Athar-Ali Fyzee (28 August 1883 – 3 November 1963) was an Indian international

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and

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player. He competed in the men's singles tennis tournament at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. In a tennis career lasting 18 seasons from 1909 to 1934, he reached 21 finals and won 14 singles titles.

Career

Table tennis

Athar-Ali Fyzee took part in the first 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in London. Here he won the bronze medal with the Indian men's team which included his brother

Hassan Ali Fyzee Hassan-Ali Fyzee (9 October 1879 – 1 January 1962) was an Indian tennis, badminton, and table tennis player. Table tennis Hassan-Ali Fyzee took part in the first 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in London. Here he won the bronze medal ...

. The same year he was elected the first president of the

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Tennis

In a career lasting 18 seasons from 1909 to 1934, he reached 21 finals and won 14 singles titles. In major grand slam tournaments his best result in the singles events was reaching the third round in the

1925 French Championships The 1925 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Français in Saint-Cloud, France. The tournament ran from 28 May until 6 June. It was the 30th staging o ...

where he lost to

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and the

1926 Wimbledon Championships The 1926 Wimbledon Championships, also known as the ''Jubilee Championships'', took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 21 June until 3 Ju ...

. He participated in 15 editions of the

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between 1910 and 1933. In 1909 he played his first event, and won his title at the Wilderness Tournament at

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on asphalt courts against Britain's Sydney Watts. Ali Fyzee was an adaptable player on all surfaces, most notably taking the

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and

Middlesex Championships The Middlesex Championships. or Middlesex Lawn Tennis Championships and also known as the Middlesex Open Tennis Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis founded at the Chiswick Park Lawn Tennis Club, Chiswick Park, Chiswick, Middles ...

at Chiswick Park, Chiswick on grass courts in 1921, the

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in 1922, the

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in 1923, and the Welsh Covered Court Championships at Llandudno,

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in 1928 and 1931 on indoor wood courts. He was also a finalist at the

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in 1923. His other career singles highlights 1921 he won the Herga LTC Tournament at Harrow tournament on grass 3 times (1922-23, 1929), the

North London Hard Courts Championships The North London Hard Courts Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1920. The tournament was jointly held at the Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club, Stamford Hill, and the North London Hard Courts Tennis Club, H ...

in 1921 on clay at Highbury, London against fellow countryman Cotah Ramaswami, and again in 1926. In 1923 he won the Roehampton Grass Courts at the

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. His last tournament was at the North London Hardcourts in May 1938. From 1921 to 1927 he represented India in the

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, he won 4 of his 17 singles and 6 of his 11 doubles.Tennis Archives

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fyzee, Athar-Ali 1883 births 1963 deaths Indian male table tennis players Racket sportspeople from Mumbai Indian male tennis players Olympic tennis players of India Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics World Table Tennis Championships medalists Tyabji family

Career

Table tennis

Tennis

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