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Western Australian Open (tennis)

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Western Australian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWestern Australian Championships (1971–75)
TourILTF Circuit (1913-68)
ILTF Independent Tour men (1969-79)
WTA Tour women (1971–75)
Grand Prix circuit men (1980)
Founded1895
Abolished1984 (men's), 1994 (women's)
Editions78 (men's), 88 (women's)
SurfaceGrass (1971–75)

The Western Australian Open and originally called the Western Australian Championships or Western Australia Championships is a defunct Grand Prix tennis circuit Men's and WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1896 to 1975 at Royal King's Park Tennis Club in Perth,[1] Australia and was played on grass courts.

History

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The event was first established in 1895 and continued for 78 editions the men's event was part of the ILTF Circuit from 1913 to 1967. For certain periods after the open era it was part of the ILTF Independent Tour.[1] In 1980 it then became part of the Grand Prix circuit.

The women's even was part of WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1975. The women's event ended in 1994 and had run for 88 editions from 1895.

Margaret Court was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition in 1971, partnering Australian Evonne Goolagong for her doubles success.

Winners

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Incomplete list of champions included:

Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–1, 6–2
1972 (February) Australia Evonne Goolagong Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6–2, 7–5
1972 (December) Australia Margaret Court Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–2
1974 Australia Margaret Court Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6–4, 7–5
1975 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 Australia Margaret Court
Australia Evonne Goolagong
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
6–4, 7–5
1972 (February) Australia Evonne Goolagong
Australia Barbara Hawcroft
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Australia Janet Young
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1972 (December) Not held
1974 Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Australia Lesley Hunt
Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu
6–1, 6–3
1975 Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey
Australia Christine Matison
United Kingdom Sue Barker
United Kingdom Michelle Tyler
6–3, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ a b Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Western Australian Championships (later Western Australian Open) Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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