About Archana

Archana’s Tennis Coaching Certifications.

  • All India Tennis association Level 5 coach [highest level in India as of now]
  • National Tutor,  the first women tutor in the country to impart training to other coaches
  • United States Professional Tennis Registry certified Professional coach[certified to coach professional players]

About Archana Venkataraman’s tennis performance in brief

Archana was  the captain of  India U-16 Girls Team in Billie Jean King cup held  in New Delhi May , 2022 where she led the Indian team to the semi finals.

The Girls in Blue continued delivering on the Court as the host has finished the group stage on top

Archana_Captains_Billie_JeanCup_India_Team

Tennis performance

Archana is former India Number 1, Ekalavya awardee, gold medalist winner for India and internationally ranked lawn tennis player.

International performances

  • World ranked tennis player in Singles from year 1998 to year 2007.
  • Winner of International Tennis Federation doubles titles at 2006[2 tournaments]
  • Winner of  ITF doubles title in 2005
  • Have played in many countries all over world including Spain, France, Japan, Uzbekistan,  Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Morocco etc.
  • Have beaten many top 500 players in the world including Marent K, Sybille Bammer[who later went on to beat Serena Williams]
  • Sponsored by Wilson Malaysia for equipment and was among the first Indians who received a grant by International Tennis Federation to participate in tournaments abroad
  • Gold Medalist for India at SAF Games
  • Represented India many times including World Youth Cup, Hiroshima[and was the only Indian to win matches there]

National performances

Senior and junior national champion

ID Event Performance
1 Senior National Championship 2007

Senior National Championship 1999

Doubles winner

Singles finalist Doubles  Winner

2 Junior National Championship 1996 Doubles Winner and singles finalist
3 National Games 2007 Gold in doubles, Silver in team, Bronze in Singles
4 Hyderabad National Games 2003 Silver in team and bronze in singles
5 Bangalore National Games 1997 Silver in team event and bronze in doubles
6 Pune National Games 1994 Silver in team event and bronze in doubles
7 South India tennis Championship Winner
8 East India tennis Championship Winner
9 Inter university championship Winner