Northern India Championships

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Northern India Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNorthern India Lawn Tennis Championships
Founded1899;125 years ago (1899)
Abolished1975;49 years ago (1975)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
Surface Grass

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.

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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]
YearLocationWinnerRunner-upScore
North India Championship
1899Delhi British Raj Red Ensign.svg Abdul Majid British Raj Red Ensign.svg  ??
Northern India Championships
1919Delhi British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hassan Ali Fyzee British Raj Red Ensign.svg Bhagwan Dass6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1933 Lahore Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio de Stefani Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Sertorio 6–0, 6–3
1936Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Ghaus Mohammed Khan British Raj Red Ensign.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret.
1937Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1938Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Subba L.R. Sawhney British Raj Red Ensign.svg Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1939Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sohan Lal 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–6
1940Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Ghaus Mohammed Khan Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Franjo Kukuljević 7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1941/1944Not held (due to World War II)
1950New Delhi Flag of the Philippines.svg Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Paish 9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1952New Delhi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Mottram Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1954 [7] New Delhi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Arkinstall Flag of Sweden.svg Staffan Stockenberg 6–2, 7–5, 6–3. [8]
1955New Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan Flag of Poland.svg Władysław Skonecki 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1957Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Arkinstall 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1958New Delhi Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Billy Knight 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1959New Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1961New Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Northern India and India National Championships
1962 [9] New Delhi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1963 [10] New Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (7) Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1964 [11] New Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (8) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Mills 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965 [12] New Delhi Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (9) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Mulligan w.o.
1966 [13] New Delhi Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967 [14] [15] New Delhi Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 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 Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Nowicki Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1970Amritsar Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zlatko Ivancic Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alex Metreveli 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

Incomplete roll included.
YearLocationWinnerRunner-upScore
Northern India Championships
1936 Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Meher Dubash Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–1, 6–3
1937Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Leela Row British Raj Red Ensign.svg Meher Dubash?
1938Lahore British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mrs E.H. Edney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–4, 6–3
1941/1944Not held (due to World War II)
1950New Delhi Flag of the United States.svg Gussie Moran Flag of the United States.svg Pat Canning Todd 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1953 [16] New Delhi Flag of India.svg Rita Davar Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar 6–4, 9–7
1955New Delhi Flag of Pakistan.svg Parveen Sheikh Flag of India.svg Urmila Thapar 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1957Delhi Flag of India.svg Khanum Haji Singh Flag of India.svg Mrs. J.B. Singh4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Northern India and India National Championships
1960New Delhi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Hellyer Flag of the United States.svg Mimi Arnold 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1962New Delhi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Turner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Madonna Schacht 6–1, 6–3
1966New Delhi Flag of Estonia.svg Tiiu Soome Flag of New Zealand.svg Marion Law 6-2, 3–6, 6–4
1967New Delhi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alla Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rena Abjandadze8–6, 6–3
Open era
Northern India and Punjab State Championships
1969 Amritsar Flag of Romania.svg Judith Dibar Flag of the United States.svg Alice Tym 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1970Amritsar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandra Ivanova Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Irena Škulj 6–1, 6–3

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