Mohammed
Sleem
Male
India
1892-01-14
Multan, India
Sleem won several titles at the Punjab Championships, the first of which was in 1915.[3]
In September 1921 he was a runner-up at the Eastbourne tournament losing to South African Brian Norton in five sets.[4] In mid October he clinched the Queen's Club Hard Court crown by beating Walter Crawley for the title.[5] In late October he became the Welsh Indoors Champion. He defeated Arthur Lovibond, the holder, Francis Gordon Lowe and Crawley for the second time within two weeks on his way to the trophy.[6] A couple of weeks earlier he won the Hendon hard court tournament by defeating Jacobs in the final.[7]
In July 1924 he won the Deauville tournament, for which he upset compatriot Syed Mohammad Hadi who gave the match up after two sets.[8] In September he was victorious at the South of England Championships where he had a clean win over Gordon Lowe in the final.[9]
Sleem was the son of Sheikh Mohammed Umar of Lahore. [10]He became a criminal lawyer after graduating at the Cambridge University.[10] He practised as a Barrister-at-Law in England and was inducted into the Lincoln's Inn in 1910.[10] He spoke English and Urdu.[1] He was the uncle of Manzur Qadir.[1] He practised tennis at the Gymkhana Club of Punjab when he resided in India.[1] He was buried in the Miani Sahib Graveyard.[11]
1912 - 1940
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84
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1934 - Cromer Covered Courts (Amateur)
1934 - Southdean-on-Sea 2nd Meeting (Amateur)
1931 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) (Open)
1928 - TC Juventus Torino (Amateur)
1928 - West Sussex Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Carmarthenshire Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Worthing (Amateur)
1924 - Torquay (Open)
1924 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Deauville (Open)
1924 - Hastings and St. Leonard's-on- Sea (Amateur)
1924 - Roehampton Autumn Meeting (Amateur)
1924 - Gleneagles Hard Courts (Amateur)
1924 - South of England Championships (Amateur)
1923 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Simla (Amateur)
1922 - All India Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Hendon Lawn Tennis Tournament (Amateur)
1921 - Sussex Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Welsh Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1921 - London Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1920 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1917 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
1916 - All India Championships (Amateur)
1915 - Punjab Championships (Amateur)
Round 4
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Dragutin Mitic
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dip Narain Kapoor 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Bunny Austin 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Mr. Nydis
6-1
4-6
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Jack Crawford 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
0-6
6-1
7-5
6-0
Final
Hermann Wilhelm Artens 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-4
4-6
6-4
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones
6-1
6-2
Final
Eric Peters 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
1-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Willilam H. Earle
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Man Mohan Bhandari
6-3
6-2
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Eric Peters
4-6
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Alessandro Fe D´Ostiani
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Emanuele Sertorio 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
3-6
9-7
Poule
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Eskel Andrews
6-2
7-5
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
A.E. Browne
6-1
8-6
Round 4
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Sohan Lal
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
R.K. (Bobby) De
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Bunny Austin 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
4-6
6-2
6-0
Final
Atri Madan (Man) Mohan 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
1-6
6-1
5-7
6-3
6-3
Final
Edward Vivian Bobb 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
3-6
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Emmanuel Du Plaix 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-4
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Atri Madan (Man) Mohan
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Henri Cochet 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
8-6
6-2
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Jean Augustin
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Héctor Américo Cattaruzza
6-1
6-8
6-2
Round 4
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-2
11-9
Round 1
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Hans Heydenreich
6-2
6-3
9-7
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Jack Hillyard
6-3
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Walter Dessart
6-4
3-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Donald Greig
6-4
6-4
4-6
8-6
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Prenn 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-0
6-8
6-4
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Horace Keats Lester
4-6
6-1
6-0
6-0
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
John (Brian) Gilbert
6-3
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Pershotam Lal Mehta
6-4
6-0
6-0
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Ralph Cole Wackett
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Alessandro Fe D´Ostiani
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
E. Dupré
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Emanuele Sertorio
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Hira-Lal Soni
6-3
6-2
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Edward Vivian Bobb
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Dennis O'Callaghan 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
5-7
8-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Alfred Warburton Davson
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Leslie J. Hill
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Patrick Spence 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-4
1-6
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Marinus (Maas) Van der Feen
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Vincent (Vinnie) Richards 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
8-6
2-6
6-4
4-6
6-2
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Syed Mohammad Hadi
6-3
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-3
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-2
6-1
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
7-5
10-8
6-4
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
J.F. Park
6-1
6-1
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Clinton Gilbert McIlquham
6-1
6-4
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Royden Dash
4-6
6-3
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Sydney Jacob
6-4
4-6
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Frank Fisher
6-0
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Harry Samuel Lewis Barclay
8-6
6-1
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Jagat Mohan Lal
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Sir John Cyril Finucane Simpson
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
George Cartwright
6-3
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Ralph Douglas Watson
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Frank Hunter 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
2-6
7-5
6-3
7-5
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-0
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Cotah Ramaswami
6-4
6-3
6-0
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
0-6
6-4
5-7
6-4
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
7-9
6-3
6-1
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1
7-9
7-5
ret.
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Sydney Jacob
6-3
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Harish Chandra
6-3
6-0
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Jagat Mohan Lal
6-4
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Jagat Mohan Lal
4-6
8-6
6-3
Final
Lewis Deane 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
11-9
6-4
2-6
8-6
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
G.E. Lowe
3-6
6-1
6-1
6-3
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Sydney Jacob
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Quarterfinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
M.R. Vyas
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Jagat Mohan Lal
7-5
6-0
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Edmund Mowbray Paton Atkinson
5-7
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-2
Final
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Lewis Deane
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Wazir Chand
6-3
4-6
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Mohammed Sleem 1 *
Mr. Juston de Urquiga
6-3
6-1
Round 2
George Hillyard 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-0
6-2