Northern India Championships

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Northern India Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNorthern India Lawn Tennis Championships
Founded1899; 126 years ago (1899)
Abolished1975; 50 years ago (1975)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
SurfaceGrass

The Northern India Championships[1] or formally the Northern India Lawn Tennis Championship[2] and, also known as the Northern India Tennis Championships,[3] was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded as the North India Championship c. 1899. The first tournament was played at Delhi, India. The championships ran until 1970 before it was discontinued.

History

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.[4] In 1899 the North India Championship was established and played at Delhi, India. The championships were not staged during World War II and a few years after Indian Independence in 1947. The tournament was hosted at different cities in India and was also played on different surfaces, such as grass courts and clay courts. This tournament was also held in conjunction with the National Lawn Tennis Championships of India for the years 1962-67. In 1969 and 1970 the event was also held in conjunction with the Punjab State Championships.

Locations and venues

The Northern India Championships were predominantly staged in New Delhi, over a number of years it was also held in other cities such as Amritsar and Lahore at the Cosmopolitan Club, Lahore and Lahore Gymkhana Club.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll included.[5][6]
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
North India Championship
1899 Delhi File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Abdul Majid File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg ? ?
Northern India Championships
1919 Delhi File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hassan Ali Fyzee File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Bhagwan Dass 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1933 Lahore File:Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio de Stefani File:Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Sertorio 6–0, 6–3
1936 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Ghaus Mohammed Khan File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney 2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret.
1937 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1938 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1939 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sohan Lal 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–6
1940 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Ghaus Mohammed Khan File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Franjo Kukuljević 7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1941/1944 Not held (due to World War II)
1950 New Delhi File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Paish 9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1952 New Delhi File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Mottram File:Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1954[7] New Delhi File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Arkinstall File:Flag of Sweden.svg Staffan Stockenberg 6–2, 7–5, 6–3.[8]
1955 New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan File:Flag of Poland.svg Władysław Skonecki 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1957 Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Arkinstall 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1958 New Delhi File:Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Billy Knight 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1959 New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan File:Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1961 New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan File:Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Northern India and India National Championships
1962[9] New Delhi File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1963[10] New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (7) File:Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1964[11] New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (8) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Mills 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965[12] New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (9) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Mulligan w.o.
1966[13] New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea File:Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967[14][15] New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall File:Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–1 rtd.
Open era
Northern India and Punjab State Championships
1969 Amritsar File:Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Nowicki File:Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1970 Amritsar File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zlatko Ivancic File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alex Metreveli 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

Incomplete roll included.
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
Northern India Championships
1936 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Meher Dubash File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Haydon Crouch 6–1, 6–3
1937 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Leela Row File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Meher Dubash ?
1938 Lahore File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs E.H. Edney File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Haydon Crouch 6–4, 6–3
1941/1944 Not held (due to World War II)
1950 New Delhi File:Flag of the United States.svg Gussie Moran File:Flag of the United States.svg Pat Canning Todd 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1953[16] New Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Rita Davar File:Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar 6–4, 9–7
1955 New Delhi File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Parveen Sheikh File:Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1957 Delhi File:Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh File:Flag of India.svg Mrs. J.B. Singh 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Northern India and India National Championships
1960 New Delhi File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Hellyer File:Flag of the United States.svg Mimi Arnold 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1962 New Delhi File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Turner File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Madonna Schacht 6–1, 6–3
1966 New Delhi File:Flag of Estonia.svg Tiiu Soome File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Marion Law 6-2, 3–6, 6–4
1967 New Delhi File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alla Ivanova File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rena Abjandadze 8–6, 6–3
Open era
Northern India and Punjab State Championships
1969 Amritsar File:Flag of Romania.svg Judith Dibar File:Flag of the United States.svg Alice Tym 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1970 Amritsar File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandra Ivanova File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Irena Škulj 6–1, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ Datta, Pratip Kumar (2001). A Century of Indian Tennis. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 93. ISBN 978-81-230-0783-0.
  2. ↑ Meenakshi Saxena (2000). Kiran Bedi, the Kindly Baton. Books India International. p. 232.
  3. ↑ GHOSH, S. N. (7 December 1940). THE INDIAN LISTENER: Vol. V. No. 24. (7th DECEMBER 1940). Delhi: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi. p. 1933.
  4. ↑ "History". aitatennis. New Delhi, India: All India Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Tennisarchives.com". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – National and Northern India Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Two Titles for Arkinstall:New Delhi: Northern India Lawn Tennis Championships". Adelaide Advertiser. Adelaide, Victoria, Australia: Newspaper Archives. 25 January 1954. p. 14.
  8. ↑ Adelaide Advertiser, p.14.
  9. ↑ "Tennis". Youngstown Vindicator. 19 February 1962. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Krishnan Scores Another Facile Title Victory Over Mukherjea". The Indian Express. 25 February 1963. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Krishnan crushes Mills in 65 minutes". The Indian Express. 23 February 1964. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Around the world". World Tennis. April 1965. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Results". World Tennis. March 1966. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Injuries halt final". The Leader Post. 9 January 1967. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Results". World Tennis. March 1967. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  16. ↑ Shukla, Dr Balraj (10 January 2019). "First Queens of Indian tennis and the reign of Rita Davar". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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