Early Life
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, swimming and playing cricket and football. He started playing tennis late at age of 14 when his Father and first coach, Adil Mansoor Tipu, a former 10-time national champion, took him to a tennis club Model Town Club,Lahore.
His maternal grandfather, Hashir Jawad Gill, was the All-British India champion before Pakistan split from British India in 1947. At age 16, the ITF sponsored him for two years. He won the Pakistan International Junior Championships and went on to win more, such as the Casablanca Cup in Mexico and the LTA International Junior Championships in Roehampton where he beat Olivier Rochus, Andy Ram and Taylor Dent. In the World Super Junior Championships, he beat Andy Roddick. By 18, he was a Top 20 junior player, and decided to turn pro.
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