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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name                  = WTA Auckland Open
|type = wta
| current               = 
| logo                  = Asbclassic logo.png
| logo size             = 200px
| founded               = {{start date and age|df=yes|1956}}
| city                  = [[Auckland]]
| country               = New Zealand
| venue                 = [[ASB Tennis Centre]]
| tier                  = [[WTA 250]]
| surface               = {{nowrap|[[Hardcourt|Hard]] ([[Plexicushion]]) - outdoors}}
| draw                  = 32{{abbr|S|Singles}} / 24{{abbr|Q|Qualification}} / 16{{abbr|D|Doubles}}
| prize money           = {{US$|275,094|link=yes}} (2025)
| website               = [http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/ asbclassic.co.nz]
| completed event       = [[2025 ASB Classic|2025]]
| singles               = {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Clara Tauson]] 
| doubles               = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jiang Xinyu]] <br> {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Wu Fang-hsien]]
}}
The '''WTA Auckland Open''' (currently sponsored by ASB Bank and called the '''ASB Classic''') is a professional women's [[tennis]] tournament in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. The tournament is played annually, in the first week of January, at the [[ASB Tennis Centre]] in the suburb of [[Parnell, New Zealand|Parnell]], just east of the Central Business District. It is an [[WTA International tournaments|International level tournament]] in the [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA) World Tour. The equivalent men's event, the [[ATP Auckland Open]], is played in the following week, immediately ahead of the first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament of the season, the [[Australian Open]].

The ASB Classic returned in 2023 after the 2021 and 2022 events were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] owing travel restrictions for international visitors to New Zealand.<ref name="Cancellation">{{cite web | website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/300125342/asb-classic-new-zealands-premier-tennis-tournament-cancelled-due-to-covid19| title=2021 ASB Classic cancelled| date=6 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="nzherald.co.nz">{{Cite web|title=Tennis: ASB Classic cancelled for second straight year|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/tennis-asb-classic-cancelled-for-second-straight-year/HFT33WQ7ABUGE5HZ37IGYW5BHY/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 June 2021 |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/07/asb-classic-to-return-to-auckland-after-2-year-hiatus/|title=ASB Classic to return to Auckland after 2-year hiatus|website=[[1News]]|date=7 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>

[[File:2014 Australian Open - Ana Ivanovic.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Ana Ivanovic of Serbia was the 2014 singles champion]]

==History==
In 1886 the first open tournament held in [[Auckland]] was the [[Auckland Championships]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Auckland Tennis Championships |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18920229.2.11 |access-date=3 July 2022 |work=New Zealand Herald: Volume XXIX |issue=8813 |publisher=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=29 February 1892}}</ref> it was the precursor event to this one, but was not always staged. In the 1920s major new tennis venues were built in Auckland for the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now called Tennis Auckland), as well as  Wellington and Christchurch comprising both grass and hard courts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romanos |first1=Joseph |title=Tennis: Consolidation, 1920s to 1940s |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/tennis/print |website=[[Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand. |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=5 Sep 2013}}</ref> In 1920 when the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association was looking for a permanent base, the only available site was a tip in Stanley Street. Undeterred, the local clubs raised the-then enormous sum of 1,800 pounds to prepare the site and build new [[tennis court|court]]s. For the next 30 years the Tennis Centre in Stanley Street was home to local tennis matches. In 1942 the Auckland Championships were discontinued. In 1954 a second version of the [[Auckland Championships]] was revived that is still being staged today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Auckland Champs Roll of Honour |url=https://www.tennisauckland.co.nz/auckland-champs-roll-of-honour/ |website=Tennis Auckland |access-date=4 April 2023 |language=en-NZ |date=2021}}</ref>

In 1956 Auckland hosted its first new permanent international [[tournament]], known as the 'Auckland Invitation'.<ref>Romanos (2013)</ref> In 1959 the tournament was renamed as the New Zealand Invitation before returning to its former name in 1960. By the 1960s the shuttle bus fare from town to Stanley Street was sixpence. Admission was five shillings for the first three days and 7/6 for finals and semifinals – a whole tournament for the equivalent of $4. By the 1970s, 25 cents got you all-day parking next door at [[Carlaw Park]]. The tournament was played on outdoor [[grass court]]s from its inaugural edition in 1956 until 1977, switching to hard courts in 1978.

In 1963 this event was rebranded as the Auckland Wills International tournament. In 1969 its official name was altered again to the New Zealand Open. In 1971 its official name was changed to the New Zealand Centennial Open for one year only before returning to its former name until 1981 when the event was separated into the ATP Auckland Open for men and the WTA Auckland Open for women. Between 1979 and 1989 the men's editions of the tournament were part of the [[Grand Prix tennis circuit]].

From 1969, the first edition in the open era of tennis, until 1981 the joint tournament was known under its sponsored name 'Benson and Hedges Open'. When the event was split into two tournaments the men's sponsorship continued as the Benson and Hedges Open. Then from 1998 until 2015 it was named the 'Heineken Open'.<ref name="nzherald">{{cite web|title=Tennis: Net profits the name of the game|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=585146|website=[[New Zealand Herald]]|date=5 January 2002}}</ref> There was no women's events for the years 1983 to 1984 and 1986. In 1987 the women's event resumed and its sponsorship name was the Nutri-Metics Open until 1989, then called the Nutri-Metics International in 1990, then the Nutri-Metics Bendon Classic from 1991 to 1992, then the Amway Classic	from 1993 to 1996. In 1997 it was branded as the ASB Classic a women's tournament.

After being separated for 34 years, the WTA and ATP merged the event in 2016 and both tournaments are now known collectively as the ASB Classic. [[Heineken]] will still be a sponsor but will have a diminished role in anticipation of new tennis regulations restricting alcohol sponsorship.<ref name="merge">{{cite web | website=Tennisnews.com | url=https://www.tennisnews.com/2015/08/28/atp-and-wta-auckland-events-merge/ | title=ATP and WTA Auckland events merge | date=28 August 2015}}</ref>

Both the 2021 and 2022 Auckland Open were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. In regards to the 2022 cancellation, organizers cited New Zealand's strict quarantine rules as making it intractable for players, officials, and all other required staff to be admitted into the country.<ref name="Cancellation2">{{cite web|date=6 October 2020|title=2021 ASB Classic cancelled|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/300125342/asb-classic-new-zealands-premier-tennis-tournament-cancelled-due-to-covid19|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] }}</ref><ref name="nzherald.co.nz"/>

==Finals==

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable" 
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|''For historical winners of this event see [[Auckland Championships]] 1886–1942''
|- 
!style="width:70px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:180px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''Auckland Invitation''
|- 
| 1956<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Roll of Champions 1956-2020 |url=https://www.asbclassic.co.nz/the-tournament/roll-of-champions/ |website=ASB Classic |publisher=Tennis Auckland |access-date=4 April 2023 |language=en |date=2020}}</ref> || {{flagicon|AUS}}  [[Mary Bevis Hawton]]  ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Thelma Coyne Long]]  ||8–6, 10–8  
|-
| 1957<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|AUS}}	[[Margaret Hellyer]]||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruia Morrison]]||6–4, 6–4  
|-
| 1958<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|GBR}}  [[Angela Mortimer]]||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruia Morrison]]||6–2, 6–1  
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''New Zealand Invitation''
|-
| 1959<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruia Morrison]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Betty Holstein]]||6–4, 6–4  
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''Auckland Invitation''
|-
| 1960<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|NZL}}  [[Ruia Morrison]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Smith Court|Margaret Smith]]||6–2, 6–4 
|-
| 1961<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}}  [[Jan Lehane]]||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruia Morrison]]||6–0, 6–3  
|-
| 1962<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Darlene Hard]]||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruia Morrison]]||7–5, 7–5  
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''Auckland Wills International''
|-
| 1963<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}}  [[Lesley Turner Bowrey|Lesley Turner]]||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruia Morrison-Davy]]||6–2, 6–1  
|-
| 1964<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Smith Court|Margaret Smith]]||{{flagicon|AUS}}  [[Jan Lehane]]||6–4, 3–6, 6–0  
|-
| 1965<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rita Bentley]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jill Blackman]]||6–4, 6–3 
|-
| 1966<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Smith Court|Margaret Smith]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville]]||6–1, 6–1 
|-
| 1967<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosie Casals]]||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Françoise Dürr]]||6–2, 7–5  
|-
| 1968<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Gail Sherriff]]||8–6, 6–1  
|-
|colspan=5 align=center|↓&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Open Era (tennis)|Open Era]]&nbsp;&nbsp;↓
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''New Zealand Open''
|-
| 1969<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ann Haydon Jones]]||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karen Krantzcke]]||6–1, 6–1
|-
| 1970<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ann Haydon Jones]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville]]||0–6, 6–4, 6–1  
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''New Zealand Centennial Open''
|-
| 1971<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Smith Court]] <small>(3)</small>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong]]||3–6, 7–6, 6–2  
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''New Zealand Open''
|-
| 1972<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosie Casals]] ||6–2, 6–0  
|-
| 1973<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong]]||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marilyn Pryde]] ||6–0 6–1  
|-
| 1974<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong]] <small>(2)</small>|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ann Kiyomura]] ||6–3, 6–1
|-
| 1975<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong]] <small>(3)</small>|| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Linda Mottram]] || 6–2, 7–5
|-
| 1976<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sue Barker]]|| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Helga Niessen Masthoff]] || 6–5, rained out title shared
|-
| 1977<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Heidi Eisterlehner]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karen Krantzcke]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-
| 1978<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Helena Anliot]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Marilyn Tesch]] || 6–4, 6–3
|-
| 1979<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Pam Whytcross]] || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Brenda Perry]] || 6–3, 7–5
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''WTA Auckland Open''
|-
| 1980<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Janet Newberry]] || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Judy Connor Chaloner]] || 6–2, 6–1
|-
| 1981<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Pam Whytcross]] <small> (2) </small>|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Newton (tennis)|Chris Newton]] || 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
|-
| 1982<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|GER}} 	Susan Hagey|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Belinda Cordwell]] || 6–4, 6–2 
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓  Category 1  ↓
|-
| 1986<ref name="auto"/>||  {{flagicon|UK}} [[Anne Hobbs]]  || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Louise Field]] || 6–4, 6–2 
|-
|[[1987 Nutri-Metics Open|1987]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gretchen Magers]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Terry Phelps]] ||6–2, 6–3
|-
|[[1988 Nutri-Metics Open – Singles|1988]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Fendick]]|| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Sara Gomer]]||6–3, 7–6 
|-
|[[1989 Nutri-Metics Open – Singles|1989]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Fendick]] <small> (2) </small>||{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Belinda Cordwell]]|| 6–2, 6–0
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓ [[WTA Tier V tournaments|Tier V]]  ↓
|-
|[[1990 Nutri-Metics International|1990]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|URS}} [[Leila Meskhi]]||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Sabine Appelmans]]||6–1, 6–0 
|-
|[[1991 Nutri-Metics Bendon Classic|1991]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Eva Švíglerová]] ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Andrea Strnadová]]|| 6–2, 0–6, 6–1 
|-
|[[1992 Nutri-Metics Bendon Classic|1992]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Robin White (tennis)|Robin White]]||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Andrea Strnadová]]||6–0, 6–0 
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓ [[WTA Tier IV tournaments|Tier IV]]  ↓
|- 
| [[1993 Amway Classic – Singles|1993]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Elna Reinach]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Caroline Kuhlman]]||6–0, 6–0
|-
| [[1994 Amway Classic – Singles|1994]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen]]||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Inés Gorrochategui]]||7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3
|-
| [[1995 Amway Classic – Singles|1995]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nicole Bradtke]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen]]||3–6, 6–2, 6–1
|-
| [[1996 Amway Classic – Singles|1996]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandra Cacic]]||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Barbara Paulus]]||6–3, 1–6, 6–4
|- 
|[[1997 ASB Classic – Singles|1997]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Marion Maruska]]||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Judith Wiesner]]||  6–3, 6–1
|-
|[[1998 ASB Classic – Singles|1998]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Dominique van Roost]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Silvia Farina Elia|Silvia Farina]] ||4–6, 7–6, 7–5  
|-
|[[1999 ASB Classic – Singles|1999]]|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]]|| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Dominique van Roost]] ||6–4, 6–1 
|-
|2000|| {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Anne Kremer]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]] ||6–4, 6–4 
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓ [[WTA Tier V tournaments|Tier V]]  ↓
|- 
| [[2001 ASB Classic – Singles|2001]]<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meilen Tu]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]] || 7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>, 6–2
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓ [[WTA Tier IV tournaments|Tier IV]]  ↓
|- 
| 2002<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Anna Smashnova]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Panova]] || 6–2, 6–2 
|-
| [[2003 ASB Classic – Singles|2003]]<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cho Yoon-jeong]] || 6–4, 4–6, 7–6<sup>2</sup>
|-
| [[2004 ASB Classic – Singles|2004]]<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]] <small> (2) </small> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ashley Harkleroad]] || 6–3, 6–2
|- 
| [[2005 ASB Classic – Singles|2005]]<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinobu Asagoe]] || 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
|-
| [[2006 ASB Classic – Singles|2006]]<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marion Bartoli]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]||6–2, 6–2 
|- 
| [[2007 ASB Classic – Singles|2007]]<ref name="auto"/>|| {{flagicon|SRB|2004}} [[Jelena Janković]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]||7–6<sup>(11–9)</sup>, 5–7, 6–3
|-
| [[2008 ASB Classic – Singles|2008]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]]|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Aravane Rezaï]]|| 6–2, 6–2
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓  [[WTA International tournaments|International]]  ↓
|- 
| [[2009 ASB Classic – Singles|2009]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] || 6–4, 6–1 
|-
| [[2010 ASB Classic – Singles|2010]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yanina Wickmayer]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]] ||6–3, 6–2
|- 
| [[2011 ASB Classic – Singles|2011]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gréta Arn]] ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yanina Wickmayer]] ||6–3, 6–3 
|-
| [[2012 ASB Classic – Singles|2012]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]]||2–6, 6–3, 2–0 Ret.
|- 
| [[2013 ASB Classic – Singles|2013]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Agnieszka Radwańska]]||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yanina Wickmayer]]||6–4, 6–4
|-
| [[2014 ASB Classic – Singles|2014]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ana Ivanovic]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]||6–2, 5–7, 6–4
|- 
| [[2015 ASB Classic – Singles|2015]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]||2–6, 6–3, 6–3
|- 
|colspan=4 align=center |''Auckland Open''
|-
| [[2016 ASB Classic – Women's Singles|2016]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sloane Stephens]]||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]]||7–5, 6–2 
|- 
| [[2017 ASB Classic – Women's Singles|2017]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lauren Davis]]||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ana Konjuh]]||6–3, 6–1
|-
| [[2018 ASB Classic – Women's Singles|2018]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]]||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]||6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|-
| [[2019 ASB Classic – Women's Singles|2019]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Bianca Andreescu]]||2–6, 7–5, 6–1
|-
| [[2020 ASB Classic – Women's Singles|2020]]<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jessica Pegula]]||6–3, 6–4
|-
| 2021
| rowspan="2" colspan="3" align="center" {{N/A|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''}}
|-
| 2022
|-
| align=center colspan="4" |↓  [[WTA 250 tournaments|WTA 250]]  ↓
|-
| [[2023 ASB Classic – Women's singles|2023]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Coco Gauff]]||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rebeka Masarova]]||6–1, 6–1
|-
| [[2024 ASB Classic – Women's singles|2024]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Coco Gauff]] <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elina Svitolina]]||6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–3, 6–3
|-
| [[2025 ASB Classic – Women's singles|2025]]||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Clara Tauson]] ||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naomi Osaka]]||4–6 retd.
|}

==Event names==
This tournament had just its official names from 1956 to 1968 with no sponsorship. In 1969 following the start of the open era sponsorship begins and the event carries both its official designation and its sponsorship title.

===Official===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! style="width:180px;"|Name 
! style="width:160px;"|Years
! style="width:100px;"|Event type
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Auckland Invitation ||1956–1958, 1960–1962||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|New Zealand Invitation || 1959 ||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Auckland Wills International||1963–1968||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|New Zealand Open||1969–1979||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Auckland Open||1980–1981||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|WTA Auckland Open||1982–2015||women's 
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Auckland Open||2016–current||combined 
|-
|}

===Sponsored===
The tournaments sponsored names have been as follows:
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! style="width:220px;"|Name 
! style="width:160px;"|Years
! style="width:100px;"|Event type
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Benson & Hedges Open||1969–1970, 1960–1962||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Benson & Hedges Centennial Open|| 1971 ||combined
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Benson & Hedges Open||1972–1981||combined
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''events separate (1982–2015) & no women events (1983–85)''
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Nutri-Metics Open||1987–1989||women's
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Nutri-Metics International||1990||women's
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Nutri-Metics Bendon Classic||1991–1992||women's
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|Amway Classic||1993–1996||women's
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|ASB Classic||1997–2015||women's
|-
|colspan=4 align=center |''events combine again (2016) ''
|-
|style="background:#ededed"|ASB Classic||2016–current||combined
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of tennis tournaments]]
* [[Auckland Championships]] – precursor combined tournament to this one (1886–1942) revived in (1954).
* [[ATP Auckland Open]] – men's tournament.

==References==
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==External links==
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