Hassan-Ali Fyzee (9 October 1879 – 1 January 1962) 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 He played his 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 twenty eight seasons he reached twenty one finals winning ten titles. He won the Herga Championship tournament at Harrow tournament on grass two times (1923, 1929). He won the Northern Championships in Liverpool on grass in June 1922. He won the Roehampton Clay Courts Invitation tournament 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 the Craigside Hydro, Llandudno indoors on wood courts two times (1928, 1931). He also won the North London Hard Court Championships at Highbury on clay in 1926. His played 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.
Fayzee's career singles match record was 223-116 (65.7%).
Career Singles titles, (10) and runner up, (11) Included:
Legend Won (10) Runner up (11)
No Date Tournament Location In/Out Surface Opponent Score1 23-05-1921 Middlesex Championships Chiswick Outdoor Grass Frank Hunter 4-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4 1 13-06-1921 Roehampton Grass Courts Invitation Roehampton Outdoor Grass Frank Hunter 6-1, 6–1, 6–8, 1–6, 3-6 2 24-04-1922 Hampstead Hard Courts ChampionshipsHarrow Outdoor Clay Harry S. Lewis-Barclay 3-6, 2–6, 6–4, 2-62 05-06-1922 Northern Championships Liverpool Outdoor Grass Louis A. Meldon 6-1, 6-4 3 17-07-1922 Herga Championship Harrow Outdoor Grass Henry George Mayes 6-4, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3 3 18-09-1922 North London Hard Court Championships Highbury Outdoor Clay Nicolae Mișu 3-6, 4–6, 6–0, 2-64 25-09-1922 Roehampton Clay Courts Invitation Roehampton Outdoor Clay Walter Cecil Crawley 2-6, 6–2, 4-6 5 16-10-1922 London Covered Court Championships London Indoor Wood Major Ritchie 4-6, 3–6, 4-6 6 02-04-1923 British Covered Court Championships London Indoor Wood Patrick Wheatley 6-1, 2–6, 4–6, 4-64 18-06-1923 Roehampton Grass Courts Invitation Roehampton Outdoor Grass Nicolae Mișu 6-2, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6-1 5 16-07-1923 Herga ChampionshipHarrow Outdoor Grass Gordon Crole-Rees 6-4, 6–4, 7-56 23-07-1923Midland Counties Championships Edgbaston Outdoor Grass Donald McNeil Greig 6-2, 6-4 7 17-09-1923 Drive Club Open Fulham Outdoor Clay Donald McNeil Greig 1-6, 6–2, 6-88 13-04-1925Dulwich Gallery Open Dulwich Outdoor Asphalt Edward Higgs 5-7, 6–3, 4–6,2-6918-05-1925Surrey Championships Surbiton Outdoor Grass Gordon Crole-Rees 6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6,4-610 20-07-1925 North Kensington Open London Outdoor Grass Jagat Mohan-Lal 6-3, 3–6, 2-6 7 26-04-1926North London Hard Court Championships Highbury Outdoor Clay Norman H. Latchford 7-5, 7-58 01-10-1928 Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsLlandudno Indoor Wood William G. Ireland 8–6, 5–7, 6–2915-07-1929 Herga Championship Harrow Outdoor Grass Ryuki Miki 6-3, 8-611 30-09-1929Welsh Covered Court Championships Llandudno Indoor Wood V. Allman-Smith 3–6, 6–3, 2–610 28-09-1931Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsLlandudno Indoor Wood William D. Radcliffe 6–4, 6–3
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