The Western Australian Open and originally called the Western Australian Championships or Western Australia Championships is a defunct

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Men's and

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affiliated women's

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tournament played from 1896 to 1975 at

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, Australia and was played on

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History

The event was first established in 1895 and continued for 78 editions the men's event was part of the

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from 1913 to 1967. For certain periods after the open era it was part of the ILTF Independent Tour. In 1980 it then became part of the

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. The women's even was part of

affiliated women's

tournament played from 1971 to 1975. The women's event ended in 1994 and had run for 88 editions from 1895.

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was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times and the doubles competition in 1971, partnering Australian

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for her doubles success.

Finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Women's doubles

(incomplete roll)

References

External links

WTA Results Archive
Grass court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in Australia WTA Tour 1896 establishments in Australia 1975 disestablishments in Australia Long stubs with short prose {{WTAtour-competition-stub