The All India Hard Court Championships, 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. 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 Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.All India Tennis Association In 1947 the All India Tennis Association established a national level tournament called the All India Hard Court Championships. 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 The championships were staged mainly in Madras, but also throughout India in different locations such as; Amaravati, Bombay, Hyderabad and Trivandrum.
Past finals Men's singles YearChampionRunner-upScore1947 Narendra Nath Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed6-4, 6-4, 6-31948 Lennart Bergelin Torsten Johansson5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-21949 G. Vasant P. L. Narayanarao6-3, 6-2, 6-21950 Philippe Washer Raymundo Deyro6-3, 6-4, 6-21951 Sven Davidson Fred Kovaleski6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-31952 Lennart Bergelin Atsushi Miyagi4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-41954 Jack Arkinstall Ramanathan Krishnan6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-21955 Ramanathan Krishnan Jack Arkinstall6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-31956 Jack Arkinstall Bob Perry6-4, 6-4, 6-41957 Arcot Uday Kumar Govindji Vasant1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-21958 Ramanathan Krishnan Ulf Schmidt2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-61959 Ramanathan Krishnan Giuseppe Merlo6-4, 6-3, 6-41960 Ramanathan Krishnan Ulf Schmidt6-2, 6-3, 6-21962 Ramanathan Krishnan Neale Fraser Krishnan led 19-17Title shared1965 Ramanathan Krishnan Jaidip Mukerjea6-3, 10-8, 7-51966 Alex Metreveli Nicky Kalogeropoulos7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-11968 Alex Metreveli Ion Țiriac11-9, 6-3, 6-21969 Ilie Nastase Premjit Lall4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-51970 István Gulyás Alex Metreveli3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-01971 Anand Amritraj Gaurav Misra2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-41972 Ramanathan Krishnan Jaidip Mukerjeaw/o
Women's singles (incomplete roll) Year Champion Runner-UpScore 1969 Judith Dibar Alice Tym 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 1970 Nina Turkherelli Irena Škulj 6–4, 6–4
See also :Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments
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