All India Hard Court Championships

All India Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Abolished	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Location	Various
Venue	Various
Surface	Clay

The All India Hard Court Championships,^[1] also known as the All India Hard Court Tennis Championships, was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1947.^[2] The championships were first played at the Madras Gymkhana Club grounds, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. The championships ran until 1972 before it was discontinued as part of the worldwide tennis circuit.

History

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.^[3] In 1947 the All India Tennis Association established a national level tournament called the All India Hard Court Championships.^[4] In 1947, 1955 and 1959 this tournament was held in conjunction with the Western India Championships. The championships were staged until 1972 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide tennis circuit.

Locations

The championships were staged mainly in Madras, but also throughout India in different locations such as; Amaravati, Bombay, Hyderabad and Trivandrum.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1947	Narendra Nath[5]	Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed	6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1948[6]	Lennart Bergelin	Torsten Johansson	5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1949[7]	G. Vasant	P. L. Narayanarao	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1950	Philippe Washer[8]	Raymundo Deyro	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1951	Sven Davidson[8]	Fred Kovaleski	6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1952	Lennart Bergelin[8]	Atsushi Miyagi	4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1954	Jack Arkinstall[8]	Ramanathan Krishnan	6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1955	Ramanathan Krishnan[9]	Jack Arkinstall	6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1956	Jack Arkinstall[8]	Bob Perry	6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1957	Arcot Uday Kumar[8]	Govindji Vasant	1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1958	Ramanathan Krishnan[8]	Ulf Schmidt	2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6
1959	Ramanathan Krishnan[10]	Giuseppe Merlo	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1960	Ramanathan Krishnan[8]	Ulf Schmidt	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1962[11]	Ramanathan Krishnan Neale Fraser	Krishnan led 19-17 Title shared
1965	Ramanathan Krishnan[8]	Jaidip Mukerjea	6-3, 10-8, 7-5
1966	Alex Metreveli[8]	Nicky Kalogeropoulos	7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1
1968[12]	Alex Metreveli	Ion Țiriac	11-9, 6-3, 6-2
1969	Ilie Nastase	Premjit Lall	4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1970	István Gulyás[8]	Alex Metreveli	3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1971	Anand Amritraj	Gaurav Misra	2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4
1972	Ramanathan Krishnan	Jaidip Mukerjea	w/o

See also

• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

References

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3. All India Tennis Association
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