Aisam-ul-haq
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (born 17 March 1980, in
Lahore, Pakistan) is a proficient tennis player from Pakistan. Aisam was
educated at the University of Punjab . He is currently Pakistan's top player
and one of my chosen 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. He was at no.
7 in junior tennis ranking in 1998.
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi was born in a Muslim
family and grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, swimming, playing cricket and
football being his favored pastimes. 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.
His motherly grandfather, Khawaja Iftikhar
Ahmed, was the All-British India champion, before Pakistan split from British
India in 1947. His mother, Nosheen Ihtsham, was also a former women's tennis
champion. At age 16, the ITF sponsored him for two years. He won the Pakistan
International Junior Championships and went on to win the Casablanca Cup in
Mexico and the LTA International Junior Championships in Roehampton, where he
beat Olivier Rochus, Andy Ram, and Taylor Dent. In the World Super Junior
Championships, he beat Andy Roddick. By 18, he was a top-20 junior player and
decided to turn pro.
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.
Qureshi is now a member of the
"Champions for Peace" club, a group of 54 athletes committed to
serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a
Monaco-based international organization. Qureshi and his doubles partner
Bopanna created a campaign, "Stop War Start Tennis", with their
goal to play a match on the border of India and Pakistan.
Awards and achievements;
Aisam was awarded the Arthur Ashe
Humanitarian of the Year, for 2010 along with his doubles tennis partner
Rohan Bopanna of India.
He was also given the Pakistan President's
Award for Performance in 2002, the Salam Pakistan Youth Award by the
President of Pakistan in 2007 and was runner-up for the 2003 Anne Frank Award
For Moral Courage by the Anne Frank Trust, UK.
In 2011, he was awarded Lux Style Award for
Most Stylish Sports Person.
Assam ul haq marital status:
Assam ul haq married to Faha akmal, a
doctor by profession. She is Living in USA. Assam took divorce from Faha at a
very early stages of their marriage.
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015
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