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'''Akhtar Ali''' ([[Urdu]]: اختر علی) (5 July 1939 – 7 February 2021), was an Indian [[tennis]] player. He was a member of the Indian Davis Cup team continuously from 1958 to 1964 and captain of Indian Davis Cup in 2008.<ref name=IndianExpress>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/amrita-abhishek-bag-double-crowns-akhtar-ali-battles-on/374897/ |title=Amrita, Abhishek bag double crowns, Akhtar Ali battles on |accessdate=2008-11-05 |work= |publisher= |date=2008-10-18}}</ref><br />
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Later he turned to coaching and coached the players like [[Ramesh Krishnan]], [[Vijay Amritraj]], [[Anand Amritraj]] and [[Leander Paes]]. He was father of [[Zeeshan Ali]], a former Indian national tennis [[champion]], [[Nilofer Ali]] and [[Zareen Desai]].<br />
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==Post career==<br />
Akhtar Ali started a junior development programme at the South Club. The trainees were divided into three categories — under-14, under-16 and under-18. Free coaching was provided to the state’s best players.<br />
<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030731/asp/sports/story_2219314.asp |title=Akhtar camp |accessdate=2008-11-05 |work= |publisher=The Telegraph (India) |date=2003-07-31}}</ref><br />
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Akhtar Ali died on 7 February 2021, aged 81.<ref>[https://sportstar.thehindu.com/tennis/akhtar-ali-passes-away-kolkata-indian-tennis-great-davis-cup/article33773009.ece/ Indian tennis great Akhtar Ali passes away]</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Winner of the [[Arjuna Award#Arjuna Awardees in Lawn Tennis|Arjuna Awardees in Lawn Tennis]] in 2000.<br />
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Allsport Management, a city-based sports management company along with Ontrack Systems Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 global IT & ITES company, presented GOLDEN AKHTAR, a programme to felicitate Akhtar Ali on his 50th year of yeoman service to Indian Tennis on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at ITC Sonar Bangla Sheraton Hotel & Tower in Kolkata.<ref name=OnTrack>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontrackindia.com/ontrackindia/index.php?option=content&task=section&id=135 |title=ontrack sponsors felicitation of akhtar ali |accessdate=2008-11-05 |work= |publisher=OnTrack Systems Limited |date=2005-09-21}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{DavisCup player|800173411}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080208081529/http://www.mapsofindia.com/west-bengal/tourism/bengal-lawn-tennis-association.html Bengal Tennis] - The Bengal Tennis Association is the governing body of West Bengal's Lawn Tennis activities. West Bengal has always been a super power among India's tennis playing states. Winner of several National Tennis Championships, Bengal has produced many wonderful players like Akhtar Ali, Joydeep Mukherjee, Zeeshan Ali, Leander Paes etc.<br />
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