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 YearChampionRunner-up ScoreCanberra International2001 Justine Henin Sandrine Testud 6–2, 6–2 Canberra Women's Classic2002 Anna Smashnova Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 7–6(7–2) 2003 Meghann Shaughnessy Francesca Schiavone 6–1, 6–1 2004 Paola Suárez Silvia Farina Elia 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic 2005 Ana Ivanovic Melinda Czink 7–5, 6–1Richard Luton Properties Canberra International2006 Anabel Medina Garrigues Cho Yoon-jeong 6–4, 0–6, 6–4

Doubles YearChampionsRunners-up ScoreCanberra International2001 Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Canberra Women's Classic2002 Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–2, 6–32003 Tathiana Garbin Émilie Loit Dája Bedáňová Dinara Safina 6–3, 3–6, 6–42004 Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic 2005 Tathiana Garbin Tina Križan Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková 7–5, 1–6, 6–4Richard Luton Properties Canberra International2006 Marta Domachowska Roberta Vinci Claire Curran Līga Dekmeijere 7–6(7–5), 6–3

See also List of tennis tournaments

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