Indian tennis player
Khanum Haji Full name Khanum Haji Singh Country (sports) India Turned pro 1946 (amateur) Retired 1957 Career titles 8
Khanum Singh (née Haji) (Hindi : ख़ानम हाजी, Urdu : خانم حاجی) was an Indian tennis player from Hyderabad .[ 1] National Lawn Tennis Championships of India from 1947 to 1949, and 1957.[ 2]
Career
Singh a four time winner of the National Lawn Tennis Championships of India (1947–49, 1957). In 1957 she also won the Northern India Championships in New Delhi defeating Mrs. J.B. Singh 4-6 7-5 6–1. She won Southern India Championships held at Madras also in 1957 against Mrs Sarah Mody, and defeated her again in the same year at the Western India Championships held in Bombay .
Career finals
Result
No.
Year
Title
Location
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
1947
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
Allahabad , India
Grass
w.o.
Win
2.
1948
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
Allahabad , India
Grass
0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win
3.
1949
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
Allahabad , India
Grass
3–6, 9–7, 6–3
Win
4.
1949
Western India Championships
Bombay , India
?
6–4m 6–4
Win
5.
1957
Northern India Championships
New Delhi , India
Grass
4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win
6
1957
National Lawn Tennis Championships of India
Calcutta , India
?
7–5, 7–5
Win
7.
1957
Western India Championships
Bombay , India
?
6–2 6–3
Win
8.
1957
Southern India Championships
Madras , India
?
6–3 6–2
References
^ Pratip Kumar Datta (2001), A Century of Indian Tennis ISBN 81-230-0783-3 ... The honour of becoming the first woman National Champion fell on Mrs. Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ... Khanum Haji, also from Bombay ... ^ Boria Majumdar, J. A. Mangan (2005), Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present ISBN 0-415-35953-8 ... The first woman Champion was Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ...
