The Indian Open was a men's tennis tournament founded as the India International Championships^[1] in 1923. It was played from 1923 until 1979 and the men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, 1970 to 1979. From 1945 to 1972 it was known as the Indian International Championships. It was held in various cities in, India and was played outdoor on multiple surfaces.

History

Tennis was introduuced to India in 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.^[2] In 1923 the India International Championships^[3] were established and played at the Calcutta South Club, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. The championships were not staged during World War II and a few years after Indian Independence in 1947.

In 1948 the tournament was renamed as the Indian International Championships until 1954, and still held in Calcutta. In 1955 two versions of the championships were held, one the India International Championships from late December till early January, and the Indian International Championships in late January. In 1956 the tournament returned to the latter's title. In 1957 two championships were once again held in Calcutta with the same tournament names as in 1955. In 1958 the event then resumed under the Indian International Championships brand name until 1972. In 1973 it was renamed as the Indian Open.

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.

The India International Championships were predominantly staged in Calcutta, under the new tournament name the Indian International Championships that began in 1948, it continued to held in Calcutta until it moved to Madras in 1959. Over a number of years, the event was also held in other cities such as New Delhi and Bombay.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll included:^[4][5][6]

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	Eskel 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	Robert Harman	6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2
1934	Calcutta	Josip Palada	Edward Vivian Bobb	10–8, 6–3, 6–3
1935	Calcutta	Josip Palada (2)	Franjo Punčec
1940–1944	Not held (WW2)
Indian International Championships
1945	Madras	Sumant Misra	B.R. Kapinipathy	9–7, 9–7, 5–7, 6–0
1946	Calcutta	Ghaus Mohammed Khan	Dilip Bose	7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1947	Calcutta	Sumant Misra (2)	Sohan Lal	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1948	Calcutta	Lennart Bergelin	Sumant Misra	8–6, 6–1, 6–4
1949	Calcutta	Dilip Kumar Bose	Sumant Misra	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1950	Calcutta	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	Jack Arkinstall	Ramanathan Krishnan	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1955	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan	Jack Arkinstall	6–2, 0–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Indian International Championships
1956	Calcutta	Jack Arkinstall	Ramanathan Krishnan	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1957	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan (2)	Naresh Kumar	6–4, 6–0, 8–6
1958	Calcutta	Ramanathan Krishnan (3)	Naresh Kumar	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1959	Madras	Ramanathan Krishnan (4)	Giuseppe Merlo	7–5, 6–0, 6–0
1960	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (5)	Ulf Schmidt	6–3, 6–3 6–1
1961	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (6)	Carlos Fernandes	6–2, 3–6, 14–16, 6–2, 6–3
1965	New Delhi	Ramanathan Krishnan (7)	Martin Mulligan	w.o.
1966	New Delhi	Jaidip Mukerjea	Premjit Lall	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1968	New Delhi	Ion Țiriac	Jaidip Mukerjea	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	New Delhi	Ilie Năstase	Premjit Lall	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1970	Calcutta	Premjit Lall	Alex Metreveli	9–7, 6–0, 5–7 6–3
1972	Calcutta	Gaurav Misra	Ramanathan Krishnan	4–6, 6–4, 8–10, 7–5, 6–2
Indian Open
1973[7]	New Delhi	Vijay Amritraj	Mal Anderson	6–4, 5–7, 7–9, 6–3, 11-9
1974[8]	Bombay	Onny Parun	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1975[9]	Calcutta	Vijay Amritraj (2)	Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–3
1976[10]	Bangalore	Kim Warwick	Sashi Menon	6–1, 6–2
1977[11]	Bombay	Vijay Amritraj (3)	Terry Moor	7–6, 6–4
1978[12]	Calcutta	Yannick Noah	Pascal Portes	6–3, 6–2
1979[13]	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 Championships
• National Lawn Tennis Championships of India

References

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.