The All India Hard Court Championships, also known as the All India Hard Court Tennis Championships, was a combined men's and women's

clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...

tennis tournament founded in 1946. The championships were first played at the Madras Gymkhana Club grounds,

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, Tamil Nadu, India. The championships ran until 1972 before it was discontinued as part of the worldwide tennis circuit.

History

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers. In 1946 the All India Tennis Association established a national level tournament called the All India Hard Court Championships. In 1947, 1955 and 1959 this tournament was held in conjunction with the

Western India Championships The Western India Championships also known as the Western India Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament, founded in 1888 as the Bombay Gymkhana Club Tournament. The championships was played at the Gymkhana Club groun ...

. The championships were staged until 1972 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide tennis circuit.

Locations

The championships were staged mainly in

, but also throughout India in different locations such as; Amaravati, Bombay, Hyderabad and Trivandrum.

References

{{Tennis-stub Defunct tennis tournaments in India Clay court tennis tournaments