Rohan Bopanna Tennis Academy
Bengaluru, India
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar #1007 ATP
Tennis academy of Rohan Bopanna based at the Padukone Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence in Yelahanka, Bengaluru. It runs beginner, intermediate, junior pro and high-performance programmes and a coaching certification course.
5 floodlit hard courts and 5 covered mini courts for children under 10
Programmes and prices
What they sell and what it costs, as published on Oct 19, 2026.
- Red Ball: kids 4 to 6, first steps. Price on request
- Orange Ball: kids 7 to 9. Price on request
- Green Dot Ball: kids 9 to 12. Price on request
- Intermediate Program: juniors past the Green Dot stage, full court. Price on request
- Junior Pro Program: juniors playing national and international ranking events. Price on request
- High Performance Program: juniors aiming at the top level, day or boarding at the centre. Price on request
- Bhoomi Program (scholarship): boarding + school for selected children 8 to 10 from low-income families. Price on request
- Adult group coaching: adults, beginners to advanced. Price on request
- Private lessons: juniors and adults, one-on-one. Price on request
- Coaching certificate: 10 and Under Player Development: adults: tennis coaches. Price on request
The facts
- Tennis courts: 10 (5 floodlit full-size hard courts and 5 covered mini courts for children under 10)
- Founded: 2016 (the year the academy started)
- Acres: 15 (the Padukone Dravid sports complex where the academy trains)
- Students trained: 300+ (their own figure)
- Scholarship children: 35 (in the Bhoomi boarding programme, from Northeast India and Jammu and Kashmir)
- Boarding: Yes, dorms on campus
- School on site: No; Bhoomi kids attend nearby school
- From age: 4
- Adults: Group sessions, all levels
- Visits: Not stated
- Locations: One campus in Yelahanka described
- How to get in: Their coaches assess each child's age, development and level to pick a programme and group; Bhoomi scholarship places only through regional selection trials for children 8 to 10
- School: No school on the campus is named; Bhoomi scholarship children go to NewAge World School (ICSE) in Mylappanahalli, Yelahanka. School arrangements for paying players are not stated
Coaches
- Balachandran Manikkath, Director of Tennis, heads high performance
- Dragan Bukumirovic, High performance coach
- Mohammed Hamdoon Ansari, Coach, junior development
- Sharath Kumar KR, Coach, beginners and intermediates
- Vinod Kumar, Coach, beginners and juniors
- Ajith Kumar M, Coach, beginners
- Omkar Zori, Strength and conditioning coach
Where it is
Centre for Sports Excellence, Survey No. 336, Tharahunise, Jala Hobli, Yelahanka Taluk, Bengaluru, Karnataka 562157.
Nearest airport: Kempegowda International (BLR), 18 km
Also in India
- Mahesh Bhupathi Tennis Academy 21 km, Bengaluru. 2 pros raised, best Sumit Nagal #281 ATP
- Sol Sports Academy 31 km, Bengaluru. 2 pros raised, best Kriish Tyagi #925 ATP
- Chennai Tennis Centre 289 km, Chennai. 1 pro raised, best Manish Sureshkumar #698 ATP
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