Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts

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Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts
Current competition 2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts
150
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Location Gold Coast, Queensland
Flag of Australia Australia
Category Tier III
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Draw 32M/32Q/16D
Prize Money $175,000
Website tennis.com.au

The Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts is a Tier III tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Gold Coast, Australia. Held since 1997, the tournament is played on outdoor hardcourts.

Japanese Ai Sugiyama (1998 & 2004) and Swiss Patty Schnyder (1999 & 2005) hold the record for the most singles titles: 2. Sugiyama holds the record for the most final appearances (3).

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[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1997 Flag of Russia Elena Likhovtseva Flag of the Empire of Japan Ai Sugiyama 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-3
1998 Flag of the Empire of Japan Ai Sugiyama Flag of Venezuela Maria Vento-Kabchi 7-5, 6-0
1999 Flag of Switzerland Patty Schnyder Flag of France Mary Pierce 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
2000 Flag of Croatia Silvija Talaja Flag of Spain Conchita Martínez 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
2001 Belgium Justine Henin Flag of Italy Silvia Farina Elia 7-6(5), 6-4
2002 Flag of the United States Venus Williams Belgium Justine Henin 7-5, 6-2
2003 Flag of France Nathalie Dechy Flag of Switzerland Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2004 Flag of Japan Ai Sugiyama Flag of Russia Nadia Petrova 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
2005 Flag of Switzerland Patty Schnyder Flag of Australia Samantha Stosur 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
2006 Flag of the Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová Flag of Italy Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-4
2007 Flag of Russia Dinara Safina Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China Li Na Flag of Belarus Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

[edit] Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1997 Flag of the Empire of Japan Naoko Kijimuta
Flag of the Empire of Japan Nana Miyagi		 Flag of Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Flag of Italy Silvia Farina Elia		 7-6, 6-1
1998 Flag of Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Flag of the Empire of Japan Ai Sugiyama		 Flag of South Korea Sung-Hee Park
Flag of Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang		 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1999 Flag of the United States Corina Morariu
Flag of Latvia Larisa Neiland		 Flag of Australia Kristine Kunce
Flag of Romania Irina Spîrlea		 6-3, 6-3
2000 Flag of France Julie Halard-Decugis
Flag of Russia Anna Kournikova		 Flag of Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Flag of Italy Rita Grande		 6-3, 6-0
2001 Flag of Italy Giulia Casoni
Flag of Slovakia Janette Husárová		 Flag of the United States Katie Schlukebir
Flag of the United States Meghann Shaughnessy		 7-5, 7-6
2002 Flag of Belgium Justine Henin
Flag of the United States Meghann Shaughnessy		 Flag of Sweden Åsa Svensson
Flag of the Netherlands Miriam Oremans		 6-1, 7-6
2003 Flag of Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flag of the United States Martina Navrátilová		 Flag of France Nathalie Dechy
Flag of France Émilie Loit		 6-4, 6-4
2004 Flag of Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flag of Russia Elena Likhovtseva		 Flag of South Africa Liezel Huber
Flag of Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva		 6-3, 6-4
2005 Flag of Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Flag of Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva		 Flag of Italy Maria Elena Camerin
Flag of Italy Silvia Farina Elia		 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
2006 Flag of Russia Dinara Safina
Flag of the United States Meghann Shaughnessy		 Flag of Zimbabwe Cara Black
Flag of Australia Rennae Stubbs		 6-2, 6-3
2007 Flag of Russia Dinara Safina
Flag of Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		 Flag of the Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Flag of Russia Galina Voskoboevá		 6-3 6-4
2008 Flag of Russia Dinara Safina
Flag of Hungary Ágnes Szávay		 Flag of the People's Republic of China Yan Zi
Flag of the People's Republic of China Zheng Jie		 6-1, 6-2

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