All India Hard Court Championships

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = All India Hard Court Championships

| type = Defunct

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1947}}

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| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1972}}

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| location = Various

| venue = Various

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| surface = Clay

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The All India Hard Court Championships,{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Max |title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis |date=1974 |publisher=Viking Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-670-29408-4 |page=264 |url= |language=en}} 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.{{cite web |title=History |url=https://aitatennis.com/history/ |website=aitatennis |publisher=All India Tennis Association |access-date=11 January 2023 |location=New Delhi, India}} 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.All India Tennis Association In 1947 the All India Tennis Association established a national level tournament called the All India Hard Court Championships.{{cite news |last1=Ranganathan |first1=Shilu |title=Memories of Madras – Field days |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Memories-of-Madras-ndash-Field-days/article16206273.ece |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Group |date=20 July 2010 |location=Chennai, Tamil Nadu |language=en-IN}} 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=

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:220px"\|Champion !style="width:200px"\|Runner-up !style="width:170px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class=wikitable
1947	{{flagicon\|IND}} Narendra Nath{{cite web\|title=Western India Championships 1947 (inc. All India Hard Courts)\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34097\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|IND}} Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed	6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1948{{cite news\|date=13 January 1948\|title=Bergelin Wins Singles Title\|newspaper=The Indian Express\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&article_id=5896,1222480\|accessdate=10 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Lennart Bergelin	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Torsten Johansson	5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1949{{cite news\|date=19 January 1949\|title=Vasant Secures Singles Title\|newspaper=The Indian Express\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TABFAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&article_id=4098,1862533\|accessdate=10 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|IND}} G. Vasant	{{flagicon\|IND}} P. L. Narayanarao	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1950	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Philippe Washer{{cite web\|title=All India Hard Courts\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1948&n=All%20India%20Hard%20Courts\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|PHI}} Raymundo Deyro	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1951	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Sven Davidson	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Kovaleski	6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1952	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Lennart Bergelin	{{flagicon\|JAP}} Atsushi Miyagi	4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1954	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1955	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{cite web\|title=Western India Championships 1955 (inc. All India Hard Courts)\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34099\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall	6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1956	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Perry	6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1957	{{flagicon\|IND}} Arcot Uday Kumar	{{flagicon\|IND}} Govindji Vasant	1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1958	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Ulf Schmidt	2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6
1959	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{cite web\|title=Western India Championships 1959 (inc. All India Hard Courts)\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34101\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Giuseppe Merlo	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1960	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Ulf Schmidt	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1962{{cite news\|date=May 1962\|title=Results\|magazine=World Tennis\|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1962-05_9_12/page/72/mode/2up\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan {{flagicon\|AUS}} Neale Fraser	Krishnan led 19-17 Title shared
1965	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|IND}} Jaidip Mukerjea	6-3, 10-8, 7-5
1966	{{flagicon\|USSR}} Alex Metreveli	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Nicky Kalogeropoulos	7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1
1968{{cite news\|date=23 January 1968\|title=Metreveli Triumphs\|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3BIAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA32&article_id=4138,2240615\|accessdate=10 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|USSR}} Alex Metreveli	{{flagicon\|RUM}} Ion Țiriac	11-9, 6-3, 6-2
1969	{{flagicon\|RUM}} Ilie Nastase	{{flagicon\|IND}} Premjit Lall	4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1970	{{flagicon\|HUN}} István Gulyás	{{flagicon\|USSR}} Alex Metreveli	3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1971	{{flagicon\|IND}} Anand Amritraj	{{flagicon\|IND}} Gaurav Misra	2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4
1972	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|IND}} Jaidip Mukerjea	w/o

References

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in India

Category:Clay court tennis tournaments

Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:220px"\|Champion !style="width:200px"\|Runner-up !style="width:170px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class=wikitable
1947	{{flagicon\|IND}} Narendra Nath{{cite web\|title=Western India Championships 1947 (inc. All India Hard Courts)\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34097\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|IND}} Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed	6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1948{{cite news\|date=13 January 1948\|title=Bergelin Wins Singles Title\|newspaper=The Indian Express\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&article_id=5896,1222480\|accessdate=10 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Lennart Bergelin	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Torsten Johansson	5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1949{{cite news\|date=19 January 1949\|title=Vasant Secures Singles Title\|newspaper=The Indian Express\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TABFAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&article_id=4098,1862533\|accessdate=10 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|IND}} G. Vasant	{{flagicon\|IND}} P. L. Narayanarao	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1950	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Philippe Washer{{cite web\|title=All India Hard Courts\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1948&n=All%20India%20Hard%20Courts\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|PHI}} Raymundo Deyro	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1951	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Sven Davidson	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Kovaleski	6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1952	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Lennart Bergelin	{{flagicon\|JAP}} Atsushi Miyagi	4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1954	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1955	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{cite web\|title=Western India Championships 1955 (inc. All India Hard Courts)\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34099\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall	6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1956	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Perry	6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1957	{{flagicon\|IND}} Arcot Uday Kumar	{{flagicon\|IND}} Govindji Vasant	1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1958	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Ulf Schmidt	2-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 8-6
1959	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{cite web\|title=Western India Championships 1959 (inc. All India Hard Courts)\|website=Tennis Archives\|url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34101\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Giuseppe Merlo	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1960	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Ulf Schmidt	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1962{{cite news\|date=May 1962\|title=Results\|magazine=World Tennis\|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1962-05_9_12/page/72/mode/2up\|accessdate=9 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan {{flagicon\|AUS}} Neale Fraser	Krishnan led 19-17 Title shared
1965	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|IND}} Jaidip Mukerjea	6-3, 10-8, 7-5
1966	{{flagicon\|USSR}} Alex Metreveli	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Nicky Kalogeropoulos	7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1
1968{{cite news\|date=23 January 1968\|title=Metreveli Triumphs\|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3BIAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA32&article_id=4138,2240615\|accessdate=10 November 2024}}	{{flagicon\|USSR}} Alex Metreveli	{{flagicon\|RUM}} Ion Țiriac	11-9, 6-3, 6-2
1969	{{flagicon\|RUM}} Ilie Nastase	{{flagicon\|IND}} Premjit Lall	4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1970	{{flagicon\|HUN}} István Gulyás	{{flagicon\|USSR}} Alex Metreveli	3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1971	{{flagicon\|IND}} Anand Amritraj	{{flagicon\|IND}} Gaurav Misra	2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 10-12, 6-4
1972	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan	{{flagicon\|IND}} Jaidip Mukerjea	w/o