2014 Indian Aces season
| 2014 Indian Aces | |
|---|---|
| International Premier Tennis League Champions | |
| 2014 record | 5 wins, 2 losses |
| Owner(s) | Micromax Informatics Ltd. |
| President/CEO | Rahul Sharma |
| Coach | Fabrice Santoro |
| Captain | Fabrice Santoro |
| Stadium | Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium |
| Television coverage | STAR Sports |
The 2014 Indian Aces season (officially the 2014 Micromax Indian Aces season pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Micromax Informatics Ltd., the team's current owner) is the inaugural season of the franchise playing in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).
On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league inaugural 2014 season would be based in Delhi. On 19 June 2014, an IPTL press release revealed to the general public that the owner of the Indian franchise was Micromax Informatics Ltd. which preferred to have the team play its home matches in New Delhi and not in Mumbai. A group called PVP Ventures led by entrepreneur Prasad V Potluri (Telugu: ప్రసాద్ వి పొట్లూరి) and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar had been the original franchise owners with a plan to play home matches in Mumbai. While league managing director Mahesh Bhupathi said PVP Ventures had been replaced by Micromax, because PVP missed a payment deadline, PVP said it had withdrawn from the league due to lack of clarity over how IPTL's business model was progressing and disagreements over player contracts. PVP did not want the team to be solely responsible for payment of player salaries and favored the league being obligated as well.
The Indian Aces participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Aces were
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