Australian Indoor Tennis Championships

The Australian Indoor Tennis Championship,[2] also known as the Australian Indoor Championship,[3] the Australian Indoor Open[4] 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 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[5] through 1982 and at the Sydney Entertainment Centre beginning in 1983.[6] 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.[7][8]

Australian Indoor Tennis Championship
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVaried
TourGrand Prix circuit (1973–1989)
ATP Tour (1990–94)
Founded1973
Abolished1994
Editions22
LocationSydney, Australia
VenueHordern Pavilion (1973–1982)
Sydney Entertainment Centre[1] (1983–1994)
SurfaceHard / indoor

History

From 1975 to 1989 the event was sponsored by the Custom Credit and Swan Premium.[9]

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

Finals

Singles
Year Tournament name[10] Champions Runners-up Score
1973Australian Indoor ChampionshipsAustralia Rod LaverAustralia John Newcombe3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1974Australian Indoor ChampionshipsAustralia John NewcombeUnited States Cliff Richey6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1975Custom Credit Indoor Tennis TournamentUnited States Stan SmithUnited States Robert Lutz7–6, 6–2
1976Custom Credit IndoorsAustralia Geoff MastersUnited States James Delaney4–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3
1977Custom Credit Australian IndoorsUnited States Jimmy ConnorsAustralia Ken Rosewall7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1978Custom Credit Australian Indoor ChampionshipsUnited States Jimmy ConnorsAustralia Geoff Masters6–0, 6–0, 6–4
1979Custom Credit Australian IndoorUnited States Vitas GerulaitisArgentina Guillermo Vilas4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
1980[3]Custom Credit Australian Indoor ChampionshipsUnited States John McEnroeUnited States Vitas Gerulaitis6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1981[3]Custom Credit Australian IndoorUnited States John McEnroeUnited States Roscoe Tanner6–4, 7–5, 6–2
1982[3]Custom Credit Australian Indoor ChampionshipsUnited States John McEnroeUnited States Gene Mayer6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1983[3]Custom Credit Australian Indoor ChampionshipsUnited States John McEnroeFrance Henri Leconte6–1, 6–4, 7–5
1984Custom Credit Australian Indoor ChampionshipsSweden Anders JärrydCzech Republic Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1985[11]Custom Credit Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipsCzech Republic Ivan LendlFrance Henri Leconte6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1986Swan Premium OpenGermany Boris BeckerCzech Republic Ivan Lendl3–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–0
1987Swan Premium Sydney IndoorCzech Republic Ivan LendlAustralia Pat Cash6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1988Swan Premium OpenSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan ŽivojinovićUnited States Richard Matuszewski7–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipsCzech Republic Ivan LendlSweden Lars-Anders Wahlgren6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1990Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipsGermany Boris BeckerSweden Stefan Edberg7–6, 6–4, 6–4
1991[12]Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipsSweden Stefan EdbergUnited States Brad Gilbert6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1992Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipsCroatia Goran IvaniševićSweden Stefan Edberg6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1993Ansett Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipsPeru Jaime YzagaCzech Republic Petr Korda6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1994Australian Indoor Tennis ChampionshipNetherlands Richard KrajicekGermany Boris Becker7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973Australia Rod Laver
Australia John Newcombe		Australia Mal Anderson
Australia Ken Rosewall		7–6, 6–2
1974Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters		Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		6–4, 6–4
1975United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters		6–4, 6–2
1976Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie		Australia Syd Ball
Australia Kim Warwick		4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1977Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters		6–7, 6–3, 6–1
1978Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia John Marks		6–4, 6–3
1979Australia Rod Frawley
Paraguay Francisco González		India Vijay Amritraj
United States Pat DuPré		W/O
1980United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		United States Tim Gullikson
South Africa Johan Kriek		4–6, 6–1, 6–2
1981United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe		United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan		6–7, 7–6, 6–1
1982United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Rennert		United States Steve Denton
Australia Mark Edmondson		6–3, 7–6
1983Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart		United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Rennert		6–2, 6–4
1984Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson		Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart		6–4, 6–4
1985Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd		Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick		6–3, 6–2
1986Germany Boris Becker
Australia John Fitzgerald		Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee		6–4, 7–6
1987Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann		Germany Boris Becker
United States Robert Seguso		6–3, 6–2
1988Australia Darren Cahill
Australia John Fitzgerald		United States Marty Davis
Australia Brad Drewett		6–3, 6–2
1989United States David Pate
United States Scott Warner		Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann		6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1990Australia Broderick Dyke
Sweden Peter Lundgren		Sweden Stefan Edberg
Czech Republic Ivan Lendl		6–2, 6–4
1991United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		United States Luke Jensen
Australia Laurie Warder		6–4, 6–4
1992United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jonathan Stark		United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		6–2, 6–3
1993United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Richey Reneberg		Germany Alexander Mronz
Germany Lars Rehmann		6–3, 7–5
1994Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark		6–4, 7–6

See also

References
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  2. "Connors nips Newcombe to rich Aussie tournament". The Montreal Gazette. Reuters. 20 October 1978. p. 21 – via Google News Archive.
  3. "McEnroe tops Leconte". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. 17 October 1983. p. 8C – via Google News Archive.
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  5. "McEnroe Wins in Sydney". news.google.com. Sarasota Herald-Tribune - 14 Oct 1981. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 9781450728331.
  7. "Shock axing of indoor event". The Age. 20 June 1995. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Sydney suffers a body blow as Indoor scraped". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1995. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Aussie indoor lacks a sponsor". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1989 – via Google News Archive.
  10. Association of Tennis Professionals 1995 Player Guide, pages D16-D67
  11. "Lendl breaks his drought". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 283. 21 October 1985. p. 26 – via National Library of Australia.
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