Professional tennis tournament held in Sydney, Australia
Sydney International| Company type | Professional tennis tournament |
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| Industry | Sports / Tennis |
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| Founded | 1885 |
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| Defunct | 2023 |
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| Fate | Replaced by United Cup |
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| Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
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| Products | Tennis competition |
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Sydney International
The Sydney International—formerly known as the Championship of New South Wales and the New South Wales Open, and sponsored under various titles including the Apia International Sydney from 2012 until 2017—was a professional tennis competition held yearly in Sydney, Australia. Taking place at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, this tournament ranks among the oldest tennis events worldwide, with origins dating back to 1885.
Following its replacement by the ATP Cup in 2020 and 2021, the event made a brief comeback in 2022 before being succeeded by the United Cup on both men's and women's professional circuits.
The final edition in 2022 featured an ATP 250 tournament for men alongside a WTA 500 tournament for women. Scheduled each January, it served as a crucial preparatory event within the Australian Open Series, drawing top-tier players gearing up for the Grand Slam.
History
Established in 1885, the Sydney International was created by colonial administrators aiming to identify leading tennis talent across colonies and assist in selecting players for the Australasia Davis Cup squad. It became an annual fixture from 1935 onward. Between 1970 and 1989, it formed part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and was designated a Grand Prix Super Series event during 1970–71.
The tournament was omitted from both men's and women's calendars in 2020 and 2021 due to the scheduling of the ATP Cup during that period. It returned briefly in 2022 as the Sydney Tennis Classic before being replaced by the mixed-gender United Cup beginning in 2023.
Tournament locations
The inaugural competition took place in May 1885 at the Association Ground in Moore Park, near the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1908, governance shifted to the NSW Tennis Association, which relocated the event to Double Bay. From 1922 until 1999, White City Stadium near Sydney’s central business district served as its venue.
Since 2000, matches have been held at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre—a facility constructed for the 2000 Summer Olympics—featuring 15 outdoor courts and a main stadium court, also functioning as Tennis NSW’s headquarters.
Men's singles
| Year
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Champion
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Runner-up
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Score
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| 1885 |
Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Namespace detect showall William J.B. Salmon |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Walter John C. Riddell |
1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
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| 1886 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Charles W. Cropper |
Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Namespace detect showall William J.B. Salmon |
6–0, 6–0, 5–7, 8–6
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| 1887 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Charles W. Cropper (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Robert D. Fitzgerald |
6–4, 6–2, 6–0
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| 1888 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Charles W. Cropper |
6–0, 6–4, 7–5
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| 1889 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Arthur G.H. Colquhoun |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb |
6–2, 0–6, 6–3, 6–2
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| 1890 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Herbert E. Webb |
6–2, 6–3, 6–2
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| 1891 |
Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wilberforce Eaves |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–6
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| 1892 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb (3) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Green |
6–4, 2–6, 5–7, 10–8, 9–7
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| 1893 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb (4) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Green |
2–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
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| 1894 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb (5) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Green |
5–7, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
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| 1895 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Henry R. Crossman |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dudley Webb |
6–4, 6–2, 6–3
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| 1896 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Henry R. Crossman (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Horace Rice |
6–3,4–6,6–1,4–6,6–0
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| 1897 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Albert Curtis |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Henry R. Crossman |
6–1,6–0,6–4
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| 1898 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Henry R. Crossman (3) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alfred Dunlop |
14–12,6–1,6–2
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Women's singles
1918-1919||colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" |
Event Not Conducted
1919-1929||
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Titleholders such as Margaret Molesworth, Esna Boyd Robertson, Daphne Akhurst||Various finalists||Multiple final scores
1930-1940||
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Winners include Marjorie Cox Crawford, Joan Hartigan, Nancye Wynne Bolton||Various finalists||Multiple final results
1941-1944||colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" |
Event Not Conducted
1945-1959||
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall, USA champions such as Maureen Connolly and Althea Gibson feature prominently||Various finalists||Multiple final scores
1960-1967||
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Margaret Court secures numerous titles||Runners-up include Billie-Jean King among others||Multiple final outcomes
1968||colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" |
Event Not Conducted
colspan=5 align=center |
Open Era
1969-1989||Champions such as Margaret Court, Billie-Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver; marked rise in international competition||Various top-ranked finalists||Multiple final scores recorded
1990-2000||Victors include Jana Novotná, Gabriela Sabatini, Lindsay Davenport; clear global diversification of participants||Frequent runners-up from Europe and USA||Multiple final results documented
2001-2019||Winners like Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Serena Williams; notable matches with competitive scorelines emphasize tournament prestige||Finalists include elite global players such as Lindsay Davenport and Ashleigh Barty||Multiple final scores recorded
2020-2021||colspan="3" align="center" |
Event Not Conducted
2022||
Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Paula Badosa ||
Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Barbora Krejčíková || 6–3, 4–6, 7–6
(7–4)
2023-2024||colspan="3" align="center" |
Event Not Conducted
| Year
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Winner
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Finalist
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Result
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| 1885 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Annie Lamb |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Miss Gordon |
6–5, 6–4
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| 1886 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall C. Greene |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Annie Lamb |
6–3, 6–2
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| 1887 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Montgomerie Mayne |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall C. Greene |
8–6, 6–4
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| 1888 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lillian Scott |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Montgomerie Mayne |
8–6, 6–4
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| 1889 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Blaxland |
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
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| 1890 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (3) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mabel Shaw |
6–0, 6–0
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| 1891 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mary Dransfield |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Montgomerie Mayne |
Walkover
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| 1892 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mabel Shaw |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mary Dransfield |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
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| 1893 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (4) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mabel Shaw |
6–0, 6–0
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| 1894 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mary Dransfield (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mabel Shaw |
Walkover
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| 1895 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mabel Shaw (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall S. Dransfield |
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
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| 1896 |
Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kate Nunneley |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mabel Shaw |
6–2, 6–0
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| 1897 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Phoebe Howlitt |
Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kate Nunneley |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
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| 1898 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Phoebe Howlitt (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mary Dransfield |
6–4, 4–1 Retired
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| 1899 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Phoebe Howlitt (3) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rose Payton |
3–6, 10–8, 7–5
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| 1900 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rose Payton |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Phoebe Howlitt |
6–1, 6–1
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| 1901-1904 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rose Payton among others |
Various finalists |
Multiple final scores
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| 1905 |
Event Not Conducted
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| 1906-1915 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Champions include Annie Baker and Pearl Stewart |
Various finalists |
Multiple final results
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Men's doubles
| Year
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Winners
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Finalists
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Result
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| 2009 |
 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
 Daniel Nestor
Template:Country data SRBTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nenad Zimonjić |
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
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| 2010 |
Daniel Nestor
Template:Country data SRBTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nenad Zimonjić |
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ross Hutchins
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jordan Kerr |
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
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| 2011 |
Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Lukáš Dlouhý
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Paul Hanley |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–5]
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| 2012 |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matthew Ebden
Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jarkko Nieminen |
6–1, 6–4
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| 2013 |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
Template:Country data BLRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Max Mirnyi
Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Horia Tecău |
6–4, 6–4
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| 2014 |
Daniel Nestor
Template:Country data SRBTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nenad Zimonjić |
Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rohan Bopanna
Template:Country data PAKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
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| 2015 |
Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rohan Bopanna
Daniel Nestor |
Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-Julien Rojer
Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Horia Tecău |
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
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| 2016 |
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jamie Murray
Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Bruno Soares |
Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rohan Bopanna
Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Florin Mergea |
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
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| 2017 |
Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wesley Koolhof
Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matwé Middelkoop |
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jamie Murray
Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Bruno Soares |
6–3, 7–5
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| 2018 |
Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Łukasz Kubot
Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Marcelo Melo |
 Jan-Lennard Struff
Template:Country data SRBTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Troicki |
6–3, 6–4
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| 2019 |
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jamie Murray (2)
Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Bruno Soares (2) |
Template:Country data COLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Sebastián Cabal
Template:Country data COLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Robert Farah |
6–4, 6–3
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| 2020–2021 |
Not held
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| 2022 |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall John Peers
Template:Country data SVKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Filip Polášek |
Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Simone Bolelli
Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Fabio Fognini |
7–5, 7–5
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Women's doubles
| Year
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Winners
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Finalists
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Result
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| 1982 |
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver |
Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Eva Pfaff |
6–2, 2–6, 7–6
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| 1983 |
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Anne Hobbs
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wendy Turnbull |
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hana Mandlíková
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková |
6–4, 6–3
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| 1984 |
Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wendy Turnbull
Sharon Walsh |
6–2, 7–6
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| 1985 |
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hana Mandlíková
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wendy Turnbull (2) |
Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Rosalyn Fairbank
Candy Reynolds |
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
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| 1986 |
Not Held
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| 1987 |
Betsy Nagelsen
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Elizabeth Smylie |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jenny Byrne
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Janine Thompson |
6–7, 7–5, 6–1
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| 1988 |
Ann Henricksson
Template:Country data SUITemplate:Namespace detect showall Christiane Jolissaint |
Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2)
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková (2) |
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
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| 1989 |
Martina Navratilova (2)
Pam Shriver (2) |
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Elizabeth Smylie
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wendy Turnbull (2) |
6–3, 6–3
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| 1990 |
Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Jana Novotná
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková (2) |
Template:Country data USSRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Larisa Neiland
Template:Country data USSRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Natasha Zvereva |
6–3, 7–5
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| 1991 |
Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková (3) |
Gigi Fernández
Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Jana Novotná |
6–1, 6–4
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| 1992 |
Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková (4) |
Mary Joe Fernández
Zina Garrison |
7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–2
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| 1993 |
Pam Shriver (3)
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Elizabeth Smylie (2) |
Lori McNeil
Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rennae Stubbs |
7–6(7–4), 6–2
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| 1994 |
Patty Fendick
Meredith McGrath |
Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Jana Novotná (2)
Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–2, 6–3
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| 1995 |
Lindsay Davenport
Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall Jana Novotná (2) |
Patty Fendick
Mary Joe Fernández (2) |
7–5, 2–6, 6–4
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| 1996 |
Lindsay Davenport (2)
Mary Joe Fernández |
Lori McNeil (2)
Template:Country data TCHTemplate:Namespace detect showall Helena Suková (3) |
6–3, 6–3
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| 1997 |
Gigi Fernández
Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) |
Lindsay Davenport
Template:Country data BLRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Natasha Zvereva |
6–3, 6–1
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