Sydney International | |||||||||
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Defunct tennis tournament | |||||||||
Founded | 1885; 139 years ago (1885) | ||||||||
Abolished | 2022 | ||||||||
Location | Sydney Australia | ||||||||
Venue | SCG (1885β1907) Double Bay (1908β1921) White City Stadium (1922β1999) Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre (since 2000) | ||||||||
Surface | Grass β outdoors (1885β1988) Hard β outdoors (since 1989) | ||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||
Current champions (2022) | |||||||||
Men's singles | Aslan Karatsev | ||||||||
Women's singles | Paula Badosa | ||||||||
Men's doubles | John Peers Filip PolΓ‘Ε‘ek | ||||||||
Women's doubles | Anna Danilina Beatriz Haddad Maia | ||||||||
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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, 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. 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. The tournament briefly returned in 2022 as the Sydney Tennis Classic, before being replaced by the mixed-gender event, United Cup since 2023.
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. In 1908 control of the tournament was handed over to the NSW Tennis Association and the event moved to its location at Double Bay. 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
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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1885 | William John Bush Salmon | Walter John C. Riddell | 1β6, 6β8, 6β3, 6β2, 6β3 | |
1886 | Charles W. Cropper | William John Bush Salmon | 6β0, 6β0, 5β7, 8β6 | |
1887 | Charles W. Cropper (2) | Robert D. Fitzgerald | 6β4, 6β2, 6β0 | |
1888 | Dudley Webb | Charles W. Cropper | 6β0, 6β4, 7β5 | |
1889 | Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun | Dudley Webb | 6β2, 0β6, 6β3, 6β2 | |
1890 | Dudley Webb (2) | Herbert E. Webb | 6β2, 6β3, 6β2 | |
1891 | Wilberforce Eaves | Dudley Webb | 3β6, 6β3, 6β4, 8β6 | |
1892 | Dudley Webb (3) | Ben Green | 6β4, 2β6, 5β7, 10β8, 9β7 | |
1893 | Dudley Webb (4) | Ben Green | 2β6, 5β7, 6β2, 6β3, 7β5 | |
1894 | Dudley Webb (5) | Ben Green | 5β7, 6β0, 6β2, 6β4 | |
1895 | Henry R. Crossman | Dudley Webb | 6β4, 6β2, 6β3 | |
1896 | Henry R. Crossman (2) | Horace Rice | 6β3, 4β6, 6β1, 4β6, 6β0 | |
1897 | Albert Curtis | Henry R. Crossman | 6β1, 6β0, 6β4 | |
1898 | Henry R. Crossman (3) | Alfred Dunlop | 14β12, 6β1, 6β2 | |
1899 | August Kearney | David L. Gaden | 6β1, 6β0, 12β10 | |
1900 | Horace Rice | Leslie Poidevin | 6β0, 6β1, 3β6, 6β4 | |
1901 | August Kearney (2) | Horace M. Rice | 8β6, 1β6, 5β7, 6β1, 6β0 | |
1902 | Wilberforce Eaves | August Kearney | 6β0, 7β5, 1β6, 6β2 | |
1903 | Granville G. Sharp | Barney Murphy | ||
1904 | Granville G. Sharp (2) | Horace Rice | 6β3, 6β4, 6β2 | |
1905 | Not Held | |||
1906 | Granville G. Sharp (3) | Stanley Doust | 6β1, 6β2, 6β2 | |
1907 | Horace Rice | Harry Parker | 6β4, 6β3, 3β6, 5β7, 6β1 | |
1908 | Rodney Heath | Horace Rice | 6β3, 6β4, 7β9, 6β4 | |
1909 | Rodney Heath (2) | Granville G. Sharp | 6β1, 3β6, 6β1, 0β6, 6β3 | |
1910 | Harry Parker | Horace Rice | 6β3, 4β6, 2β6, 8β6, 9β7 | |
1911 | Ashley Campbell | Horace Rice | 8β6, 6β3, 6β1 | |
1912 | Alfred Jones | Ashley Campbell | 6β2, 3β6, 8β6, 2β1 retired | |
1913 | Arthur O'Hara Wood | James Anderson | 6β3, 3β6, 6β1, 3β6, 6β0 | |
1914 | James Anderson | Alfred Jones | 7β5, 3β6, 6β1, 6β3 | |
1915 | Henry Marsh | Alfred Jones | 3β6, 6β4, 6β4, 0β6, 6β4 | |
1918β 1916 |
Not Held | |||
1919 | James Anderson (2) | R. Neil | 9β7, 2β6, 7β5, 6β1 | |
1920 | R. Neil | Eric Pockley | 6β4, 4β6, 6β1, 6β3 | |
1921 | Gerald Patterson | John Hawks | walkover | |
1922 | Ronald Thomas | Norman Peach | 2β6, 6β3, 6β3, 6β8, 6β3 | |
1923 | James Anderson (3) | Norman Peach | 6β4, 6β3, 6β0 | |
1924 | Gerald Patterson (2) | James Willard | 6β4, 7β9, 6β2, 6β0 | |
1925 | Norman Peach | A. Seiler | 6β4, 1β6, 4β6, 7β5, 8β6 | |
1926 | Fred Kalms | Buster Andrews | 6β2, 6β4, 3β6, 6β4 | |
1927 | Jack Crawford | Richard Schlesinger | 7β5, 1β6, 9β7, 5β7, 6β4 | |
1928 | Fred Kalms (2) | James Willard | 6β1, 6β4, 2β6, 3β6, 6β0 | |
1929 | Jack Crawford (2) | Clifford Sproule | 6β1, 6β3, 6β3 | |
1930 | Jack Cummings | Edgar Moon | 6β1, 6β0, 7β5 | |
1931 | Jack Crawford (3) | Harry Hopman | 3β6, 6β3, 6β4, 6β4 | |
1932 | Jack Crawford (4) | W. B. Walker | 6β2, 6β3, 8β6 | |
1932 | Ellsworth Vines | Wilmer Allison | 4β6, 6β1, 2β6, 6β4, 7β5 | |
1933 | Jack Crawford (5) | Harry Hopman | 6β4, 8β6, 7β5 | |
1934 | Jack Crawford (6) | Fred Perry | 7β5, 2β6, 6β3, 1β6, 7β5 | |
1935 | Adrian Quist | Harry Hopman | 6β3, 6β1, 3β6, 8β10, 6β2 | |
1936 | Jack Crawford (7) | John Bromwich | 6β4, 3β6, 1β6, 11β9, 6β2 | |
1937 | John Bromwich | Adrian Quist | 4β6, 6β4, 6β1, 2β6, 7β5 | |
1938 | John Bromwich (2) | Adrian Quist | 6β2, 6β4, 6β1 | |
1939 | John Bromwich (3) | Adrian Quist | 2β6, 6β0, 6β4, 6β0 | |
1940 | John Bromwich (4) | Adrian Quist | 6β3, 4β6, 10β8, 6β8, 6β1 | |
1944β 1941 |
Not Held | |||
1945 | Dinny Pails | John Bromwich | 6β1, 6β2, 6β4 | |
1946 | John Bromwich (5) | Dinny Pails | 3β6, 6β3, 6β4, 6β4 | |
1947 | Adrian Quist | James Brink | 6β4, 6β2, 2β6, 4β6, 6β3 | |
1948 | John Bromwich (6) | Frank Sedgman | 6β4, 6β1, 7β5 | |
1949 | John Bromwich (7) | Bill Sidwell | 6β3, 10β8, 3β6, 6β3 | |
1950 | Art Larsen | Frank Sedgman | 3β6, 6β4, 6β3, 6β2 | |
1951 | Vic Seixas | Mervyn Rose | 4β6, 9β7, 4β6, 7β5, 6β3 | |
1952 | Frank Sedgman | Ken McGregor | 6β2, 4β6, 6β4, 6β2 | |
1953 | Lew Hoad | Ken Rosewall | 8β6, 4β6, 9β7, 10β8 | |
1954 | Rex Hartwig | Mervyn Rose | 6β3, 6β4, 8β6 | |
1955 | Lew Hoad (2) | Ken Rosewall | 6β2, 6β3, 2β6, 6β1 | |
1956 | Ken Rosewall | Neale Fraser | 6β4, 7β5, 6β4 | |
1957 | Ashley Cooper | Neale Fraser | 6β4, 6β3, 6β3 | |
1958 | Ashley Cooper (2) | Butch Buchholz | 6β0, 6β1, 7β9, 6β2 | |
1959 | Neale Fraser | Roy Emerson | 11β9, 8β6, 6β3 | |
1960 | Neale Fraser (2) | Barry MacKay | 10β8, 6β4, 7β5 | |
1961 | Rod Laver | Roy Emerson | 8β6, 6β3, 3β6, 4β6, 6β4 | |
1962 | Neale Fraser (3) | Ken Fletcher | 6β4, 7β5, 3β6, 4β6, 6β3 | |
1963 | Dennis Ralston | Mike Sangster | 6β8, 6β3, 6β4, 6β4 | |
1964 | Fred Stolle | Roy Emerson | 4β6, 6β3, 11β9, 6β8, 6β3 | |
1965 | John Newcombe | Arthur Ashe | 6β8, 6β2, 7β5, 6β1 | |
1966 | Fred Stolle (2) | John Newcombe | 12β10, 6β0, 6β0 | |
1967 | Tony Roche | Roy Emerson | 8β6, 6β1, 8β6 | |
1968 | Not Held | |||
Open Era | ||||
1969 | Tony Roche (2) | Rod Laver | 6β4, 4β6, 9β7, 12β10 | |
1970 | Rod Laver (2) | Ken Rosewall | 3β6, 6β2, 3β6, 6β2, 6β3 | |
1971 | Phil Dent | John Alexander | 6β3, 6β4, 6β4 | |
1972 | Alexander Metreveli | Patrice Dominguez | 6β4, 6β4, 3β6, 6β1 | |
1973 | Malcolm Anderson | Ken Rosewall | 6β3, 6β4, 6β4 | |
1974 | Geoff Masters | Colin Dibley | 6β1, 6β4, 6β2 | |
1974 | Tony Roche (3) | Phil Dent | 7β6, 4β6, 3β6, 6β2, 8β6 | |
1975 | Ross Case | John Marks | 6β2, 6β1, | |
1976 | Tony Roche (4) | Dick Stockton | 6β3, 3β6, 6β3, 6β4 | |
1977 | Roscoe Tanner | Brian Teacher | 6β3, 3β6, 6β3, 6β7, 6β4 | |
1978 | Tim Wilkison | Kim Warwick | 6β3, 6β3, 6β7, 3β6, 6β2 | |
1979 | Phil Dent (2) | Hank Pfister | 6β4, 6β4, 7β5 | |
1980 | Fritz Buehning | Brian Teacher | 6β3, 6β7, 7β6 | |
1981 | Tim Wilkison (2) | Chris Lewis | 6β4, 7β6, 6β3 | |
1982 | John Alexander | John Fitzgerald | 4β6, 7β6, 6β4 | |
1983 | Joakim NystrΓΆm | Mike Bauer | 2β6, 6β3, 6β1 | |
1984 | John Fitzgerald | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 6β3, 6β3 | |
1985 | Henri Leconte | Kelly Evernden | 6β7, 6β2, 6β3 | |
1986 | Not held | |||
1987 | Miloslav MeΔΓΕ | Peter Doohan | 6β2, 6β4 | |
1988 | John Fitzgerald (2) | Andrei Chesnokov | 6β3, 6β4 | |
1989 | Aaron Krickstein | Andrei Cherkasov | 6β4, 6β2 | |
1990 | Yannick Noah | Carl-Uwe Steeb | 5β7, 6β3, 6β4 | |
1991 | Guy Forget | Michael Stich | 6β3, 6β4 | |
1992 | Emilio SΓ‘nchez | Guy Forget | 6β3, 6β4 | |
1993 | Pete Sampras | Thomas Muster | 7β6, 6β1 | |
1994 | Pete Sampras (2) | Ivan Lendl | 7β6, 6β4 | |
1995 | Patrick McEnroe | Richard Fromberg | 6β2, 7β6 | |
1996 | Todd Martin | Goran IvaniΕ‘eviΔ | 5β7, 6β3, 6β4 | |
1997 | Tim Henman | Carlos MoyΓ‘ | 6β3, 6β1 | |
1998 | Karol KuΔera | Tim Henman | 7β5, 6β4 | |
1999 | Todd Martin (2) | Γlex Corretja | 6β3, 7β6 | |
2000 | Lleyton Hewitt | Jason Stoltenberg | 6β4, 6β0 | |
2001 | Lleyton Hewitt (2) | Magnus Norman | 6β4, 6β1 | |
2002 | Roger Federer | Juan Ignacio Chela | 6β3, 6β3 | |
2003 | Lee Hyung-taik | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4β6, 7β6, 7β6 | |
2004 | Lleyton Hewitt (3) | Carlos MoyΓ‘ | 4β3, Ret. | |
2005 | Lleyton Hewitt (4) | Ivo MinΓ‘Ε | 7β5, 6β0 | |
2006 | James Blake | Igor Andreev | 6β2, 3β6, 7β6 | |
2007 | James Blake (2) | Carlos MoyΓ‘ | 6β3, 5β7, 6β1 | |
2008 | Dmitry Tursunov | Chris Guccione | 7β6, 7β6 | |
2009 | David Nalbandian | Jarkko Nieminen | 6β3, 6β7, 6β2 | |
2010 | Marcos Baghdatis | Richard Gasquet | 6β4, 7β6 | |
2011 | Gilles Simon | Viktor Troicki | 7β5, 7β6 | |
2012 | Jarkko Nieminen | Julien Benneteau | 6β2, 7β5 | |
2013 | Bernard Tomic | Kevin Anderson | 6β3, 6β7, 6β3 | |
2014 | Juan MartΓn del Potro | Bernard Tomic | 6β3, 6β1 | |
2015 | Viktor Troicki | Mikhail Kukushkin | 6β2, 6β3 | |
2016 | Viktor Troicki (2) | Grigor Dimitrov | 2β6, 6β1, 7β6 | |
2017 | Gilles MΓΌller | Daniel Evans | 7β6, 6β2 | |
2018 | Daniil Medvedev | Alex de Minaur | 1β6, 6β4, 7β5 | |
2019 | Alex de Minaur | Andreas Seppi | 7β5, 7β6 | |
2020β2021 | Not held | |||
2022 | Aslan Karatsev | Andy Murray | 6β3, 6β3 | |
2023-2024 | Not held |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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2009 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Daniel Nestor Nenad ZimonjiΔ |
6β1, 7β6 |
2010 | Daniel Nestor Nenad ZimonjiΔ |
Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr |
6β3, 7β6 |
2011 | LukΓ‘Ε‘ DlouhΓ½ Paul Hanley |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6β7, 6β3, |
2012 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Matthew Ebden Jarkko Nieminen |
6β1, 6β4 |
2013 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Max Mirnyi Horia TecΔu |
6β4, 6β4 |
2014 | Daniel Nestor Nenad ZimonjiΔ |
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7β6, 7β6 |
2015 | Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor |
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia TecΔu |
6β4, 7β6 |
2016 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares |
Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea |
6β3, 7β6 |
2017 | Wesley Koolhof MatwΓ© Middelkoop |
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares |
6β3, 7β5 |
2018 | Εukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki |
6β3, 6β4 |
2019 | Jamie Murray (2) Bruno Soares (2) |
Juan SebastiΓ‘n Cabal Robert Farah |
6β4, 6β3 |
2020β2021 | Not held | ||
2022 | John Peers Filip PolΓ‘Ε‘ek |
Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
7β5, 7β5 |
2023-2024 | Not held |
References
- "Apia strengthens partnership with Sydney". Tennis Australia. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- "Tennis in Sydney". AsiaRooms.com Community. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "ATP confirms big names set to kick off season at inaugural ATP Cup draw in Sydney". ABC News. 17 September 2019.
- "Mixed-team United Cup to open 2023 season". WTA Tennis. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- "Lawn Tennis". Illustrated Sydney News. Vol. XXII, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1885. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Sydney Lawn Tennis Club". Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust.
- "Sydney International Website". Retrieved 27 March 2013.
External links
- Official website (from 2006 to 2019) at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 January 2019)
- ATP tournament profile
- WTA tournament profile
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