All India Hard Court Championships

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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 1947.[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

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.[3] In 1947 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

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

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1947 Template:Flagicon Narendra Nath[5] Template:Flagicon Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1948[6] Template:Flagicon Lennart Bergelin Template:Flagicon Torsten Johansson 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1949[7] Template:Flagicon G. Vasant Template:Flagicon P. L. Narayanarao 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1950 Template:Flagicon Philippe Washer[8] Template:Flagicon Raymundo Deyro 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1951 Template:Flagicon Sven Davidson[8] Template:Flagicon Fred Kovaleski 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1952 Template:Flagicon Lennart Bergelin[8] Template:Flagicon Atsushi Miyagi 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1954 Template:Flagicon Jack Arkinstall[8] Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1955 Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan[9] Template:Flagicon Jack Arkinstall 6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1956 Template:Flagicon Jack Arkinstall[8] Template:Flagicon Bob Perry 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1957 Template:Flagicon Arcot Uday Kumar[8] Template:Flagicon Govindji Vasant 1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1958 Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan[8] Template:Flagicon Ulf Schmidt 2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6
1959 Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan[10] Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Merlo 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1960 Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan[8] Template:Flagicon Ulf Schmidt 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1962[11] Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan
Template:Flagicon Neale Fraser		 Krishnan led 19-17
Title shared
1965 Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan[8] Template:Flagicon Jaidip Mukerjea 6-3, 10-8, 7-5
1966 Template:Flagicon Alex Metreveli[8] Template:Flagicon Nicky Kalogeropoulos 7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1
1968[12] Template:Flagicon Alex Metreveli Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac 11-9, 6-3, 6-2
1969 Template:Flagicon Ilie Nastase Template:Flagicon Premjit Lall 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1970 Template:Flagicon István Gulyás[8] Template:Flagicon Alex Metreveli 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1971 Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Gaurav Misra 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4
1972 Template:Flagicon Ramanathan Krishnan Template:Flagicon Jaidip Mukerjea w/o

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-Up Score
1969 Template:Flagicon Judith Dibar Template:Flagicon Alice Tym 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1970 Template:Flagicon Nina Turkherelli Template:Flagicon Irena Škulj 6–4, 6–4

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Tennis{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Viking Press(1974). ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4
  2. ↑ History. aitatennis. All India Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ↑ All India Tennis Association
  4. ↑ Memories of Madras – Field days. The Hindu(20 July 2010). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Western India Championships 1947 (inc. All India Hard Courts). Tennis Archives.
  6. ↑ Bergelin Wins Singles Title. The Indian Express(13 January 1948).
  7. ↑ Vasant Secures Singles Title. The Indian Express(19 January 1949).
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 All India Hard Courts. Tennis Archives.
  9. ↑ Western India Championships 1955 (inc. All India Hard Courts). Tennis Archives.
  10. ↑ Western India Championships 1959 (inc. All India Hard Courts). Tennis Archives.
  11. ↑ Results(May 1962).
  12. ↑ Metreveli Triumphs. St. Petersburg Times(23 January 1968).
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