Indian Open (tennis)


The Indian Open originally called the All India Championships or formally the All India Lawn Tennis Championships and also known as The National Lawn Tennis Championships of India and later the Indian International Championships is a defunct combined 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. Ramanathan Krishnan won most titles during the pre-Open era with six titles and Vijay Amritraj won most titles during the open era with four 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 and Calcutta . However, there was no national championships, in 1910 colonial officers of the British Raj established the All India Lawn Tennis Championships in Allahabad 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.. 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, hard courts and clay courts .

Venues

The tournament was staged in different cities for the duration of its run they included:
Host cityyears staged
Allahabad1910–1938, 1944, 1946–1949, 1950–1951
Bombay1939, 1974, 1977, 1979
Calcutta1940, 1952–1953, 1955, 1957–1959, 1964–1965, 1967, 1975, 1978
Baroda1941
Lahore1942
Indore1943
Madras1944, 1945, 1954
New Delhi1956, 1960–1961, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1982
Bangalore1976
Pune1981

Finals

Included:

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Ladies singles

Records

Included:

Men's singles