National Lawn Tennis Championships of India

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National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour Grand Prix circuit
Founded1910
Abolished1999
LocationVarious
India
Surface Clay, Grass, Hard

The National Lawn Tennis Championships of India, [1] originally called the All India Championships, [2] or the All India Lawn Tennis Championships [2] and the Indian National Championships, was a combined (men's and women's) tennis tournament. It was played from 1910 until 1999. [3] It was held in various cities in, India and was played outdoor on multiple surfaces, but mainly grass courts.

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Ramanathan Krishnan won most men's singles championships with eight titles overall, [4] and, during the pre-Open era Jenny Sandison and Leela Row won the most women's singles championships with seven titles each, while Nirupama Mankad won the most titles during the open era with five titles.

History

Lawn tennis in India can be traced back within the first decade of the establishment of the Wimbledon championships with early local championships being established in places like Punjab (1885) and Calcutta (1887). [2] However, there was no national championships, in 1910 colonial officers of the British Raj established the All India Lawn Tennis Championships in Allahabad [4] [2] which was 10 years before the All India Tennis Association was founded. The championships staged both men's and women's singles play and also doubles. [2] In 1946, the All-India Championships tournament was renamed the National Lawn Tennis Championships of India by the India Lawn Tennis Association. [5] After World War 2 until the start of the open era, the event was often held over Christmas and new year and on a few occasions two events were held in a single year in January and December (sometimes winners are described as winning in a year in which an event started in late December, other times in the year the event finished in early January).

The tournament was hosted at different cities around India and was also played on different surfaces, such as grass courts (1910–59, 1964–66, 1969, 1970, 1973), hard courts (1967) and clay courts (1960–61, 1974–79). This tournament was also held in conjunction with the Northern India Championships for the years 1962 to 1967. In the open era the event became a minor event for Indian players.

Finals

Incomplete roll included: [6] [7] [8]

Men's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
All India Championships
1910 [9] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edmund Atkinson British Raj Red Ensign.svg Lewis Deane 7–5, 7–5, 7–5
1911 [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg H. W. Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Rendall ?
1912 [11] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg H. W. Davies (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg H. Nelson-Wright6–0, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1(2)
1913 [12] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edmund Atkinson British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ? ?
1914 [13] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edmund Atkinson (2) British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ? ?
1915 British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ? British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ? ?
1916 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mohammed Sleem British Raj Red Ensign.svg Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao 6–2, 6–1
1917–18Not held
1919 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mr.Nagu British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ? ?
1921 [14] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ? ?
1922 [15] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mohammed Sleem (2) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Lewis-Barclay 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
1923 [16] British Raj Red Ensign.svg S.K. Mukerji British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sandford Wilson Bobb6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1924 [17] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Burn Andreae British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sri-Krishna Prasada 8–6, 7–5, 7–5
1925 [18] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Eric Burn Andreae (2) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jagat Mohan Lal 6–4, 6–3, 6–8, 6–4
1926 [19] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb (2) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sri-Krishna Prasada6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1927 [20] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb (3) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Dip Narain Kapoor 5–7, 7–5, 8–6, 6–3
1928–29Not held
1930 [21] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb (4) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Dip Narain Kapoor 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1931 [22] 1931 Flag of India.svg Dip Narain Kapoor 1931 Flag of India.svg Ahad Hussain 3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1932 [23] 1931 Flag of India.svg Dip Narain Kapoor (2) 1931 Flag of India.svg Ahad Hussain6–0, 6–2, 6–2
1933 [24] [25] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb (5) 1931 Flag of India.svg Sohan Lal5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 10–8
1934 [26] 1931 Flag of India.svg Sohan Lal British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2
1935 [27] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Palada Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Franjo Punčec 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
1936 [28] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ladislav Hecht Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roderich Menzel 2–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 5–5 ret.
1937 [29] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Edward Vivian Bobb (6) 1931 Flag of India.svg Dip Narain Kapoor6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1938 [30] 1931 Flag of India.svg Dip Narain Kapoor (3) 1931 Flag of India.svg Islam Ahmad8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939 [31] 1931 Flag of India.svg Ghaus Mohammad 1931 Flag of India.svg Tenkasi K. Ramanathan6–1, 6–2
1940 [32] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Franjo Punčec 1931 Flag of India.svg Yudishtra Singh 11-9. 6–4, 7–5
1941 [33] 1931 Flag of India.svg Ghaus Mohammad (2) 1931 Flag of India.svg Iftikhar Ahmed Khan 6–0, 6–3, 7–5
1942 [34] 1931 Flag of India.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney 1931 Flag of India.svg Prem Lal Pandhi6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1943 [35] 1931 Flag of India.svg Ghaus Mohammad (3) 1931 Flag of India.svg Iftikhar Ahmed Khan6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1944 [36] Flag of the United States.svg Hal Surface 1931 Flag of India.svg Ghaus Mohammad 6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1945 [37] 1931 Flag of India.svg Sumant Misra 1931 Flag of India.svg B.R. Kapinipathy9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1946 [38] 1931 Flag of India.svg Ghaus Mohammad (4) 1931 Flag of India.svg Dilip Bose 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1947 [39] Flag of India.svg Sumant Misra (2) Flag of India.svg Man-Mohan Bhandari 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1948 [40] Flag of Sweden.svg Lennart Bergelin Flag of India.svg Sumant Misra 8–6, 6–1, 6–4
1949 [41] Flag of India.svg Dilip Bose Flag of India.svg Sumant Misra 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1950 [42] Flag of the Philippines.svg Felicisimo Ampon Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Masip 5–7, 8–6, 8–6, 6–1
1951 [43] Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Davidson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Drobný 6–3, 6–3 7–5
1952 [44] Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Davidson (2) Flag of Pakistan.svg Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed 6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1953 Flag of India.svg Sumant Misra [45] (3) Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar 6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–3
1954 [46] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Arkinstall 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1955 [47] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Arkinstall Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1956 [48] Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Davidson Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt Nielsen 6–4, 6–1, 15–17, 6–4
1957 [49] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (2) Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar 6–4, 6–0, 8–6
1958 [50] Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
1959 [51] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (3) Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1960 [52] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (4) Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt 6–3, 6–3 6–1
1961 [53] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (5) Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Fernandes 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
India National and Northern India Championships
1962 [54] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1963 [55] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (6) Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1964 [56] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (7) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Mills 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965 [57] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (8) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Mulligan w.o.
1966 [58] Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967 [59] [60] Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–1 rtd.
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1968 [45] Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall (2)
Open era
1969 [61] Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Năstase Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1970 [62] Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall (3) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alex Metreveli 9–7, 6–0, 5–7 6–3
1971 [45] Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea (2) Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1972 Flag of India.svg Gaurav Misra [45] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 4–6, 6–4, 8–10, 7–5, 6–2
1973 Flag of India.svg Vijay Amritraj [45] Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan ?
1974 Flag of India.svg Anand Amritraj  ??
1975 Flag of India.svg Vijay Amritraj (2) ??
1976 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Gorman  ??
1977 Flag of India.svg Ramesh Krishnan  ??
1978 Flag of India.svg Ramesh Krishnan (2) ??
1979 Flag of India.svg Bidyut Goswami [63]  ??
1980 Flag of India.svg Sashi Menon  ??
1981 Flag of India.svg Sashi Menon (2)??
1982 Flag of India.svg Srinivasan Vasudevan Flag of India.svg Jay Royappa 6-1, 6-1
1983 [64] Flag of India.svg Nandan Bal ??
1984 [65] Flag of India.svg Nandan Bal (2)??
1985 [65] Flag of India.svg Nandan Bal (3)??
1986 [66] Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali ??
1987 [66] Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali (2)??
1988 [66] Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali (3)??
1989 [66] Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali (4)??
1990 [66] Flag of India.svg Leander Paes ??
1991 [66] Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali (5)??
1992 [66] Flag of India.svg Gaurav Natekar ??
1993 [66] Flag of India.svg Asif Ismail ??
1994 [66] Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi ??
1995 [66] Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi (2)??
1996 [66] Flag of India.svg Nitin Kirtane ??
1997 [66] Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Hilpert ??
1998 [66] Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Hilpert (2)??
1999 [66] Flag of India.svg Syed Fazaluddin ??

Women's singles

YearChampionRunner upScore
All India Championships
1910 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Kendall British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Hutchinson6–3, 6–3
1911 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Miss Warburton British Raj Red Ensign.svg Miss Latham(score?)
1912 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Adams British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Leslie-Jones6–0, 6–3
1913 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Miss Warburton British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Leslie-Jones6–4, 6–3
1914 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Leslie-Jones British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Fremantle6–2, 6–0
1915–18No event WW1
1919 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Dickens British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Simpson6–1, 6–3
1920 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Kellie [67]  ?6–3, 9-11, 6–1
1921 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs Kemble ? ?
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Howkins Covell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 6–3, 7–5 *
1923 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Winifred MacClellan Keays British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs O'Neill6–2, 6–3
1924 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Yolande Mackinnon British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs T. Horn6–3, 6–3
1925 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Lena McKenna British Raj Red Ensign.svg Phyllis Cox Berthoud 6–2, 6–4
1926 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Lena McKenna (2) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Miss Holden6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1927 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison British Raj Red Ensign.svg Lena McKenna8–6, 6–4
1928Abandoned
1929 [68] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison (2) Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan  ?
1930 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison (3) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Lena McKenna6–3, 6–0
1931 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Leela Row British Raj Red Ensign.svg Lena McKenna6–1, 6–1
1932 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison (4) 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row 7–5, 6–3
1933 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison (5) 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1934 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison (6) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hyacinth Harvey-Johnston6–2, 6–3
1935 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison (7) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Margaret Parrott6–2, 6–3
1936 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row (2) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Rosie Gibson6–1, 6–0
1937 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Fry Lakeman 2–6, 9–7, 6–2
1938 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row (4) 1931 Flag of India.svg Meher Dubash6–1, 6–2
1939 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Gaby Curtis British Raj Red Ensign.svg Laura Woodbridge6–2, 6–8, 9–7
1940 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row (5) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Laura Woodbridge6–3, 6–2
1941 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row (6) 1931 Flag of India.svg Meher Dubash6–4, 6–1
1942 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs. Massey 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1943 1931 Flag of India.svg Leela Row (7) 1931 Flag of India.svg Meher Dubash
1944 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Laura Woodbridge British Raj Red Ensign.svg Miss Maguire6–1, 6–1
1945 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Laura Woodbridge (2) Flag of Ceylon.svg Doreen Sansoni 3–6, 6–2, 6–0
1946 Flag of Ceylon.svg Doreen Sansoni British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sarah Mody6–1, 10–12, 6–0
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1947 Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh [69] Flag of India.svg Laura Woodbridgew.o.
1948 Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh (2) Flag of India.svg Promilla Khanna6–4, 6–4
1949 Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh (3) Flag of India.svg Promilla Khanna3–6, 9–7, 6–3
1950 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Canning Todd Flag of the United States.svg Gussie Moran 6–2, 6–2
1951 Flag of the United States.svg Dorothy Head Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Mottram 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1952 Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar Flag of India.svg Laura Woodbridge6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1953 [70] Flag of India.svg Rita Davar Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Mottram 6–2, 6–1
1954 [71] Flag of India.svg Rita Davar (2) Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar0–6, 6–2, 6–2
1955 Flag of India.svg Rita Davar (3) Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar6–4, 6–1
1956 Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson [72] Flag of Japan.svg Saichiko Kamo 6–2, 6–2
1957 Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh (4) Flag of India.svg Promilla Khanna Singh7–5, 7–5
1958 Flag of India.svg Promilla Khanna Singh Flag of India.svg Leela Panjabi6–2, 6–3
1959 Flag of India.svg Dechu Appaiah Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1960 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Hellyer Flag of the United States.svg Mimi Arnold 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1961 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Hellyer (2) Flag of India.svg Dechu Appaiah6–4, 6–2
India National and Northern India Championships
1962 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Turner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Madonna Schacht 6–1, 6–3
1963 Flag of India.svg Rattan Thadani Flag of India.svg Cherri Chettyanna6–2, 6–2
1964 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jill Rook Mills Flag of India.svg Lakshmi Mahadevan6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1965 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marion Law Flag of India.svg Nirupama Vasant 6–4, 6–4
1966 Flag of Estonia.svg Tiiu Soome Flag of New Zealand.svg Marion Law 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1967 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rena Abzhandadze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandra Ivanova 6–4, 6–0
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
1968 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandra Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nina Turkheli 6–1, 6–2
Open era
1969 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Judith Dibar Flag of the United States.svg Alice Luthy Tym 6–2, 6–1
1970 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandra Ivanova (2) Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Irena Škulj 6–1, 6–3
1971 Flag of India.svg Nirupama Mankad Flag of India.svg Kiran Peshawaria 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marilyn Tesch Flag of India.svg Nirupama Mankad 6–4, 6–2
1973 Flag of India.svg Udaya Kumar Flag of India.svg Kiran Peshawaria Bedi6–2, 7–5
1974 Flag of India.svg Susan Das [73] Flag of India.svg Nirupama Vasant Mankad (score?)
1975 Flag of India.svg Nirupama Mankad (2) Flag of India.svg Susan Das 7–5, 6–4
1976 Flag of India.svg Nirupama Mankad (3) Flag of India.svg Susan Das6–4, 6–3
1977 Flag of India.svg Nirupama Mankad (4) Flag of India.svg Susan Das6–4, 6–3
1978 Flag of India.svg Nirupama Mankad (5) Flag of India.svg Amreeta Ahluwalia3–6, 6–1, 8–6
1979 Flag of India.svg Amreeta Ahluwalia Flag of India.svg Anu Peshawaria6–4, 6–0
1980 Flag of India.svg Amreeta Ahluwalia (2) Flag of India.svg Anu Peshawaria 6–0, 6–3
1981 Flag of India.svg Amreeta Ahluwalia (3) Flag of India.svg Anu Peshawaria6–1, 6–4
1982 Flag of India.svg Anu Peshawaria (4) Flag of India.svg Namratha Appa Rao6–4, 6–3

Venues

The tournament was staged in different cities for the duration of its run they included: [74]

Host cityyears staged
Allahabad [75] 1910–1938, 1944, 1946–1949, 1950–1951
Bombay 1939, 1974, 1977, 1979
Calcutta [76] 1940, 1952–1953, 1955, 1957–1959, 1963 1964–1965, 1967, 1975, 1978
Baroda 1941
Lahore 1942
Indore 1943
Madras [77] 1944, 1945, 1954
New Delhi 1956, 1960–1962, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1982
Bangalore 1976
Pune 1981

Records

Included: [78]

Men's singles

Women's singles

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