Sydney International tournament history

Explore Sydney International champions and finals from 1885 to 2022. Open an edition for its draw and match results, or compare the title leaders below.

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Recorded outcomes
130
First recorded
1885
Latest recorded
2022
Latest champion
Paula Badosa

Record Book

Career Leaders

Champion Records

Longest Title Span

Years between a player's first and last title.

  1. 1 Martina Navratilova 7 years
    1982–1989

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Tournament Outcomes by Season

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataCategorySurface
2022 Paula Badosa #9 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) Barbora Krejcikova #4 H2H Match data WTA 500 Hard
2019 Petra Kvitova #8 1-6 7-5 7-6(6) Ashleigh Barty #15 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2018 Angelique Kerber #22 6-4 6-4 Ashleigh Barty #19 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2017 Johanna Konta #10 6-4 6-2 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2016 Svetlana Kuznetsova #25 6-0 6-2 Monica Puig #94 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2015 Petra Kvitova #4 7-6(5) 7-6(6) Karolina Pliskova #22 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2014 Tsvetana Pironkova #107 6-4 6-4 Angelique Kerber #9 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2013 Agnieszka Radwanska #4 6-0 6-0 Dominika Cibulkova #15 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2012 Victoria Azarenka #3 6-2 1-6 6-3 Na Li #5 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2011 Na Li #11 7-6(3) 6-3 Kim Clijsters #3 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2010 Elena Dementieva #5 6-3 6-2 Serena Williams #1 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2009 Elena Dementieva #4 6-3 2-6 6-1 Dinara Safina #3 H2H Match data Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2008 Justine Henin #1 4-6 6-2 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova #2 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2007 Kim Clijsters #5 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4 Jelena Jankovic #12 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2006 Justine Henin #8 4-6 7-5 7-5 Francesca Schiavone #15 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2005 Alicia Molik #12 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 Samantha Stosur #59 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2004 Justine Henin #1 6-4 6-4 Amélie Mauresmo #4 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2003 Kim Clijsters #4 6-4 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #12 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2002 Martina Hingis #4 6-2 6-3 Meghann Shaughnessy #13 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2001 Martina Hingis #1 6-3 4-6 7-5 Lindsay Davenport #2 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
2000 Amélie Mauresmo #9 7-6(2) 6-4 Lindsay Davenport #2 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1999 Lindsay Davenport #1 6-4 6-3 Martina Hingis #2 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1998 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #9 6-1 6-3 Venus Williams #21 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1997 Martina Hingis #6 6-1 5-7 6-1 Jennifer Capriati #37 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1996 Monica Seles #1 4-6 7-6 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #12 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1995 Gabriela Sabatini #6 6-3 6-4 Lindsay Davenport #7 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1994 Kimiko Date #13 6-4 6-2 Mary Joe Fernandez #7 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1993 Jennifer Capriati #8 6-1 6-4 Anke Huber #13 H2H Match data Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
1992 Gabriela Sabatini #3 6-1 6-1 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #5 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
1991 Jana Novotna #13 6-4 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #7 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
1990 Natasha Zvereva #18 4-6 6-1 6-3 Barbara Paulus #27 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
1989 Martina Navratilova #2 6-2 6-4 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data WTA 500 Hard
1988 Pam Shriver #4 6-2 6-3 Helena Sukova #7 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1987 Zina Garrison #11 6-2 6-4 Pam Shriver #5 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1985 Martina Navratilova #2 3-6 6-1 6-2 Hana Mandlikova H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1984 Martina Navratilova #1 6-1 6-1 Ann Henricksson #100 H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1983 Jo Durie 6-3 7-5 Kathy Jordan H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1982 Martina Navratilova 6-0 3-6 6-1 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1981 Chris Evert 6-4 2-6 6-1 Martina Navratilova H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1980 Wendy Turnbull 3-6 6-4 7-6 Pam Shriver H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1979 Hana Mandlikova 6-3 3-6 6-3 Bettina Bunge H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1978 Dianne Fromholtz 6-2 7-5 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1977 Evonne Goolagong 6-2 6-3 Sue Barker H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1976 Kerry Reid 3-6 6-2 6-3 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1975 Evonne Goolagong 6-2 6-4 Sue Barker H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1974 Evonne Goolagong 6-3 7-5 Margaret Court H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1973 Margaret Court 4-6 6-3 10-8 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1972 Evonne Goolagong 6-1 7-6(4) Virginia Wade H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1971 Margaret Court 6-2 6-2 Olga Morozova H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1970 Billie Jean King 6-2 4-6 6-3 Margaret Court H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
1969 Margaret Court 6-1 6-2 Rosie Casals H2H Match data WTA 500 Grass
Pre-Open Era — historical archive, display only
1967 Judy Tegart-Dalton walkover Margaret Court — — — Grass
1966 Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–8, 9–7, 6–3 Kerry Reid — — — Grass
1965 Margaret Court 6–2, 6–2 Nancy Richey — — — Grass
1964 Margaret Court 6–4, 6–3 Billie-Jean King — — — Grass
1963 Margaret Court 6–1, 6–3 Judy Tegart-Dalton — — — Grass
1962 Margaret Court 8–6, 6–2 Lesley Turner Bowrey — — — Grass
1961 Margaret Court 6–2, 6–1 Darlene Hard — — — Grass
1960 Jan Lehane 6–1, 6–3 Margaret Court — — — Grass
1959 Jan Lehane 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 Mary Carter Reitano — — — Grass
1958 Renée Schuurman 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 Jan Lehane — — — Grass
1957 Lorraine Coghlan Robinson 6–4, 10–8 Angela Mortimer — — — Grass
1956 Althea Gibson 10–8, 6–2 Shirley Fry — — — Grass
1955 Mary Bevis Hawton 9–7, 9–7 Mary Carter Reitano — — — Grass
1954 Beryl Penrose Collier 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 Jenny Staley — — — Grass
1953 Thelma Coyne Long 6–1, 8–6 Mary Bevis Hawton — — — Grass
1952 Maureen Connolly 6–3, 6–2 Julie Sampson Haywood — — — Grass
1951 Thelma Coyne Long 6–2, 6–2 Mary Bevis Hawton — — — Grass
1950 Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–3, 6–2 Esme Ashford — — — Grass
1949 Joyce Fitch Rymer 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 Nancye Wynne Bolton — — — Grass
1948 Doris Hart 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 Joyce Fitch Rymer — — — Grass
1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–2, 6–1 Marie Toomey — — — Grass
1946 Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 Thelma Coyne Long — — — Grass
1945 Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–3, 6–3 Nell Hall Hopman — — — Grass
1944 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1943 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1942 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1941 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1940 Thelma Coyne Long 6–3, 6–1 Vivienne Berg — — — Grass
1939 Nancye Wynne Bolton 8–6, 6–3 Thelma Coyne Long — — — Grass
1938 Thelma Coyne Long 6–2, 6–2 Joan Hartigan — — — Grass
1937 Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–3, 7–5 Thelma Coyne Long — — — Grass
1936 Nancye Wynne Bolton 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 Nell Hall Hopman — — — Grass
1935 Thelma Coyne Long 6–2, 6–0 Joan Hartigan — — — Grass
1934 Dorothy Round 6–2, 6–0 Emily Hood Westacott — — — Grass
1933 Joan Hartigan 6–4, 6–2 Louise Bickerton — — — Grass
1932
Dec 		Marjorie Cox Crawford 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 Joan Hartigan — — — Grass
1932
Mar 		Joan Hartigan 6–2, 6–2 Margaret Molesworth — — — Grass
1931 Marjorie Cox Crawford 7–5, 6–2 Ula Valkenburg — — — Grass
1930 Louie Bickerton 6–3, 6–4 Emily Hood — — — Grass
1929 Daphne Akhurst 6–2, 6–2 Kathleen Le Messurier — — — Grass
1928 Sylvia Lance Harper 6–4, 6–4 Marjorie Cox Crawford — — — Grass
1927 Esna Boyd Robertson 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Daphne Akhurst — — — Grass
1926 Esna Boyd Robertson 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 Daphne Akhurst — — — Grass
1925 Marjorie Cox Crawford 7–5, 6–1 Annie Gray Martin — — — Grass
1924 Sylvia Lance Harper 6–2, 8–6 Margaret Molesworth — — — Grass
1923 Esna Boyd Robertson 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 Margaret Molesworth — — — Grass
1922 Nancy Curtis 10–8, 5–7, 7–5 Margaret Molesworth — — — Grass
1921 Margaret Molesworth 6–2, 6–4 Sylvia Lance Harper — — — Grass
1920 Annie Halley 6–4, 6–3 Annie Baker Ford — — — Grass
1919 Margaret Molesworth 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 Annie Baker Ford — — — Grass
1918 Annie Baker Ford — — — — — Grass
1917 Annie Baker Ford — — — — — Grass
1916 Annie Baker Ford — — — — — Grass
1915 Pearl Stewart 6–4, 6–2 Annie Baker Ford — — — Grass
1914 Pearl Stewart 6–1, 6–0 Annie Baker Ford — — — Grass
1913 Pearl Stewart 6–2, 6–1 Annie Baker Ford — — — Grass
1912 Annie Baker Ford 6–0, 6–3 Collings — — — Grass
1911 Pearl Stewart 6–0, 6–3 Collings — — — Grass
1910 Lily Addison 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 Pearl Stewart — — — Grass
1909 Lucy Powdrell 6–3, 6–3 Annie Baker — — — Grass
1908 Annie Baker 6–2, 6–2 Collings — — — Grass
1907 Rose Payton 6–2, 6–0 D. Gordon — — — Grass
1906 Annie Baker 6–2, 6–1 Gardiner — — — Grass
1905 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1904 Rose Payton 6–1, 6–2 Lee — — — Grass
1903 Rose Payton 6–1, 6–0 Mrs. Beatty — — — Grass
1902 Rose Payton 6–1, 6–2 Mary Dransfield — — — Grass
1901 Rose Payton 6–2, (ret.) Mary Dransfield — — — Grass
1900 Rose Payton 6–1, 6–1 Phoebe Howlitt — — — Grass
1899 Phoebe Howlitt 3–6, 10–8, 7–5 Rose Payton — — — Grass
1898 Phoebe Howlitt 6–4, 4–1, (ret.) Mary Dransfield — — — Grass
1897 Phoebe Howlitt 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 Kate Nunneley — — — Grass
1896 Kate Nunneley 6–2, 6–0 Mabel Shaw — — — Grass
1895 Mabel Shaw 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 S. Dransfield — — — Grass
1894 Mary Dransfield (w/o) Mabel Shaw — — — Grass
1893 Ellen Montgomerie Mayne 6–0, 6–0 Mabel Shaw — — — Grass
1892 Mabel Shaw 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 Mary Dransfield — — — Grass
1891 Mary Dransfield (w/o) Ellen Montgomerie Mayne — — — Grass
1890 Ellen Montgomerie Mayne 6–0, 6–0 Mabel Shaw — — — Grass
1889 Ellen Montgomerie Mayne 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 Ellen Blaxland — — — Grass
1888 Lillian Scott 8–6, 6–4 Ellen Montgomerie Mayne — — — Grass
1887 Ellen Montgomerie Mayne 8–6, 6–4 C. Greene — — — Grass
1886 C. Greene 6–3, 6–2 Annie Lamb — — — Grass
1885 Annie Lamb 6–5, 6–4 Miss Gordon — — — Grass

Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards. The archive follows the Championship of New South Wales, New South Wales Open, and Sydney International lineage. Tennis NSW confirms women's champions in 1916–1918 and two 1932 editions. Sources: Tennis NSW women's singles champions, Sydney International finals tables.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Sydney International held?
Sydney International is held in Sydney, Australia.
Who is the latest recorded Sydney International winner?
The 2022 Sydney International was won by Paula Badosa, who defeated Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 4-6 7-6(4).
Who has won the most Sydney International titles?
Evonne Goolagong and Martina Navratilova are tied for the most Sydney International titles in the Open Era (since 1968), with 4 each.
When was the first Sydney International played?
The first edition of Sydney International was held in 1885.
What surface is Sydney International played on?
Sydney International is played on hard courts.