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Australian Hard Court Championships

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The Australian Hard Court Championships was a former professional tennis tournament established in 1938 and held until 2008. The event was played on clay courts until 1977 when it switched to hard courts. The tournament was a combined event for men and women until the end of the 1980s. In 2009, Tennis Australia merged the separate men's and women's tournaments into a new combined tournament called the Brisbane International.

01History

Men's event

The Australian Men's Hard Court Championships began in Sydney in 1938. Throughout its history the championships were hosted in various cities around Australia. The tournament was played on clay until 1977. In 1978 the event switched to hardcourts and continued to be played on that surface until 1987. In the years 1987 and 1988, the tournament was held in conjunction with the South Australian Open. Between 1999 and 2004, the national title was held in conjunction with the AAPT Championships. In 2005, the tournament was held in conjunction with the Adelaide Next Generation Hard Courts. From 2006 until 2008, the tournament was held in conjunction with the Adelaide Next Generation International. In 2008, the tournament in Adelaide was discontinued and merged with the women's event into a new combined tournament called the Brisbane International.

Women's event

The Australian Women's Hard Court Championships event began alongside the men's in Sydney in 1938 and was also hosted in various cities around Australia throughout its history. The tournament was played on clay courts until 1977. In 1978 the event switched to hardcourts and continued to be played on that surface till 1987. Between 1989 and 1994, the event was held in conjunction with the Danone Hardcourt Championships. It was not staged in 1995 and 1996, but re-emerged in 1998 as a women's only event called the Thalgo Australian Women's Hard Courts (sponsored name) which was then held until 2002. In 2003, the tournament took the sponsorship of Uncle Tobys, and was named Uncle Tobys Hardcourts until 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, it was held as the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts (its sponsored name). In 2009 the tournament was discontinued and was merged with the men's event into a new combined tournament called the Brisbane International.

02Sponsors

Sponsors for the men's event included Eurovox and Goldair. Sponsors for the women's event included Danone, Uncle Tobys, Mondial, and Thalgo.

03Past finals

Past finals of the championship's events include:

Men's singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Sydney	1938	Jack Crawford	Vivian McGrath	2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Toowoomba	1939	Vivian McGrath	James Gilchrist	3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-0
Hobart	1940	John Bromwich	Jack Crawford	6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
	1941-1945	No event/WW2
Sydney	1946	Dinny Pails	Geoff Brown	7-5, 6-2, 7-5
Toowoomba	1947	Adrian Quist	Frank Sedgman	6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Sydney	1948	Adrian Quist	Bill Sidwell	6-2, 6-1, 7-5
Sydney	1949	Adrian Quist	Geoff Brown	4-6, 8-6, 6-4, 6-0
Toowoomba	1950	Frank Sedgman	George Worthington	6-1, 6-0, 6-4
Launceston	1951	Frank Sedgman	Don Candy	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Melbourne	1952	Lew Hoad	Ken Rosewall	2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2, 11-9
Sydney	1953	Lew Hoad	John Bromwich	7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7
Brisbane	1954	Mervyn Rose	Don Candy	7-5, 6-4, 6-2
Launceston	1955	Ken Rosewall	Neale Fraser	6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Melbourne	1956	Ashley Cooper	Mervyn Rose	7-5, 6-4, 9-11, 6-4
Melbourne	1957	Ashley Cooper	Neale Fraser	6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Brisbane	1958	Ashley Cooper	Bob Mark	7-5, 6-2, 6-2
Melbourne	1959	Neale Fraser	Roy Emerson	6-2, 3-6, 12-10, 6-3
Hobart	1960	Martin Mulligan	Bob Hewitt	6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Hobart	1961	Bob Hewitt	Rod Laver	6-4, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Brisbane	1962	Rod Laver	Fred Stolle	6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6
Melbourne	1963	Neale Fraser	Owen Davidson	6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Launceston	1964	Martin Mulligan	Fred Stolle	6-3, 6-4, 8-6
Sydney	1965	John Newcombe	Fred Stolle	4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
Sydney	1966	Roy Emerson	Tony Roche	6-3, 8-6, 4-6, 6-3
Melbourne	1967	Tony Roche	John Newcombe	5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
Open era
Sydney	1968	Phil Dent	Bob Giltinan	6-2, 6-4, 12-10
Sydney	1969	Ray Ruffels	Ian Fletcher	6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3
Toowoomba	1970	Colin Dibley	Bob Giltinan	6-3, 7-6, 6-4
Southport	1971	Mal Anderson	Geoff Masters	2-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
Southport	1972	Geoff Masters	Mal Anderson	6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5
Rockdale	1973	Ross Case	Kim Warwick	6-3, 6-1, 6-0
Gympie	1974	Ulrich Pinner	Kjell Johansson	6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Melbourne	1975	Peter McNamara	John Marks	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Sydney	1976	Terry Rocavert	Warren Maher	6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
Melbourne	1977	David Carter	Mal Anderson	6-1, 6-3
	1978	No event
Hobart	1979	Guillermo Vilas	Mark Edmondson	6-4, 6-4
Hobart	1980	Shlomo Glickstein	Robert Van't Hof	7-6, 6-4
Sydney	1981	Kim Warwick	Greg Whitecross	6-3, 7-6
	1982	Pat Cash	Craig A. Miller	7-5, 6-7, 6-2
	1983	Simon Youl	John Frawley	3-6, 7-5, 6-2
	1984	Peter Doohan	Jonathan Canter	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
	1985	Peter Doohan	Bruce Derlin	6-4, 6-4
	1986	Peter Doohan	Desmond Tyson	6-3, 6-2
	1987	John Frawley	Johan Anderson	6-2, 6-3
Adelaide	1988	Mark Woodforde	Wally Masur	6-2, 6-4
	1989	Mark Woodforde	Patrik Kühnen	7-5, 1-6, 7-5
	1990	Thomas Muster	Jimmy Arias	3-6, 6-2, 7-5
	1991	Nicklas Kulti	Michael Stich	6-3, 1-6, 6-2
	1992	Goran Ivanišević	Christian Bergström	1-6, 7-6^(7-5), 6-4
	1993	Nicklas Kulti	Christian Bergström	3-6, 7-5, 6-4
	1994	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Alexander Volkov	6-4, 6-3
	1995	Jim Courier	Arnaud Boetsch	6-2, 7-5
	1996	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Byron Black	7-6^(7-0), 3-6, 6-1
	1997	Todd Woodbridge	Scott Draper	6-2, 6-1
	1998	Lleyton Hewitt	Jason Stoltenberg	3-6, 6-3, 7-6^(7-4)
	1999	Thomas Enqvist	Lleyton Hewitt	4-6, 6-1, 6-2
	2000	Lleyton Hewitt	Thomas Enqvist	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
	2001	Tommy Haas	Nicolás Massú	6-3, 6-1
	2002	Tim Henman	Mark Philippoussis	6-4, 6-7^(6-8), 6-3
	2003	Nikolay Davydenko	Kristof Vliegen	6-2, 7-6^(7-3)
	2004	Dominik Hrbatý	Michaël Llodra	6-4, 6-0
	2005	Joachim Johansson	Taylor Dent	7-5, 6-3
	2006	Florent Serra	Xavier Malisse	6-3, 6-4
	2007	Novak Djokovic	Chris Guccione	6-3, 6-7^(6-8), 6-4
	2008	Michaël Llodra	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3, 6-4
succeeded by Brisbane International

Women's singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner up	Score
Sydney	1938	Emily Hood Westacott	May Hardcastle	7-5, 6-1
Toowoomba	1939	May Hardcastle	Thelma Coyne	6-3, 6-4
Hobart	1940	Nell Hall Hopman	Thelma Coyne	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
	1941-45	No event due to WW2
Sydney	1946	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Dulcie Whittaker	7-5 6-1
Toowoomba	1947	Thelma Coyne Long	Mary Bevis	8-6, 6-3
Launceston	1948	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Sadie Berryman Newcombe	6-2, 6-3
Sydney	1949	Mary Bevis	Esme Ashford	6-1, 6-1
Toowoomba	1950	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Thelma Coyne Long	5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Launceston	1951	Joyce Fitch	Beryl Penrose	4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Sydney	1952	Pam Southcombe	Loris Nichols	6-4, 7-5
Sydney	1953	Beryl Penrose	Mary Bevis Hawton	6-2, 6-3
Brisbane	1954	Jenny Staley	Beryl Penrose	3-6, 6-0, 6-4
Launceston	1955	Margaret Hellyer	Pat Parmenter	6-4, 6-3
Melbourne	1956	Mary Carter	Marie Toomey Martin	7-5, 4-6, 6-1
Sydney	1957	Beth Jones	Mary Bevis Hawton	6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Brisbane	1958	Lorraine Coghlan	Mary Bevis Hawton	6-3, 6-3
Melbourne	1959	Jan Lehane	Lorraine Coghlan	6-0 2-6 6-2
Hobart	1960	Lesley Turner	Dawn Robberds	6-2, 6-2
Rockdale	1961	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6-2, 0-6, 7-5
Brisbane	1962	Lesley Turner	Jan Lehane	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Glen Iris	1963	Joan Gibson	Madonna Schacht	10-8, 6-3
Launceston	1964	Madonna Schacht	Gail Sherriff	1-6, 8-6, 10-8
Sydney	1965	Lesley Turner	Margaret Smith	7-5, 6-3
Brisbane	1966	Karen Krantzcke	Lexie Kenny	6-1, 6-2
Melbourne	1967	Lesley Turner	Kerry Melville	1-6, 7-5, 6-2
↓ Open era ↓
Launceston	1968	Karen Krantzcke	Evonne Goolagong	6-1, 6-1
Sydney	1969	Kerry Melville	Karen Krantzcke	6-3, 8-10, 6-1
Toowoomba	1970	Evonne Goolagong	Marilyn Tesch	6-3, 7-5
Southport	1971	Evonne Goolagong	Mona Schallau	6-1, 6-1
Melbourne	1972	Evonne Goolagong	Pat Coleman	6-7, 6-2, 6-2
Rockdale	1973	Dianne Fromholtz	Ann Kiyomura	6-1, 7-5
Gympie	1974	Helena Anliot	Natasha Chmyreva	6-1, 7-5
Melbourne	1975	Judy Tegart Dalton	Kym Ruddell	6-2, 6-3
Sydney	1976	Dianne Fromholtz	Leanne Harrison	6-1, 6-0
Brighton East	1977	Sue Saliba	Pam Whytcross	2-6, 7-6, 6-2
	1978	No event
?	1979	Jill Davis	?	?
Hobart-Jan	1980	Nerida Gregory	Karen Gulley	7-5, 6-2
Hobart -Nov	1980	Susan Leo	?	?
	1981	No event
Sydney	1982	Anne Minter	Amanda Tobin Dingwall	6-4, 6-2
	1983	Anne Minter	Amanda Tobin Dingwall	6-3, 6-4
	1984	Dianne Balestrat	Anneli Björk	6-3, 6-2
	1985	Helena Dahlström	Monica Lundqvist	6-4, 3-6, 7-6
	1986	Nicole Provis	Michelle Bowrey	6-3, 6-3
Auburn	1987	Louise Stacey	Jane Morro	0-6, 7-6, 6-2
	1988	No event
Brisbane	1989	Helena Suková	Brenda Schultz	7-6, 7-6
	1990	Natasha Zvereva	Rachel McQuillan	6-4, 6-0
	1991	Helena Suková	Akiko Kijimuta	6-4, 6-3
	1992	Nicole Provis	Rachel McQuillan	6-3, 6-2
	1993	Conchita Martínez	Magdalena Maleeva	6-3, 6-4
	1994	Lindsay Davenport	Florencia Labat	6-1, 2-6, 6-3
	1995-1996	No event
Hope Island	1997	Elena Likhovtseva	Ai Sugiyama	3-6, 7-6, 6-3
	1998	Ai Sugiyama	Maria Vento	7-5, 6-0
	1999	Patty Schnyder	Mary Pierce	4-6, 7-6^(7-5), 6-2
Gold Coast	2000	Silvija Talaja	Conchita Martínez	6-1, 3-6, 6-0
	2001	Justine Henin	Silvia Farina Elia	7-6^(7-5), 6-4
	2002	Venus Williams	Justine Henin	7-5, 6-2
	2003	Nathalie Dechy	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
	2004	Ai Sugiyama	Nadia Petrova	1-6, 6-1, 6-4
	2005	Patty Schnyder	Samantha Stosur	1-6, 6-3, 7-5
	2006	Lucie Šafářová	Flavia Pennetta	6-3, 6-4
	2007	Dinara Safina	Martina Hingis	6-3, 3-6, 7-5
	2008	Li Na	Victoria Azarenka	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
succeeded by Brisbane International

Men's doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Adelaide	1990	Andrew Castle Nduka Odizor	Alexander Mronz Michiel Schapers	7-6, 6-2
	1991	Wayne Ferreira Stefan Kruger	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
	1992	Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset	Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg	7-6, 7-6
	1993	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	John Fitzgerald Laurie Warder	6-4, 7-5
	1994	Mark Kratzmann Andrew Kratzmann	David Adams Byron Black	6-4, 6-3
	1995	Jim Courier Patrick Rafter	Byron Black Grant Connell	7-6, 6-4
	1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jonas Björkman Tommy Ho	7-5, 7-6
	1997	Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
	1998	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6-4, 6-7, 6-3
	1999	Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti	Jim Courier Patrick Galbraith	6-4, 6-4
	2000	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	6-4, 6-2
	2001	David Macpherson Grant Stafford	Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge	6-7^(5-7), 6-4, 6-4
	2002	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-5, 6-2
	2003	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	Max Mirnyi Jeff Morrison	2-6, 6-4, 7-6^(9-7)
	2004	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7-5, 6-3
	2005	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	7-6^(7-5), 6-4
	2006	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	7-6^(7-4), 7-6^(12-10)
	2007	Wesley Moodie Todd Perry	Novak Djokovic Radek Štěpánek	6-3, 4-6, [15-13]
	2008	Martín García Marcelo Melo	Chris Guccione Robert Smeets	6-3, 3-6, [10-7]
succeeded by Brisbane International

Women's doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner up	Score
Sydney	1938	Emily Hood Westacott May Hardcastle	Alison Hattersley Vera Selwin	3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Toowoomba	1939	Hayes Farrell	Emily Hood Westacott May Hardcastle	4-6, 6-2, 6-2

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