Country (sports) | Pakistan |
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Residence | Lahore, Pakistan |
Born |
Lahore, Pakistan |
March 18, 1980
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 2,570,033 |
Singles | |
Career record | 30–25 (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 125 (10 December 2007) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2002) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2007) |
US Open | 1R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 261-215 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (6 June 2011) |
Current ranking | No. 40 (1 August 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
French Open | SF (2012) |
Wimbledon | QF (2010) |
US Open | F (2010) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2012, 2014) |
French Open | SF (2013) |
Wimbledon | SF (2014, 2016) |
US Open | F (2010) |
Last updated on: 6 August 2016. |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Pakistan | ||
Men's Tennis | ||
South Asian Games | ||
2016 Guwahati | Singles | |
2016 Guwahati | Mixed Doubles | |
Islamic Solidarity Games | ||
2005 Mecca | Singles | |
2005 Mecca | Doubles | |
2005 Mecca | Team |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Urdu: اعصام الحق قریشی) (born 17 March 1980) is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top-10 doubles player, his highest singles ranking was no. 125. He is the only Pakistani tennis player to reach the final of a Grand Slam, which he did in 2010, competing in both mixed doubles (partnering with Květa Peschke) and men's doubles (partnering with Rohan Bopanna) at the US Open.
As Pakistan no. 1, Qureshi has traditionally led Pakistan's Davis Cup campaigns. After shocking New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I second round play-off in 2004 to survive relegation, he took them to the World Group Play-Offs for the first time in 2005, before they were beaten by Chile. He has won the most Davis Cup matches for Pakistan, being the most successful singles and doubles player from his country ever. He is also part of the most successful doubles pairing for Pakistan (with Aqeel Khan) in the country's sporting history.
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi was born in a Muslim family and grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, swimming, playing cricket and football being his favorite pastimes at his alma-mater Crescent Model Higher Secondary School. He started playing tennis late at age of 14, when his maternal grandfather and first coach, Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed, a former 10-time national champion, took him to a tennis club Model Town, Lahore.