Colombo Championships | |
Editions: | 108 |
City: | Colombo |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Venue: | Sri Lankan Tennis Association Club (1915-current) |
Category: | ITF |
Surface: | Grass Court/Hard Court |
Completed Event: | June 2023 |
Men's Doubles: | Ashen Silva |
Women's Singles: | Saajida Razick |
The Colombo Championships [1] is a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1915.[2] It is staged annually in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1974 it was downgraded from the official senior's worldwide ILTF Circuit. It has however continued as part of the SLTA Circuit and is a registered International Tennis Federation event.
In 1915 the Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) was established.[3] The CLTA was originally headquartered at the ‘Challet’ in Nuwara Eliya and was conducting the national Ceylon Championships founded in 1884 (now called the Sri Lankan National Championships) on clay courts located at where Hill Club now sits. The early championships were held at the Colombo Lawn Club,[4] Since 1915 the Colombo Championships have been held for 108 editions.
(incomplete roll)
Colombo Championships | |||
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1963 | Lassantha Fernando | Kanagaratnam Arichandran | 6–8, 6–1, 6–3 |
1964 | Bernard L. Pinto | P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara | 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 |
1965 | Bernard L. Pinto | Gamini N. Perera | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
1966 | P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara | Kanagaratnam Arichandran | 7–5, 6–0 |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1969 | Oscar Manuel Lisboa Pinto | P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara | 6–1, 6–4, 8–6 |
1970 | Bernard L. Pinto | Mr. Seneviratne | 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
1973 | P. Senaka (Sandy) Kumara | Bernard L. Pinto | 6–2, retd. |
1974 | Lassantha Fernando | Arjun Fernando | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
↓ ITF Event ↓ | |||
2019[5] | Sharmal Dissanayake [6] | Dineshkanthan Thangarajah | ? |
2021[7] | Thehan Wijemanne | Chathurya Nilaweera | 6–4, 4–6, 10–7 |
2023[8] | Ashen Silva | Thehan Wijemanne | 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
(incomplete roll)
Colombo Championships | |||
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1930 | M. de Livera | 6–4, 7–5 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1970 | Srima Abeyegunawardena | 6–4, 6–3 | |
↓ ITF Event ↓ | |||
2007 | Thavindra Ekanayake | Tashaya Ratnayake | ? |
2010 | Amritha Muttiah | Shankari Thayakaran | 7–5, 6–2 |
2011 | Amritha Muttiah | Nilushi Fernando | 6–1, 6–2 |
2012 | Shankari Thayakaran | Amritha Muttiah | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
2013 | Nethmi Waduge | Roshenka Fernando | 1–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
2014 | Amritha Muttiah | Nethmi Waduge | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
2023[9] | Saajida Razick | Dinara de Silva | 6–3, 6–4 |