WTA Sydney Open

The WTA Sydney Open, was a professional women's tennis tournament held in Sydney, Australia. The event, the first tournament in Australia exclusively for women, was played under various sponsored names as part of the WTA Tour and took place in November or the first half of December from 1976 through 1979. It was played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium.^[1]

WTA Sydney Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Varied
Tour	WTA Tour
Founded	1976
Abolished	1979
Editions	4
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	White City Stadium
Surface	Grass

Finals

Singles

Year	Sponsored Name	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1976	Colgate International Women's Championships	Martina Navratilova	Betty Stöve	7–5, 6–2
1977	Colgate International of Australia	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Kerry Reid	6–1, 6–3
1978	Toyota Women's Classic	Dianne Fromholtz	Kerry Reid	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
1979	NSW Building Society Women's Classic	Sue Barker	Rosalyn Fairbank	6–0, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1976	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	Françoise Dürr Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 7–5
1977	Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Betty Stöve vs. Greer Stevens / Kerry Reid		divided
1978	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Judy Chaloner Anne Hobbs	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1979	Billie Jean King Wendy Turnbull	Sue Barker Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–4

See also

• New South Wales Open