|
DATE OF BIRTH: 14-10-79
|
Awards
Won:
Bronze Medal for India in Asian Juniors Squash Championship Feb
1997/Chief Of Army Staffs Commendation for excellence in squash Jan
97/Best All Round Sportsman Award 96-97 presented by President of
India.
National
ranking: 1
Ritwik Bhattacharya, the top Indian men’s squash player
and the only player currently playing on the PSA Tour, has in the
past year demolished all local competition.
Having
lost his National title to Manish Chotrani in 1999, Ritwik had three
to four victories over Chotrani in 2000 to dispel all doubts about
his domination in the game of squash.
He
defeated Chotrani in the CCI Open and then also in the Inter-State, before
exacting revenge in the final of the Nationals.
Bhattacharya,
whose tremendous fitness and discipline on court makes him a pleasure to
watch, hopes to improve his current world ranking of 122 this year and
aims to make it to the top 50. |
|
|
|
In order to do so, he aims to shift his
base to London and train under Neil Harvey, which will enable him to give
out his optimum performance, as he will have the highest level of coaching
and world ranked training partners.
Some
of the highlights in Ritwik’s early squash career have been winning the
Bronze Medal for India in the Asian Juniors Squash Championships in
February 1997. A month prior to that he won the Chief Of Army Staffs
Commendation for excellence in Squash.
He
was also adjudged the best all-round sportsman in 1996-97, the award
presented to him by the President of India and in 1997 was selected the
Most Promising Sportsman of the year by the Delhi Sports Journalists
Association.
He
was the junior National champion in 1997 and 1998, before winning the
senior National title in 1998, at the age of 19.
Ritwik
is easliy the most accomplished Indian squash player in recent times as
the following lists of his achievements and the tournaments he has
participated in will show.
ACHIEVEMENTS
IN SQUASH
RANKING
1.
NATIONAL:
MEN’S - No 1
2. INTERNATIONAL :PSA MEN’S -122 in Nov 2000 ASIA -
5/8 Seed
3. NATIONAL MEN’S CHAMPION 1998-99. (11th
to 19th JULY, 1998).
4. CAPTAINED THE INDIAN
JUNIOR TEAM FOR THE 10TH WORLD JUNIOR MEN’S SQUASH
CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PRINCETON, USA (1st to 15th AUGUST
1998).
5. CAPTAINED THE INDIAN MEN’S TEAM FOR THE X ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT HONG KONG, JULY 2000
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS
1. Milo Dunlop Grand Finals - Kuala Lumpur (1996) -
9th Position
2.
9th World Junior Men’s Championships - Cairo (1996)
Individual Open-1st Round Team Event-17th Place.
3.
Malaysia
- India Test Series - Mumbai (1996)
4.
Mahindra
International Challenge - Mumbai (1996) – Qualifying
5.
Scottish
Junior Open - Edinburgh (1997) - 18th Place.
6.
British
Junior Open - Sheffield (1997)
- 2nd Round
7.
8th
Asian Junior Squash Championships - Chennai (1997) Individual Open -11th Place Team Event- Bronze
8.
Dunlop-
Milo Malaysian Junior Squash Open (1997) - 9th Place
9.
IBA
Hong Kong Junior Squash Open (1997) -
Runner Up
10. Mahindra
International Squash Open (1998) - 2nd Qualifier
11. IXth
Asian Men’s Championships, KL (1998)
Individual - Pre Quarters, Team Event-4th Place 12.
World
Juniors, Princeton, USA (1998)
Individual -32nd Place, Team Event
- 17th Place
13. Indian
Junior Open, Mumbai (1998) -
Winner
14. Asian
Grand Finals, New Delhi (1998)
- Winner
15.
Xth Asian Men’s Championships, Hong Kong(2000) Individual - Top
8, Team - 4th Place
PROFESSIONAL SQUASH ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS
1.
Colombian Open Squash, Medellin (Aug1998)
- Last Qualifying
2. Ecuador Open Squash,
Guayaquil (Aug 1998) - Last
Qualifying
3. Regatas Open Squash,
Lima, Peru (Aug 1998) - Last Qualifying
4. Macau Open, Macau
(Nov 1998) - Main Draw
5. Milo Open, KL,
Malaysia (April 1999) - Last Qualifying
6. Colombian Open
Squash, Bogotá (Aug 1999) -
Last Qualifying
7. Regatas Open Squash,
Lima (Aug 1999) - Last Qualifying
8. Sao Paulo Open,
Brazil (Aug 1999) - Last Qualifying
9. Santiago Open
Squash, Spain (Oct 1999) - Last Qualifying
10. South Of England Open, Sussex, UK (Nov 1999) - 1st Qualifying
11. Pelayo Open, Barcelona, Spain (Nov 1999) - Quarter Finals
12. 27th Swiss Open, Geneva (March 2000) - Main draw
13. Hi Tech Czech Open, Czech Rep.
(May 2000)
- Main draw
14. YTL Open, KL, Malaysia ( June 2000) -
Main Draw
15. KL Open, Malaysia (July 2000) - Main Draw
16. Milo South African Open (Sept 2000) -
1st Qualifying
17. CAS International Open, Pakistan - 1st Qualifying
18. Barcelona Open, Spain (Oct 2000) - 2nd Qualifying
19. Macau Open, Macau (Nov 2000) - Main Draw
NATIONAL
TOURNAMENTS:
1.
Men's Open Nationals - RU > 2000, W >99, SF >98, QF >97
2. Western India Open, CCI, Mumbai
Men's Open - W >98, QF >97
Under 19 - W >97, RU >96,95.
3. Maharashtra State Open, Bombay Gymkhana Club, Mumbai
Men's Open -
W >99, SF >95, QF >97
Under 19 - W >97,96, SF >95, QF >94
4. DDA Squash Championships, New Delhi
Men's
Open -
W >2000,99, RU >98, Pre QF >97
Under
19 - W >98, SF > 97
5. Northern India Squash Championships, New Delhi
Men's Open -
QF >96
Under 19 - SF >96
6. Delhi State Open, Delhi Gym, New Delhi
Men's
Open -
W >99
7. Eastern India Squash Championship, Calcutta
Men's
Open -
W > 99, RU >98
Under 19 - W >98
8. Central India Squash Open, Indore
Men's Open -
W >98
9. Interstate Squash Championship (Team Event)
Played
For DELHI - W >96, RU >97, SF >98,99
10. Inter College Squash Team Championships, New Delhi (Team Event)
Played for St Stephens - W >97, 98, 99
11. Inter University Squash Team Championship (Team Event)
Played
for Delhi Univ.- RU > 98
12. Squash-Junior Nationals
Under 19 - W >98,97, RU >96, QF >95
Under 16 - RU >95, QF >94
13. Inter School Nationals (Team Event)
Played
for RIMC - W>96,95,94,93,92
14. Kingfisher Squash Championships, Mumbai (Men's Open:Pre quarter
finalist in 97) Under 19
-
W >97, SF >95
15. Otter’s Indian Open, Mumbai (Winner- 2000)
16. The Jaipur Open, Jaipur
(Winner 2000)
SHORTLISTED
TO REPRESENT INDIA IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: -
- WORLD
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (2001)
- ASIAN
GAMES 2002
- COMMONWEALTH
GAMES 2002
ASIAN FEDERATION CUP, MALAYSIA 2000
|
|
