Naresh Kumar (Hindi: नरेश कुमार; Punjabi: ਨਰੇਸ਼ ਕੁਮਾਰ, نریش کُمار) (22 December 1928 – 14 September 2022) was an Indian tennis player.
In the spring of 1949, he reached the final of the Northern Championships in England before losing to Tony Mottram.
He was the finalist in the 1951 Ceylon Championships at Nuwara Eliya the following year, losing to Iftikhar Ahmed Khan.
He also reached the finals in the 1951 Midland Counties Championships at Edgbaston, England, but lost to Don Candy from Australia.
[1] His best singles result at a grand slam tournament came at the 1955 Wimbledon Championships,[6] where he advanced to the fourth round before losing in straight sets to Tony Trabert, the No.
[11] Kumar was appointed captain of the India Davis Cup team in 1989 and served in that role until 1993.