Jump to content

All India Hard Court Championships

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All India Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Abolished1972; 52 years ago (1972)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay

The All India Hard Court Championships,[1] also known as the All India Hard Court Tennis Championships, was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1946.[2] The championships were first played at the Madras Gymkhana Club grounds, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. The championships ran until 1972 before it was discontinued as part of the worldwide tennis circuit.

History

[edit]

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.[3] In 1946 the All India Tennis Association established a national level tournament called the All India Hard Court Championships.[4] In 1947, 1955 and 1959 this tournament was held in conjunction with the Western India Championships. The championships were staged until 1972 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide tennis circuit.

Locations

[edit]

The championships were staged mainly in Madras, but also throughout India in different locations such as; Amaravati, Bombay, Hyderabad and Trivandrum.

Past finals

[edit]

Men's singles

[edit]
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1950 Belgium Philippe Washer[5] Philippines Raymundo Deyro 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1951 Sweden Sven Davidson[5] United States Fred Kovaleski 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1952 Sweden Lennart Bergelin[5] Japan Atsushi Miyagi 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1954 Australia Jack Arkinstall[5] India Ramanathan Krishnan 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1955 India Ramanathan Krishnan[6] Australia Jack Arkinstall 6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1956 Australia Jack Arkinstall[5] United States Bob Perry 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1957 India Arcot Uday Kumar[5] India Govindji Vasant 1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1958 India Ramanathan Krishnan[5] Sweden Ulf Schmidt 2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6
1959 India Ramanathan Krishnan[7] Italy Giuseppe Merlo 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1960 India Ramanathan Krishnan[5] Sweden Ulf Schmidt 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1962[8] India Ramanathan Krishnan
Australia Neale Fraser		 Krishnan led 19-17
Title shared
1965 India Ramanathan Krishnan[5] India Jaidip Mukerjea 6-3, 10-8, 7-5
1966 Soviet Union Alex Metreveli[5] Greece Nicky Kalogeropoulos 7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1
1969 Romania Ilie Nastase India Premjit Lall 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1970 Hungary István Gulyás[5] Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1971 India Anand Amritraj India Gaurav Misra 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4
1972 India Ramanathan Krishnan India Jaidip Mukerjea w/o

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
  2. ^ "History". aitatennis. New Delhi, India: All India Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ All India Tennis Association
  4. ^ Ranganathan, Shilu (20 July 2010). "Memories of Madras – Field days". The Hindu. Chennai, Tamil Nadu: The Hindu Group. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "All India Hard Courts". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Western India Championships 1955 (inc. All India Hard Courts)". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Western India Championships 1959 (inc. All India Hard Courts)". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Results". World Tennis. May 1962. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
Stub icon

This tennis-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_India_Hard_Court_Championships&oldid=1256458002"