Northern India Championships

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.

Northern India Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNorthern India Lawn Tennis Championships
Founded1899 (1899)
Abolished1975 (1975)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
SurfaceGrass

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 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966. 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
1899Delhi Abdul Majid ??
Northern India Championships
1919Delhi Hassan Ali Fyzee Bhagwan Dass6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1933Lahore Giorgio de Stefani Emanuele Sertorio6–0, 6–3
1936Lahore Ghaus Mohammed Khan Subba L.R. Sawhney2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret.
1937Lahore Subba L.R. Sawhney Hira-Lal Soni6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1938Lahore Subba L.R. Sawhney Hira-Lal Soni6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1939Lahore Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Sohan Lal6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–6
1940Lahore Ghaus Mohammed Khan Franjo Kukuljević7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1941/1944Not held (due to World War II)
1950New Delhi Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon Geoff Paish9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1952New Delhi Tony Mottram Naresh Kumar7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1954[7]New Delhi Jack Arkinstall Staffan Stockenberg6–2, 7–5, 6–3.[8]
1955New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Władysław Skonecki6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1957Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Jack Arkinstall6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1958New Delhi Ulf Schmidt Billy Knight6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1959New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Ulf Schmidt6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1961New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Premjit Lall6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Northern India and India National Championships
1962New Delhi Roy Emerson Ramanathan Krishnan6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Northern India Championships
1963New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Jaidip Mukerjea6–4, 6–0, 6–2
Northern India and India National Championships
1964New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Alan Mills6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1966New Delhi Jaidip Mukerjea Premjit Lall4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
Northern India Championships
1967New Delhi Premjit Lall Ramanathan Krishnan6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 1–2, ret.
Open era
Northern India and Punjab State Championships
1969Amritsar Tadeusz Nowicki Premjit Lall6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1970Amritsar Zlatko Ivancic Alex Metreveli6–3, 6–4

Women's singles
Incomplete roll included.
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
Northern India Championships
1936Lahore Meher Dubash Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–1, 6–3
1937Lahore Leela Row Meher Dubash?
1938Lahore Mrs E.H. Edney Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–4, 6–3
1941/1944Not held (due to World War II)
1950New Delhi Gussie Moran Pat Canning Todd6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1953[9]New Delhi Rita Davar Urmila Thapar6–4, 9–7
1955New Delhi Parveen Sheikh Urmila Thapar6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1957Delhi Khanum Haji Singh Mrs. J.B. Singh4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Northern India and India National Championships
1960New Delhi Margaret Hellyer Mimi Arnold4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1962New Delhi Lesley Turner Madonna Schacht6–1, 6–3
1966New Delhi Tiiu Soome Marion Law6-2, 3–6, 6–4
1967New Delhi Alla Ivanova Rena Abjandadze8–6, 6–3
Open era
Northern India and Punjab State Championships
1969Amritsar Judith Dibar Alice Tym6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1970Amritsar Aleksandra Ivanova Irena Škulj6–1, 6–3

References
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