Canberra International

Template:Short description Template:Infobox tennis tournament 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 hardcourts. The event was intended to be one of the build-up tournaments to the first 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 and was played on Rebound Ace hardcourts. 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

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Canberra International
2001	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	Template:Flagicon Sandrine Testud	6–2, 6–2
Canberra Women's Classic
2002	Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova	Template:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy	Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone	6–1, 6–1
2004	Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez	Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic
2005	Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic	Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink	7–5, 6–1
Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
2006	Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues	Template:Flagicon Cho Yoon-jeong	6–4, 0–6, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Canberra International
2001	Template:Flagicon Nicole Arendt Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	Template:Flagicon Nannie de Villiers Template:Flagicon Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Canberra Women's Classic
2002	Template:Flagicon Nannie de Villiers Template:Flagicon Irina Selyutina	Template:Flagicon Samantha Reeves Template:Flagicon Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
2003	Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Dája Bedáňová Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2004	Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Template:Flagicon Claudine Schaul	Template:Flagicon Caroline Dhenin Template:Flagicon Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic
2005	Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin Template:Flagicon Tina Križan	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Navrátilová Template:Flagicon Michaela Paštiková	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
2006	Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci	Template:Flagicon Claire Curran Template:Flagicon Līga Dekmeijere	7–6(7–5), 6–3

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website