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National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
Defunct tennis tournament
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1910
Abolished1999
LocationVarious
India
SurfaceClay, Grass, Hard

The National Lawn Tennis Championships of India,[1] originally called the All India Championships,[2] or the All India Lawn Tennis Championships[2] and the Indian National Championships, was a combined (men's and women's) tennis tournament. It was played from 1910 until 1999.[3] It was held in various cities in, India and was played outdoor on multiple surfaces, but mainly grass courts.

Ramanathan Krishnan won most men's singles championships with eight titles overall,[4] and, during the pre-Open era Jenny Sandison and Leela Row won the most women's singles championships with seven titles each, while Nirupama Mankad won the most titles during the open era with five titles.

History

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Lawn tennis in India can be traced back within the first decade of the establishment of the Wimbledon championships with early local championships being established in places like Punjab (1885) and Calcutta (1887).[2] However, there was no national championships, in 1910 colonial officers of the British Raj established the All India Lawn Tennis Championships in Allahabad[4][2] which was 10 years before the All India Tennis Association was founded. The championships staged both men's and women's singles play and also doubles.[2] In 1946, the All-India Championships tournament was renamed the National Lawn Tennis Championships of India by the India Lawn Tennis Association.[5]

The tournament was hosted at different cities around India and was also played on different surfaces, such as grass courts (1910–59, 1964–66, 1969, 1970, 1973), hard courts (1967) and clay courts (1960–61, 1974–79). This tournament was also held in conjunction with the Northern India Championships for the years 1961 to 1967.

Finals

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Incomplete roll included:[6][7][8]

Men's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
All India Championships
1910[9] United Kingdom Edmund Atkinson India Lewis Deane 7–5, 7–5, 7–5
1911[10] United Kingdom H. W. Davies United Kingdom John Rendall ?
1912[11] United Kingdom H. W. Davies (2) United Kingdom H. Nelson-Wright 6–0, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1(2)
1913[12] United Kingdom Edmund Atkinson India ? ?
1914[13] United Kingdom Edmund Atkinson (2) India  ? ?
1915 India  ? India  ? ?
1916 India Mohammed Sleem India Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao 6–2, 6–1
1917–18 Not held
1919 India Mr.Nagu India  ? ?
1921[14] India Edward Vivian Bobb India  ? ?
1922[15] India Mohammed Sleem (2) Australia Harry Lewis-Barclay 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
1923[16] India S.K. Mukerji India Sandford Wilson Bobb 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1924[17] United Kingdom Eric Burn Andreae India Sri-Krishna Prasada 8–6, 7–5, 7–5
1925[18] India Eric Burn Andreae (2) India Jagat Mohan Lal 6–4, 6–3, 6–8, 6–4
1926[19] India Edward Vivian Bobb (2) India Sri-Krishna Prasada 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1927[20] India Edward Vivian Bobb (3) India Dip Narain Kapoor 5–7, 7–5, 8–6, 6–3
1928–29 Not held
1930[21] India Edward Vivian Bobb (4) India Dip Narain Kapoor 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1931[22] India Dip Narain Kapoor India Ahad Hussain 3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1932[23] India Dip Narain Kapoor (2) India Ahad Hussain 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
1933[24][25] India Edward Vivian Bobb (5) India Sohan Lal 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 10–8
1934[26] India Sohan Lal India Edward Vivian Bobb 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2
1935[27] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
1936[28] First Czechoslovak Republic Roderich Menzel First Czechoslovak Republic Ladislav Hecht 6–2, 7–5, 5–5 ret.
1937[29] India Edward Vivian Bobb (6) India Dip Narain Kapoor 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1938[30] India Dip Narain Kapoor (3) India Islam Ahmad 8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939 India Ghaus M. Khan India Tenkasi K. Ramanathan 6–1, 6–2
1940[31] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec India Yudishtra Singh 11-9. 6–4, 7–5
1941 India Ghaus M. Khan India Iftikhar Ahmed Khan 6–0, 6–3, 7–5
1942 India Subba L.R. Sawhney India Prem Lal Pandhi 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1943 India Ghaus M. Khan (2) India Iftikhar Ahmed Khan 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1944 United States Hal Surface India Ghaus M. Khan 6–2, 6–4, 6–0
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1946[32] India Sumant Misra India Dilip Bose 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1947[32] Sweden Lennart Bergelin ? ?
1948[32] India Dilip Bose[32] India Sohan Lal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
1949 Philippines Felicisimo Ampon ? ?
1950 Sweden Sven Davidson Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1951 Sweden Sven Davidson (3) Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný 6–3, 6–3 7–5
1952[32] India Sumant Misra (2) India Dilip Bose 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1953[32] India Ramanathan Krishnan India Naresh Kumar 6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–3
1954 Australia Jack Arkinstall India Ramanathan Krishnan 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1955 Sweden Sven Davidson (3) Denmark Kurt Nielsen 6–4, 6–1, 15–17, 6–4
1956[32] India Ramanathan Krishnan (2) Australia Jack Arkinstall 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1957 Sweden Ulf Schmidt India Ramanathan Krishnan 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
1958[32] India Ramanathan Krishnan (3) ? ?
1959[32] India Ramanathan Krishnan (4) India Naresh Kumar 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1960[32] India Ramanathan Krishnan (5) Sweden Ulf Schmidt 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
India National and Northern India Championships
1961[32] Australia Roy Emerson India Ramanathan Krishnan 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1962 India Ramanathan Krishnan (6) ? ?
1963 India Ramanathan Krishnan (7) ? ?
1964[32] India Ramanathan Krishnan (8) United Kingdom Alan Mills 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965 India Jaidip Mukerjea India Premjit Lall 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1966 India Premjit Lall ? ?
1967 India Premjit Lall (2) ? ?
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1968 Romania Ilie Năstase ? ?
1969[33] India Premjit Lall[34](3) ? ?
Open era
1970[34] India Jaidip Mukerjea (2) India Premjit Lall 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1971[34] India Gaurav Misra ? ?
1972 India Vijay Amritraj[34] India Ramanathan Krishnan ?
1973 [34] India Vijay Amritraj (2) ? ?
1974 [34] India Anand Amritraj ? ?
1975 India Vijay Amritraj (3) ? ?
1976 United States Tom Gorman ? ?
1977 India Ramesh Krishnan ? ?
1978 India Ramesh Krishnan (2) ? ?
1979 India Bidyut Goswami[35] ? ?
1980 India Sashi Menon ? ?
1981 India Sashi Menon (2) ? ?
1982 India Srinivasan Vasudevan India Jay Royappa 6-1, 6-1
1983[36] India Nandan Bal ? ?
1984[37] India Nandan Bal (2) ? ?
1985[37] India Nandan Bal (3) ? ?
1986[38] India Zeeshan Ali ? ?
1987[38] India Zeeshan Ali (2) ? ?
1988[38] India Zeeshan Ali (3) ? ?
1989[38] India Zeeshan Ali (4) ? ?
1990[38] India Leander Paes ? ?
1991[38] India Zeeshan Ali (5) ? ?
1992[38] India Gaurav Natekar ? ?
1993[38] India Asif Ismail ? ?
1994[38] India Mahesh Bhupathi ? ?
1995[38] India Mahesh Bhupathi (2) ? ?
1996[38] India Nitin Kirtane ? ?
1997[38] Germany Marcus Hilpert ? ?
1998[38] Germany Marcus Hilpert (2) ? ?
1999[38] India Syed Fazaluddin ? ?

Women's singles

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Year Champion Runner up Score
All India Championships
1910 India Mrs Kendall India Mrs Hutchinson 6–3, 6–3
1911 India Miss Warburton India Miss Latham (score?)
1912 India Mrs Adams India Mrs Leslie-Jones 6–0, 6–3
1913 India Miss Warburton India Mrs Leslie-Jones 6–4, 6–3
1914 India Mrs Leslie-Jones India Mrs Fremantle 6–2, 6–0
1915–18 No event WW1
1919 India Mrs Dickens India Mrs Simpson 6–1, 6–3
1920 India Mrs Kellie [39] ? 6–3, 9-11, 6–1
1921 India Mrs Kemble ? ?
1922 United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins Covell United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 6–3, 7–5 *
1923 India Winifred MacClellan Keays India Mrs O'Neill 6–2, 6–3
1924 India Yolande Mackinnon India Mrs T. Horn 6–3, 6–3
1925 India Lena McKenna India Phyllis Cox Berthoud 6–2, 6–4
1926 India Lena McKenna (2) India Miss Holden 6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1927 India Jenny Sandison India Lena McKenna 8–6, 6–4
1928 Abandoned
1929 [40] India Jenny Sandison (2) United States Elizabeth Ryan ?
1930 India Jenny Sandison (3) IndiaLena McKenna 6–3, 6–0
1931 India Leela Row India Lena McKenna 6–1, 6–1
1932 India Jenny Sandison (4) India Leela Row 7–5, 6–3
1933 India Jenny Sandison(5) India Leela Row 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1934 India Jenny Sandison (6) India Hyacinth Harvey-Johnston 6–2, 6–3
1935 India Jenny Sandison (7) India Margaret Parrott 6–2, 6–3
1936 India Leela Row (2) India Rosie Gibson 6–1, 6–0
1937 India Leela Row (3) United Kingdom Joan Fry Lakeman 2–6, 9–7, 6–2
1938 India Leela Row (4) India Meher Dubash 6–1, 6–2
1939 India Gaby Curtis India Laura Woodbridge 6–2, 6–8, 9–7
1940 India Leela Row (5) India Laura Woodbridge 6–3, 6–2
1941 India Leela Row (6) India Meher Dubash 6–4, 6–1
1942 India Mrs. Massey India Leela Row 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1943 India Leela Row (7) India Meher Dubash
1944 India Laura Woodbridge India Miss Maguire 6–1, 6–1
1945 India Laura Woodbridge (2) Dominion of Ceylon Doreen Sansoni 3–6, 6–2, 6–0
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1946 Dominion of Ceylon Doreen Sansoni India Sarah Mody 6–1, 10–12, 6–0
1947 India Khanum Haji Singh[41] India Laura Woodbridge w.o.
1948 India Khanum Haji Singh (2) India Promilla Khanna 6–4, 6–4
1949 India Khanum Haji Singh (3) India Promilla Khanna 3–6, 9–7, 6–3
1950 United States Pat Canning Todd United States Gussie Moran 6–2, 6–2
1951 United States Dorothy Head United Kingdom Joy Mottram 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1952 India Urmila Thapar India Laura Woodbridge 6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1953[42] India Rita Davar United Kingdom Joy Mottram 6–2, 6–1
1954[43] India Rita Davar (2) India Urmila Thapar 0–6, 6–2, 6–2
1955 India Rita Davar (3) India Urmila Thapar 6–4, 6–1
1956 United States Althea Gibson[44] Japan Saichiko Kamo 6–2, 6–2
1957 India Khanum Haji Singh (4) India Promilla Khanna Singh 7–5, 7–5
1958 India Promilla Khanna Singh India Leela Panjabi 6–2, 6–3
1959 India Dechu Appaiah India Khanum Haji Singh 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1960 Australia Margaret Hellyer United States Mimi Arnold 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1961 Australia Margaret Hellyer (2) India Dechu Appaiah 6–4, 6–2
India National and Northern India Championships
1962 Australia Lesley Turner Australia Madonna Schacht 6–1, 6–3
1963 India Rattan Thadani India Cherri Chettyanna 6–2, 6–2
1964 United Kingdom Jill Rook Mills India Lakshmi Mahadevan 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1965 New Zealand Marion Law India Nirupama Vasant 6–4, 6–4
1966 Estonia Tiiu Soome New Zealand Marion Law 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1967 Soviet Union Rena Abzhandadze Soviet Union Aleksandra Ivanova 6–4, 6–0
Open era
1968 Soviet Union Aleksandra Ivanova Soviet Union Nina Turkheli 6–1, 6–2
1969 Romania Judith Dibar United States Alice Luthy Tym 6–2, 6–1
1970 Soviet Union Aleksandra Ivanova (2) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Irena Škulj 6–1, 6–3
1971 India Nirupama Mankad India Kiran Peshawaria 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972 Australia Marilyn Tesch India Nirupama Mankad 6–4, 6–2
1973 India Udaya Kumar India Kiran Peshawaria Bedi 6–2, 7–5
1974 India Susan Das[45] India Nirupama Vasant Mankad (score?)
1975 India Nirupama Mankad (2) India Susan Das 7–5, 6–4
1976 India Nirupama Mankad (3) India Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
1977 India Nirupama Mankad (4) IndiaSusan Das 6–4, 6–3
1978 India Nirupama Mankad (5) India Amreeta Ahluwalia 3–6, 6–1, 8–6
1979 India Amreeta Ahluwalia India Anu Peshawaria 6–4, 6–0
1980 India Amreeta Ahluwalia (2) India Anu Peshawaria 6–0, 6–3
1981 India Amreeta Ahluwalia (3) India Anu Peshawaria 6–1, 6–4
1982 India Anu Peshawaria (4) India Namratha Appa Rao 6–4, 6–3

Venues

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The tournament was staged in different cities for the duration of its run they included:[46]

Host city years staged
Allahabad[47] 1910–1938, 1944, 1946–1949, 1950–1951
Bombay 1939, 1974, 1977, 1979
Calcutta[48] 1940, 1952–1953, 1955, 1957–1959, 1963 1964–1965, 1967, 1975, 1978
Baroda 1941
Lahore 1942
Indore 1943
Madras[49] 1944, 1945, 1954
New Delhi 1956, 1960–1962, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1982
Bangalore 1976
Pune 1981

Records

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Included:[50]

Men's singles

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Women's singles

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See also

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