The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Pakistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Pakistani Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 1 of which were born in Pakistan. This makes Pakistan the birth place of the 80th most number of Tennis Players behind Armenia, and Liechtenstein.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Pakistani Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Pakistani Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 28.49, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is the most famous Pakistani Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Punjabi, Urdu: اعصام الحق قریشی; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively. Qureshi has also reached seven further major semifinals across the two disciplines. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 in June 2011, and has won 18 titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Paris Masters and 2013 Miami Open, with Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer respectively. Qureshi has also qualified for the ATP Finals in doubles on three occasions. In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 125 in December 2007, and achieved his best Grand Slam result at the Wimbledon Championships that year, reaching the second round. Qureshi is also the most successful Davis Cup player in Pakistan's history, with the team most notably reaching the World Group play-offs in 2005, being defeated by Chile. He has played in the competition since 1998 and has won more matches for Pakistan than any other player, additionally being appointed captain of the team in 2022. Qureshi and Aqeel Khan have regularly spearheaded Pakistan's Davis Cup campaigns, partnering each other in doubles and also competing in singles matches. He recently started a talent-hunting program to find the best tennis players in Pakistan. He has also currently serving as the President of the Pakistan Tennis Federation since February 2024.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Pakistani tennis players born between 1980 and 1980. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Pakistani tennis players include Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
