Hassan-Ali Fyzee (9 October 1879 – 1 January 1962) was an Indian

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, badminton, and

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player.

Table tennis

Hassan-Ali Fyzee took part in the first

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in London. Here he won the bronze medal with the Indian men's team, in which also his brother

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, active in the Davis Cup, played. In 1926, he was president of the

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. At the end of 1926, he took over organizational tasks in the newly founded

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as an assessor.

Tennis

Fayzee's career singles match record was 223-116 (65.7%). He first main tournament was at the

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in London in April 1910 where he reached the quarter finals before losing to

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in straight sets. In a career lasting 18 seasons he reached 21 finals winning 10 titles. He won the Herga LTC tournament at Harrow tournament on grass 3 times (1922–23, 1929). He won the

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on grass in June 1922. He won the Roehampton tournament on clay in June 1923 defeating Nicolae Mișu of Romania in five sets. In July 1923 he won the

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at Edgbaston on grass. Adaptable on all surfaces he won the

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at Craigside,

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indoors on wood courts 2 times (1928–31). He also won the North London Hardcourts at

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on clay in 1926. His last tournament was at the North London Hardcourts in May 1938.

Davis Cup

From 1921 to 1927, he completed eleven encounters for the

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. He won 4 of his 17 singles and 6 of his 11 doubles.

Career Singles titles, (10) and runner up, (11)

Included:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fyzee, Hassan Ali 1879 births 1962 deaths Indian male table tennis players Indian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from Mumbai World Table Tennis Championships medalists Tyabji family Sportspeople from British India