.
02-12-2021
Manmeet Singh is new Director of Tennis Coaching at TTC
Manmeet Singh Ajimal has taken charge as Director Tennis Coaching at TTC with effect from 1st December.
Manmeet will be responsible for developing and managing the entire coaching program of the Club, with particular emphasis on high-end training for tournament players.
He has over 15 years experience and was Tennis Consultant and Head Coach of Team Tennis India in Noida prior to joining TTC. His earlier assignments included coaching stints in Germany and Maharashtra.
01-12-2021
Club honours Krishnakumar, Sankar and Ramakrishnan
TTC proudly honoured three of its members at a felicitation function on Monday alongside the formal inauguration of the Sree Chitra Kerala State Championships.
Plaques were presented by the guest of honour Shri VK Prashanth MLA to MS Krishnakumar (represented India as captain of the National 40+ team at the 2021 ITF Young Seniors World Team Tennis Championships held in Umag, Croatia) Sankar Krishnan (represented India as part of the National 50+ team at the 2021 ITF Seniors World Team Tennis Championships held in Umag, Croatia), and Air Vice Marshal (retd) S Ramakrishnan on being bestowed the AVSM (Ati Vishisht Sewa) medal for meritorious service by the President of India last week.
28-11-2021
Sree Chitra starts on schedule, Arjun top seed
The first round men's singles matches in the 85th Kerala State Sree Chithra Tennis Championships got off to a prompt start at the TTC courts yesterday despite the heavy rains during the past one week. Arjun U of Trichur, the highest ranked Kerala player after Haadin Bawa, is the top seed. The Women's singles matches will commence from today. Competition is also on among junior boys and girls in 4 age groups, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18. The tournament goes on till Dec 3.
The State Sports Minister will formally inaugurate the Championships at a function to be held at the Club on Monday Nov 29
26-11-2021
AITA approves two ranking events for TTC
TTC will play host to two AITA tournaments during the coming weeks.
The AITA Chidambara Iyer memorial Men's tournament with a prize money of Rs 1 lakh has been scheduled between Dec 27 and 31, with qualifying rounds on Dec 25 and 26. The main draw size would be 32 in singles and 16 in doubles. Several promising young players striving to reach the top national rankings are expected to figure in the draw. It will also enable our talented players to match their skills with higher ranked players.
The AITA Talent Series tournament for Under-16 and Under-14 Boys and Girls will be held at the Club from Jan 10 to 14. Qualifying rounds will be on Jan 8 and 9. Talent Series events are aimed at giving tournament exposure for advanced trainees and will help our juniors gain valuable ranking points. Players from other parts of Kerala and neighbouring States will however provide strong competition.
Meanwhile AITA has extended the recognition of TTC as a registered Tennis academy upto 31.12 2022. Visit Tournament Centre
24-11-2021
Air Vice Marshal S Ramakrishnan
(retd) receives AVSM
Air Vice Marshal S Ramakrishnan (retired), a TTC member, was given the AVSM (Ati Vishisht Sewa) medal for meritorious service by the President of India Sri Ram Nath Kovind, at the Rastrapathi Bhawan on Nov 23rd Tuesday.
Ramakrishnan is an alumnus of the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, where he graduated in Electronics & Communications. He went on to do his M Tech in Lasers & Optics from IAT, Pune University. He was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engg branch of the Indian Air Force in 1986. He retired on 30th June 2021 as Asst Chief of Air Staff (Maintenance Plans) at Air Headquarters. He was previously awarded Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) in 2014
22-11-2021
Over 100 children turn out for Mini Tennis tournament
The annual TTC Mini Tennis tournament for young kids who are learning the game saw 115 entries including many who travelled from as far away as Trichur. Mini tennis is designed specially for children aged between 4 and 10 and provides them with the perfect opportunity to learn the fundamentals of tennis at an early age.
The event held on Nov 20 & 21 at the TTC courts featured friendly singles competition (utilising smaller courts, nets and racquets, and lower bouncing balls) for age groups under 6, under 8, under 10 and under 12 in boys' and girls' sections. They were divided into Red, Orange and Green dot groups based on their age and the nature of balls used. (The respective age group uses different colour tennis balls that each perform differently to suit the age group that uses them. Red, orange and green mini tennis balls all have different ball compressions which impacts how high each ball bounces. The mini tennis court dimensions also vary depending on the age of the child. Younger players played on smaller mini tennis courts, whilst 10-year olds played on full size courts).
All participants were awarded medals and certificates of merit at a colourful function yesterday. The winners and runners up won attractive trophies, which were presented to them by the Club's senior members Dr PA Thomas, Prof Radhakrishnan V, and Prof NF Rawther. List of finalists can be seen in Results. F