Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed was the All-India champion in British India before Pakistan's Independence 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.

Aisam was educated at the University of Punjab.

As a junior, he was coached by LTA.

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Punjabi, ; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

Qureshi played his first junior match in August 1995 at the age of 15 at a grade 5 tournament in Syria hand ad a successful career in junior tennis, finishing no. 7 in the world in 1998, which made him Pakistan's highest-ranked player ever in the international youth tennis arena.

He has played in the competition since 1998 and has won more matches for Pakistan than any other player, additionally being appointed captain of the team in 2022.

Qureshi and Aqeel Khan have regularly spearheaded Pakistan's Davis Cup campaigns, partnering each other in doubles and also competing in singles matches.

He recently started a talent-hunting program to find the best tennis players in Pakistan.

He has also currently serving as the President of the Pakistan Tennis Federation since February 2024.

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi was born in a Punjabi 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 relatively late, aged 14, when his maternal grandfather and first coach, Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed, a former 10-time national champion, took him to a tennis club in Model Town, Lahore.

Aisam has been coached by American Robert Davis since 1998.

Robert Davis has served as national coach for Peru, Panama, Thailand, and Indonesia.

As a writer, he contributes to the ATP's Deuce Magazine, Tennis Magazine USA, tennis.com, Tennis Magazine Australia, and ITF publications, as well as non-sporting publications and newspapers.

Qureshi prefers the quicker grass courts and has seen his greatest success on grass and hard courts.

His playing style is serve-and-volley, relying on his serve to win him points by putting pressure on his opponents.

Qureshi's clothing and shoe sponsor is Lotto.

Qureshi turned pro in 1998.

Qureshi teamed with Israeli player Amir Hadad during Wimbledon and the US Open tournaments in 2002.

He 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.

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.

Qureshi is also the most successful Davis Cup player in Pakistan's history, with the team most notably reaching the World Group play-offs in 2005, being defeated by Chile.

In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 125 in December 2007, and achieved his best Grand Slam result at the Wimbledon Championships that year, reaching the second round.

On 29 March 2008, Aisam signed an agreement with Pepsi for sponsorship of a coach for one year.

He became the first Pakistani sportsman who wasn't a cricketer to star in a Pepsi advert and become one of their brand ambassadors.

He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively.

Qureshi has also reached seven further major semifinals across the two disciplines.

In November 2010 Aisam was appointed The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) goodwill ambassador.

Aisam was awarded the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year, in 2010 along with his doubles tennis partner Rohan Bopanna of India.

Along with Bopanna, Qureshi received the 2010 "Peace and Sport Image of the Year" award, in recognition of their dedicated efforts to spread the message of peace through sport.

Qureshi and his doubles partner Bopanna also created a campaign, "Stop War Start Tennis", with their goal of playing a match on the border of India and Pakistan.

He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 in June 2011, and has won 18 titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Paris Masters and 2013 Miami Open, with Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer respectively.

Qureshi has also qualified for the ATP Finals in doubles on three occasions.

In 2011, he was awarded Lux Style Award for Most Stylish Sports Person.

Being high-profile tennis star of Pakistan and alumni, he was invited to Crescent Model Higher Secondary School for groundbreaking ceremony of Tennis courts in school.