Northern India Championships

Northern India Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNorthern India Lawn Tennis Championships
Founded1899 (1899)
Abolished1975 (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 Abdul Majid  ? ?
Northern India Championships
1919 Delhi Hassan Ali Fyzee Bhagwan Dass 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1933 Lahore Giorgio de Stefani Emanuele Sertorio 6–0, 6–3
1936 Lahore Ghaus Mohammed Khan Subba L.R. Sawhney 2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret.
1937 Lahore Subba L.R. Sawhney Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1938 Lahore Subba L.R. Sawhney Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1939 Lahore Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Sohan Lal 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–6
1940 Lahore Ghaus Mohammed Khan Franjo Kukuljević 7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1941/1944 Not held (due to World War II)
1950 New Delhi Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon Geoff Paish 9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1952 New Delhi Tony Mottram Naresh Kumar 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1954[7] New Delhi Jack Arkinstall Staffan Stockenberg 6–2, 7–5, 6–3.[8]
1955 New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Władysław Skonecki 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1957 Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Jack Arkinstall 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1958 New Delhi Ulf Schmidt Billy Knight 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1959 New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Ulf Schmidt 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1961 New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Premjit Lall 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Northern India and India National Championships
1962[9] New Delhi Roy Emerson Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1963[10] New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan (7) Jaidip Mukerjea 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1964[11] New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan (8) Alan Mills 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965[12] New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan (9) Martin Mulligan w.o.
1966[13] New Delhi Jaidip Mukerjea Premjit Lall 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967[14][15] New Delhi Premjit Lall Ramanathan Krishnan 3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–1 rtd.
Open era
Northern India and Punjab State Championships
1969 Amritsar Tadeusz Nowicki Premjit Lall 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1970 Amritsar Zlatko Ivancic Alex Metreveli 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

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

References

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  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.
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  11. ^ "Krishnan crushes Mills in 65 minutes". The Indian Express. 23 February 1964. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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