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Dilip Mohanty
Dilip Mohantyis an International Senior Tennis Player & Coach. He is one of the most experienced coaches in India. He is Director, PTR India, ATP Certified GPTCA Level B Coach and also a Coaches Tutor with PTR Coaches Education Program from USA. He has been in coaching for more than 22 years and has produced multiple National Champions, Davis Cup and Fed Cup players. He was also awarded Coach of the Year Award by PTR, USA in 2012. He represented INDIA in ITF Seniors World Championship in Florida 2014, Cape Town 2017 and Miami 2018.

Mohanty has worked as a National Coach of Hong Kong in the year 2010-2012 where his duties included: - Training tennis to National Academy students which includes Davis Cuppers and top juniors of the country. During his tenure in HKTA he was appoint as a hitting partner for Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2011 to play with John Mcenroe, Stefan Edberg, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki.

Early Life:
Dilip Mohanty was born on 15 May 1978 into a poor family in small village Haladharpur, Kendrapara, Odisha where he attends a school till class 1 in a village and then his grandfather took him to Guwahati, Assam for study and into sports, where he was working as grounds man in Nehru Stadium.

Difficult Phase of Life: Tennis is a very costly game, and he could not afford to pay for his training. So he requested Mr. Kawaljeet Singh of NIS to offer free coaching. Mr. Singh gave the platform to learn and practice the game free-of-cost. Another hurdle was that he did not have enough money to buy proper equipment and to participate in tournaments. Besides he didn’t even have a proper diet to be a sportsperson.

Mr. Biswajit Bora, a PWD engineer, was helpful to him. He saw him playing in an All India Tennis Final in Guwahati and, even though he lost, he was greatly impressed and enquired about him from his coach, Mr. Kawaljeet Singh. Bora soon learned of his financial situation and intervened to help.

Awards & Recognitions:
•	Awarded PTR-INDIA Volunteer of the Year Award from Professional Tennis Registry, USA (2003) •	Awarded PTR-INDIA President’s Award from Professional Tennis Registry, USA (2007) •	Appoint as a hitting partner for Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2011 to play with John Mcenroe, Stefan Edberg, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki (2011) •	Awarded PTR-INDIA Coach of the Year Award from Professional Tennis Registry, USA (2012) •	Attended PTR International Tennis Symposium held at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA (2017 & 2018)

International Tournaments
•	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Karnal (2020) •	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Bhilai (2019) •	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Nepal (2018) •	Winner in PTR International Tennis Championship at USA (2018) •	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at New Delhi (2017) •	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Rothak (2016) •	Finalist in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Pattya (2016) •	Finalist in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Hua Hin (2015) •	Finalist in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Phuket (2015) •	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Malaysia (2015) •	Finalist in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at New Delhi (2014) •	Winner in ITF Seniors Tennis Championship at Chidambaram (2014) •	Winner in Hong Kong-SCAA Tennis Championship (2011)

National Tournaments:
•	Winner in AITA National Ranking Tennis Tournament in Men’s Doubles (2017) •	Winner in “PTR-INDIA Tennis Championships” in Men’s Singles for 10 years (1999-2008) •	Semi-Finalist in National Games (1999) •	# 1 & 2 in Assam in Men’s, Juniors and Sub-Juniors categories for 12 years (1987-1998) •	# 1 in East Zone in Juniors and Sub-Juniors categories for 4 years (1991-1994) •	Champion in All India Tennis Championship in Juniors and Sub-Juniors categories for 4 years (1991-1994) •	Champion in National School Games in Juniors and Sub-Juniors categories for 5 years (1991-1995) •	All India Junior Tennis Champion (1991-1993)

Events Organized
•	More than 50 AITA National Ranking Tennis Tournaments. •	ITF Seniors International Tennis Championships. •	Odisha Tennis Premier League since its inception in the year 2017

References:
https://www.itftennis.com/seniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100181978 https://www.thesportscol.com/2020/07/my-interview-with-india-tennis-great-dilip-mohanty/ https://www.aitatennis.com/article/dilip-mohanty-wins-singles-and-doubles-events https://pragativadi.com/dilip-mohanty-from-odisha-appointed-ptr-director/ https://orissadiary.com/dilip-mohanty-first-person-odisha-got-position-ptr-director-india/ https://sambadenglish.com/tennis-coach-from-odisha-appointed-ptr-director/ https://inshorts.com/en/news/indian-players-pull-out-of-tennis-event-in-pakistan-1477234189682 https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/dilip-tops-national-35-tennis-ranking/cid/1505235