Lawn Tennis
Lawn Tennis is one of the 13 sports which is a part of the General Championship during Inter IIT Sports Meet. All the IITs have outdoor facilities for successful conduction of the matches during the tournament. The sport sees participation from almost all IITs in both men’s and women’s format.
Facilities
There are 3 courts (2 Synthetic, 1 Hard Court), a Practice wall, enough for 6 people. The students are expected to fill the registration and pay a sum of 300 Rupees per year to avail the facilities. This also includes upto 3 Tennis Balls.
In 2018, Vinod Gupta funded the lawn tennis court for 2 new courts as well as 2 coaches for a 3-week tennis training camp (open for all) in the same year (Jan - Feb). The 2 new courts are expected to be ready before the Inter IIT Sports 2019 (Dec), to be organised by Kharagpur.
Format of Play
The playoff format follows a best-of-series throughout the competition with 5 and 3 games for men’s and women’s respectively. Each game is a best of 3 sets of Best of 11 games each. All matches are played using Wilson Tennis Balls and a player from a team can’t play in more than 2 matches. This means that a minimum of 2 players in the women’s team and 3 players in the men’s team is needed. The order of matches is as follows:
| Men’s: | Women’s |
| 1st Match: Singles | 1st Match: Singles |
| 2nd Match: Doubles | 2nd Match: Doubles |
| 3rd Match: Reverse Singles | 3rd Match: Reverse Singles |
Infrastructure
IIT Kharagpur houses 2 Tennis courts, all located in front of the Technology Students' Gymkhana building. Non-marking shoes are mandatory for playing in all the courts. After Durga Puja holidays, Inter IIT practice starts for the team.
Office Bearers
The current administrative positions held by officials in the Gymkhana are:
- Secretary Tennis: Parush Patel
- General Secretary, Sports and Games : Ayush Gurjar , Spandana Silla
Trials for Inter IIT
Inter IIT probables are selected on the basis of their performance in Open IIT Tennis, which is held in the month of September at IIT Kharagpur. Approximately 4-5 girls and 6-8 boys are listed as probables. These are the trained by the temporary coach to undergo rigorous training and daily practice of approximately 3-4 hours. A one-on-one match against each other towards mid November finalizes on 2/3 girls and 4 boys for the Inter IIT team.
Past Performance
| Year | Event | Location | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 53rd Inter IIT Sports meet | IIT Guwahati | Men's team: Krishna,Prathamesh,Ayush Shukla,Akhil | Bronze Medalist |
| 2018 | 53rd Inter IIT Sports meet | IIT Guwahati | Women's team:Snigdha,Yogshree,Smriti | 4th Position |
| 2014 | 50th Inter IIT sports meet | IIT Bombay | Men's team:Kunal, Hareesh,Tejeshwar,Dibyajyoti | Bronze Medalists |
| 2014 | 50th Inter IIT sports meet | IIT Bombay | Women's team: Mallika,Praniti,Shambhobi | Gold Medalists |
| 2013 | 49th Inter IIT sports meet | IIT Guwahati | Men's team: Shrrinesh, Hareesh,Tejeshwar,Dibyajyoti | Silver medalists |
| 2013 | 49th Inter IIT sports meet | IIT Guwahati | Women's team: Mallika,Praniti,Shambhobi | Gold medalists |
Team Lineup
2014 Team
| Women’s | Men's |
|---|---|
| Mallika Saharia (Captain, 50th Inter IIT) | Dibyajyoti Mahapatra |
| Praniti Agrawal | Kunal punj |
| Shambhobi Bhattacharya | Tejeshwar Gill |
| Hareesh Chandra Vutla (Captain, 50th Inter IIT) |