Hassan Ali Fyzee

Hassan Ali Fyzee
Personal information
Nationality  India
Born (1879-10-09)9 October 1879
Bombay, India
Died (1962-01-01)1 January 1962
London, Great Britain
Medal record
Representing  India British India
World Table Tennis Championships
1926Men's Team

Hassan-Ali Fyzee (born 9 October 1879 in Bombay, died 1 January 1962 in London) 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 with the Indian men's team, in which also his brother Athar-Ali Fyzee[1], active in the Davis Cup, played. In 1926, he was president of the Table Tennis Federation of India. At the end of 1926, he took over organizational tasks in the newly founded International Table Tennis Federation as an assessor.

Tennis

Fayzee's career singles match record was 223-116 (65.7%). He first main tournament was at the British Covered Court Championships in London in April 1910 where he reached the quarter finals before losing to Stanley Doust in straight sets.[2] 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 Northern Championships in Liverpool 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 Midland Counties Championships at Edgbaston on grass. Adptable on all surfaces he won the Welsh Covered Court Championships at Craigside, Llandudno indoors on wood courts 2 times (1928-31). He also won the North London Hardcourts at Highbury on clay in 1926. [3]. His last tournament was at the North London Hardcourts in May 1938. [4]

Davis Cup From 1921 to 1927, he completed eleven encounters for the Indian Davis Cup team. He won 4 of his 17 singles and 6 of his 11 doubles.[5][6]

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

Included:[7]

Legend (10-11)
Won
Runner up
NoDateTournamentLocationIn/OutSurfaceOpponentScore
123-05-1921Middlesex ChampionshipsChiswickOutdoorGrassUnited States Frank Hunter4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 [8]
213-06-1921RoehamptonRoehamptonOutdoorGrassUnited States Frank Hunter6-1, 6-1, 6-8, 1-6, 3-6 [8]
324-04-1922HampsteadHarrowOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Harry S. Lewis-Barclay3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 2-6
405-06-1922Northern ChampionshipsLiverpoolOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Louis A. Meldon6-1, 6-4 [8]
517-07-1922Herga LTCHarrowOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Henry George Mayes6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 [8]
618-09-1922North London Hardcourt (autumn)HighburyOutdoorClayKingdom of Romania Nicolae Mișu3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 2-6
725-09-1922Roehampton Hard Courts (autumn)RoehamptonOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Walter Cecil Crawley2-6, 6-2, 4-6 [8]
816-10-1922London Covered CourtsLondonIndoorHardUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie4-6, 3-6, 4-6
902-04-1923British Covered Court ChampionshipsLondonIndoorHardUnited Kingdom Patrick Wheatley6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 4-6
1018-06-1923RoehamptonRoehamptonOutdoorGrassKingdom of Romania Nicolae Mișu6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 [8]
1116-07-1923Herga LTCHarrowOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1223-07-1923Midland Counties ChampionshipsEdgbastonOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Donald McNeil Greig6-2, 6-4 [8]
1317-09-1923Drive ClubFulhamOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Donald McNeil Greig1-6, 6-2, 6-8
1413-04-1925Dulwich GalleryDulwichOutdoorHardUnited Kingdom Edward Higgs5-7, 6-3, 4-6,2-6
1518-05-1925Surrey ChampionshipsSurbitonOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 2-6,4-6
1620-07-1925North KensingtonLondonOutdoorGrassBritish Raj Jagat Mohan-Lal6-3, 3-6, 2-6 [8]
1726-04-1926North London Hard CourtsHighburyOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Norman H. Latchford7-5, 7-5
1801-10-1928Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsCraigside, LlandudnoIndoorHardRepublic of Ireland William G. Ireland8–6, 5–7, 6–2
1915-07-1929Herga LTCHarrowOutdoorGrassJapan Ryuki Miki6-3, 8-6
2030-09-1929Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsCraigside, LlandudnoIndoorHardUnited States V. Allman-Smith3–6, 6–3, 2–6
2128-09-1931Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsCraigside, LlandudnoIndoorHardUnited Kingdom William D. Radcliffe6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  2. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Hassan Ali Fyzee: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Hassan Ali Fyzee: Tournament results Won/Finals 1921-1931". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Hassan Ali Fyzee: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hassan-Ali Fyzee | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  6. ↑ "Archive - Draws Archive : Ali Hassan Fyzee Doubles History Match History - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  7. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Hassan Ali Fyzee: Tournament results Won/Finals 1921-1931". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Morris, James; Hegedus, Tomas (2013). "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". www.stevegtennis.com. stevegtennis. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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