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{{Short description|Indian tennis, table tennis and badminton player (1879–1962)}}
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'''Hassan-Ali Fyzee''' (9 October 1879 in [[Bombay]] – 1 January 1962 in [[London]]) was an [[India]]n [[tennis]], badminton and [[table tennis]] player.

== Table tennis ==
Hassan-Ali Fyzee took part in the first [[1926 World Table Tennis Championships]] in London. Here he won the bronze medal with the Indian men's team, in which also his brother [[Athar-Ali Fyzee]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}} {{failed verification|date=June 2018}}</ref> active in the Davis Cup, played. In 1926, he was president of the [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]. At the end of 1926, he took over organizational tasks in the newly founded [[International Table Tennis Federation]] as an assessor.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

==Tennis==
Fayzee's career singles match record was 223-116 (65.7%). He first main tournament was at the [[British Covered Court Championships]] in London in April 1910 where he reached the quarter finals before losing to [[Stanley Doust]] in straight sets.<ref name="Tennismem SAL">{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Gabriel |title=Hassan Ali Fyzee: Career match record |url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=FYZEE%2C+HASSAN-ALI&player_input=&sub=2#aSubmenu |website=thetennisbase.com |publisher=Tennismem SAL |accessdate=27 July 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |date=2018}}</ref> In a career lasting 18 seasons he reached 21 finals winning 10 titles. He won the Herga LTC tournament at [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] tournament on grass 3 times (1922–23, 1929). He won the [[Northern Championships]] in [[Liverpool]] on grass in June 1922. He won the Roehampton tournament on clay in June 1923 defeating [[Nicolae Mișu (tennis)|Nicolae Mișu]] of Romania in five sets. In July 1923 he won the [[Midland Counties Championships]] at Edgbaston on grass. Adaptable on all surfaces he won the [[Welsh Covered Court Championships]] at Craigside, [[Llandudno]] indoors on wood courts 2 times (1928–31). He also won the North London Hardcourts at [[Highbury]] on clay in 1926.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Gabriel |title=Hassan Ali Fyzee: Tournament results Won/Finals 1921-1931 |url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=FYZEE%2C+HASSAN-ALI&player_input=&sub=4&idjugador=12005&year=&surface=&tipo_de_torneo=&tipo_de_cuadro=F&tm_category=&tm_torneo=&rondaplus=#aSubmenu |website=thetennisbase.com |publisher=Tennismem SAL |accessdate=27 July 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |date=2018}}</ref> His last tournament was at the North London Hardcourts in May 1938.<ref name="Tennismem SAL"/>

'''Davis Cup'''
From 1921 to 1927, he completed eleven encounters for the [[Indian Davis Cup team]]. He won 4 of his 17 singles and 6 of his 11 doubles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/hassan-ali-fyzee/fa76/overview|title=Hassan-Ali Fyzee {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP World Tour {{!}} Tennis|work=ATP World Tour|access-date=2017-10-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/194d1326-2b0c-42e1-aace-415102e48f22/MP.html|title=Archive - Draws Archive : Ali Hassan Fyzee Doubles History Match History - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM|website=www.wimbledon.com|access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref>

===Career Singles titles, (10) and runner up, (11)===
Included:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Gabriel |title=Hassan Ali Fyzee: Tournament results Won/Finals 1921-1931 |url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=FYZEE%2C+HASSAN-ALI&player_input=&sub=4&idjugador=12005&year=&surface=&tipo_de_torneo=&tipo_de_cuadro=F&tm_category=&tm_torneo=&rondaplus=#aSubmenu |website=thetennisbase.com |publisher=Tennismem SAL |accessdate=27 July 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |date=2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:89%;"
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|'''Legend (10-11)'''
|- bgcolor=#98fb98
| Won
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| Runner up
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No !! Date !! Tournament !! Location !! In/Out !! Surface !! Opponent !!Score
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
| 1 || 23-05-1921 ||[[Middlesex Championships]] || [[Chiswick]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Hunter (tennis)|Frank Hunter]] ||4-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results">{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=James |last2=Hegedus |first2=Tomas |title=1877 to 2012 Finals Results |url=http://www.stevegtennis.com/1877-to-2012-finals-results/ |website=www.stevegtennis.com |publisher=stevegtennis |accessdate=27 July 2018 |date=2013}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#ffa07a
| 2 ||13-06-1921 || Roehampton || [[Roehampton]] || Outdoor || Grass|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Hunter (tennis)|Frank Hunter]] ||6-1, 6–1, 6–8, 1–6, 3-6 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|- bgcolor=#ffa07a
|3 ||24-04-1922 ||Hampstead ||[[Harrow, London|Harrow]] || Outdoor || Clay ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Harry S. Lewis-Barclay ||3-6, 2–6, 6–4, 2-6
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|4 ||05-06-1922 ||[[Northern Championships]]|| [[Liverpool]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Louis Meldon|Louis A. Meldon]] ||6-1, 6-4 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|5 ||17-07-1922 ||[[Herga LTC]] || [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Henry George Mayes ||6-4, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|6 ||18-09-1922 ||North London Hardcourt (autumn) || [[Highbury]] || Outdoor || Clay ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Nicolae Mișu (tennis)|Nicolae Mișu]] ||3-6, 4–6, 6–0, 2-6
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|7 ||25-09-1922 ||[[Roehampton Hard Courts]] (autumn) || [[Roehampton]] || Outdoor || Clay ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Walter Cecil Crawley ||2-6, 6–2, 4-6 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a<ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|8 ||16-10-1922 ||[[London Covered Courts]] || [[London]] || Indoor || Hard ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Major Ritchie]] ||4-6, 3–6, 4-6
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|9 ||02-04-1923 ||[[British Covered Court Championships]] || [[London]] || Indoor || Hard ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Patrick Wheatley]] ||6-1, 2–6, 4–6, 4-6
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|10 ||18-06-1923 ||Roehampton|| Roehampton || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Nicolae Mișu (tennis)|Nicolae Mișu]] ||6-2, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6-1 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|11 ||16-07-1923|| Herga LTC ||[[Harrow, London|Harrow]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Gordon Crole-Rees]] ||6-4, 6–4, 7-5
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|12 ||23-07-1923||[[Midland Counties Championships]] || [[Edgbaston]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Donald McNeil Greig ||6-2, 6-4 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|13 || 17-09-1923 ||Drive Club || [[Fulham]] || Outdoor || Clay ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Donald McNeil Greig ||1-6, 6–2, 6-8
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|14 ||13-04-1925||Dulwich Gallery|| [[Dulwich]] || Outdoor || Hard || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edward Higgs ||5-7, 6–3, 4–6,2-6
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|15 ||18-05-1925||[[Surrey Championships]]|| [[Surbiton]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Gordon Crole-Rees]] ||6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6,4-6
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|16|| 20-07-1925 ||North Kensington || London || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|British Raj}} Jagat Mohan-Lal ||6-3, 3–6, 2-6 <ref name="1877 to 2012 Finals Results"/>
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|17 || 26-04-1926||[[North London Hard Courts]] || Highbury || Outdoor || Clay ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Norman H. Latchford ||7-5, 7-5
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|18|| 01-10-1928 ||[[Welsh Covered Court Championships]]||[[Llandudno|Craigside, Llandudno]] || Indoor || Hard ||{{flagicon|IRE}} William G. Ireland ||8–6, 5–7, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|19 ||15-07-1929 ||Herga LTC || [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] || Outdoor || Grass ||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryuki Miki]] ||6-3, 8-6
|-bgcolor=#ffa07a
|20 ||30-09-1929||[[Welsh Covered Court Championships]] || [[Llandudno|Craigside, Llandudno]] || Indoor || Hard ||{{flagicon|United States|1909}} V. Allman-Smith ||3–6, 6–3, 2–6
|-bgcolor=#98fb98
|21 ||28-09-1931||[[Welsh Covered Court Championships]]||[[Llandudno|Craigside, Llandudno]]|| Indoor || Hard || {{flagicon|GBR}} William D. Radcliffe || 6–4, 6–3
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fyzee, Hassan Ali}}
[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male table tennis players]]
[[Category:Indian male tennis players]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:World Table Tennis Championships medalists]]

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