Ceylon Championships 1940


General 1940-04-22 - 1940-04-27
Amateur
Clay
3
Nuwara Eliya, The Hill Club
Ceylon

Source Online archive of Asian newspapers, D. Lam Seneviratne: 75 years of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association 1915-1990



Media


Winner Anant Gajanan Gupte


Players
D.H. Roland Abeyratne
Frederick Cecil (Derek) de Saram
Conroy Ivers Gunaskerea
Anant Gajanan Gupte
P.E. Perera
James Arthur Piachaud
A.J.D.N. Selvaduri
Alison Ivor Weinman


Rounds
Quarterfinals
Anant Gajanan Gupte*
D.H. Roland Abeyratne
6-8 6-2 6-4
P.E. Perera*
Alison Ivor Weinman
6-1 6-2
Frederick Cecil (Derek) de Saram*
A.J.D.N. Selvaduri
8-6 6-3
James Arthur Piachaud*
Conroy Ivers Gunaskerea
6-3 6-1

Semifinals
Anant Gajanan Gupte*
P.E. Perera
?
James Arthur Piachaud*
Frederick Cecil (Derek) de Saram
6-3 6-1

Final
Anant Gajanan Gupte*
James Arthur Piachaud
6-1 6-0 6-1


Tournament
Quarterfinals
Anant Gajanan Gupte*
D.H. Roland Abeyratne
P.E. Perera*
Alison Ivor Weinman
James Arthur Piachaud*
Conroy Ivers Gunaskerea
Frederick Cecil (Derek) de Saram*
A.J.D.N. Selvaduri
Semifinals
Anant Gajanan Gupte*
P.E. Perera
James Arthur Piachaud*
Frederick Cecil (Derek) de Saram
Final
Anant Gajanan Gupte*
James Arthur Piachaud