Danone Australian Hardcourt Championships

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Danone Australian Hardcourt Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameJason 2000 Classic (1987)
Ariadne Classic (1988)
Danone Hardcourt Championships (1989–94)
TourWTA Tour
Founded1987
Abolished1994
Editions8
LocationBrisbane, Australia
CategoryWTA Tier V (1988–89)
WTA Tier IV (1990–92)
WTA Tier III (1993–94)
SurfaceGrass (1987–88)
Hard (1989–94)

The Danone Hardcourt Championships [1] is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1994. It was held at the Milton Tennis Centre in Brisbane in Australia and played on grass courts from 1987 to 1988 and on outdoor hard courts from 1989 to 1994.

Results[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1987 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United States Pam Shriver 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1988 United States Pam Shriver Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 7–6, 7–6
1989 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková[2] Netherlands Brenda Schultz 7–6, 7–6
1990 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva Australia Rachel McQuillan 6–4, 6–0
1991 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková[3] Japan Akiko Kijimuta 6–4, 6–3
1992 Australia Nicole Bradtke Australia Rachel McQuillan 6–3, 6–2
1993 Spain Conchita Martínez Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–3, 6–4
1994 United States Lindsay Davenport Argentina Florencia Labat 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1987 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Betsy Nagelsen
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 6–3
1988 United States Betsy Nagelsen
United States Pam Shriver
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
2–6, 7–5, 6–2
1989 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
United States Patty Fendick
Canada Jill Hetherington
6–7, 6–1, 6–2
1990 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Australia Hana Mandlíková
United States Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–1
1991 United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
United States Patty Fendick
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, 6–1
1992 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Commonwealth of Independent States Larisa Savchenko
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Australia Nicole Bradtke
6–4, 6–3
1993 Spain Conchita Martínez
Latvia Larisa Savchenko
United States Shannan McCarthy
United States Kimberly Po
6–2, 6–2
1994 Italy Laura Golarsa
Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva
Australia Jenny Byrne
Australia Rachel McQuillan
6–3, 6–1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "RESULTS PLUS". The New York Times. 5 January 1989. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ "SPORTS TODAY". The Buffalo News. 6 January 1991. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ^ "SPORTS TODAY". The Buffalo News. 6 January 1991. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

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