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. Jenny Sandison won most titles during the pre-Open era with seven titles, while Nirupama Mankad won the most titles during the open era with five titles.

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]

Finals[]

Included:^[7]

Men's singles[]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
	Edmund Atkinson [8]	Lewis Seymour Deane	7–5, 7–5, 7–5
	H. W. Davies [9]	John Rendall	?
	H. W. Davies [10]	H. Nelson-Wright	6–0, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–1
	Edmund Atkinson [11]	?	?
	Edmund Atkinson [12]	?	?
	?	?	?
	Mohammed Sleem[13]		6–2, 6–1
1917–18	Not held
	Mr.Nagu	?	?
	?	?	?
	Edward Vivian Bobb [14]	?	?
	Mohammed Sleem[15]	Harry Lewis-Barclay	8–6, 6–1, 6–1
	S.K. Mukerji [16]	Sandford Wilson Bobb	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
	[17]		8–6, 7–5, 7–5
	Eric Burn Andreae [18]		6–4, 6–3, 6–8, 6–4
	[19]	Sri-Krishna Prasada	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
	Edward Vivian Bobb [20]		5–7, 7–5, 8–6, 6–3
1928–29	Not held
	Edward Vivian Bobb [21]		6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
	[22]		3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
	[23]	Ahad Hussain	6–0, 6–2, 6–2
	Edward Vivian Bobb [24][25]	Sohan Lal	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 10–8
	[26]	Edward Vivian Bobb	6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2
	Franjo Kukuljević[27]	Josip Palada	4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
	Roderich Menzel[28]	Ladislav Hecht	6–2, 7–5, 5–5 ret.
	Edward Vivian Bobb [29]	Dip Narain Kapoor	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
	[30]	Islam Ahmad	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
	Ghaus M. Khan	Tenkasi K. Ramanathan	6–1, 6–2
	Franjo Punčec[31]		11-9. 6–4, 7–5
	Ghaus M. Khan	Iftikhar Ahmed Khan	6–0, 6–3, 7–5
		Prem Lal Pandhi	6–1, 6–1, 6–0
	Ghaus M. Khan	Iftikhar Ahmed Khan	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
	Ghaus M. Khan		6–2, 6–4, 6–0
	Sumant Misra	B.R. Kapinipathy	9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
	Ghaus M. Khan	Dilip K. Bose	7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
	Sumant Misra	Mohan lal	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
	Lennart Bergelin	Sumant Misra	8–6, 6–1, 6–4
	Dilip K. Bose	Sumant Misra	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
	Felicisimo Ampon	Pedro Masip	5–7, 8–6, 8–6, 6–1
	Sven Davidson	Jaroslav Drobný	6–3, 6–3, 7–5
	Sven Davidson	Iftikhar Ahmed Khan	6–3, 6–4, 8–6
	Sumant Misra	Naresh Kumar	6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–3
	Jack Arkinstall[32]	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	Ramanathan Krishnan	Jack Arkinstall	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	Sven Davidson	Kurt Nielsen	6–4, 6–1, 15–17, 6–4
	Ramanathan Krishnan	Naresh Kumar	6–4, 6–0, 8–6
	Ulf Schmidt	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
	Ramanathan Krishnan	Naresh Kumar	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	Ramanathan Krishnan	Ulf Schmidt	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
	Premjit Lall	Carlos Fernandes	6–2, 3–6, 14–16, 6–2, 6–3
1962–63	Not held
	Ramanathan Krishnan	Alan Mills	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
	Ramanathan Krishnan	Martin Mulligan	w.o.
	Jaidip Mukerjea	Premjit Lall	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
	Ion Țiriac	Jaidip Mukerjea	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Open era
1968	Not held
	Ilie Năstase	Premjit Lall	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
	Premjit Lall	Alex Metreveli	9–7, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
1971–72	Not held
1973	Vijay Amritraj[33]	Mal Anderson	6–4, 5–7, 8–9, 6–3, 11–9
1974	Onny Parun[34]	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1975	Vijay Amritraj[35]	Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–3
1976	Kim Warwick[36]	Sashi Menon	6–1, 6–2
1977	Vijay Amritraj[37]	Terry Moor	7–6, 6–4
1978	Yannick Noah[38]	Pascal Portes	6–3, 6–2
1979	Vijay Amritraj[39]	Peter Elter	6–1, 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	Wolfgang Popp	7–6, 6–2

Women's singles[]

Year	Champion	Runner up	Score
1910	Mrs Kendall	Mrs Hutchinson	6–3, 6–3
1911	Miss Warburton	Miss Latham	(score?)
1912	Mrs Adams	Mrs Leslie-Jones	6–0, 6–3
1913	Miss Warburton	Mrs Leslie-Jones	6–4, 6–3 (Lahore, March)
1914	Mrs Leslie-Jones	Mrs Fremantle	6–2, 6–0
1915–18	No event WW1
1919	Mrs Dickens	Mrs Simpson	6–1, 6–3
1920	Mrs Kellie [40]	?	6–3, 9-11, 6–1
1921	Mrs Kemble	?	?
1922	Phyllis Howkins Covell	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6–3, 7–5 *
1923	Winifred MacClellan Keays	Mrs O'Neill	6–2, 6–3
1924	Yolande Mackinnon	Mrs T. Horn	6–3, 6–3
1925	Lena McKenna	Phyllis Cox Berthoud	6–2, 6–4
1926	Lena McKenna	Miss Holden	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1927	Jenny Sandison	Lena McKenna	8–6, 6–4
1928	Abandoned
1929	Jenny Sandison [41]	?	?
1930	Jenny Sandison	Lena McKenna	6–3, 6–0
1931	Leela Row	Lena McKenna	6–1, 6–1
1932	Jenny Sandison	Leela Row	7–5, 6–3
1933	Jenny Sandison	Leela Row	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1934	Jenny Sandison	Hyacinth Harvey-Johnston	6–2, 6–3
1935	Jenny Sandison	Margaret Parrott	6–2, 6–3
1936	Leela Row	Rosie Gibson	6–1, 6–0
1937	Leela Row	Joan Fry Lakeman	2–6, 9–7, 6–2
1938	Leela Row	Meher Dubash	6–1, 6–2
1939	Gaby Curtis	Laura Woodbridge	6–2, 6–8, 9–7
1940	Leela Row	Laura Woodbridge	6–3, 6–2
1941	Leela Row	Meher Dubash	6–4, 6–1
1942	Mrs Massey	Leela Row	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1943	Leela Row	Meher Dubash
1944		Miss Maguire	6–1, 6–1
1945	Laura Woodbridge	Doreen Sansoni	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
1946	Doreen Sansoni	Sarah Mody	6–1, 10–12, 6–0
1947	Khanum Haji Singh[42]	Laura Woodbridge	w.o.
1948	Khanum Haji Singh	Promilla Khanna	6–4, 6–4
1949	Khanum Haji Singh	Promilla Khanna	3–6, 9–7, 6–3
1950	Pat Canning Todd	Gussie Moran	6–2, 6–2
1951	Dorothy Head	Joy Gannon Mottram	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1952		Laura Woodbridge	6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1953		Rita Davar	6–2, 6–1
1954	Rita Davar	Urmila Thapar	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
1955	Rita Davar	Urmila Thapar	6–4, 6–1
1956	Althea Gibson[43]		6–2, 6–2
1957	Khanum Haji Singh	Promilla Khanna Singh	7–5, 7–5
1958	Promilla Khanna Singh	Leela Panjabi	6–2, 6–3
1959		Khanum Haji Singh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1960	Margaret Hellyer	Mimi Arnold	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1961	Margaret Hellyer	Dechu Appaiah	6–4, 6–2
1962	Lesley Turner	Madonna Schacht	6–1, 6–3
1963		Cherri Chettyanna	6–2, 6–2
1964		Lakshmi Mahadevan	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1965	Marion Law	Nirupama Vasant	6–4, 6–4
1966		Marion Law	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1967	Rena Abzhandadze	Aleksandra Ivanova	6–4, 6–0
Open era
1968	Aleksandra Ivanova		6–1, 6–2
1969	Judith Dibar	Alice Luthy Tym	6–2, 6–1
1970	Aleksandra Ivanova	Irena Škulj	6–1, 6–3
1971	Nirupama Mankad	Kiran Peshawaria	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972	Marilyn Tesch	Nirupama Mankad	6–4, 6–2
1973	Udaya Kumar	Kiran Peshawaria Bedi	6–2, 7–5
1974	[44]	Nirupama Vasant Mankad	(score?)
1975	Nirupama Mankad	Susan Das	7–5, 6–4
1976	Nirupama Mankad	Susan Das	6–4, 6–3
1977	Nirupama Mankad	Susan Das	6–4, 6–3
1978	Nirupama Mankad	Amreeta Ahluwalia	3–6, 6–1, 8–6
1979		Anu Peshawaria	6–4, 6–0
1980	Amreeta Ahluwalia	Anu Peshawaria	6–0, 6–3
1981	Amreeta Ahluwalia	Anu Peshawaria	6–1, 6–4
1982	Anu Peshawaria	Namratha Appa Rao	6–4, 6–3

Records[]

Included:^[45]

Men's singles[]

• Most titles: Ramanathan Krishnan (6 titles)
• Most finals: Ramanathan Krishnan (8 finals)
• Most consecutive titles: Edward Vivian Bobb (3 titles) (1927–27, 1930)
• Most consecutive finals: Ramanathan Krishnan, (4 finals) (1957–60)
• Most matches played: Vijay Amritraj (26)
• Most matches won: Vijay Amritraj (24)
• Most consecutive matches won: Edward Vivian Bobb (13)
• Most editions played: Premjit Lall (11)
• Best match winning %: Edward Vivian Bobb, 92.8%, (pre-open era)
• Best match winning %: Vijay Amritraj, 92.3%, (open era)
• Oldest champion: Jack Arkinstall, 34y 7m & 26d (1955)
• Youngest champion: Ramanathan Krishnan, 16y 8m & 17d (1954)
• Longest final: Vijay Amritraj v Mal Anderson result: 6-4, 5-7, 8-9, 6-3, 11-9, (68 games), in (1973)
• Shortest final: Kim Warwick v Sashi Menon result: 6–1, 6–2, (15 games), in (1976)

References[]

Sources[]

• Majumdar, Boria; Mangan, J. A. (2013). Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317998945.
• http://www.tennisarchives.com/All India Championships 1910–1956
• https://app.thetennisbase.com/All India Championships draws 1910–1979

External links[]

• ATP World Tour archive
• ITF [1]