The Sydney International (formerly known as the Championship of New South Wales and New South Wales Open, with various title sponsors), formerly sponsored as the Apia International Sydney from 2012 to 2017, was a professional

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, Australia. The tournament was played annually at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in

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. It is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, dating to 1885. In 2020 and 2021, the tournament was briefly replaced by the ATP Cup, before briefly returning in 2022 and has since been replaced in both men's and women's calendars by the United Cup. The Sydney International was most recently held in 2022 as an

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event on the men's tour and a WTA 500 event on the women's tour. The tournament is held annually in January immediately prior to the

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as a lead up tournament as part of the

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History

The model for the Sydney International was formed in 1885 when colonial officials decided there was a need to discover the best tennis player in each of the colonies and to use the tournament to assist with selection to the Australasia Davis Cup team, however the first time the tournament was played as a permanent annual event was in 1935. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the

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and a

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tournament from 1970 to 1971. The tournament was not included on the men's or women's schedule for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, as the new ATP Cup took place in the same period. The tournament briefly returned in 2022 as the Sydney Tennis Classic, before being replaced by the mixed-gender event, United Cup since 2023.

Tournament locations

The inaugural edition of the tournament was played in May 1885 at the "Association Ground" in Moore Park, part of the

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. In 1908 control of the tournament was handed over to the NSW Tennis Association and the event moved to its location at

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. From 1922 until 1999 the event was hosted at the White City complex, close to the

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. Since the 2000 edition, the event was played at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, in

, a suburb of Western Sydney and formerly part of the suburb of

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, which was constructed for the tennis events at the

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. The venue consists of 15 outdoor courts and a centre court along with an administrative building, for the whole of Tennis NSW.

Past finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

References

External links

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ATP tournament profile

WTA tournament profile
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