Tennis in Kolkata

The city of Kolkata has always charmed the world population with the fun, joy and excitement. It is often exclaimed that the life of the Bengalis is filled with excitement as they love their life. They know how to extract happiness even from the smallest of incidences. Their life is always exemplified with excitements from which they derive from the world around them. Sport is such an entity which the Bengalis simple adore. They are always excited about their sports and they love to cheer for their favorite sons. Kolkata share a deep passion towards Football but the other sports in the city too has developed with time and have gained there share of importance and popularity as well. In the last few decades Kolkata has seen the upsurge in the popularity of different sports on the city and Tennis is one of them. Though Tennis in Kolkata is quite an old concept but the popularity graph has certainly escalated in the recent past.

Tennis in Kolkata has been the choice of the elites. The sport has seen a major upsurge in the last decade as the players from the city achieved loads of success in the International tennis arena. The game has penetrated into the life of the general population in the city and the much of the credit goes to the superstars of the Indian tennis.

The city of Kolkata has gifted the country probably the most successful tennis player in the history. The superstar of Indian tennis Leander Paes hails from the city of joy and has been the major promoter of the sport in the city.

The city houses some of the most elegant tennis courts which are maintained by the individual clubs. The Calcutta South Club is one of them which is renowned in the whole world for its high quality grass and other facilities. Some of he other courts are:

BENGAL TENNIS ASSOCIATION
2/1, Woodburn Park, Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani. Kolkata-700 020.

CALCUTTA SOUTH CLUB
2/1, Woodburn Park Road. Kolkata-700 020.

INTERNATIONAL CLUB
42, Shakespeare Sarani. Kolkata-700 017.

OUTRAM CLUB
Outram Street. Kolkata-700 017.

ROYAL CALCUTTA GOLF CLUB
18, Golf Club Road. Kolkata-700 033.

SATURDAY CLUB
7, Wood Street. Kolkata-700 016.

SHYAMBAZAR TENNIS CLUB
Shyambazar, Deshbandhu Park. Kolkata-700 004.

THE CALCUTTA GYMKHANA
4/1A, Suhrawardy Avenue, Park Circus. Kolkata-700 017.

TOLLYGUNGE CLUB
120, Deshapran Sashmal Road. Kolkata-700 033.

Presently the city plays host to the Sunfeast Open which is a part of the ATP tour and draws international stars as well.