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{{Infobox tennis tournament
|name =Asian Championships
|type = defunct
|tour =[[ILTF World Circuit]] (1949–72) [[ILTF Independent Tour]] (1970-73) men (1971-73) women
|event name =
|founded ={{start date and age|1949}}
|editions =
|ended = {{end date and age|1973}}
|location =[[Bangalore]] [[Calcutta]] [[Colombo]] [[Hong Kong]] [[Lahore]] [[Manila]] [[New Delhi]] [[Poona]] [[Singapore]]
|venue =Various
|surface =[[Clay court|Clay]] [[Grass court|Grass]]
|website =
}}
The '''Asian Championships'''<ref name="tb">{{cite web|title=Tournaments:Asian Championships|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ |website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |access-date=29 September 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> also known as the '''Asian International Championships'''<ref name="tb"/> or '''Asian Lawn Tennis Championships''' was an open international men's and women's grass and clay court [[tennis]] tournament founded in 1949 as the '''International Championships of Asia'''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Max |last2=Kramer |first2=Jack |title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis |date=1974 |publisher=George Allen & Unwin Ltd |location=London |isbn=0047960426 |page=196}}</ref> The tournament was one of eight official championships of the [[International Lawn Tennis Federation]].<ref name="Robertson & Kramer">Robertson & Kramer</ref> It was first played at the Calcutta South Club, [[Calcutta]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Majumdar |first1=Boria |last2=Mangan |first2=J. A. |authorlink1=Boria Majumdar |title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present |date=2013 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781317998938 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rT7dAAAAQBAJ |accessdate=29 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The international tournament was played at other locations until September 1972 when it was discontinued as part of the [[ILTF Independent Tour]].

In December 1972 the format for the open event was changed to a closed event (Asian players only) and played as team only competition called the '''Asian Amateur Championships''' whereby a country sends teams of players to compete in singles, doubles and mixed doubles events. Unlike the Davis Cup its not a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin tournament]]. It was first played at [[King's Park, Hong Kong|Kings Park, Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]]. The tournament was played at other locations until 1973 when it was discontinued as part of the [[ILTF Independent Tour]].<ref name="tb"/>

==History==
On 22 December 1949 the International Championships of Asia were inaugurated at the Calcutta South Club, [[Calcutta]], [[India]].<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/> The tournament was concluded on 1 January 1950 the first winners of the singles events were Indian player [[Dilip Kumar Bose]],<ref name="tb"/> and American player [[Patricia Canning Todd]]. In 1968 the men's edition was held in Calcutta, the women's in Bangalore. The open Asian Championships ran annually until 1972 when it was last held in [[Poona]], India, that year two editions of the tournament were held the normal winter edition, and a one off summer event called the Asian Championships Invitation.<ref name="tb"/> The final winners of open international winter edition in the singles events were the Indian player [[Jaidip Mukerjea]] (men's),<ref name="tb"/> the Indian player Kiran Peshawaria (women's).

The summer edition of this tournament was played in Singapore. The winner of the men's singles in the invitation event was [[Ramanathan Krishnan]].<ref name="tb"/> This tournament was then discontinued from the [[ILTF Independent Tour].<ref name="tb"/> The championships were held in the following locations throughout its run in [[Bangalore]], [[Calcutta]], [[Colombo]], [[Lahore]], [[Manila]], [[New Delhi]], [[Poona]] and [[Singapore]].<ref name="tb"/> The [[ILTF Independent Tour]],<ref name="tb"/> a series of worldwide tournaments not part of the men's [[Grand Prix circuit|Grand Prix Circuit]] or women's the [[WTA Tour]]

In July 1971 at an annual general meeting of the ILTF it was decided to change the format of the open international championships and make it a closed Asian only team event.<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/> The ILTF provided the finances to stage the event that was to be held from 20 to 26 February 1972 at [[King's Park, Hong Kong|King's Park, Kowloon]] in then what was [[British Hong Kong]].<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/> Thirteen countries were invited to send teams including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ian, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/>

The Asian Amateur Championships were held only once the winner of the men's singles event was won by Japan's [[Toshiro Sakai]] (men's),<ref name="tb"/><ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/> and the doubles event was won by Japan's [Toshiro Sakai]] and [[Jun Kamiwazumi]].<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/>

==Asian International Championships (open)==
===Finals===
====Men's singles (winter)====
(incomplete roll)
{| class="wikitable
|-
|colspan=5 align=center |''Asian Championships''
|-
!style="width:80px"|Year
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1949<ref>Majumdar and Mangan</ref>||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dilip Kumar Bose]]||{{flagicon|IND}} Sumant 'tiny' Misra||6–1, 6–2, 8–6.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1950||style="background:#ededed"|Lahore||{{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} [[Jaroslav Drobný]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Kovaleski]]||6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1952||style="background:#ededed"|Colombo||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Frank Sedgman]]||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tony Mottram]]||6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1954||style="background:#ededed"|Manila||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lennart Bergelin]]||{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Felicisimo Ampon]] ||6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–0.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1955||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kurt Nielsen]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Arkinstall]]||6–2, 6–4, 6–1.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1957||style="background:#ededed"|Colombo||{{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} [[Jaroslav Drobný]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Warren Woodcock]]||6–1, 6–2, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1958||style="background:#ededed"|Lahore||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Torben Ulrich]]||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Robert Haillet]]||6–4, 6–2, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1959||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Barry MacKay]]||7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1962||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Roy Emerson]]||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]||7–5, 6–4, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1963||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] (2)||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]]||6–4, 6–2, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1964||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] (3)||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]]||6–4, 6–3, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1965||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] (4)||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]]||6–2, 6–1, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1966||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]]||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]||6–4, 6–3, 6–2.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1967||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alexander Metreveli]]||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ismail El Shafei]]||6–3, 8–6, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1968||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alexander Metreveli]] (2)||{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ion Țiriac]]||8–6, 6–3, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
!colspan=5 align=center |↓ [[Open Era (tennis)|Open era]] ↓
|-
|1969||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]] (2)||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tym]]||6–2, 6–1, 6–0.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1970||style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Alexander Metreveli]] (3)||{{flagicon|IND}} Premjit Lall||6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1972||style="background:#ededed"|Poona||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaidip Mukerjea]] (2)||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Amritraj]]||1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|}

====Men's singles (summer)====
{| class="wikitable
|-
|colspan=5 align=center |''Asian Championships Invitation''
|-
!style="width:80px"|Year
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1972||style="background:#ededed"|Singapore||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]||{{flagicon|PHI}} Eduardo 'Eddie' Cruz<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Eduardo Cruz PHI |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/eduardo-cruz/800174439/phi/mt/d/ |website=www.itftennis.com |publisher=ITF |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eddie Cruz: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/eddie-cruz/c225/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>||6–2, 11–9, 6–1.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|}

====Women's singles====
(incomplete roll)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|colspan=5 align=center |''Asian Championships''
|-
!style="width:80px"|Year
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:220px"|Runners-up
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| 1949||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patricia Canning Todd]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Betty Hilton]]||6–4, 6–0
|-
| 1950||style="background:#ededed"|Lahore||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorothy Head Knode|Dorothy Head]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Joy Gannon Mottram]] ||4–6, 6–2, 6–3
|-
| 1952||style="background:#ededed"|Colombo||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Doris Hart]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shirley Fry]] ||6–4, 2–6, 6–1
|-
| 1954||style="background:#ededed"|Manila||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sachiko Kamo]]||{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Desideria Ampon]]||6–2, 6–4
|-
| 1956||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Gibson]]||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sachiko Kamo]]||6–3, 9–11, 6–2
|-
| 1957||style="background:#ededed"|Colombo||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Gibson]] (2)||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Patricia Ward Hales|Patricia Ward]]||6–0, 13–11
|-
| 1958||style="background:#ededed"|Lahore||{{flagicon|USA}} Louise Snow||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Parveen Ahmed]]||6–3, 6–4
|-
| 1960||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Hellyer]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mimi Arnold]]||3–6, 6–1, 7–5
|-
| 1962||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lesley Turner Bowrey|Lesley Turner]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Madonna Schacht]] ||8–6, 6–2
|-
| 1963||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} Cherri Chettyanna ||{{flagicon|IND}} Rattan Thadani ||6–1, 1–6, 6–3
|-
| 1964||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} Lakshmi Mahadevan||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jill Rook Mills]] ||6–3, 6–2
|-
| 1965||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Nirupama Vasant]]||{{flagicon|IND}} Lakshmi Mahadevan||6–2, 6–4
|-
| 1966||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|USSR}} Tiiu Soome ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carol Ann Prosen]]||6–3, 1–6, 6–1
|-
| 1967||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|USSR}} Rena Abjandadze||{{flagicon|USSR}} Alla Ivanova||6–4, 6–0
|-
| 1968||style="background:#ededed"|Bangalore||{{flagicon|USSR}} Alla Ivanova ||{{flagicon|USSR}} Nina Tukherli||6–1, 6–2
|-
!colspan=5 align=center |↓ [[Open Era (tennis)|Open era]] ↓
|-
| 1969||style="background:#ededed"|Calcutta||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Nirupama Vasant]] (2)||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alice Tym]]||6–1, 3–6, 6–3
|-
| 1970||style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi||{{flagicon|USSR}} Rena Abjandadze (2)||{{flagicon|USSR}} Alla Ivanova||9–7, 6–3
|-
| 1972||style="background:#ededed"|Poona||{{flagicon|IND}} Kiran Peshawaria||{{flagicon|IND}} Susan Das||6–2, 6–0
|-
|}

==Asian Amateur Championships (closed)==
===Finals===
====Men's singles====
{| class="wikitable
|-
|colspan=5 align=center |''Asian Amateur Championships''
|-
!style="width:80px"|Year
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1972<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/>||style="background:#ededed"|Hong Kong||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshiro Sakai]]||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Amritraj]]||6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5 .<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|1973||style="background:#ededed"|Manila||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshiro Sakai]] (2)||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chiradip Mukerjea]]||4–6, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|}

====Men's doubles====
{| class="wikitable
|-
|colspan=5 align=center |''Asian Amateur Championships''
|-
!style="width:80px"|Year
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|1972<ref name="Robertson & Kramer"/>||style="background:#ededed"|Hong Kong||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshiro Sakai]] {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Jun Kamiwazumi]]||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anand Amritraj]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Amritraj]]||6–4, 4–6, 6–4 .<ref name="tb"/>
|-
|}

==Tournament records==
===Men's singles===
Included:<ref name="tb"/>
* Most Titles: {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] ('''5''')
* Most Finals: {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] ('''7''')
* Most Consecutive Titles: {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] ('''3''')
* Most Consecutive Finals: {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] ('''4''')

===Women's singles===
* Most Titles: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Gibson]] & {{flagicon|IND}} [[Nirupama Vasant]] & {{flagicon|USSR}} Rena Abjandadze ('''2''')
* Most Finals: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Gibson]] & {{flagicon|IND}} [[Nirupama Vasant]] & {{flagicon|USSR}} Rena Abjandadze ('''2''')
* Most Consecutive Titles: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Gibson]] ('''2''')
* Most Consecutive Finals: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Althea Gibson]] ('''2''')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Clay court tennis tournaments]]
[[Category:Grass court tennis tournaments]]
[[Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Asia]]

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