Indian Open (tennis)

The Indian Open originally called the All India Championships [1] or formally the All India Lawn Tennis Championships [1] and also known as The National Lawn Tennis Championships of India and later the Indian International Championships is a defunct combined (men's and women's) tennis tournament. It was played from 1910 until 1982 and the men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, 1970 to 1979. It was held in various cities in, India and was played outdoor on multiple surfaces. Ramanathan Krishnan won most titles during the pre-Open era with six titles and Vijay Amritraj won most titles during the open era with four titles.

Not to be confused with Royal Indian Open or 1996 India Open.
Indian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1910
Abolished1982
Editions50 (men's), 68 (women's)
LocationVarious
India
SurfaceClay, Grass, Hard

History

Lawn tennis in India can be traced back within the first decade of the establishment of the Wimbledon championships with early local championships being established in places like Punjab (1885) and Calcutta (1887).[1] However, there was no national championships, in 1910 colonial officers of the British Raj established the All India Lawn Tennis Championships in Allahabad [1] which was 10 years before the All India Tennis Association was founded. The championships staged both men's and women's singles play and also doubles.[1] In 1946, the All-India Championships tournament was renamed the National Lawn Tennis Championships of India by the India Lawn Tennis Association. The tournament was hosted at different cities around India and was also played on different surfaces, such as grass courts (1910–59, 1964–66, 1969, 1970, 1973), hard courts (1967) and clay courts (1960–61, 1974–79).[2]

Venues

The tournament was staged in different cities for the duration of its run they included:[3]

Host cityyears staged
Allahabad [4]1910–1938, 1944, 1946–1949, 1950–1951
Bombay1939, 1974, 1977, 1979
Calcutta [5]1940, 1952–1953, 1955, 1957–1959, 1962, 1964–1965, 1967, 1975, 1978
Baroda1941
Lahore1942
Indore1943
Madras [6]1944, 1945, 1954
New Delhi1956, 1960–1961, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1982
Bangalore1976
Pune1981

Finals

Included:[7]

Men's singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1910 Edmund Atkinson [8] Lewis Seymour Deane7–5, 7–5, 7–5
1911 H. W. Davies [9] John Rendall?
1912 H. W. Davies [10] H. Nelson-Wright6–0, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1
1913 Edmund Atkinson [11] ??
1914 Edmund Atkinson [12] ??
1915 ? ??
1916 Mohammed Sleem [13] Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao6–2, 6–1
1917–18Not held
1919 Mr.Nagu ??
1920 ? ??
1921 Edward Vivian Bobb [14] ??
1922 Mohammed Sleem [15] Harry Lewis-Barclay8–6, 6–1, 6–1
1923 S.K. Mukerji [16] Sandford Wilson Bobb6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1924 Eric Burn Andreae [17] Sri-Krishna Prasada8–6, 7–5, 7–5
1925 Eric Burn Andreae [18] Jagat Mohan Lal6–4, 6–3, 6–8, 6–4
1926 Edward Vivian Bobb [19] Sri-Krishna Prasada6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1927 Edward Vivian Bobb [20] Dip Narain Kapoor5–7, 7–5, 8–6, 6–3
1928–29Not held
1930 Edward Vivian Bobb [21] Dip Narain Kapoor6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1931 Dip Narain Kapoor [22] Ahad Hussain3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1932 Dip Narain Kapoor [23] Ahad Hussain6–0, 6–2, 6–2
1933 Edward Vivian Bobb [24][25] Sohan Lal5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 10–8
1934 Sohan Lal [26] Edward Vivian Bobb6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2
1935 Franjo Kukuljević [27] Josip Palada4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
1936 Roderich Menzel [28] Ladislav Hecht6–2, 7–5, 5–5 ret.
1937 Edward Vivian Bobb [29] Dip Narain Kapoor6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1938 Dip Narain Kapoor [30] Islam Ahmad8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939 Ghaus M. Khan Tenkasi K. Ramanathan6–1, 6–2
1940 Franjo Punčec [31] Yudishtra Singh11-9. 6–4, 7–5
1941 Ghaus M. Khan Iftikhar Ahmed Khan6–0, 6–3, 7–5
1942 Subba L.R. Sawhney Prem Lal Pandhi6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1943 Ghaus M. Khan Iftikhar Ahmed Khan6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1944 Ghaus M. Khan Hal Surface6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1945 Sumant Misra B.R. Kapinipathy9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1946 Ghaus M. Khan Dilip K. Bose7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1947 Sumant Misra Mohan lal4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1948 Lennart Bergelin Sumant Misra8–6, 6–1, 6–4
1949 Dilip K. Bose Sumant Misra3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1950 Felicisimo Ampon Pedro Masip5–7, 8–6, 8–6, 6–1
1951 Sven Davidson Jaroslav Drobný6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1952 Sven Davidson Iftikhar Ahmed Khan6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1953 Sumant Misra Naresh Kumar6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–3
1954 Jack Arkinstall [32] Ramanathan Krishnan6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1955 Ramanathan Krishnan Jack Arkinstall3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1956 Sven Davidson Kurt Nielsen6–4, 6–1, 15–17, 6–4
1957 Ramanathan Krishnan Naresh Kumar6–4, 6–0, 8–6
1958 Ulf Schmidt Ramanathan Krishnan6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
1959 Ramanathan Krishnan Naresh Kumar6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1960 Ramanathan Krishnan Ulf Schmidt6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1961 Premjit Lall Carlos Fernandes6–2, 3–6, 14–16, 6–2, 6–3
1962–63Not held
1964 Ramanathan Krishnan Alan Mills6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965 Ramanathan Krishnan Martin Mulliganw.o.
1966 Jaidip Mukerjea Premjit Lall4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967 Ion Țiriac Jaidip Mukerjea6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Open era
1968Not held
1969 Ilie Năstase Premjit Lall6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1970 Premjit Lall Alex Metreveli9–7, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
1971–72Not held
1973 Vijay Amritraj [33] Mal Anderson6–4, 5–7, 8–9, 6–3, 11–9
1974 Onny Parun [34] Tony Roche6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1975 Vijay Amritraj [35] Manuel Orantes7–5, 6–3
1976 Kim Warwick [36] Sashi Menon6–1, 6–2
1977 Vijay Amritraj [37] Terry Moor7–6, 6–4
1978 Yannick Noah [38] Pascal Portes6–3, 6–2
1979 Vijay Amritraj [39] Peter Elter6–1, 7–5

Men's doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 Jim McManus
Raúl Ramírez		 Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj		6–2, 6–4
1974 Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj		 Dick Crealy
Onny Parun		6–4, 7–6
1975 Juan Gisbert
Manuel Orantes		 Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj		1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1976 Bob Carmichael
Ray Ruffels		 Chiradip Mukerjea
Bhanu Nunna		6–2, 7–6
1977 Mike Cahill
Terry Moor		 Marcello Lara
Jasjit Singh		6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1978 Sashi Menon
Sherwood Stewart		 Gilles Moretton
Yannick Noah		7–6, 6–4
1979 Chris Delaney
James Delaney		 Thomas Fürst
Wolfgang Popp		7–6, 6–2

Ladies singles
Year Champion Runner up Score
1910 Mrs Kendall Mrs Hutchinson6–3, 6–3
1911 Miss Warburton Miss Latham(score?)
1912 Mrs Adams Mrs Leslie-Jones6–0, 6–3
1913 Miss Warburton Mrs Leslie-Jones6–4, 6–3 (Lahore, March)
1914 Mrs Leslie-Jones Mrs Fremantle6–2, 6–0
1915–18No event WW1
1919 Mrs Dickens Mrs Simpson6–1, 6–3
1920 Mrs Kellie [40]?6–3, 9-11, 6–1
1921 Mrs Kemble??
1922 Phyllis Howkins Covell Dorothy Shepherd-Barron6–3, 7–5 *
1923 Winifred MacClellan Keays Mrs O'Neill6–2, 6–3
1924 Yolande Mackinnon Mrs T. Horn6–3, 6–3
1925 Lena McKenna Phyllis Cox Berthoud6–2, 6–4
1926 Lena McKenna Miss Holden6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1927 Jenny Sandison Lena McKenna8–6, 6–4
1928Abandoned
1929 Jenny Sandison [41]??
1930 Jenny SandisonLena McKenna6–3, 6–0
1931 Leela Row Lena McKenna6–1, 6–1
1932 Jenny Sandison Leela Row7–5, 6–3
1933Jenny Sandison Leela Row3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1934 Jenny Sandison Hyacinth Harvey-Johnston6–2, 6–3
1935 Jenny Sandison Margaret Parrott6–2, 6–3
1936 Leela Row Rosie Gibson6–1, 6–0
1937 Leela Row Joan Fry Lakeman2–6, 9–7, 6–2
1938 Leela Row Meher Dubash6–1, 6–2
1939 Gaby Curtis Laura Woodbridge6–2, 6–8, 9–7
1940 Leela Row Laura Woodbridge6–3, 6–2
1941 Leela Row Meher Dubash6–4, 6–1
1942 Mrs Massey Leela Row2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1943 Leela Row Meher Dubash
1944 Laura Woodbridge Miss Maguire6–1, 6–1
1945 Laura Woodbridge Doreen Sansoni3–6, 6–2, 6–0
1946 Doreen Sansoni Sarah Mody6–1, 10–12, 6–0
1947 Khanum Haji Singh [42] Laura Woodbridgew.o.
1948 Khanum Haji Singh Promilla Khanna6–4, 6–4
1949 Khanum Haji Singh Promilla Khanna3–6, 9–7, 6–3
1950 Pat Canning Todd Gussie Moran6–2, 6–2
1951 Dorothy Head Joy Gannon Mottram6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1952 Urmila Thapar Laura Woodbridge6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1953 Joy Gannon Mottram Rita Davar6–2, 6–1
1954 Rita Davar Urmila Thapar0–6, 6–2, 6–2
1955 Rita Davar Urmila Thapar6–4, 6–1
1956 Althea Gibson[43] Saichiko Kamo6–2, 6–2
1957 Khanum Haji Singh Promilla Khanna Singh7–5, 7–5
1958 Promilla Khanna Singh Leela Panjabi6–2, 6–3
1959 Dechu Appaiah Khanum Haji Singh2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1960 Margaret Hellyer Mimi Arnold4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1961 Margaret Hellyer Dechu Appaiah6–4, 6–2
1962 Lesley Turner Madonna Schacht6–1, 6–3
1963 Rattan Thadani Cherri Chettyanna6–2, 6–2
1964 Jill Rook Mills Lakshmi Mahadevan6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1965 Marion Law Nirupama Vasant6–4, 6–4
1966 Tiiu Soome Marion Law6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1967 Alla Ivanova Rena Abjandadze8–6, 6–3
Open era
1968 Alla Ivanova??
1969 Judith Dibar Alice Luthy Tym6–2, 6–1
1970 Alla Ivanova Nina Turkheli6–2, 6–3
1971 Nirupama Mankad Kiran Peshawaria4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972 Marilyn Tesch Nirupama Mankad6–4, 6–2
1973 Udaya Kumar Kiran Peshawaria Bedi6–2, 7–5
1974 Susan Das [44] Nirupama Vasant Mankad(score?)
1975 Nirupama Mankad Susan Das7–5, 6–4
1976 Nirupama Mankad Susan Das6–4, 6–3
1977 Nirupama MankadSusan Das6–4, 6–3
1978 Nirupama Mankad Amreeta Ahluwalia3–6, 6–1, 8–6
1979 Amreeta Ahluwalia Anu Peshawaria6–4, 6–0
1980 Amreeta Ahluwalia Anu Peshawaria6–0, 6–3
1981 Amreeta Ahluwalia Anu Peshawaria6–1, 6–4
1982 Anu Peshawaria Namratha Appa Rao6–4, 6–3

Records

Included:[45]

Men's singles

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