Harsh Mankad

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Harsh Mankad (born 10 November 1979, in Bombay) is a professional tennis player from India. He is the grandson of cricketer Vinoo Mankad, and the son of cricketer Ashok Mankad, and tennis player Nirupama Vasant.^{[citation needed]}

Mankad has been a member of India Davis Cup team for over a dozen Davis Cup ties since Sep 2001. He was the highest ranked singles player from India on the ATP Tour in June 2005 (No. 220). He won the Manchester Challenger title in July 2006, becoming the first Indian since Leander Paes to win an ATP Challenger Series title.^{[citation needed]}

Mankad won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Indoor Tennis Championships in Dallas, Texas in November 2001.^{[citation needed]} He was the first Indian to win this event and consequently secured the number 1 ranking in the NCAA Division I US tennis rankings for 2001-2002.^{[citation needed]}