Indian Open (tennis)

Not to be confused with WTA Indian Open, Royal Indian Open, or 1996 India Open.

The Indian Open was a men's tennis tournament founded as the India International Championships in 1923. It was played from 1923 until 1979 and the men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, 1973 to 1979. From 1947 to 1972 it was known as the Indian National Championships (though open to international competitors). It was held in various cities across India and was played outdoor on multiple surfaces.

Indian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Grand Prix circuit
Founded	1923
Abolished	1979
Location	Various India
Surface	Clay, Grass, Hard

History

Tennis was introduced to India in 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers. In 1923 the India International Championships were established and played at the Calcutta South Club, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

In 1973, the Indian championships with international competitors diverged from the national championships. By the late 1970s the national championships was a minor event for Indian born players. The international event was renamed as the Indian Open in 1973.

Locations and venues

The Calcutta South Club was founded in 1920, and also organised the Calcutta Lawn Tennis Championships.That tournament later became known as the East India Lawn Tennis Championships. Its current facilities consist of the six original grass courts, In 1985 the Club built six new clay courts, and in 2004 it added five asphalt-based rubberized hard courts.

After the war until the start of the open era, the India International Championships were predominantly staged in Calcutta, under the tournament name the Indian National Championships. The event was often held over Christmas and new year and on a few occasions two events were held in a single year in January and December (sometimes winners are described as winning in a year in which an event started in late December, other times in the year the event finished in early January). In a few years, the event was also held in other cities such as New Delhi and Allahabad.

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
India International Championships
1923	Calcutta	Sunao Okamoto
1924	Calcutta	Sunao Okamoto (2)
1925	Calcutta	Syed Anwar Yusoof
1926	Calcutta	J. Robson
1927	Calcutta	Sunao Okamoto (3)	Pershotam Lal Mehta	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1928	Calcutta	Atri-Madan Mohan	Pershotam Lal Mehta	3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 8–6
1929	Calcutta	Edward Vivian Bobb	Mohammed Sleem	3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1930	Calcutta	Bunny Austin	Eskell 'Buster' Andrews	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1931	Calcutta	Jiro Fujikura	Ryuki Miki	3–6, 3–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–0
1932	Calcutta	Giorgio de Stefani	Dip Narain Kapoor	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1933	Calcutta	Atri-Madan Mohan (2)	Edward Vivian Bobb	10–8, 6–3, 6–3
1934	Calcutta	Josip Palada	Franjo Punčec	9–7, 6–4, 6–3
All India Championships
1935	Allahabad	Josip Palada (2)	Franjo Punčec	4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
1936	Calcutta	Ladislav Hecht	Roderich Menzel	2–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 5–5 ret.
1937	Allahabad	Edward Vivian Bobb (2)	Dip Narain Kapoor	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1938	Allahabad	Dip Narain Kapoor	Islam Ahmad	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939	Bombay	Ghaus Mohammad	Tenkasi K. Ramanathan	6–1, 6–2
1940	Calcutta	Franjo Punčec	Yudishtra Singh	11-9. 6–4, 7–5
1941	Baroda	Ghaus Mohammad (2)	Iftikhar Ahmed Khan	6–0, 6–3, 7–5
1942	Lahore	Subba L.R. Sawhney	Prem Lal Pandhi	6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1943	Indore	Ghaus Mohammad (3)	Iftikhar Ahmed Khan	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1944	Allahabad	Hal Surface	Ghaus Mohammad	6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1945	Madras	Sumant Misra	B.R. Kapinipathy	9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1946	Calcutta	Ghaus Mohammad (4)	Dilip Bose	7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
India National Championships
1947	Calcutta	Sumant Misra (2)	Man-Mohan Bhandari	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1948	Calcutta	Lennart Bergelin	Sumant Misra	8–6, 6–1, 6–4
1949	Calcutta	Dilip Bose	Sumant Misra	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1950	Allahabad	Felicisimo Ampon	Pedro Masip	5–7, 8–6, 8–6, 6–1
1951	Calcutta	Sven Davidson	Jaroslav Drobný	6–3, 6–3 7–5
1952	Calcutta	Sven Davidson (2)	Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed	6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1953	Calcutta	Sumant Misra (3)	Naresh Kumar	6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–3
1954	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan	Jack Arkinstall	6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1955	Calcutta	Jack Arkinstall	Ramanathan Krishnan	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1956	New Delhi	Sven Davidson (3)	Kurt Nielsen	6–4, 6–1, 15–17, 6–4
1957	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan (2)	Naresh Kumar	6–4, 6–0, 8–6
1958	Calcutta	Ulf Schmidt	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
1959	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan (3)	Naresh Kumar	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1960	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (4)	Ulf Schmidt	6–3, 6–3 6–1
1961	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan (5)	Carlos Fernandes	6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
India National and Northern India Championships
1962	New Delhi	Roy Emerson	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1963	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (6)	Jaidip Mukerjea	6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1964	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (7)	Alan Mills	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (8)	Martin Mulligan	w.o.
1966	New Delhi	Jaidip Mukerjea	Premjit Lall	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1967	New Delhi	Premjit Lall	Ramanathan Krishnan	3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–1 rtd.
India International Championships
1968	Calcutta	Ion Țiriac	Jaidip Mukerjea	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
India National Championships
1969	New Delhi	Ilie Năstase	Premjit Lall	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1970	Calcutta	Premjit Lall (2)	Alex Metreveli	9–7, 6–0, 5–7 6–3
1971	Calcutta	Jaidip Mukerjea (2)	Premjit Lall	7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1972	Calcutta	Gaurav Misra	Ramanathan Krishnan	4–6, 6–4, 8–10, 7–5, 6–2
Indian Open
1973	New Delhi	Vijay Amritraj	Mal Anderson	6–4, 5–7, 7–9, 6–3, 11-9
1974	Bombay	Onny Parun	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1975	Calcutta	Vijay Amritraj (2)	Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–3
1976	Bangalore	Kim Warwick	Sashi Menon	6–1, 6–2
1977	Bombay	Vijay Amritraj (3)	Terry Moor	7–6, 6–4
1978	Calcutta	Yannick Noah	Pascal Portes	6–3, 6–2
1979	Bombay	Vijay Amritraj (4)	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	Thomas Fürst Wolfgang Popp	7–6, 6–2

See also

• All India Hard Court Championships
• National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

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

External links

• ATP World Tour archive
• ITF – Indian Open. Archived 12 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine.