Khanum Haji

Khanum Singh (née Haji) (Hindi: ख़ानम हाजी, Urdu: خانم حاجی) was an Indian tennis player from Hyderabad.[1] She was the women's four-time champion at the National Lawn Tennis Championships of India from 1947 to 1949, and 1957.[2]

Khanum Haji
Full nameKhanum Haji Singh
Country (sports) India
Turned pro1946 (amateur)
Retired1957
Singles
Career titles8
Mixed doubles
Team competitions

Career

Singh a four time winer 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

Singles (8–0)
Result No. Year Title Location Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1947 National Lawn Tennis Championships of India Allahabad, India Grass India Laura Woodbridge w.o.
Win 2. 1948 National Lawn Tennis Championships of India Allahabad, India Grass India Promilla Khanna 0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 3. 1949 National Lawn Tennis Championships of India Allahabad, India Grass India Promilla Khanna 3–6, 9–7, 6–3
Win 4. 1949 Western India Championships Bombay, India  ? India Laura Woodbridge 6–4m 6–4
Win 5. 1957 Northern India Championships New Delhi, India Grass India Mrs. J.B. Singh 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 6 1957 National Lawn Tennis Championships of India Calcutta, India  ? India Promilla Khanna Singh 7–5, 7–5
Win 7. 1957 Western India Championships Bombay, India  ? India Mrs Sarah Mody 6–2 6–3
Win 8. 1957 Southern India Championships Madras, India  ? India Mrs Sarah Mody 6–3 6–2

References
  1. Pratip Kumar Datta (2001), A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, 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 ...
  2. Boria Majumdar, J. A. Mangan (2005), Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-35953-8, ... The first woman Champion was Khanum Singh (nee Haji) ...


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