Current role:
Tennis Director and Coach at Prasad Tennis Academy, National Sports Arena Kondhwa Pune
September 2020-to-date
Programme design and Coach
- Beginners, Intermediate, Advance
- Introduced a special Ladies batch.
- Involved with the Academy to coach and organise tournaments
October 2018-September 2020
Program Coordinator at Harvest Tennis Academy
- Currently working with High Performance Program with National and International Tennis Player like Suraj Prabodh ATP #655, Dalvindar Saran ATP #590, Jatin Dhaiya ATP #790, Hardeep Singh Shandhu ATP #900 and Sarah Dev, Kartik Parihar, Ankit Jaiswal playing ITF jounior circuit
April 2016-September 2018
Assistant Coach in Deccan Gymkhana Club
- Worked with all levels of play, Beginners to Advance tennis players and club members and also (Road to Wimbledon 2017) tennis clinic with Dan Bloxam and (Rendez-vous Roland Garros 2017) tennis clinic with Bernard Pestre
- Tennis official at ATP 250 Tata Open Maharashtra at Pune
August 2015-March 2016
Head Coach at Pace System Tennis Academy
- Worked for High Performance Program and Junior Performance Program for AITA/ITF ranked players like Mihika Yadav, Siddharth Bhavnani, Arman Bhatia, Arriyan Bhatia etc. Here he worked under Nandan Bal and Dr Vace Pace at Khar Gymkhana Mumbai
November 2014-July 2015
Head Coach at Mahesh Bhupati Tennis Academy Pvt Ltd.
- Provided coaching of tennis and planning to all level of play for all age groups at Megapolis Pune
April 2012-October 2014
Owner at Prasad Tennis Academy, Airforce Sports Complex, Palam
- Worked for Airforce Personnel with five outdoor tennis courts, three synthetic courts and two clay courts with four assistant coaches; during his time there 50-60 kids enrolled
May 2011-February 2012
Assistant Coach at Delhi Lown Tennis Association
- Worked with Vishal Uppal in High Performance Program at DLTA in New Delhi with all Indian top ranked players like Garry Tokas, Saurabh Singh, Avika Sangwan, Ambika Panday, Isha and Ishaan Sehegal
April 2010-March 2011
Head Coach at Mahesh Bhupathi (Team Tennis)
- Organized (mini-tennis) progressive tennis program first time in India with red, orange and green tennis balls in various places like Delhi Gymkhana, DPS, Vasant Vihaar Club at New Delhi
April 2009-March 2010
Part-time Assistant Coach at Baseline Tennis Foundation in Sri Venkateshwara college
- In charge of organizing junior and adult program
2 years of working experience in Sri Venkateshwara College in charge of organizing Junior and tennis program; worked part-time there
Playing Career
- Played 5 years on professional circuit AITA and won 15 titles in various age groups
- Winner of Inter University Championship - 2010 held at Amity University, Noida (U.P.)
- Won Gold medal in Inter College Tennis Championship - 2009 conducted by Delhi University
2018
GPTCA C-Level International Coach
2017
20th Worldwide ITF Coaches Conference, Bulgaria , Sofia
2011, 2013, 2017
National Coaches Conference, All India Tennis Association
2013
ITF Level 2 (AITA Level 5) Advance course Attained (New Delhi)
2011-2012
AITA Level 4 Course (New Delhi), All India Tennis Association
2010
ITF Play+Stay Workshop (New Delhi)
2009
ITF Level 1 (AITA Level 3) Chandighar
Academic
Graduated with B.A. from Delhi University
HSC from CBSC Board Delhi with 65%
SSC from CBSC Board Delhi with 67%
Praveen Prasad
Email: praveenteamtennis@gmail.com
Phone no.: 8484979101
