Hassan Ali Fyzee Explained

Hassan Ali Fyzee
Birth Date:1879 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India
Death Place:London, Great Britain
Relations:Tyabji family
Athar-Ali Fyzee (brother)
Nazli Begum (sister)
Atiya Fyzee (sister)
Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee (nephew)

Hassan-Ali Fyzee (9 October 1879 – 1 January 1962) 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. Adaptable 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.[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]

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

Included:[6]

Legend (10-11)
Won
Runner up
No Date Tournament Location In/Out Surface Opponent Score
1 23-05-1921 Outdoor Grass 4-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4 [7]
2 13-06-1921 Roehampton Outdoor Grass6-1, 6–1, 6–8, 1–6, 3-6
3 24-04-1922 Hampstead Outdoor Clay Harry S. Lewis-Barclay 3-6, 2–6, 6–4, 2-6
4 05-06-1922 Northern ChampionshipsOutdoor Grass 6-1, 6-4
5 17-07-1922 Outdoor Grass Henry George Mayes 6-4, 6–4, 4–6, 6-3
6 18-09-1922 North London Hardcourt (autumn) Outdoor Clay 3-6, 4–6, 6–0, 2-6
7 25-09-1922 Roehampton Hard Courts (autumn) Outdoor Clay Walter Cecil Crawley 2-6, 6–2, 4-6
8 16-10-1922 Indoor Hard 4-6, 3–6, 4-6
9 02-04-1923 Indoor Hard 6-1, 2–6, 4–6, 4-6
10 18-06-1923 RoehamptonRoehampton Outdoor Grass 6-2, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6-1
11 16-07-1923Herga LTC Outdoor Grass 6-4, 6–4, 7-5
12 23-07-1923Outdoor Grass Donald McNeil Greig 6-2, 6-4
13 17-09-1923 Drive Club Outdoor Clay Donald McNeil Greig 1-6, 6–2, 6-8
14 13-04-1925Dulwich GalleryOutdoor Hard 5-7, 6–3, 4–6,2-6
15 18-05-1925Surrey ChampionshipsOutdoor Grass 6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6,4-6
1620-07-1925 North Kensington London Outdoor Grass Jagat Mohan-Lal 6-3, 3–6, 2-6
17 26-04-1926Highbury Outdoor Clay Norman H. Latchford 7-5, 7-5
1801-10-1928 Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsIndoor Hard William G. Ireland 8–6, 5–7, 6–2
19 15-07-1929 Herga LTC Outdoor Grass 6-3, 8-6
20 30-09-1929Indoor Hard V. Allman-Smith 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
21 28-09-1931Welsh Covered Court ChampionshipsCraigside, LlandudnoIndoor Hard William D. Radcliffe 6–4, 6–3

Notes and References

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