The Australian Indoor Tennis Championship, also known as the Australian Indoor Championship, the Australian Indoor Open 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 through 1982 and at the Sydney Entertainment Centre beginning in 1983. 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.

History

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

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

Finals

Singles YearTournament nameAssociation of Tennis Professionals 1995 Player Guide, pages D16-D67ChampionsRunners-upScore1973 Australian Indoor Championships Rod Laver John Newcombe 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–41974 Australian Indoor Championships John Newcombe Cliff Richey 6–4, 6–3, 6–41975 Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament Stan Smith Robert Lutz 7–6, 6–21976 Custom Credit Indoors Geoff Masters James Delaney 4–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–31977 Custom Credit Australian Indoors Jimmy Connors Ken Rosewall 7–5, 6–4, 6–21978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships Jimmy Connors Geoff Masters 6–0, 6–0, 6–41979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Vitas Gerulaitis Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–61980 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships John McEnroe Vitas Gerulaitis 6–3, 6–4, 7–51981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor John McEnroe Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 7–5, 6–21982 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships John McEnroe Gene Mayer 6–4, 6–1, 6–41983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships John McEnroe Henri Leconte 6–1, 6–4, 7–51984 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships Anders Järryd Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 6–41985 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Tennis Championships Ivan Lendl Henri Leconte 6–4, 6–4, 7–61986 Swan Premium Open Boris Becker Ivan Lendl 3–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–01987 Swan Premium Sydney Indoor Ivan Lendl Pat Cash 6–4, 6–2, 6–41988 Swan Premium Open Slobodan Živojinović Richard Matuszewski 7–6, 6–3, 6–41989 Australian Indoor Tennis Championships Ivan Lendl Lars-Anders Wahlgren 6–2, 6–2, 6–11990 Australian Indoor Tennis Championships Boris Becker Stefan Edberg 7–6, 6–4, 6–41991 Australian Indoor Tennis Championships Stefan Edberg Brad Gilbert 6–2, 6–2, 6–21992 Australian Indoor Tennis Championships Goran Ivanišević Stefan Edberg 6–4, 6–2, 6–41993 Ansett Australian Indoor Tennis Championships Jaime Yzaga Petr Korda 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 7–61994 Australian Indoor Tennis Championship Richard Krajicek Boris Becker 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–3

Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1973 Rod Laver John Newcombe Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall 7–6, 6–21974 Ross Case Geoff Masters John Newcombe Tony Roche 6–4, 6–41975 Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–21976 Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie Syd Ball Kim Warwick 4–6, 6–4, 7–61977 John Newcombe Tony Roche Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–7, 6–3, 6–11978 John Newcombe Tony Roche Mark Edmondson John Marks 6–4, 6–31979 Rod Frawley Francisco González Vijay Amritraj Pat DuPré W/O1980 Peter Fleming John McEnroe Tim Gullikson Johan Kriek 4–6, 6–1, 6–21981 Peter Fleming John McEnroe Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 7–6, 6–11982 John McEnroe Peter Rennert Steve Denton Mark Edmondson 6–3, 7–61983 Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart John McEnroe Peter Rennert 6–2, 6–41984 Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 6–41985 John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 6–3, 6–21986 Boris Becker John Fitzgerald Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6–4, 7–61987 Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann Boris Becker Robert Seguso 6–3, 6–21988 Darren Cahill John Fitzgerald Marty Davis Brad Drewett 6–3, 6–21989 David Pate Scott Warner Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann 6–3, 6–7, 7–51990 Broderick Dyke Peter Lundgren Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–41991 Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg Luke Jensen Laurie Warder 6–4, 6–41992 Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 6–2, 6–31993 Patrick McEnroe Richey Reneberg Alexander Mronz Lars Rehmann 6–3, 7–51994 Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–4, 7–6

See also Sydney International

References

External links 1973 ATP calendar