Canberra International

The Canberra International (sponsored by Richard Luton Properties), was a women's tennis tournament held in Canberra, Australia. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was classed variously as a Tier III (2001), a Tier V (2002–2005), and a Tier IV (2006) on the WTA Tour. It was competed on outdoor hardcourts. The event was intended to be one of the build-up tournaments to the first Grand Slam event of the year, the Australian Open.

The tournament was held at the National Sports Club in the Northern Canberra suburb of Lyneham and was played on Rebound Ace hardcourts. A singles and doubles competition was held each year. The singles prize winner received US$16,000 and 95 tournament points. Justine Henin and Ana Ivanovic, both of whom went on to win Grand Slam titles and become World No.1, were amongst the singles champions.

Past finals[]

Singles[]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Canberra International
2001	Justine Henin	Sandrine Testud	6–2, 6–2
Canberra Women's Classic
2002	Anna Smashnova	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Meghann Shaughnessy	Francesca Schiavone	6–1, 6–1
2004	Paola Suárez	Silvia Farina Elia	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic
2005	Ana Ivanovic	Melinda Czink	7–5, 6–1
Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
2006	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–4, 0–6, 6–4

Doubles[]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Canberra International
2001	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Canberra Women's Classic
2002	Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
2003	Tathiana Garbin Émilie Loit	Dája Bedáňová Dinara Safina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2004	Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul	Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic
2005	Tathiana Garbin Tina Križan	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
2006	Marta Domachowska Roberta Vinci	Claire Curran Līga Dekmeijere	7–6(7–5), 6–3

See also[]

• List of tennis tournaments

External links[]

• Official website