The Northern India Championships 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, 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. 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. YearLocationWinnerRunner-upScoreNorth India Championship1899 Delhi Abdul Majid ??Northern India Championships1919 Delhi Hassan Ali Fyzee Bhagwan Dass6–2, 6–2, 6–31933 Lahore Giorgio de Stefani Emanuele Sertorio6–0, 6–31936 Lahore Ghaus Mohammed Khan Subba L.R. Sawhney2–6, 6–3, 5–5, ret.1937 Lahore Subba L.R. Sawhney Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 1938 Lahore Subba L.R. Sawhney Hira-Lal Soni 6–4, 6–1, 6–31939 Lahore Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Sohan Lal6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 8–61940 Lahore Ghaus Mohammed Khan Franjo Kukuljević7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 6–31941/1944Not held (due to World War II)1950 New Delhi Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon Geoff Paish 9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–01952 New Delhi Tony Mottram Naresh Kumar7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 6–21954 New Delhi Jack Arkinstall Staffan Stockenberg 6–2, 7–5, 6–3.Adelaide Advertiser, p. 14. 1955 New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Władysław Skonecki6–3, 6–1, 6–21957 Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Jack Arkinstall6–3, 6–4, 6–31958 New Delhi Ulf Schmidt Billy Knight6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1959 New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Ulf Schmidt6–3, 6–3, 6–11961 New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan Premjit Lall6–4, 6–4, 6–2Northern India and India National Championships1962New Delhi Roy Emerson Ramanathan Krishnan6–4, 6–4, 6–31963New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan (7) Jaidip Mukerjea6–4, 6–0, 6–31964New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan (8) Alan Mills6–1, 6–3, 6–41965New Delhi Ramanathan Krishnan (9) Martin Mulliganw.o.1966New Delhi Jaidip Mukerjea Premjit Lall 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–01967New Delhi Premjit Lall Ramanathan Krishnan3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–1 rtd.Open era Northern India and Punjab State Championships1969Amritsar Tadeusz Nowicki Premjit Lall6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 1970Amritsar Zlatko Ivancic Alex Metreveli6–3, 6–4
Women's singles Incomplete roll included. YearLocationWinnerRunner-upScoreNorthern India Championships1936 Lahore Meher Dubash Dorothy Haydon Crouch6–1, 6–31937 Lahore Leela Row Meher Dubash? 1938 Lahore Mrs E.H. Edney Dorothy Haydon Crouch 6–4, 6–3 1941/1944Not held (due to World War II)1950 New Delhi Gussie Moran Pat Canning Todd 6–1, 4–6, 6–11953 New Delhi Rita Davar Urmila Thapar6–4, 9–71955 New Delhi Parveen Sheikh Urmila Thapar6–4, 5–7, 6–11957 Delhi Khanum Haji Singh Mrs. J.B. Singh 4–6, 7–5, 6–1Northern India and India National Championships1960 New Delhi Margaret Hellyer Mimi Arnold4–6, 7–5, 6–01962New Delhi Lesley Turner Madonna Schacht 6–1, 6–31966New Delhi Tiiu Soome Marion Law6-2, 3–6, 6–41967New Delhi Alla Ivanova Rena Abjandadze8–6, 6–3 Open era Northern India and Punjab State Championships1969Amritsar Judith Dibar Alice Tym6–1, 5–7, 7–5 1970Amritsar Aleksandra Ivanova Irena Škulj6–1, 6–3
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