Hassan Ali Fyzee

Hassan Ali Fyzee

Personal information
Nationality	India
Born	(1879-10-09)9 October 1879 Bombay, India
Died	1 January 1962(1962-01-01) (aged 82) London, Great Britain
Medal record Table tennis Representing India British India World Championships 1926 London Men's Team

Hassan-Ali Fyzee (9 October 1879 in Bombay – 1 January 1962 in London) was an Indian 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, 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.

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. In a career lasting 18 seasons he reached 21 finals winning 10 titles. He won the Herga LTC tournament at 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 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. His last tournament was at the North London Hardcourts in May 1938.

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.

Career Singles titles, (10) and runner up, (11)

Included:

Legend (10-11)

Won

Runner up

No	Date	Tournament	Location	In/Out	Surface	Opponent	Score
1	23-05-1921	Middlesex Championships	Chiswick	Outdoor	Grass	Frank Hunter	4-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4
2	13-06-1921	Roehampton	Roehampton	Outdoor	Grass	Frank Hunter	6-1, 6–1, 6–8, 1–6, 3-6
3	24-04-1922	Hampstead	Harrow	Outdoor	Clay	Harry S. Lewis-Barclay	3-6, 2–6, 6–4, 2-6
4	05-06-1922	Northern Championships	Liverpool	Outdoor	Grass	Louis A. Meldon	6-1, 6-4
5	17-07-1922	Herga LTC	Harrow	Outdoor	Grass	Henry George Mayes	6-4, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3
6	18-09-1922	North London Hardcourt (autumn)	Highbury	Outdoor	Clay	Nicolae Mișu	3-6, 4–6, 6–0, 2-6
7	25-09-1922	Roehampton Hard Courts (autumn)	Roehampton	Outdoor	Clay	Walter Cecil Crawley	2-6, 6–2, 4-6
8	16-10-1922	London Covered Courts	London	Indoor	Hard	Major Ritchie	4-6, 3–6, 4-6
9	02-04-1923	British Covered Court Championships	London	Indoor	Hard	Patrick Wheatley	6-1, 2–6, 4–6, 4-6
10	18-06-1923	Roehampton	Roehampton	Outdoor	Grass	Nicolae Mișu	6-2, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6-1
11	16-07-1923	Herga LTC	Harrow	Outdoor	Grass	Gordon Crole-Rees	6-4, 6–4, 7-5
12	23-07-1923	Midland Counties Championships	Edgbaston	Outdoor	Grass	Donald McNeil Greig	6-2, 6-4
13	17-09-1923	Drive Club	Fulham	Outdoor	Clay	Donald McNeil Greig	1-6, 6–2, 6-8
14	13-04-1925	Dulwich Gallery	Dulwich	Outdoor	Hard	Edward Higgs	5-7, 6–3, 4–6,2-6
15	18-05-1925	Surrey Championships	Surbiton	Outdoor	Grass	Gordon Crole-Rees	6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6,4-6
16	20-07-1925	North Kensington	London	Outdoor	Grass	Jagat Mohan-Lal	6-3, 3–6, 2-6
17	26-04-1926	North London Hard Courts	Highbury	Outdoor	Clay	Norman H. Latchford	7-5, 7-5
18	01-10-1928	Welsh Covered Court Championships	Craigside, Llandudno	Indoor	Hard	William G. Ireland	8–6, 5–7, 6–2
19	15-07-1929	Herga LTC	Harrow	Outdoor	Grass	Ryuki Miki	6-3, 8-6
20	30-09-1929	Welsh Covered Court Championships	Craigside, Llandudno	Indoor	Hard	V. Allman-Smith	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
21	28-09-1931	Welsh Covered Court Championships	Craigside, Llandudno	Indoor	Hard	William D. Radcliffe	6–4, 6–3

External links

• Hassan Ali Fyzee at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Hassan Ali Fyzee at the International Tennis Federation
• Hassan Ali Fyzee at the Davis Cup