The Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships or Bombay Hard Court Championships, also called the Bombay Presidency Hard Courts, was an international combined men's and women's tennis
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.
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tournament founded in 1924. The championships were played at the
Hindu Gymkhana Hindu Gymkhana may mean:
* Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi, a gymkhana in Karachi
* Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai, a gymkhana in Mumbai
* Hindu Gymkhana, Pune, a gymkhana in Pune
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Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The championships ran until 1950 before being discontinued.
History
Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers. In 1924 The Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships were established in Bombay, India and played on clay courts at the
Hindu Gymkhana Hindu Gymkhana may mean:
* Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi, a gymkhana in Karachi
* Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai, a gymkhana in Mumbai
* Hindu Gymkhana, Pune, a gymkhana in Pune
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a. After World War two it decreased in popularity and was discontinued.
Finals
Men's singles
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Women's singles
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References
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Defunct tennis tournaments in India
Clay court tennis tournaments