Hassan Ali Fyzee

Indian tennis, table tennis and badminton player (1879–1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hassan-Ali Fyzee (9 October 1879 – 1 January 1962) was an Indian tennis, badminton, and table tennis player.

NationalityIndian
Born(1879-10-09)9 October 1879
Died1 January 1962(1962-01-01) (aged 82)
London, Great Britain
RelativesTyabji family
Athar-Ali Fyzee (brother)
Nazli Begum (sister)
Atiya Fyzee (sister)
Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee (nephew)
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Hassan Ali Fyzee
Hassan Ali Fyzee as a medical officer for the 1920 Indian Olympic Team (middle)
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born(1879-10-09)9 October 1879
Died1 January 1962(1962-01-01) (aged 82)
London, Great Britain
RelativesTyabji family
Athar-Ali Fyzee (brother)
Nazli Begum (sister)
Atiya Fyzee (sister)
Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee (nephew)
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  India
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1926 LondonMen's Team
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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][failed verification] 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.[citation needed]

Tennis

He played his 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 twenty eight seasons he reached twenty one finals winning ten titles. He won the Herga Championship tournament at Harrow tournament on grass two times (1923, 1929). He won the Northern Championships in Liverpool on grass in June 1922. He won the Roehampton Clay Courts Invitation tournament in June 1923 defeating Nicolae Mișu of Romania in five sets. In July 1923 he won the Midland Counties Championships at Edgbaston on grass.

Adaptable on all surfaces he won the Welsh Covered Court Championships at the Craigside Hydro, Llandudno indoors on wood courts two times (1928, 1931). He also won the North London Hard Court Championships at Highbury on clay in 1926.[3] His played his last tournament was at the North London Hardcourts in May 1938.[2]

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.[4][5]

Fayzee's career singles match record was 223-116 (65.7%).

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

Included:[6]

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NoDateTournamentLocationIn/OutSurfaceOpponentScore
123-05-1921Middlesex ChampionshipsChiswickOutdoorGrassUnited States Frank Hunter4-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4 [7]
113-06-1921Roehampton Grass Courts InvitationRoehamptonOutdoorGrassUnited States Frank Hunter6-1, 6–1, 6–8, 1–6, 3-6 [7]
224-04-1922Hampstead Hard Courts ChampionshipsHarrowOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Harry S. Lewis-Barclay3-6, 2–6, 6–4, 2-6
205-06-1922Northern ChampionshipsLiverpoolOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Louis A. Meldon6-1, 6-4 [7]
317-07-1922Herga ChampionshipHarrowOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Henry George Mayes6-4, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3 [7]
318-09-1922North London Hard Court ChampionshipsHighburyOutdoorClayKingdom of Romania Nicolae Mișu3-6, 4–6, 6–0, 2-6
425-09-1922Roehampton Clay Courts InvitationRoehamptonOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Walter Cecil Crawley2-6, 6–2, 4-6 [7]
5[7]16-10-1922London Covered Court ChampionshipsLondonIndoorWoodUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie4-6, 3–6, 4-6
602-04-1923British Covered Court ChampionshipsLondonIndoorWoodUnited Kingdom Patrick Wheatley6-1, 2–6, 4–6, 4-6
418-06-1923Roehampton Grass Courts InvitationRoehamptonOutdoorGrassKingdom of Romania Nicolae Mișu6-2, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6-1 [7]
516-07-1923Herga ChampionshipHarrowOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees6-4, 6–4, 7-5
623-07-1923Midland Counties ChampionshipsEdgbastonOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Donald McNeil Greig6-2, 6-4 [7]
717-09-1923Drive Club OpenFulhamOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Donald McNeil Greig1-6, 6–2, 6-8
813-04-1925Dulwich Gallery OpenDulwichOutdoorAsphaltUnited Kingdom Edward Higgs5-7, 6–3, 4–6,2-6
918-05-1925Surrey ChampionshipsSurbitonOutdoorGrassUnited Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6,4-6
1020-07-1925North Kensington OpenLondonOutdoorGrassBritish Raj Jagat Mohan-Lal6-3, 3–6, 2-6 [7]
726-04-1926North London Hard Court ChampionshipsHighburyOutdoorClayUnited Kingdom Norman H. Latchford7-5, 7-5
801-10-1928Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsLlandudnoIndoorWoodRepublic of Ireland William G. Ireland8–6, 5–7, 6–2
915-07-1929Herga ChampionshipHarrowOutdoorGrassJapan Ryuki Miki6-3, 8-6
1130-09-1929Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsLlandudnoIndoorWoodUnited States V. Allman-Smith3–6, 6–3, 2–6
1028-09-1931Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsLlandudnoIndoorWoodUnited Kingdom William D. Radcliffe6–4, 6–3
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