Zeeshan Ali

Zeeshan Ali (born 1 January 1970) is a former Indian Davis Cup player who also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

[1] The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 12 December 1988, when he became the number 126 of the world when he was still 3 weeks short of his 19th birthday.

His singles highlights in 1988 included winning the Indian Satellite Circuit, making R2 of the ATP tour event in Schenectady (losing to Johan Kriek in R2) and at the Seoul Olympics (where he lost to Jacob Hlasek in R2), making the finals of a Challenger in New Haven, Connecticut (losing to Vijay Amritraj) and the semifinal of a Challenger in Indonesia.

In 1989, Zeeshan made the quarter-finals of a Challenger in Nigeria early in the year, and then qualified into tour events in Key Biscayne, Tokyo (where he beat Leif Shiras before losing to Stefan Edberg in R2),Schenactady in R2,Singapore and London (Queen's Club).

In 1989 he played his only Grand Slam match in singles,losing to Wally Masur at Wimbledon.Also in 1989, he made second round in doubles at Wimbledon with Jonathan Canter (losing to the seeded pair of Kevin Curren and David Pate in four sets), and won two Challenger doubles titles (in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing).

Before returning to India in 2012, Zeeshan was running his tennis academies in Dubai and was the Davis Cup Coach of the UAE.