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Northern India Championships

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{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = Northern India Championships

| type = defunct

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1899}}

| editions =

| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1975}}

| event name = Northern India Lawn Tennis Championships

| location =Various

| venue =Various

| tour =

| surface = Grass

}}

The Northern India Championships{{cite book |last1=Datta |first1=Pratip Kumar |title=A Century of Indian Tennis |date=2001 |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-230-0783-0 |page=93 |language=en}} or formally the Northern India Lawn Tennis ChampionshipMeenakshi Saxena (2000). Kiran Bedi, the Kindly Baton. Books India International. p. 232. and, also known as the Northern India Tennis Championships,{{cite book |last1=GHOSH |first1=S. N. |title=THE INDIAN LISTENER: Vol. V. No. 24. (7th DECEMBER 1940) |date=7 December 1940 |publisher=All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi |location=Delhi |page=1933 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dOXiDwAAQBAJ&dq=Northern+India+Championships+tennis&pg=PA1933 |language=en}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Tournament – Tennisarchives.com |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=598&n=Northern%20India |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=12 January 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Tournament – National and Northern India Championships |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=2192&n=National%20and%20Northern%20India%20Championships |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=12 January 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
style="width:60px;"|Year

! style="width:100px;"|Location

! style="width:230px;"|Winner

! style="width:200px;"|Runner-up

! style="width:150px;"|Score

colspan=5 align=center |North India Championship
style="background:#ededed"|1899style="background:#ededed"|Delhi{{flagicon|British India}} Abdul Majid{{flagicon|British India}} ??
colspan=5 align=center |Northern India Championships
style="background:#ededed"|1919style="background:#ededed"|Delhi{{flagicon|British India}} Hassan Ali Fyzee{{flagicon|British India}} Bhagwan Dass6–2, 6–2, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1933style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio de Stefani{{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuele Sertorio6–0, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1936style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Ghaus Mohammed Khan{{flagicon|British India}} Subba L.R. Sawhney2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret.
style="background:#ededed"|1937style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Subba L.R. Sawhney{{flagicon|British India}} Hira-Lal Soni6–4, 6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1938style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Subba L.R. Sawhney{{flagicon|British India}} Hira-Lal Soni6–4, 6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1939style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed{{flagicon|British India}} Sohan Lal6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–6
style="background:#ededed"|1940style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Ghaus Mohammed Khan{{flagicon|YUG}} Franjo Kukuljević7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1941/1944colspan=5 align=center |Not held (due to World War II)
style="background:#ededed"|1950style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|PHI}} Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon{{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Paish9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
style="background:#ededed"|1952style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Mottram{{flagicon|IND}} Naresh Kumar7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1954{{cite news |title=Two Titles for Arkinstall:New Delhi: Northern India Lawn Tennis Championships |work=Adelaide Advertiser |publisher=Newspaper Archives |date=25 January 1954 |location=Adelaide, Victoria, Australia |page=14}}style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall{{flagicon|SWE}} Staffan Stockenberg6–2, 7–5, 6–3.Adelaide Advertiser, p.14.
style="background:#ededed"|1955style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{flagicon|POL}} Władysław Skonecki6–3, 6–1, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1957style="background:#ededed"|Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Arkinstall6–3, 6–4, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1958style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|SWE}} Ulf Schmidt{{flagicon|GBR}} Billy Knight6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1959style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{flagicon|SWE}} Ulf Schmidt6–3, 6–3, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1961style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan{{flagicon|IND}} Premjit Lall6–4, 6–4, 6–2
colspan=5 align=center |Northern India and India National Championships
1962{{cite news|date=19 February 1962|title=Tennis|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qi9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&article_id=6266,898780|accessdate=10 November 2024}}New Delhi{{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1963{{cite news|date=25 February 1963|title=Krishnan Scores Another Facile Title Victory Over Mukherjea|newspaper=The Indian Express|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19630225&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=10 November 2024}}New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan (7){{flagicon|IND}} Jaidip Mukerjea6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1964{{cite news|date=23 February 1964|title=Krishnan crushes Mills in 65 minutes|newspaper=The Indian Express|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4FlAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&article_id=2748,2351772|accessdate=10 November 2024}}New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan (8){{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Mills6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965{{cite news|date=April 1965|title=Around the world|magazine=World Tennis|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1965-04_12_11/page/68/mode/2up|accessdate=12 November 2024}}New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan (9){{flagicon|AUS}} Martin Mulliganw.o.
1966{{cite news|date=March 1966|title=Results|magazine=World Tennis|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1966-03_13_10/page/82/mode/2up|accessdate=12 November 2024}}New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Jaidip Mukerjea{{flagicon|IND}} Premjit Lall4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967{{cite news|date=9 January 1967|title=Injuries halt final|newspaper=The Leader Post|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cONUAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA26&article_id=4419,1203895|accessdate=10 November 2024}}{{cite news|date=March 1967|title=Results|magazine=World Tennis|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1967-03_14_10/page/86/mode/2up|accessdate=12 November 2024}}New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Premjit Lall{{flagicon|IND}} Ramanathan Krishnan3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–1 rtd.
style=background-color:#ffaa77

|colspan=5 align=center |Open era

colspan=5 align=center |Northern India and Punjab State Championships
style="background:#ededed"|1969style="background:#ededed"|Amritsar{{flagicon|POL}} Tadeusz Nowicki{{flagicon|IND}} Premjit Lall6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1970style="background:#ededed"|Amritsar{{flagicon|YUG}} Zlatko Ivancic{{flagicon|USSR}} Alex Metreveli6–3, 6–4

=Women's singles=

:Incomplete roll included.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
style="width:60px;"|Year

! style="width:100px;"|Location

! style="width:230px;"|Winner

! style="width:200px;"|Runner-up

! style="width:150px;"|Score

colspan=5 align=center |Northern India Championships
style="background:#ededed"|1936style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Meher Dubash{{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1937style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Leela Row{{flagicon|British India}} Meher Dubash?
style="background:#ededed"|1938style="background:#ededed"|Lahore{{flagicon|British India}} Mrs E.H. Edney{{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–4, 6–3
1941/1944colspan=5 align=center |Not held (due to World War II)
style="background:#ededed"|1950style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|USA}} Gussie Moran{{flagicon|USA}} Pat Canning Todd6–1, 4–6, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1953{{cite web |last1=Shukla |first1=Dr Balraj |title=First Queens of Indian tennis and the reign of Rita Davar |url=https://thebridge.in/forgotten-heroes/first-queens-indian-tennis-reign-rita-davar/ |website=thebridge.in |publisher=The Bridge |access-date=8 August 2023 |language=en |date=10 January 2019}}style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Rita Davar{{flagicon|IND}} Urmila Thapar6–4, 9–7
style="background:#ededed"|1955style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|PAK}} Parveen Sheikh{{flagicon|IND}} Urmila Thapar6–4, 5–7, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1957style="background:#ededed"|Delhi{{flagicon|IND}} Khanum Haji Singh{{flagicon|IND}} Mrs. J.B. Singh4–6, 7–5, 6–1
colspan=5 align=center |Northern India and India National Championships
style="background:#ededed"|1960style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Hellyer{{flagicon|USA}} Mimi Arnold4–6, 7–5, 6–0
style="background:#ededed"|1962style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner{{flagicon|AUS}} Madonna Schacht6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1966style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|EST}} Tiiu Soome{{flagicon|NZL}} Marion Law6-2, 3–6, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1967style="background:#ededed"|New Delhi{{flagicon|USSR}} Alla Ivanova{{flagicon|USSR}} Rena Abjandadze8–6, 6–3
style=background-color:#ffaa77

|colspan=5 align=center |Open era

colspan=5 align=center |Northern India and Punjab State Championships
style="background:#ededed"|1969style="background:#ededed"|Amritsar{{flagicon|ROM}} Judith Dibar{{flagicon|USA}} Alice Tym6–1, 5–7, 7–5
style="background:#ededed"|1970style="background:#ededed"|Amritsar{{flagicon|USSR}} Aleksandra Ivanova|{{flagicon|YUG}} Irena Škulj6–1, 6–3

References

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Category:Clay court tennis tournaments

Category:Grass court tennis tournaments

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Category:Defunct sports competitions in India

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1899

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Category:1970 disestablishments in India