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

Women's singles

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