Ceylon Championships

The Ceylon Championships (1884-1972) later known as the Sri Lankan Championships (1972–76) was a men's and women's national tennis tournament held at the Hill Club LTC, Nuwara Eliya British Ceylon now Sri Lanka from 1884 through 1976.

History The Ceylon Championships were founded in 1884 and staged at the Hill Club Tennis Club, Nuwara Eliya, British Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka the event later became known as the Sri Lanka Open which was not staged until 1976. The tournaments first three editions were men's only events. In 1887 the first women's singles event was held that was won by Isa Watson. The most successful men's player in singles was Edward De Fonblanque who won a record ten championship titles and the most successful ladies player in singles was Doreen Sansoni who won a record seven championship titles. The event was re-established as the Sri Lanka Open in 2007. The event was staged on either grass courts or clay courts.Tournament – Ceylon Championships.

Finals Men's singles YearChampionRunner-upScore1884 Charles Ross James Parsons Dove6-5, 5-6, 6-1, 6-41885 James Parsons Dove Thomas Gallwey6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-51886 Charles De Fonblanque Edward Farquharson6-4, 6-5, 4-6, 4-6, 6-41887 Charles De Fonblanque Edward Farquharson6-4, 6-4, 6-21888 Charles De Fonblanque Charles Hayes6-8, 8-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-21889 Charles De Fonblanque Alfred Dennison6-2, 6-3, 6-41890 James Parsons Dove Hugh Keith6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-31891 Charles De Fonblanque Alfred Dennison6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-31892 Charles De Fonblanque P. A. Scott4-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-31893 Charles De Fonblanque Eustace Stephens5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-41894 Charles De Fonblanque Eustace Stephens3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-21895 Fred Hadden William Mitchell6-4, 6-4, 6-31896 Charles De Fonblanque Eustace Stephens6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 11-9, 6-41897 Charles De Fonblanque Eustace Stephens6-4, 6-8, 6-4, 6-31898 Douglas Kelly Edgar Vandespar6-4, 7-5, 7-51899 Eustace Stephens Douglas Kelly6-8, 6-1, 8-6, 6-11900 Douglas Kelly Eustace Stephens2-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-31901 Bertie Knight Douglas Kelly4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-41902 Eustace Stephens Bertie Knight6-2, 6-2, 8-61903 Eustace Stephens Fred Hadden6-1, 6-1, 6-21904 Douglas Kelly G. H. Bennett8-6, 6-2, 6-21905 Stuart Pickering Hayley Francis Poyntz-Roberts3-6, 6-1, 6-41906 Stuart Pickering Hayley Alec Hayley6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-01907 Douglas Kelly Stuart Pickering Hayley6-2, 8-6, 2-6, 7-51908 Douglas Kelly Arthur Cooper6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-21909 Stuart Pickering Hayley Douglas Kelly6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 1-6, 8-61910 Stuart Pickering Hayley Gordon Windus7-5, 7-5, 6-8, 6-31911 Stuart Pickering Hayley Gordon Windus6-0, 8-6, 6-11912 Douglas Kelly Stuart Pickering Hayley6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-41913 Arthur Cooper Douglas Kelly3-6, 10-8, 6-2, 6-31914 E. Spitz Arthur Cooper9-7, 6-4, 9-71915-18 No competition 1919 E. R. de Saram Louis Wright1920 Oscar Pinto Guy Boustead1921 Oscar Pinto Reginald Gaddum1922 Lionel Woodhouse Oscar Pinto1923 Oscar Pinto Lionel Woodhouse1924 Oscar Pinto Fred J. de Saram Sr.1925 Fred J. de Saram Sr. Oscar Pinto1926 Lionel Loos Churchill Gunasekara6-3, 6-3, 14-121927 Oscar Pinto Lionel Loos1928 G. M. Rennie G. O. Nicholas1929 Oscar Pinto G. O. Nicholas1930 G. O. Nicholas David Balfour1931 G. O. Nicholas Churchill Gunasekara5-7, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 6-21932 Oscar Pinto Churchill Gunasekara6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-11933 Eskell 'Buster' Andrews G. O. Nicholas1934 G. O. Nicholas James Piachaud1935 N. Krishnaswami Hildon Sansoni1936 N. Krishnaswami Hildon Sansoni1937 Yaswanath-Rao Savur N. Krishnaswami6-2, 6-3, 7-51938 Hildon Sansoni Tenkasi Ramanathan1939 Hildon Sansoni Fredrick de Saram6-4, 6-0, 10-81940 Anat Gupte James Piachaud6-1, 6-0, 6-11941 Fred J. de Saram Roland Abeyratne3-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, 6-41942-45 No competition 1946 B. R. Kapanipathy Fred J. de Saram3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-41947 Fred J. de Saram B. R. Kapanipathy6-2, 6-2, 6-41948 Ghaus Mohammad Fred J. de Saram8-10, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 12-101949 Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Fred J. de Saram6-2, 9-7, 6-31950 Fred J. de Saram Ian Occleshaw2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-41951 Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Naresh Kumar6-4, 6-4, 6-41952 Lovell Ernst Conroy Gunasekera6-4, 6-3, 6-41953 Jack Arkinstall Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed6-3, 6-0, 9-71954 Lennart Bergelin Staffan Stockenberg6-4, 6-41955 Władysław Skonecki Clive Wilderspin6-1, 10-8, 6-41956 Ramanathan Krishnan Jack Arkinstall9-7, 6-0, 6-11957 Rupert Ferdinands Bernard Pinto1958 Sumant Misra Rupert Ferdinands3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 7-51959 Sumant Misra Bernard Pinto6-3, 6-0, 2-6, 6-41960 Akhtar Ali Sumant Misra1961 Senaka Kumara Vishnu Mohan1962 Akhtar Ali V. R. Balasubramaniam1963 Rupert Ferdinands Bernard Pinto6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-21964 Ravi Venkatesan Shyam Minotra7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-01965 Sei Ni Si Bernard Pinto6-8, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-31966 Bernard Pinto Senaka Kumara8-6, 6-3, 6-21967 Harald Elschenbroich Jesus Hernandez6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-41968 Anand Amritraj Shyam Minotra7-5, 6-3, 6-11969 Rupert Ferdinands Shiv-Prakash Misra4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-11970 Rupert Ferdinands Sumant Misra6-3, 6-8, 6-41971 Anand Amritraj Ravi Venkatesan7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 7-51972 Ravi Venkatesan Somparn Champisri6-0, 2-6, 9-7, 5-7, 6-21973 Senaka Kumara Lassantha Fernando7-5, 6-1, 6-41974 Saeed Meer Meer Mohammed Khan6-4, 6-41975 Lassantha Fernando Gopal Bhupathi1976 Jamil Ahmed Everard De Silva6-2, 6-2, 6-3

See also :Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

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