# Sydney International — Title History

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:535/sydney-international/history
Tour: WTA

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

Archive scope: Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards.
Archive lineage: 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.
Historical source: [Tennis NSW women's singles champions](https://www.tennis.com.au/nsw/files/2023/06/NSW-OPEN-CHAMPIONS-WOMEN-SINGLES-.pdf)
Historical source: [Sydney International finals tables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_International)

## Summary
- Total editions: 130
- First edition: 1885
- Latest edition: 2022

## Most titles
- Evonne Goolagong: 4 (1977, 1975, 1974, 1972)
- Martina Navratilova: 4 (1989, 1985, 1984, 1982)
- Justine Henin: 3 (2008, 2006, 2004)
- Margaret Court: 3 (1973, 1971, 1969)
- Martina Hingis: 3 (2002, 2001, 1997)
- Elena Dementieva: 2 (2010, 2009)
- Gabriela Sabatini: 2 (1995, 1992)
- Kim Clijsters: 2 (2007, 2003)
- Petra Kvitova: 2 (2019, 2015)
*Only Open Era titles from 1968 onwards are counted.*

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

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:535/sydney-international/history
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)