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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = All India Hard Court Championships
| type = Defunct
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1947}}
| editions =
| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1972}}
| event name =
| location = Various
| venue = Various
| tour =
| surface = [[Clay court|Clay]]
}}

The '''All India Hard Court Championships''',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Max |title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis |date=1974 |publisher=Viking Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-670-29408-4 |page=264 |url= |language=en}}</ref> also known as the '''All India Hard Court Tennis Championships''', was a combined men's and women's [[clay court]] [[tennis]] tournament founded in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://aitatennis.com/history/ |website=aitatennis |publisher=All India Tennis Association |access-date=11 January 2023 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref> 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==
Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.<ref>All India Tennis Association</ref> In 1947 the [[All India Tennis Association]] established a national level tournament called the All India Hard Court Championships.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ranganathan |first1=Shilu |title=Memories of Madras – Field days |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Memories-of-Madras-ndash-Field-days/article16206273.ece |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Group |date=20 July 2010 |location=Chennai, Tamil Nadu |language=en-IN}}</ref> 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==
The championships were staged mainly in [[Madras]], but also throughout India in different locations such as; [[Amaravati]], [[Bombay]], [[Hyderabad]] and [[Trivandrum]].

==Past finals==
===Men's singles===
{|class=wikitable
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:220px"|Champion
!style="width:200px"|Runner-up
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1947|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Narendra Nath (tennis)|Narendra Nath]]<ref name=":champslist1947">{{cite web|title=Western India Championships 1947 (inc. All India Hard Courts)|website=Tennis Archives|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34097|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> || {{flagicon|IND}} Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed||6-4, 6-4, 6-3
|-
|1948<ref name=":indahc1948">{{cite news|date=13 January 1948|title=Bergelin Wins Singles Title|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&article_id=5896,1222480|accessdate=10 November 2024}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lennart Bergelin]]|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Torsten Johansson (tennis)|Torsten Johansson]]||5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
|-
|1949<ref name=":indahc1949">{{cite news|date=19 January 1949|title=Vasant Secures Singles Title|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TABFAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&article_id=4098,1862533|accessdate=10 November 2024}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|IND}} G. Vasant|| {{flagicon|IND}} P. L. Narayanarao||6-3, 6-2, 6-2
|-
|1950|| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Philippe Washer]]<ref name=":champslist">{{cite web|title=All India Hard Courts|website=Tennis Archives|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1948&n=All%20India%20Hard%20Courts|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> || {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Raymundo Deyro]]||6-3, 6-4, 6-2
|-
|1951|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven Davidson]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Kovaleski]]||6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
|-
|1952|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lennart Bergelin]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|JAP}} [[Atsushi Miyagi]]||4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
|-
|1954|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Arkinstall]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]||6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
|-
|1955|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]<ref name=":champslist1955">{{cite web|title=Western India Championships 1955 (inc. All India Hard Courts)|website=Tennis Archives|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34099|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Arkinstall]]||6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
|-
|1956|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Arkinstall]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Perry (tennis)|Bob Perry]]||6-4, 6-4, 6-4
|-
|1957|| {{flagicon|IND}} Arcot Uday Kumar<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|IND}} Govindji Vasant||1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
|-
|1958|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ulf Schmidt]]||2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6
|-
|1959|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]<ref name=":champslist1959">{{cite web|title=Western India Championships 1959 (inc. All India Hard Courts)|website=Tennis Archives|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34101|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Merlo]]||6-4, 6-3, 6-4
|-
|1960|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ulf Schmidt]]||6-2, 6-3, 6-2
|-
|1962<ref name=":aihc1962">{{cite news|date=May 1962|title=Results|magazine=World Tennis|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1962-05_9_12/page/72/mode/2up|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neale Fraser]] || Krishnan led 19-17<br />Title shared||
|-
|1965|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]]||6-3, 10-8, 7-5
|-
|1966|| {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alex Metreveli]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Nicholas Kalogeropoulos|Nicky Kalogeropoulos]]||7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1
|-
|1968<ref name=":indahc1968">{{cite news|date=23 January 1968|title=Metreveli Triumphs|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3BIAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA32&article_id=4138,2240615|accessdate=10 November 2024}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alex Metreveli]]|| {{flagicon|RUM}} [[Ion Țiriac]]||11-9, 6-3, 6-2
|-
|1969|| {{flagicon|RUM}} [[Ilie Nastase]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Premjit Lall]]||4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
|-
|1970|| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[István Gulyás]]<ref name=":champslist" /> || {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alex Metreveli]]||3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
|-
|1971|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anand Amritraj]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaurav Misra]]||2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4
|-
|1972|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]]||w/o
|-
|}

===Women's singles===
(incomplete roll)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year!! Champion !! Runner-Up!!Score
|-
| 1969 || {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Judith Dibar]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alice Tym]] ||6–1, 5–7, 7–5
|-
|1970 ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Nina Turkherelli]] ||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Irena Škulj]] ||6–4, 6–4
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[:Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:India}}
[[Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in India]]
[[Category:Clay court tennis tournaments]]
[[Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments]]

All India Hard Court Championships - Revision history

NicoleLombardo at 16:45, 7 May 2026