About Nirus Tennis Academy

About Us

Coach Niru

Let me tell you about my personal background. I was born in the Southern Indian town of Coimbatore and started playing tennis at the age of 5. Tennis was a major part of my growing years. My father K.S.Vaidyanathan was my 1st coach and I still admire the way he played a father-cum coach's role to perfection. In my 1st ever National Under 12 tournament, I reached the semi-final and went on to win my 1st National title in Under 14 age group at the age of 13. One year later in 1991, I won the National Women’s title at age 14 and from then on, I have had an unbeaten record in India.

Achievements

Member of Indian Olympic Tennis Squad in 2000 for Sydney Olympics
Best WTA ranking of 132. Victories against top-50 world players like Magdaleena Maleeva, Sylvia Plishke, Mirijana Lucic, Prakusya and Janet Lee.
Partnered World No. 1 Kim Clijsters in doubles in WTA event in Belgium.
Played against Venus and Serena Williams in 2000 Australian Open doubles event.
Played Wimbledon (from 1999-2001)
Played U.S. Open (from 1999-2002)
Played Australian Open (from 1999-2001)
Played French Open (from 1999-2002)
Played several other major tournaments around the world.
No 1 Player for India for 10 years in Asian Games, Fed Cup, South Asian Federation Games and World Youth Cup. Led India to Asia Group 1 in Fed Cup.
Bronze medallist in Asian Games 1998 in mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi.
Triple gold medallist at SAF games in Chennai 1995.

Coach KV

Coach KV is a certified USPTR professional and has tons of experience as a travelling coach for top juniors as well as in private and group lessons.

Prior to this KV was Assistant Director of Randy Mani Tennis Academy, New York from July 1997 to September 2002. He was also the Co-ordinator for various programs in the academy which included implementing new drills, emphasizing the discipline and the fundamentals of the game to reach the players' highest potential. With Randy Mani Tennis Academy,KV got the opportunity to coach various USTA Eastern sectional ranked tennis players who participated in the Super Nationals at Kalamazoo,Michigan, National Open tournaments held at various cities around the United States and international tournaments including the Orange Bowl.

KV was also the coach of the former No.1 Woman's tennis player in India, Mrs. Nirupama Vaidyanathan Sanjeev, whose highest world ranking was No. 139 in the Woman's Tennis Association (WTA) professional tour.

KV was the Official Coach of the Indian National Junior Tennis Team which participated in Junior Wimbledon, Junior French Open for the years 1995-1996 and official Coach of the Indian Men’s' and Women’s' teams, which participated in the Ford Australian Open 1997.

Tennis Achievements:

A.T.P World Ranking for the year 1997 - 800. A.T.P points earned - 10.
National Ranking in India for the year ending 1997-98 - No. 3
National Ranking in India for the year ending 1996-97 - No. 1
Winner of the South India Tennis Championships '96 in the Men’s' Singles and Doubles titles.
Winner of the Men's Singles and Doubles titles in the Tamilnadu State Tennis Championships '95.