Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships

The Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships ^[1] or Bombay Hard Court Championships, also called the Bombay Presidency Hard Courts, was an international combined men's and women's tennis clay court tournament founded in 1924. The championships were played at the Hindu Gymkhana, Bombay, India. The championships ran until 1950 before being discontinued.

Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1924; 101 years ago (1924)
Abolished	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Location	Bombay, India
Venue	Hindu Gymkhana
Surface	Clay

History

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.^[2] In 1924 The Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships were established in Bombay, India and played on clay courts at the Hindu Gymkhanaa. After World War two it decreased in popularity and was discontinued.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll^[3]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1924	George H. Perkins	Andrew Cyril Pereira	6-2, 6-0
1925	Raja S. Raya Aiyar	Charles W. Gonsalves	6-4, 6-2
1926	Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao	N.B. Bhagwat	6-4, 6-1
1927	Raja S. Raya Aiyar (2)	P. Rangaswami	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1928[4]	Raja S. Raya Aiyar (3)	P. Rangaswami	2-6, 6-1, 6-4
1929	Raja S. Raya Aiyar (4)	D.M. Khatao	7-5, 6-2
1930	Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao (2)	B.H. Khardekar	6-3 6-0
1931-32	Not held
1933	Anant Gajanan Gupte	Andrew Cyril Pereira	6-8 6-0 6-4
1934	Edward Vivian Bobb	Janmeja Charanjiva	5-7 7-5 6-0
1935	Edward Vivian Bobb (2)	B.H. Khardekar	6-3, 6-3
1936	Syed Abdul Azim	Finn Bekkevold[5]	6-3, 6-2
1937	Yaswanath-Rao Savur[6]	Jimmy Mehta	7-5 6-3
1938[7]	Edward Vivian Bobb (3)	Bernard Thomas Blake	9-7 2-6 6-3
1939	Jimmy Mehta	Syed Abdul Azim	6-0 6-4
1940	Edward Vivian Bobb (4)	Rasi Kumara Sinhji	6-4 6-3
1942[8]	Ghaus Mohammed Khan	M.V. Bobbjee	6-4 6-2
1943-46	Not held

Women's singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1925	Mrs F. Portlock	Annie Nepean Clayton	4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1926	Annie Nepean Clayton	Mrs A.L. Cooper	6-1, 7-5
1927	Khama Row	Olive Stebbing	6-3, 6-2
1928	Annie Nepean Clayton	Mrs H.E. Jones	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
1929	Mrs T. Marshall	Olive Stebbing	6-4, 6-0
1930	Leela Row	Mrs M.P. McDougall	6-1, 6-3
1931-32	Not held
1933[9]	Leela Row (2)	Mrs M.E. Stephens	6-1, 6-1
1934	Leela Row (3)	Meher Dubash	6-1, 6-1
1935	Leela Row (4)	Mrs M.C. Captain	6-0, 6-0
1936	Leela Row (5)	Meher Dubash	6-3, 6-2
1937	Leela Row (6)	Laura Woodbridge	6-1, 6-4
1938	Leela Row (7)	Meher Dubash	6-0, 6-1
1939	Leela Row (8)	Parin Dinshaw	2-6, 6-2, 7-5
1940	Leela Row (9)	Khanum Haji	6-4, 6-0
1942[10]	Khanum Haji	Laura Woodbridge	6-1, 7-5
1943-46	Not held
1947[11]	Khanum Haji Singh	Leela Row Dayal	7-5, 6-2
1948-49	Not held
1950	Leela Row Dayal (10)	Promilla Khanna	6-4, 6-3