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 (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.   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 (1885) and Calcutta (1887) .  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 (1910–59, 1964–66, 1969, 1970, 1973), hard courts (1967) and clay courts (1960–61, 1974–79) . 

Venues
The tournament was staged in different cities for the duration of its run they included:

Finals
Included:

Men's singles

Records
Included:

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
 Bhargava, S. C. Bhatt, Gopal K. (2006).  Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes.  Maharashtra.  Gyan Publishing House.    . 
 
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 

 

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