Ceylon Championships

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Ceylon Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1884–1976
Editions92
LocationHill Club Tennis Club
Nuwara Eliya
Ceylon (1884–1971)
Sri Lanka (1972–1976)
Surfaceoutdoor (clay) & outdoor (grass)

The Ceylon Championships later known as the Sri Lankan Championships (1972–76) was a men's and women's national tennis tournament held at the Hill Club Tennis Club, Nuwara Eliya British Ceylon now Sri Lanka from 1884 through 1976.[1]

History

The Ceylon Championships were founded in 1884 and staged at the Hill Club Tennis Club, Nuwara Eliya, British Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka the event later became known as the Sri Lanka Open which was not staged until 1976.[2] The tournaments first three editions were men's only events. In 1887 the first women's singles event was held that was won by Miss Isa Watson. The most successful men's player in singles was Edward De Fonblanque who won a record ten championship titles and the most successful ladies player in singles was Doreen Sansoni who won a record seven championship titles. The event was reestablished as the Sri Lanka Open in 2007.[3] The event was sometimes staged on either grass courts or clay courts.[4]

Finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1884 United Kingdom Charles Ross[5] United Kingdom James Parsons Dove 6-5, 5-6, 6-1, 6-4
1885 United Kingdom James Parsons Dove[5] United Kingdom Thomas Gallwey 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-5
1886 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Edward Farquharson 6-4, 6-5, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4
1887 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Edward Farquharson 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1888 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Charles Hayes 6-8, 8-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1889 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Alfred Dennison 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
1890 United Kingdom James Parsons Dove[5] United Kingdom Hugh Keith 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
1891 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Alfred Dennison 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1892 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom P. A. Scott 4-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
1893 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Eustace Stephens 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1894 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Eustace Stephens 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
1895 United Kingdom Fred Hadden[5] United Kingdom William Mitchell 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1896 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Eustace Stephens 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 11-9, 6-4
1897 United Kingdom Charles De Fonblanque[5] United Kingdom Eustace Stephens 6-4, 6-8, 6-4, 6-3
1898 United Kingdom Douglas Kelly[5] United Kingdom Edgar Vandespar 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
1899 United Kingdom Eustace Stephens[5] United Kingdom Douglas Kelly 6-8, 6-1, 8-6, 6-1
1900 United Kingdom Douglas Kelly[5] United Kingdom Eustace Stephens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1901 United Kingdom Bertie Knight[5] United Kingdom Douglas Kelly 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1902 United Kingdom Eustace Stephens[5] United Kingdom Bertie Knight 6-2, 6-2, 8-6
1903 United Kingdom Eustace Stephens[5] United Kingdom Fred Hadden 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
1904 United Kingdom Douglas Kelly[5] United Kingdom G. H. Bennett 8-6, 6-2, 6-2
1905 United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley[5] United Kingdom Francis Poyntz-Roberts 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
1906 United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley[5] United Kingdom Alec Hayley 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-0
1907 United Kingdom Douglas Kelly[5] United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley 6-2, 8-6, 2-6, 7-5
1908 United Kingdom Douglas Kelly[5] United Kingdom Arthur Cooper 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
1909 United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley[5] United Kingdom Douglas Kelly 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 1-6, 8-6
1910 United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley[5] United Kingdom Gordon Windus 7-5, 7-5, 6-8, 6-3
1911 United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley[5] United Kingdom Gordon Windus 6-0, 8-6, 6-1
1912 United Kingdom Douglas Kelly[5] United Kingdom Stuart Pickering Hayley 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1913 United Kingdom Arthur Cooper[5] United Kingdom Douglas Kelly 3-6, 10-8, 6-2, 6-3
1914 West Germany E. Spitz[5] United Kingdom Arthur Cooper 9-7, 6-4, 9-7
1915-18 No competition [5]
1919 Dominion of Ceylon E. R. de Saram[5] United Kingdom Louis Wright
1920 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] United Kingdom Guy Boustead
1921 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] Dominion of Ceylon Reginald Gaddum
1922 United Kingdom Lionel Woodhouse[5] Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto
1923 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] United Kingdom Lionel Woodhouse
1924 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram Sr.
1925 Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram Sr.[5] Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto
1926 Dominion of Ceylon Lionel Loos[5] Dominion of Ceylon Churchill Gunasekara 6-3, 6-3, 14-12
1927 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] Dominion of Ceylon Lionel Loos
1928 United Kingdom G. M. Rennie[5] Dominion of Ceylon G. O. Nicholas
1929 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] Dominion of Ceylon G. O. Nicholas
1930 Dominion of Ceylon G. O. Nicholas[5] United Kingdom David Balfour
1931 Dominion of Ceylon G. O. Nicholas[5] Dominion of Ceylon Churchill Gunasekara 5-7, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1932 Dominion of Ceylon Oscar Pinto[5] Dominion of Ceylon Churchill Gunasekara 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
1933 New Zealand Eskell 'Buster' Andrews[5] Dominion of Ceylon G. O. Nicholas
1934 Dominion of Ceylon G. O. Nicholas[5] Dominion of Ceylon James Piachaud
1935 India N. Krishnaswami[5] Dominion of Ceylon Hildon Sansoni
1936 India N. Krishnaswami[5] Dominion of Ceylon Hildon Sansoni
1937 India Yaswanath-Rao Savur[5] India N. Krishnaswami 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1938 Dominion of Ceylon Hildon Sansoni[5] India Tenkasi Ramanathan
1939 Dominion of Ceylon Hildon Sansoni[5] Dominion of Ceylon Fredrick de Saram 6-4, 6-0, 10-8[6]
1940 India Anat Gupte[5] Dominion of Ceylon James Piachaud 6-1, 6-0, 6-1
1941 Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram[5] Dominion of Ceylon Roland Abeyratne 3-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4[7]
1942-45 No competition [5]
1946 India B. R. Kapanipathy[5] Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4[8]
1947 Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram[5] India B. R. Kapanipathy 6-2, 6-2, 6-4[9]
1948 India Ghaus Mohammad[5] Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram 8-10, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 12-10[10]
1949 India Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed[5] Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram 6-2, 9-7, 6-3[11]
1950 Dominion of Ceylon Fred J. de Saram[5] Australia Ian Occleshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4[12]
1951 India Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed[5] India Naresh Kumar 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1952 Dominion of Ceylon Lovell Ernst[5] Dominion of Ceylon Conroy Gunasekera 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1953 Australia Jack Arkinstall[5] India Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed 6-3, 6-0, 9-7
1954 Sweden Lennart Bergelin[5] Sweden Staffan Stockenberg 6-4, 6-4
1955 Poland Władysław Skonecki[5] Australia Clive Wilderspin 6-1, 10-8, 6-4
1956 India Ramanathan Krishnan[5] Australia Jack Arkinstall 9-7, 6-0, 6-1
1957 Dominion of Ceylon Rupert Ferdinands[5] Dominion of Ceylon Bernard Pinto
1958 India Sumant Misra[5] Dominion of Ceylon Rupert Ferdinands 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 7-5
1959[13] India Sumant Misra[5] Dominion of Ceylon Bernard Pinto 6-3, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
1960 India Akhtar Ali[5] India Sumant Misra
1961 Dominion of Ceylon Senaka Kumara[5] India Vishnu Mohan
1962 India Akhtar Ali[5] India V. R. Balasubramaniam
1963 Dominion of Ceylon Rupert Ferdinands[5] Dominion of Ceylon Bernard Pinto 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1964 India Ravi Venkatesan[5] India Shyam Minotra 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
1965 Indonesia Sei Ni Si[5] Dominion of Ceylon Bernard Pinto 6-8, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
1966 Dominion of Ceylon Bernard Pinto[5] Dominion of Ceylon Senaka Kumara 8-6, 6-3, 6-2
1967 West Germany Harald Elschenbroich[5] Mexico Jesus Hernandez 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1968 India Anand Amritraj[5] India Shyam Minotra 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
1969 Dominion of Ceylon Rupert Ferdinands[5] India Shiv-Prakash Misra 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-1
1970 Dominion of Ceylon Rupert Ferdinands[5] India Sumant Misra 6-3, 6-8, 6-4
1971 India Anand Amritraj[5] India Ravi Venkatesan 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1972 India Ravi Venkatesan[5] Thailand Somparn Champisri 6-0, 2-6, 9-7, 5-7, 6-2
1973 Sri Lanka Senaka Kumara[5] Sri Lanka Lassantha Fernando 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1974 Pakistan Saeed Meer[5] Pakistan Meer Mohammed Khan 6-4, 6-4
1975 Sri Lanka Lassantha Fernando[5] India Gopal Bhupathi
1976 Pakistan Jamil Ahmed[5] Sri Lanka Everard De Silva 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Hill Club: About us". www.hillclubsrilanka.lk. The Hill Club Hotel. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tournament – Ceylon Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "14th Sri Lanka Open 2021". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Tournament – Ceylon Championships.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.45 5.46 5.47 5.48 5.49 5.50 5.51 5.52 5.53 5.54 5.55 5.56 5.57 5.58 5.59 5.60 5.61 5.62 5.63 5.64 5.65 5.66 5.67 5.68 5.69 5.70 5.71 5.72 5.73 5.74 5.75 5.76 5.77 5.78 5.79 5.80 5.81 5.82 5.83 5.84 5.85 5.86 "Ceylon Championships". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Sansonis To The Fore". The Indian Express. 17 April 1939. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Triple Crown For De Saram". The Indian Express. 21 April 1941. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Kapinipathy Wins Ceylon Singles Title". The Indian Express. 2 May 1946. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Kapinipathy Loses To F. J. De Saram". The Indian Express. 16 April 1947. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mrs. Singh becomes first Indian to win Ceylon women's title". The Indian Express. 6 April 1948. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Iftikhar Ahmed Excels". The Indian Express. 26 April 1949. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "All-Ceylon Tennis Championships". The Indian Express. 19 April 1950. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Results". World Tennis. April 1959. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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