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{{Short description|Tennis tournament held in Australia}}
{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Canberra International
| type = defunct
| tour = [[WTA Tour]]
| sponsor = Richard Luton Properties
| founded = 2001
| abolished = 2006
| editions = 6
| location = [[Canberra]], Australia
| venue = National Sports Club
| category = [[WTA Tier III tournaments|Tier III]] (2001)<br>[[WTA Tier V tournaments|Tier V]] (2002–2005)<br>[[WTA Tier IV tournaments|Tier IV]] (2006)
| surface = [[Hardcourt|Hard / outdoor]] ([[Rebound Ace]])
| draw = 32S / 16D / 32QS / 4QD
| prize money = $145,000
}}
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 [[hardcourt]]s. The event was intended to be one of the build-up tournaments to the first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|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, Australian Capital Territory|Lyneham]] and was played on [[Rebound Ace]] [[hardcourt]]s. 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===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!width="220"|Champion
!width="220"|Runner-up 
!width="115"|Score
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Canberra International
|-
|[[2001 Canberra International – Singles|2001]] || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Justine Henin]] ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandrine Testud]] || 6–2, 6–2 
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Canberra Women's Classic
|-
|2002 || {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Anna Smashnova]]||{{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] || 7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup> 
|-
|[[2003 Canberra Women's Classic – Singles|2003]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meghann Shaughnessy]]||{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] || 6–1, 6–1 
|-
|[[2004 Canberra Women's Classic – Singles|2004]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]] || {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Silvia Farina Elia]] || 3–6, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup> 
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic 
|-
|[[2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic – Singles|2005]] ||{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Ana Ivanovic]] || {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Melinda Czink]] || 7–5, 6–1
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
|-
|[[2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International – Singles|2006]] ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cho Yoon-jeong]] || 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 
|}

===Doubles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!width="220"|Champions
!width="220"|Runners-up 
!width="115"|Score
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Canberra International
|-
|[[2001 Canberra International – Doubles|2001]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Arendt]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Nannie de Villiers]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Annabel Ellwood]] || 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Canberra Women's Classic
|-
|[[2002 Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles|2002]] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Nannie de Villiers]]<br>{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Irina Selyutina]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Samantha Reeves]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Adriana Serra Zanetti]] || 6–2, 6–3
|-
|[[2003 Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles|2003]] || {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Tathiana Garbin]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Émilie Loit]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Dája Bedáňová]]<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] || 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
|-
|[[2004 Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles|2004]] || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Jelena Kostanić Tošić|Jelena Kostanić]]<br>{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Claudine Schaul]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Dhenin]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lisa McShea]] || 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic 
|-
|[[2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles|2005]] || {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Tathiana Garbin]]<br>{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tina Križan]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Gabriela Chmelinová|Gabriela Navrátilová]]<br>{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michaela Paštiková]] || 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
|- bgcolor=ffffff
|colspan=4 align=center|Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
|-
|[[2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International – Doubles|2006]] || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Marta Domachowska]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Roberta Vinci]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Claire Curran]]<br>{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Līga Dekmeijere]] || 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–3
|}

==See also==
* [[List of tennis tournaments]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080210013718/http://www.canberrainternational.com.au/ Official website]

{{Canberra International tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier IV tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier V tournaments}}

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[[Category:Sports competitions in Canberra]]
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[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2001]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2006]]