Northern India Championships
Northern India Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Northern India Lawn Tennis Championships |
Founded | 1899 |
Abolished | 1975 |
Location | Various |
Venue | Various |
Surface | Grass |
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.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up | Score | |
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North India Championship | |||||
1899 | Delhi | ![]() |
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Northern India Championships | |||||
1919 | Delhi | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | |
1933 | Lahore | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–3 | |
1936 | Lahore | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret. | |
1937 | Lahore | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1938 | Lahore | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1939 | Lahore | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–6 | |
1940 | Lahore | ![]() |
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7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1941/1944 | Not held (due to World War II) | ||||
1950 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0 | |
1952 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1954[7] | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5, 6–3.[8] | |
1955 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1, 6–2 | |
1957 | Delhi | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1958 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
1959 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1961 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4, 6–2 | |
Northern India and India National Championships | |||||
1962 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4, 6–3 | |
Northern India Championships | |||||
1963 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | |
Northern India and India National Championships | |||||
1964 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3, 6–4 | |
1966 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 | |
Northern India Championships | |||||
1967 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 1–2, ret. | |
Open era | |||||
Northern India and Punjab State Championships | |||||
1969 | Amritsar | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | |
1970 | Amritsar | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Women's singles
[edit]- Incomplete roll included.
Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up | Score | |
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Northern India Championships | |||||
1936 | Lahore | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 | |
1937 | Lahore | ![]() |
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? | |
1938 | Lahore | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 | |
1941/1944 | Not held (due to World War II) | ||||
1950 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, 6–1 | |
1953[9] | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–4, 9–7 | |
1955 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 6–1 | |
1957 | Delhi | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | |
Northern India and India National Championships | |||||
1960 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–0 | |
1962 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 | |
1966 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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6-2, 3–6, 6–4 | |
1967 | New Delhi | ![]() |
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8–6, 6–3 | |
Open era | |||||
Northern India and Punjab State Championships | |||||
1969 | Amritsar | ![]() |
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6–1, 5–7, 7–5 | |
1970 | Amritsar | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
References
[edit]- ^ Datta, Pratip Kumar (2001). A Century of Indian Tennis. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 93. ISBN 978-81-230-0783-0.
- ^ Meenakshi Saxena (2000). Kiran Bedi, the Kindly Baton. Books India International. p. 232.
- ^ GHOSH, S. N. (7 December 1940). THE INDIAN LISTENER: Vol. V. No. 24. (7th DECEMBER 1940). Delhi: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi. p. 1933.
- ^ "History". aitatennis. New Delhi, India: All India Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Tennisarchives.com". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – National and Northern India Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Two Titles for Arkinstall:New Delhi: Northern India Lawn Tennis Championships". Adelaide Advertiser. Adelaide, Victoria, Australia: Newspaper Archives. 25 January 1954. p. 14.
- ^ Adelaide Advertiser, p.14.
- ^ Shukla, Dr Balraj (10 January 2019). "First Queens of Indian tennis and the reign of Rita Davar". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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