Colombo Championships

The Colombo Championships is a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1915. It is staged annually in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1974 it was downgraded from the official senior's worldwide ILTF Circuit. It has however continued as part of the SLTA Circuit and is a registered International Tennis Federation event.

History In 1915 the Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) was established. The CLTA was originally headquartered at the ‘Challet’ in Nuwara Eliya and was conducting the national Ceylon Championships founded in 1884 (now called the Sri Lankan National Championships) on clay courts located at where Hill Club now sits. The early championships were held at the Colombo Lawn Club, Since 1915 the Colombo Championships have been held for 108 editions.

Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) Colombo ChampionshipsYearChampionsRunners-upScore1963 Lassantha Fernando Kanagaratnam Arichandran6–8, 6–1, 6–31964 Bernard L. Pinto P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 1965 Bernard L. Pinto Gamini N. Perera6–4, 6–3, 6–2 1966 P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara Kanagaratnam Arichandran7–5, 6–0 ↓  Open era  ↓1969 Oscar Manuel Lisboa Pinto P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara 6–1, 6–4, 8–6 1970 Bernard L. Pinto Mr. Seneviratne6–3, 6–1, 6–1 1973 P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara Bernard L. Pinto6–2, retd. 1974 Lassantha Fernando Arjun Fernando6–2, 6–2, 7–5 ↓  ITF Event  ↓2019 Sharmal Dissanayake Dineshkanthan Thangarajah?2021 Thehan Wijemanne Chathurya Nilaweera 6–4, 4–6, 10–72023 Ashen Silva Thehan Wijemanne 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Women' singles (incomplete roll) Colombo ChampionshipsYearChampionsRunners-upScore 1930 Zillah Weinman M. de Livera 6–4, 7–5↓  Open era  ↓ 1970 Oosha Chanmugam Srima Abeyegunawardena 6–4, 6–3↓  ITF Event  ↓ 2007 Thavindra Ekanayake Tashaya Ratnayake? 2010 Amritha Muttiah Shankari Thayakaran 7–5, 6–2 2011 Amritha Muttiah Nilushi Fernando 6–1, 6–2 2012 Shankari Thayakaran Amritha Muttiah 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 2013 Nethmi Waduge Roshenka Fernando 1–6, 6–2, 7–6 2014 Amritha Muttiah Nethmi Waduge 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 2023 Saajida Razick Dinara de Silva6–3, 6–4

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