Cotah Ramaswami pronunciationⓘ – sometimes written as Cota or Cotar – (born 16 June 1896, presumed to have died in January 1990) was a double sports international who represented India in cricket and tennis.
He was the youngest son of Buchi Babu Naidu, often considered the father of South Indian cricket.
On one occasion while at Wesley, he put on more than 200 runs for the last wicket to win a match after his team was 50 for nine, himself scoring 188*.
In the summer of 1920, he won the singles title at the Leamington Open Tournament, that included all students in the university, he defeated Sir John Cecil F. Masterman in the final, and was awarded the Doherty Cup for his endeavours, the same year he was a quarter finalist at the Midland Counties Championships at Edgbaston.
On a tour of Holland, he won the singles and the doubles partnering S. M. Hadi – another future first class cricketer.
The Spanish pair of Comte de Gomar and Flaquer, whom they beat in five sets, went on to play the doubles finals at Wimbledon in 1923.
In 1923 he won the singles title at the South of England Championships defeating Gordon Lowe in the final in three sets, the same year he was a losing finalist North London Hard Courts Championships (autumn meeting) at Hendon on clay.
Ramaswami played for Hindus against Arthur Gilligan's MCC team in 1926-27 and scored 83 against Jack Ryder's Australian Services XI in 1935–36.