Akhtar Ali (Urdu: اختر علی) (5 July 1939 – 7 February 2021), was an Indian tennis player.

The same year whilst touring England he won his first singles title at the New Malden Open against compatriot Arvind Charanjiva.

His other career highlights include; winning the Ceylon Championships in 1960 against Sumant Misra and 1962 against V.R.

Akhtar Ali started a junior development programme at the South Club.

[4] Allsport Management, a city-based sports management company along with Ontrack Systems Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 global IT & ITES company, presented GOLDEN AKHTAR, a programme to felicitate Akhtar Ali on his 50th year of yeoman service to Indian Tennis on Wednesday, 21 September 2005 at ITC Sonar Bangla Sheraton Hotel & Tower in Kolkata.