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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox tennis tournament<br />
| name = South West India Championships<br />
| type = defunct<br />
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1949}}<br />
| editions = <br />
| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1970}} <br />
| event name = <br />
| location =[[Cochin]]<br>[[Trivandrum]]<br />
| venue = <br />
| tour = <br />
| surface = [[Clay court|Clay]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''South West India Championships'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajgopal |first1=R. M. |title=Retro India |date=July 2018 |publisher=Manipal Universal Press |location=Manipal, India |isbn=9789382460794 |page=72 |edition=First}}</ref> Also known as the '''South West India International Championships''' was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament , founded in 1949. The championships were played in [[Cochin]] and [[Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The championships ran until 1970 before they was discontinued.<br />
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==History==<br />
Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://aitatennis.com/history/ |website=aitatennis |publisher=All India Tennis Association |access-date=15 February 2023 |location=New Delhi, India}}</ref> In 1949 the South West India Championships were founded in Trivandrum, Kerala. The championships ran until 1970 before they was discontinued.<br />
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==Finals==<br />
===Mens singles===<br />
(incomplete roll)<br />
{|class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
|colspan=5 align=center |''South West India Championships''<br />
|-<br />
! style="width:60px;"|Year<br />
! style="width:70px;"|Location<br />
! style="width:200px;"|Champion<br />
! style="width:200px;"|Runner-up<br />
! style="width:160px;"|Score<br />
|- <br />
|colspan=5 align=center |↓ [[ILTF World Circuit]] ↓<br />
|-<br />
|1950||style="background:#ededed"|Trivandrum||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vladimír Černík]] ||{{flagicon|IND}} Govindji Vasant||6–3, 6–3, 6–1<br />
|- <br />
|1951||style="background:#ededed"|Trivandrum||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Kovaleski]]||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven Davidson]]||7–9, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–1<br />
|-<br />
|1955||style="background:#ededed"|Trivandrum||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wladyslaw Skonecki]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Arkinstall]]||6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 9–7<br />
|-<br />
|1956||style="background:#ededed"|Trivandrum||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wladyslaw Skonecki]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Arkinstall]]||6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 9–7<br />
|-<br />
|1958||style="background:#ededed"|Trivandrum||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Billy Knight (tennis)|Billy Knight]]||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tony Pickard]]||6–2, 6–3, 6–2<br />
|-<br />
|1967||style="background:#ededed"|Cochin||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramanathan Krishnan]]||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thomaz Koch]]||6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 <br />
|-<br />
|1968||style="background:#ededed"|Cochin||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tym]] ||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ulf Schmidt]]||2–6, 6–3, 8–6,<br />
|-<br />
| colspan=5 align=center |↓ [[Open Era (tennis)|Open era]] ↓<br />
|-<br />
|1969||style="background:#ededed"|Trivandrum||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tym]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Amritraj]]||6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Clay court tennis tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in India]]</div>DessiePelloe5