WTA Sydney

This article deals with the women's tournament in Sydney, for the men's tournament see ATP Sydney .

Apia International Sydney
WTA tour
venue	Sydney Australia
First run	1885
Last event	2019
category	WTA Premier
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	30E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 710,900
Center Court	10,500 spectators
Website	Official website
As of November 27, 2019

The White City Tennis Club 1923

during the 2000 Olympics

Historical logo of the Medibank Australian Open Series

The WTA Sydney (officially: Apia International Sydney ), which was held in the Australian city ​​of Sydney , was one of the most traditional tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour .

The tournament was discontinued in 2019 in favor of the new location in Adelaide .

Venue

From 1922 to 1999 was played in the White City Stadium of the White City Tennis Club on Rushcutters Bay . Since 2000, the tournament has been held at the NSW Tennis Center , the place where the Olympic Games and Summer Paralympics competitions were held in 2000.

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1885	Annie Lamb	Miss Gordon	6: 5, 6: 4
1886	C. Greene	Annie Lamb	6: 2
1887	Miss Mayne	C. Greene	6: 4, 6: 4
1888	Lillian Scott	Miss Mayne	8: 6, 6: 4
1889	Miss Mayne	Ellen Blaxland	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
1890	Miss Mayne	Zilla Scott	8: 6, 6: 1
1891	M. Dransfield	Ellen Blaxland	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
1892	Mabel Shaw	M. Dransfield	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
1893	Miss Mayne	Mabel Shaw	6-0, 6-0
1894	M. Dransfield	Mabel Shaw	Where
1895	Mabel Shaw	S. Dransfield	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
1896	Kate Nunneley	Mabel Shaw	6: 2, 6: 0
1897	Phoebe Howitt	Kate Nunneley	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
1898	Phoebe Howitt	M. Dransfield	6: 3, 4: 1 problem
1899	Phoebe Howitt	Rose Payton	3: 6, 10: 8, 7: 5
1900	Rose Payton	Phoebe Howitt	6: 1, 6: 1
1901	Rose Payton	M. Dransfield	6: 2, retirement
1902
1903	Rose Payton	Mrs. Beatty	6: 1, 6: 0
1904	Rose Payton	lee	6: 1, 6: 2
1905 no event
1906	Annie Baker	Gardiner	6: 2, 6: 1
1907	Rose Payton	D. Gordon	6: 2, 6: 0
1908	Annie Baker	Collings	6: 2, 6: 2
1909	Lucy Powdrell	Annie Baker	6: 3, 6: 3
1910	Lily Addison	Pearl Stewart	6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2
1911	Pearl Stewart	Collings	6: 0, 6: 3
1912	Annie Baker Ford	Collings	6: 0, 6: 3
1913	Pearl Stewart	Annie Baker Ford	6: 2, 6: 1
1914	Pearl Stewart	Annie Baker Ford	6: 1, 6: 0
1915	Pearl Stewart	Annie Baker Ford	6: 4, 6: 2
1916–1918 no event ( First World War )
1919	Margaret Molesworth	Annie Baker Ford	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
1920	Annie Halley	Annie Baker Ford	6: 4, 6: 3
1921	Margaret Molesworth	Sylvia Lance	6: 2, 6: 4
1922	Nancy Curtis	Margaret Molesworth	10: 8, 5: 7, 7: 5
1923	Esna Boyd	Margaret Molesworth	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
1924	Sylvia Lance	Margaret Molesworth	6: 2, 8: 6
1925	Marjorei Cox	Annie Gray Martin	7: 5, 6: 1
1926	Esna Boyd	Daphne Akhurst	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
1927	Esna Boyd	Daphne Akhurst	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
1928	Sylvia Harper	Marjorei Cox	6: 4, 6: 4
1929	Daphne Akhurst	Kathrine Le Mesurier	6: 2, 6: 2
1930	Louie Bickerton	Emily Hood	6: 3, 6: 4
1931	Marjorei Crawford	Ula Valkenburg	7: 5, 6: 2
1932	Joan Hartigan	Margaret Molesworth	6: 2, 6: 2
1932	Marjorei Crawford	Joan Hartigan	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
1933	Joan Hartigan	Louie Bickerton	6: 4, 6: 2
1934	Dorothy Round	Emily Westacott	6: 2, 6: 0
1935	Thelma Coyne	Joan Hartigan	6: 2, 6: 0
1936	Nancye Wynne	Nell Hopman	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
1937	Nancye Wynne	Thelma Coyne	6: 3, 7: 5
1938	Thelma Coyne	Joan Hartigan	6: 2, 6: 2
1939	Nancye Wynne	Thelma Coyne	8: 6, 6: 3
1940	Thelma Coyne	Vivienne Berg	6: 3, 6: 1
1941–1944 no event ( Second World War )
1945	Nancye Bolton	Nell Hopman	6: 3, 6: 3
1946	Nancye Bolton	Thelma Long	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 1
1947	Nancye Bolton	Marie Toomey	6: 2, 6: 1
1948	Darlene Hard	Joyce Fitch	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1949	Joyce Fitch	Nancye Bolton	4: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5
1950	Nancye Bolton	Esme Ashford	6: 3, 6: 2
1951	Thelma Long	Mary Hawton	6: 2, 6: 2
1952	Maureen Connolly	Julia Sampson	6: 3, 6: 2
1953	Thelma Long	Mary Hawton	6: 1, 8: 6
1954	Beryl Penrose	Jenny Staley	6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 3
1955	Mary Hawton	Mary Cater	9: 7, 9: 7
1956	Althea Gibson	Shirley Fry	10: 8, 6: 2
1957	Lorraine Coghlan	Angela Mortimer	6: 4, 10: 8
1958	Renée Schuurman	Jan Lehane	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
1959	Jan Lehane	Mary Reitano	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
1960	Jan Lehane	Margaret Smith	6: 1, 6: 3
1961	Margaret Smith	Darlene Hard	6: 2, 6: 1
1962	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	8: 6, 6: 2
1963	Margaret Smith	Judy Tegart	6: 1, 6: 3
1964	Margaret Smith	Billie Jean Moffitt	6: 4, 6: 3
1965	Margaret Smith	Nancy Richey	6: 2, 6: 2
1966	Lesley Turner	Karry Melville	6: 8, 9: 7, 6: 3
1967	Judy Tegart	Margaret Smith	without a fight
1968 no event
1969	Margaret Court	Rosemary Casals	6: 1, 6: 2
1970	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
1971	Margaret Court	Olga Morosova	6: 2, 6: 2
1972	Evonne Goolagong	Virginia Wade	6: 1, 7: 6
1973	Karen Krantzcke	Evonne Goolagong	4: 6, 6: 3, 10: 8
1974 Jan.	Karen Krantzcke	Evonne Goolagong	6: 2, 6: 3
1974 Dec	Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court	6: 3, 7: 5
1975	Evonne Goolagong	Sue Barker	6: 2, 6: 4
1976	Kerry Reid	Dianne Fromholtz	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
1977	Evonne Cawley	Sue Barker	6: 2, 6: 3
1978	Dianne Fromholtz	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 7: 5
1979	Hana Mandlíková	Bettina Bunge	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
1980	Wendy Turnbull	Pam Shriver	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
1981	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 1
1982	Martina Navrátilová	Evonne Cawley	6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 1
1983	Jo Durie	Kathy Jordan	6: 3, 7: 5
1984	Martina Navrátilová	Ann Henricksson	6: 1, 6: 1
1985	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
1986 no event
1987	Zina Garrison	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1988	Pam Shriver	Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 3
1989	Martina Navrátilová	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 2, 6: 4
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1990	Natallja Sverava	Barbara Paulus	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
1991	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 4, 6: 2
1992	Gabriela Sabatini	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 1, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1993	Jennifer Capriati	Anke Huber	6: 1, 6: 4
1994	Kimiko Date	Mary Joe Fernandez	6: 4, 6: 2
1995	Gabriela Sabatini	Lindsay Davenport	6: 3, 6: 4
1996	Monica Seles	Lindsay Davenport	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
1997	Martina Hingis	Jennifer Capriati	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 1
1998	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Venus Williams	6: 1, 6: 3
1999	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6: 4, 6: 3
2000	Amélie Mauresmo	Lindsay Davenport	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
2001	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
2002	Martina Hingis	Meghann Shaughnessy	6: 2, 6: 3
2003	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6: 4, 6: 3
2004	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Amélie Mauresmo	6: 4, 6: 4
2005	Alicia Molik	Samantha Stosur	6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 7: 5
2006	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Francesca Schiavone	4: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5
2007	Kim Clijsters	Jelena Janković	4: 6, 7: 6 1 , 6: 4
2008	Justine Henin	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
↓ Category: Premier ↓
2009	Jelena Dementjeva	Dinara Safina	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 1
2010	Jelena Dementjeva	Serena Williams	6: 3, 6: 2
2011	Li Na	Kim Clijsters	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
2012	Viktoriya Azaranka	Li Na	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 3
2013	Agnieszka Radwańska	Dominika Cibulková	6-0, 6-0
2014	Tsvetana Pironkova	Angelique Kerber	6: 4, 6: 4
2015	Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 6
2016	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Mónica Puig	6-0, 6-2
2017	Johanna Konta	Agnieszka Radwańska	6: 4, 6: 2
2018	Angelique Kerber	Ashleigh Barty	6: 4, 6: 4
2019	Petra Kvitová	Ashleigh Barty	1: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 3

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1886	Annie Lamb C. Greene	Ada Rodd Beatrice Metcaife	6: 1, 6: 4
1887	Lillian Scott Zilla Scott	C. Greene E. Raleigh	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
1888	Lillian Scott Zilla Scott	Edith F. Fox Miss Mayne	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
1889	Miss Mayne Mabel Shaw	Miss Keating E. Raleigh	6: 3, 6: 0
1890	Miss Mayne Mabel Shaw	Zilla Scott S. Dransfield	6: 4, 7: 5
1891	Zilla Scott S. Dransfield	C. Raleigh, E. Raleigh	7: 5, 6: 3
1892	Miss Mayne Mabel Shaw	S. Dransfield Ada Keele	3: 6, 8: 6, 6: 2
1893	Miss Mayne Mabel Shaw	S. Dransfield Ada Keele	6: 3, 6: 4
1971	Margaret Smith Court Olga Morozova	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	6: 2, 6: 0
1972	Evonne Goolagong Melissa Edwards	Lesley Turner Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 2
1973	no event
1974	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	Janet Fallis Pam Whytcross	6: 3, 6: 3
1975	Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	Heidi Eisterlehner Helga Masthoff	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
1976	Helen Gourlay Betsy Nagelsen	Dianne Fromholtz Renáta Tomanová	6: 4, 6: 1
1977	Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	Mona Guerrant Kerry Reid	6-0, 6-0
1978	Lesley Hunt Sharon Walsh	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	6: 2, 6: 1
1979	Diane Desfor Barbara Hallquist	Barbara Jordan Kym Ruddell	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
1980	Pam Shriver Betty Stöve	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
1981	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
1982	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 6
1983	Anne Hobbs Wendy Turnbull	Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 3
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Wendy Turnbull Sharon Walsh	6: 2, 7: 6
1985	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
1986	no event
1987	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6: 7, 7: 5, 6: 1
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
1988	Ann Henricksson Christiane Jolissaint	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3
1989	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull	6: 3, 6: 3
↓ Category: III ↓
1990	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	6: 3, 7: 5
1991	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6: 1, 6: 4
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 2
↓ Category: Tier II ↓
1993	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	6: 2, 6: 2
1994	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	-
1995	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 4
1996	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 3
1997	Gigi Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Lindsay Davenport Natallja Swerawa	6: 3, 6: 1
1998	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath	6: 1, 6: 2
1999	Jelena Lichowzewa Ai Sugiyama	Mary Joe Fernández Anke Huber	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6: 0, 6: 3
2001	Anna Kournikova Barbara Schett	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6: 2, 7: 5
2002	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	without a fight
2003	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	Conchita Martínez Rennae Stubbs	6: 3, 6: 3
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
2005	Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur	Jelena Dementjewa Ai Sugiyama	without a fight
2006	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 2
2007	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	Marion Bartoli Miles Tu	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6
2008	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Tetjana Perebyjnis Tazzjana Putschak	6: 4, 7: 6 5
↓ Category: Premier ↓
2009	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua	6-0, 6-1
2010	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Tathiana Garbin Nadja Petrowa	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 3]
2011	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
2012	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6: 1, 4: 6, [13:11]
2013	Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik	Sara Errani Roberta Vinic	6: 3, 6: 4
2014	Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinic	7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 7]
2015	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 3, 6: 3
2016	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	1: 6, 7: 5, [10: 5]
2017	Tímea Babos Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6: 4, 6: 4
2018	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6: 3, 6: 1
2019	Aleksandra Krunić Kateřina Siniaková	Eri Hozumi Alicja Rosolska	6: 1, 7: 6 3

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lawn Tennis. Intercolonial Tournament. In: Illustrated Sydney News. National Library of Australia, June 6, 1885, accessed December 13, 2017 . 
2. ^ Adelaide tennis tournaments to replace Sydney International as new roof funded. In: abc.net.au. February 2, 2019, accessed November 27, 2019 .