Sydney International Explained

Sydney International
Type:	defunct
Logo Size:	150px
City:	Sydney
Country:	Australia
Abolished:	2022
Venue:	SCG (1885–1907) Double Bay (1908–1921) White City Stadium (1922–1999) Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre (since 2000)
Surface:	Grass – outdoors (1885–1988) Hard – outdoors (since 1989)
Website:	Official website
Completed Event:	2022
Men's Singles:	Aslan Karatsev
Women's Singles:	Paula Badosa
Men's Doubles:	John Peers Filip Polášek
Women's Doubles:	Anna Danilina Beatriz Haddad Maia
Atp Category:	GP Championship Series (1970–71) Grand Prix Tour (1970–89) ATP World Series (1990–97) ATP International Series (1998–2008)
Atp Draw:	28 / 16 / 16
Atp Prize Money:	(2022)
Wta Tier:	WTA Tier III (1990–92) WTA Tier II (1993–2008) WTA Premier tournaments (since 2009–19) WTA 500 (since 2022)
Wta Draw:	30 / 24/ 16
Wta Prize Money:	(2022)

The Sydney International (formerly known as the Championship of New South Wales and New South Wales Open, with various title sponsors), formerly sponsored as the Apia International Sydney from 2012 to 2017,^[1] was a professional tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was played annually at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Sydney Olympic Park. It is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, dating to 1885. In 2020 and 2021, the tournament was briefly replaced by the ATP Cup, before briefly returning in 2022 and has since been replaced in both men's and women's calendars by the United Cup.

The Sydney International was most recently held in 2022 as an ATP 250 event on the men's tour and a WTA 500 event on the women's tour.^[2] The tournament is held annually in January immediately prior to the Australian Open as a lead up tournament as part of the Australian Open Series.

History

The model for the Sydney International was formed in 1885 when colonial officials decided there was a need to discover the best tennis player in each of the colonies and to use the tournament to assist with selection to the Australasia Davis Cup team, however the first time the tournament was played as a permanent annual event was in 1935. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and a Grand Prix Super Series tournament from 1970 to 1971.

The tournament was not included on the men's or women's schedule for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, as the new ATP Cup took place in the same period.^[3] The tournament briefly returned in 2022 as the Sydney Tennis Classic, before being replaced by the mixed-gender event, United Cup since 2023.^[4]

Tournament locations

The inaugural edition of the tournament was played in May 1885 at the "Association Ground" in Moore Park, part of the Sydney Cricket Ground.^[5] In 1908 control of the tournament was handed over to the NSW Tennis Association and the event moved to its location at Double Bay.^[6] From 1922 until 1999 the event was hosted at the White City complex, close to the Sydney central business district.

Since the 2000 edition, the event was played at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, in Sydney Olympic Park, a suburb of Western Sydney and formerly part of the suburb of Homebush Bay, which was constructed for the tennis events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The venue consists of 15 outdoor courts and a centre court along with an administrative building, for the whole of Tennis NSW.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1885			1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1886			6–0, 6–0, 5–7, 8–6
1887	Charles W. Cropper (2)		6–4, 6–2, 6–0
1888			6–0, 6–4, 7–5
1889			6–2, 0–6, 6–3, 6–2
1890	Dudley Webb (2)		6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1891			3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1892	Dudley Webb (3)		6–4, 2–6, 5–7, 10–8, 9–7
1893	Dudley Webb (4)		2–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1894	Dudley Webb (5)		5–7, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1895			6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1896	Henry R. Crossman (2)		6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–0
1897			6–1, 6–0, 6–4
1898	Henry R. Crossman (3)		14–12, 6–1, 6–2
1899			6–1, 6–0, 12–10
1900			6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1901	August Kearney (2)		8–6, 1–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
1902			6–0, 7–5, 1–6, 6–2
1903
1904	Granville G. Sharp (2)		6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1905	Not Held
1906	Granville G. Sharp (3)		6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1907			6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1
1908			6–3, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1909	Rodney Heath (2)		6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 0–6, 6–3
1910			6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 8–6, 9–7
1911			8–6, 6–3, 6–1
1912			6–2, 3–6, 8–6, 2–1 retired
1913			6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
1914			7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1915			3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1916– 1918	Not Held
1919	James Anderson (2)	R. Neil	9–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
1920	R. Neil		6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1921			walkover
1922			2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–8, 6–3
1923	James Anderson (3)		6–4, 6–3, 6–0
1924	Gerald Patterson (2)		6–4, 7–9, 6–2, 6–0
1925		A. Seiler	6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 7–5, 8–6
1926			6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1927			7–5, 1–6, 9–7, 5–7, 6–4
1928	Fred Kalms (2)		6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–0
1929	Jack Crawford (2)		6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1930			6–1, 6–0, 7–5
1931	Jack Crawford (3)		3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1932^Mar	Jack Crawford (4)	W. B. Walker	6–2, 6–3, 8–6
1932^Nov			4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1933	Jack Crawford (5)		6–4, 8–6, 7–5
1934	Jack Crawford (6)		7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
1935			6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 8–10, 6–2
1936	Jack Crawford (7)		6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 11–9, 6–2
1937			4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1938	John Bromwich (2)		6–2, 6–4, 6–1
1939	John Bromwich (3)		2–6, 6–0, 6–4, 6–0
1940	John Bromwich (4)		6–3, 4–6, 10–8, 6–8, 6–1
1941– 1944	Not Held
1945			6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1946	John Bromwich (5)		3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1947			6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 4–6, 6–3
1948	John Bromwich (6)		6–4, 6–1, 7–5
1949	John Bromwich (7)		6–3, 10–8, 3–6, 6–3
1950			3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1951			4–6, 9–7, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952			6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1953			8–6, 4–6, 9–7, 10–8
1954			6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1955	Lew Hoad (2)		6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
1956			6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1957			6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1958	Ashley Cooper (2)		6–0, 6–1, 7–9, 6–2
1959			11–9, 8–6, 6–3
1960	Neale Fraser (2)		10–8, 6–4, 7–5
1961			8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
1962	Neale Fraser (3)		6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
1963			6–8, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1964			4–6, 6–3, 11–9, 6–8, 6–3
1965			6–8, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1966	Fred Stolle (2)		12–10, 6–0, 6–0
1967			8–6, 6–1, 8–6
1968	Not Held

	Tony Roche (2)		6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 12–10
	Rod Laver (2)		3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3^[7]
1971			6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1972			6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1973			6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1974^Jan			6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1974^Dec	Tony Roche (3)		7–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
1975			6–2, 6–1,
	Tony Roche (4)		6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
			6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
			6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–2
	Phil Dent (2)		6–4, 6–4, 7–5
			6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1981	Tim Wilkison (2)		6–4, 7–6, 6–3
1982			4–6, 7–6, 6–4
			2–6, 6–3, 6–1
			6–3, 6–3
			6–7, 6–2, 6–3
1986	Not held
			6–2, 6–4
	John Fitzgerald (2)		6–3, 6–4
			6–4, 6–2
			5–7, 6–3, 6–4
			6–3, 6–4
			6–3, 6–4
			7–6, 6–1
	Pete Sampras (2)		7–6, 6–4
			6–2, 7–6
			5–7, 6–3, 6–4
			6–3, 6–1
			7–5, 6–4
	Todd Martin (2)		6–3, 7–6
			6–4, 6–0
	Lleyton Hewitt (2)		6–4, 6–1
			6–3, 6–3
			4–6, 7–6, 7–6
	Lleyton Hewitt (3)		4–3, Ret.
	Lleyton Hewitt (4)		7–5, 6–0
			6–2, 3–6, 7–6
	James Blake (2)		6–3, 5–7, 6–1
			7–6, 7–6
			6–3, 6–7, 6–2
			6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
			7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
			6–2, 7–5
			6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3
			6–3, 6–1
			6–2, 6–3
	Viktor Troicki (2)		2–6, 6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
			7–6^(7–5), 6–2
			1–6, 6–4, 7–5
			7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
2020–2021	colspan="3" align="center"
	Aslan Karatsev	Andy Murray	6–3, 6–3
2023-2024

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1885		Miss Gordon	6–5, 6–4
1886			6–3, 6–2
1887			8–6, 6–4
1888			8–6, 6–4
1889	Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (2)		6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1890	Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (3)		6–0, 6–0
1891			W/O
1892			7–5, 3–6, 6–4
1893	Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (4)		6–0, 6–0
1894	Mary Dransfield (2)		W/O
1895	Mabel Shaw (2)		6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1896		Mabel Shaw	6–2, 6–0
1897			6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1898	Phoebe Howlitt (2)		6–4, 4–1, Ret.
1899	Phoebe Howlitt (3)		3–6, 10–8, 7–5
1900			6–1, 6–1
1901	Rose Payton (2)		6–2, Ret.
1902	Rose Payton (3)	Mary Dransfield	6–1, 6–2
1903	Rose Payton (4)		6–1, 6–0
1904	Rose Payton (5)		6–1, 6–2
1905	Not Held
1906			6–2, 6–1
1907	Rose Payton (6)		6–2, 6–0
1908	Annie Baker (2)		6–2, 6–2
1909			6–3, 6–3
1910			6–0, 3–6, 6–2
1911			6–0, 6–3
1912	Annie Baker Ford (3)		6–0, 6–3
1913	Pearl Stewart (2)		6–2, 6–1
1914	Pearl Stewart (3)		6–1, 6–0
1915	Pearl Stewart (4)		6–4, 6–2
1918– 1916	Not Held
1919			2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1920			6–4, 6–3
1921	Margaret Molesworth (2)		6–2, 6–4
1922			10–8, 5–7, 7–5
1923			4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1924			6–2, 8–6
1925			7–5, 6–1
1926	Esna Boyd Robertson (2)		3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1927	Esna Boyd Robertson (3)		3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1928	Sylvia Lance Harper (2)		6–4, 6–4
1929			6–2, 6–2
1930			6–3, 6–4
1931	Marjorie Cox Crawford (2)		7–5, 6–2
1932^Mar			6–2, 6–2
1932^Dec	Marjorie Cox Crawford (3)		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933	Joan Hartigan (2)		6–4, 6–2
1934			6–2, 6–0
1935			6–2, 6–0
1936			4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1937	Nancye Wynne Bolton (2)		6–3, 7–5
1938	Thelma Coyne Long (2)		6–2, 6–2
1939	Nancye Wynne Bolton (3)		8–6, 6–3
1940	Thelma Coyne Long (3)		6–3, 6–1
1944– 1941	Not Held
1945	Nancye Wynne Bolton (4)		6–3, 6–3
1946	Nancye Wynne Bolton (5)		6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1947	Nancye Wynne Bolton (6)		6–2, 6–1
1948		Joyce Fitch Rymer	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1949	Joyce Fitch Rymer		4–6, 7–5, 7–5
1950	Nancye Wynne Bolton (7)		6–3, 6–2
1951	Thelma Coyne Long (4)		6–2, 6–2
1952			6–3, 6–2
1953	Thelma Coyne Long (5)		6–1, 8–6
1954	Beryl Penrose Collier		6–0, 1–6, 6–3
1955			9–7, 9–7
1956			10–8, 6–2
1957			6–4, 10–8
1958			6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1959			6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1960	Jan Lehane (2)		6–1, 6–3
1961			6–2, 6–1
1962	Margaret Court (2)		8–6, 6–2
1963	Margaret Court (3)		6–1, 6–3
1964	Margaret Court (4)		6–4, 6–3
1965	Margaret Court (5)		6–2, 6–2
1966			6–8, 9–7, 6–3
1967			walkover
1968	Not Held

	Margaret Court (6)		6–1, 6–2
			6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1971	Margaret Court (7)		6–2, 6–2
1972			6–1, 7–6
1973			4–6, 6–3, 10–8
1974^Jan	Karen Krantzcke (2)		6–2, 6–3
1974^Dec	Evonne Goolagong (2)		6–3, 7–5
1975	Evonne Goolagong (3)		6–2, 6–4
			3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	Evonne Goolagong (4)		6–2, 6–3
			6–2, 7–5
			6–3, 3–6, 6–3
			3–6, 6–4, 7–6
1981			6–4, 2–6, 6–1
			6–0, 3–6, 6–1
			6–3, 7–5
	Martina Navratilova (2)		6–1, 6–1
1985	Martina Navratilova (3)		3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1986	Not Held
			6–2, 6–4
1988		Helena Suková	6–2, 6–3
1989	Martina Navratilova (4)		6–2, 6–4
		Barbara Paulus	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1991			6–4, 6–2
			6–1, 6–1
			6–4, 6–1
			6–4, 6–2
	Gabriela Sabatini (2)		6–3, 6–4
			4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3
			6–1, 5–7, 6–1
			6–1, 6–3
			6–4, 6–3
			7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	Martina Hingis (2)		6–3, 4–6, 7–5
	Martina Hingis (3)		6–2, 6–3
			6–4, 6–3
2004			6–4, 6–4
			6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
	Justine Henin (2)		4–6, 7–5, 7–5
	Kim Clijsters (2)		4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
	Justine Henin (3)		4–6, 6–2, 6–4
			6–3, 2–6, 6–1
	Elena Dementieva (2)		6–3, 6–2
			7–6^(7–3), 6–3
			6–2, 1–6, 6–3
			6–0, 6–0
			6–4, 6–4
			7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)
			6–0, 6–2
			6–4, 6–2
			6–4, 6–4
	Petra Kvitová (2)		1–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
2020–2021	colspan="3" align="center"
			6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2023-2024

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Score
		6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
		6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
		6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [10–5]
		6–1, 6–4
		6–4, 6–4
		7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–3)
		6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
		6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
		6–3, 7–5
		6–3, 6–4
	Jamie Murray (2) Bruno Soares (2)	6–4, 6–3
2020–2021	colspan="3" align="center"
		7–5, 7–5
2023-2024

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1982		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	6–2, 2–6, 7–6
1983			6–4, 6–3
1984			6–2, 7–6
1985	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull (2)	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1986	Not Held
1987			6–7, 7–5, 6–1
1988		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2) Helena Suková (2)	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
1989	Martina Navratilova (2) Pam Shriver (2)	Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull (2)	6–3, 6–3
1990	Jana Novotná Helena Suková (2)		6–3, 7–5
1991	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková (3)		6–1, 6–4
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Helena Suková (4)		7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
	Pam Shriver (3) Elizabeth Smylie (2)		7–6^(7–4), 6–2
			6–2, 6–3
	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná (2)	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández (2)	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
		Lori McNeil (2) Helena Suková (3)	6–3, 6–3
	Gigi Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)		6–3, 6–1
	Martina Hingis Helena Suková (5)		6–1, 6–2
			6–3, 2–6, 6–0
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama (2)		6–0, 6–3
		Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs (2)	6–2, 7–5
2002		Martina Hingis (2) Anna Kournikova	W/O
2003	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama (3)	Conchita Martínez Rennae Stubbs (3)	6–3, 6–3
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs (2)		7–5, 3–6, 6–4
			w/o
	Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs (3)		6–3, 5–7, 6–2
			6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–2)
			6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
			6–0, 6–1
	Cara Black (2) Liezel Huber		6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
			4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond (2)	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik (2)		6–3, 6–4
		Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (2)	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
			6–3, 6–3
	Martina Hingis (2) Sania Mirza (2)		1–6, 7–5, [10–5]
			6–4, 6–4
			6–3, 6–1
			6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
2020–2021	colspan="3" align="center"
			4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
2023-2024

External links

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Notes and References

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Web site: Tennis in Sydney. https://web.archive.org/web/20071014162407/http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/australia/sydney/entertainment-in-sydney/sports-in-sydney/tennis-in-sydney.html. usurped. 14 October 2007. AsiaRooms.com Community.
Web site: 17 September 2019 . ATP confirms big names set to kick off season at inaugural ATP Cup draw in Sydney . ABC News.
Web site: 27 October 2022 . Mixed-team United Cup to open 2023 season . 10 November 2022 . WTA Tennis.
News: Lawn Tennis. . . XXII . 6 . New South Wales, Australia . 6 June 1885 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
Web site: Sydney Lawn Tennis Club. Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust.
Web site: Sydney International Website . 27 March 2013.