Western Australian Open (tennis)

The Western Australian Open and originally called the Western Australian Championships is a defunct Grand Prix tennis circuit Men's and WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1975 at Royal King's Park Tennis Club in Perth,[1] Australia and was played on grass courts.

Western Australian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWestern Australian Championships (1971–75)
TourWTA Tour (1971–75)
Founded1895
Abolished1984 (men's), 1994 (women's)
Editions78 (men's), 88 (women's)
SurfaceGrass (1971–75)

History

The event was first established in 1895 and continued for 78 editions the men's event was part of the pre-open era tour from 1895 to 1967 part of the Grand Prix tour in 1980 for certain periods after the open era it was part of the ITF non-aligned tournaments independent tour.[1]

The women's even was part of WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1975. The women's event ended in 1994 and had run for 88 editions from 1895,

Margaret Court was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition in 1971, partnering Australian Evonne Goolagong for her doubles success.

Winners

Incomplete list of champions included:

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 Margaret Court Virginia Wade6–1, 6–2
1972 (February) Evonne Goolagong Olga Morozova6–2, 7–5
1972 (December) Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong6–3, 6–2
1974 Margaret Court Olga Morozova6–4, 7–5
1975 Helga Niessen Masthoff Lesley Turner Bowrey6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 Margaret Court
Evonne Goolagong		 Winnie Shaw
Virginia Wade		6–4, 7–5
1972 (February) Evonne Goolagong
Barbara Hawcroft		 Olga Morozova
Janet Young		3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1972 (December)Not held
1974 Olga Morozova
Martina Navratilova		 Lesley Hunt
Kazuko Sawamatsu		6–1, 6–3
1975 Lesley Turner Bowrey
Christine Matison		 Sue Barker
Michelle Tyler		6–3, 6–3
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References
  1. Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Western Australian Championships (later Western Australian Open) Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 25 July 2018.


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