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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

The championships were staged mainly in Madras, but also throughout India in different locations such as; Amaravati, Bombay, Hyderabad and Trivandrum.

Past finals[edit | edit source]

Men's singles[edit | edit source]

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

Women's singles[edit | edit source]

(incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-Up Score
1969 Romania Judith Dibar United States Alice Tym 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1970 Template:Country data USSRTemplate:Preview warning Nina Turkherelli Template:Country data YUGTemplate:Preview warning Irena Škulj 6–4, 6–4

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
  2. ↑ "History". aitatennis. New Delhi, India: All India Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ↑ All India Tennis Association
  4. ↑ Ranganathan, Shilu (20 July 2010). "Memories of Madras – Field days". The Hindu. Chennai, Tamil Nadu: The Hindu Group. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Western India Championships 1947 (inc. All India Hard Courts)". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Bergelin Wins Singles Title". The Indian Express. 13 January 1948. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Vasant Secures Singles Title". The Indian Express. 19 January 1949. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  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. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Western India Championships 1955 (inc. All India Hard Courts)". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Western India Championships 1959 (inc. All India Hard Courts)". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Results". World Tennis. May 1962. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Metreveli Triumphs". St. Petersburg Times. 23 January 1968. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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