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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Australian Indoor Tennis Championship
| type = defunct
| founded = 1973
| ended = 1994
| editions = 22
| location = [[Sydney]], Australia
| venue = [[Hordern Pavilion]] (1973–1982) [[Sydney Entertainment Centre]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Americans post wins in Aussie tourney|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19851015&id=G9klAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JPwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6130,1720191&hl=en|work=[[Gettysburg Times]]|page=7|agency=Associated Press|date=15 October 1985|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> (1983–1994)
| event name = Varied
| tour = [[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix circuit]] (1973–1989) [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP Tour]] (1990–94)
| surface = [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|Hard]] / indoor
}}

The '''Australian Indoor Tennis Championship''',<ref>{{cite news|title=Connors nips Newcombe to rich Aussie tournament|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19781020&id=asstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2154,1736141&hl=en|work=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=20 October 1978|agency=[[Reuters]]|page=21|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> also known as the '''Australian Indoor Championship''',<ref name="Ocala"/> the '''Australian Indoor Open'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Edberg continues victory roll|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19911014&id=qihRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D_oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4162,2081273&hl=en|publisher=[[Spokane Chronicle]]|page=C5|date=14 October 1991|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> and the '''Sydney Indoor''' for short, was a professional men's [[tennis]] tournament was played in [[Sydney]], Australia. The tournament was an initiative from [[John Newcombe]] and was part of an expanding Asian-Australian fall [[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix circuit]]. The event was played under various names as part of the [[Grand Prix tennis circuit]] from 1973 through 1989 and as part of the [[ATP Tour]] from 1990 through 1994. It was played on indoor hard courts at the [[Hordern Pavilion]] on the [[Sydney Showground (Moore Park)|Sydney Showground]]<ref>{{cite web|title=McEnroe Wins in Sydney|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19811014&id=irkeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BmgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4218,7278380&hl=en|website=news.google.com|publisher=Sarasota Herald-Tribune - 14 Oct 1981|access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref> through 1982 and at the [[Sydney Entertainment Centre]] beginning in 1983.<ref name="mcmanus2010">{{cite book|last=McManus|first=Jim|author-link=Jim McManus (tennis)|title=History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups|year=2010|publisher=MAC and Company Publishing|location=Pont Vedra Beach|page=305|isbn=9781450728331}}</ref> The tournament was cancelled in June 1994 on financial grounds with tournament director and co-founder Graham Lovett citing insufficient television coverage and the difficulty of signing top players as the main reasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shock axing of indoor event|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122994628/|work=[[The Age]]|date=20 June 1995|page=42|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sydney suffers a body blow as Indoor scraped|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120331341/|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=20 June 1995|page=57|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==History==

From 1975 to 1989 the event was sponsored by the Custom Credit and Swan Premium.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aussie indoor lacks a sponsor|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=77RYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=914%2C8750159|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=30 July 1989|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>

==Records==
*Most singles titles: John McEnroe 4
*Most consecutive singles titles: John McEnroe 4 (1980–1983)
*Most singles finals: Ivan Lendl 5

==Finals==

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:350px"|Tournament name<ref>Association of Tennis Professionals 1995 Player Guide, pages D16-D67</ref>
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:170px"|Score
|-
|[[1973 Australian Indoor Championships|1973]] || Australian Indoor Championships || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] || 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
|-
|[[1974 Australian Indoor Championships|1974]] || Australian Indoor Championships|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cliff Richey]] || 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
|-
|[[1975 Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament|1975]] || Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stan Smith]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Lutz (tennis)|Robert Lutz]] || 7–6, 6–2
|-
|[[1976 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1976]]|| Custom Credit Indoors || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Masters]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Delaney (tennis)|James Delaney]] || 4–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3
|-
|[[1977 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1977]] || Custom Credit Australian Indoors || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] || 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
|-
|[[1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1978]] || Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Masters]] || 6–0, 6–0, 6–4
|-
|[[1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1979]] || Custom Credit Australian Indoor || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Vilas]] || 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
|-
|[[1980 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1980]]<ref name="Ocala"/> || Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] || 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
|-
|[[1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1981]]<ref name="Ocala"/> || Custom Credit Australian Indoor || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]] || 6–4, 7–5, 6–2
|-
|[[1982 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1982]]<ref name="Ocala"/> || Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Mayer]] || 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
|-
|[[1983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1983]]<ref name="Ocala">{{cite news|title=McEnroe tops Leconte|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19831017&id=hQdFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cQYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7100,703322&hl=en|work=[[Ocala Star-Banner]]|agency=Associated Press|date=17 October 1983|page=8C|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Leconte]] || 6–1, 6–4, 7–5
|-
|[[1984 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1984]] || Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Järryd]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivan Lendl]] || 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
|-
|[[1985 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships|1985]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132373156 |title=Lendl breaks his drought|work=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=60 |issue=18,283 |date=21 October 1985| page=26 |via=[[National Library of Australia]]}}</ref> || Custom Credit Australian Indoor Tennis Championships || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivan Lendl]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Leconte]] || 6–4, 6–4, 7–6
|-
|[[1986 Swan Premium Open|1986]]|| Swan Premium Open || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivan Lendl]] || 3–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–0
|-
|[[1987 Swan Premium Open|1987]] || Swan Premium Sydney Indoor || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivan Lendl]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Pat Cash]] || 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
|-
|[[1988 Swan Premium Open|1988]] || Swan Premium Open || {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Slobodan Živojinović]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Matuszewski]] || 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
|-
|[[1989 Australian Indoor Championships|1989]] || Australian Indoor Tennis Championships || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivan Lendl]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lars-Anders Wahlgren]] || 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
|-
|[[1990 Australian Indoor Championships|1990]] || Australian Indoor Tennis Championships || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Edberg]] || 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
|-
|[[1991 Australian Indoor Championships|1991]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Edberg continues victory roll|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qihRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D_oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4162%2C2081273|publisher=[[Spokane Chronicle]]|date=14 October 1991|page=C5|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || Australian Indoor Tennis Championships || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Edberg]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Gilbert]] || 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
|-
|[[1992 Australian Indoor Championships|1992]] || Australian Indoor Tennis Championships || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Edberg]] || 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
|-
|[[1993 Australian Indoor Championships|1993]] || Ansett Australian Indoor Tennis Championships || {{flagicon|PER}} [[Jaime Yzaga]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petr Korda]] || 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
|-
|[[1994 Australian Indoor Championships|1994]]|| Australian Indoor Tennis Championship || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Richard Krajicek]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]] || 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–3
|}

===Doubles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:140px"|Score
|-
|1973 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mal Anderson]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] || 7–6, 6–2
|-
|1974 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ross Case]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Masters]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roche]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-
|1975 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ross Case]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Masters]] || 6–4, 6–2
|-
|1976 || {{flagicon|EGY|1972}} [[Ismail El Shafei]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Brian Fairlie]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Syd Ball]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kim Warwick]] || 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
|-
|1977 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roche]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ross Case]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Masters]] || 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
|-
|1978 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roche]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Marks (tennis)|John Marks]] || 6–4, 6–3
|-
|1979 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Frawley]] {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Francisco González (tennis)|Francisco González]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Amritraj]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat DuPré]] || W/O
|-
|1980 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Gullikson]] {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Johan Kriek]] || 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
|-
|1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ferdi Taygan]] || 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
|-
|1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Rennert]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Denton]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] || 6–3, 7–6
|-
|1983 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Rennert]] || 6–2, 6–4
|-
|1984 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Järryd]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hans Simonsson]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-
|1985 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Fitzgerald (tennis)|John Fitzgerald]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Järryd]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kim Warwick]] || 6–3, 6–2
|-
|1986 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Fitzgerald (tennis)|John Fitzgerald]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter McNamara]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul McNamee]] || 6–4, 7–6
|-
|1987 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Darren Cahill]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Kratzmann]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Boris Becker]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Seguso]] || 6–3, 6–2
|-
|1988 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Darren Cahill]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Fitzgerald (tennis)|John Fitzgerald]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Davis (tennis)|Marty Davis]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brad Drewett]] || 6–3, 6–2
|-
|1989 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Pate]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Warner (tennis)|Scott Warner]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Darren Cahill]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Kratzmann]] || 6–3, 6–7, 7–5
|-
|1990 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Broderick Dyke]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Lundgren]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Edberg]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivan Lendl]] || 6–2, 6–4
|-
|1991 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Grabb]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Richey Reneberg]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luke Jensen]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Laurie Warder]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-
|1992 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick McEnroe]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jonathan Stark (tennis)|Jonathan Stark]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Grabb]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Richey Reneberg]] || 6–2, 6–3
|-
|1993 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick McEnroe]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Richey Reneberg]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Mronz]] {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lars Rehmann]] || 6–3, 7–5
|-
|1994 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jacco Eltingh]] {{flagicon|NED}} [[Paul Haarhuis]] || {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Byron Black]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jonathan Stark (tennis)|Jonathan Stark]] || 6–4, 7–6
|}

==See also==
* [[Sydney International]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1973 1973 ATP calendar]

{{Sydney Indoor tournaments}}
{{ATP seasons}}
{{ATP International Series Gold tournaments}}
{{ATP Championship Series tournaments}}
{{Men's tennis seasons}}

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[[Category:ATP Tour]]
[[Category:Grand Prix tennis circuit]]
[[Category:Hard court tennis tournaments]]
[[Category:Indoor tennis tournaments]]
[[Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Australia]]

Australian Indoor Tennis Championships - Revision history

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