The Burnie International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit. It is a $75k level tournament for the Challenger Tour and a $60,000 level tournament for the Women's Circuit, although it was previously a $25k level tournament before it was upgraded in 2014. It was held annually in Burnie between 2003 and 2015, but didn't take place in 2016 due to a need for court upgrades.[1]

Burnie International
2024 Burnie International
Tournament information
Event nameBurnie International
Founded2002
LocationBurnie, Australia
VenueBurnie Tennis Club
SurfaceHard
WebsiteOfficial website
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
Draw32S/17Q/16D
Prize money$75,000
WTA Tour
CategoryITF Women's Circuit
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$60,000

Prior to 2016, the event was also known as the McDonald's Burnie International. From 2017 to 2019 it was known as the Caterpillar Burnie International.[2] While the tournament was planned to be hosted in 2021 and 2022, neither event happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Past finals edit

Men's singles edit

 
Lu Yen-hsun, competing for Chinese Taipei, won the singles once in 2004, and the doubles twice in 2004 and 2006
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2002   Jaymon Crabb   Rik De Voest 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2003 (1)   Satoshi Iwabuchi   Paul Baccanello 6–2, 6–3
2003 (2)   Dudi Sela   Paul Baccanello 4–3 ret.
2004 (1)   Vasilis Mazarakis   Andrew Derer 6–3, 6–2
2004 (2)   Lu Yen-hsun   Robert Lindstedt 6–3, 6–0
2005   Chris Guccione   Gouichi Motomura 6–3, 7–5
2006   Konstantinos Economidis   Alun Jones 6–4, 6–2
2007 (1)   Nathan Healey   Greg Jones 7–5, 6–4
2007 (2)   Alun Jones   Rameez Junaid 6–0, 6–1
2008 not held
2009   Brydan Klein   Grega Žemlja 6–3, 6–3
2010   Bernard Tomic   Greg Jones 6–4, 6–2
2011   Flavio Cipolla   Chris Guccione w/o
2012   Danai Udomchoke   Samuel Groth 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2013   John Millman   Stéphane Robert 6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2014   Matt Reid   Hiroki Moriya 6–3, 6-2
2015   Chung Hyeon   Alex Bolt 6–2, 7–5
2016 not held
2017   Omar Jasika   Blake Mott 6–2, 6–2
2018   Stéphane Robert   Daniel Altmaier 6–1, 6–2
2019   Steven Diez   Maverick Banes 7–5, 6–1
2020   Taro Daniel   Yannick Hanfmann 6–2, 6–2
2020–2022 Not held
2023   Rinky Hijikata   James Duckworth 6–3, 6–3
2024 (1)   Omar Jasika   Alex Bolt 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
2024 (2)   Adam Walton   Dane Sweeny 6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Men's doubles edit

 
South African Rik de Voest was Lu's partner to the title in doubles in 2004
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2002   Jaymon Crabb
  Joseph Sirianni
  Paul Baccanello
  Dejan Petrović
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
2003 (1)   Federico Browne
  Rogier Wassen
  Raphael Durek
  Alun Jones
1–6, 6–3, 6–2
2003 (2)   Raphael Durek
  Alun Jones
  Luka Gregorc
  Paul Logtens
7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
2004 (1)   Juan-Pablo Brzezicki
  Louis Vosloo
  Jaymon Crabb
  Peter Luczak
3–6, 6–1, [16–14]
2004 (2)   Rik de Voest
  Lu Yen-hsun
  Leonardo Azzaro
  Oliver Marach
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
2005   Luke Bourgeois
  Chris Guccione
  Alexander Hartman
  Scott Lipsky
6–4, 6–3
2006   Luke Bourgeois (2)
  Lu Yen-hsun (2)
  Raphael Durek
  Alun Jones
6–3, 6–2
2007 (1)   Nathan Healey
  Robert Smeets
  Rameez Junaid
  Joseph Sirianni
7–6(9–7), 6–4
2007 (2)   Samuel Groth
  Joseph Sirianni
  Nima Roshan
  Jose Statham
6–3, 1–6, [10–4]
2008 Not held
2009   Miles Armstrong
  Sadik Kadir
  Peter Luczak
  Robert Smeets
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2010   Matthew Ebden
  Samuel Groth (2)
  James Lemke
  Dane Propoggia
6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
2011   Philip Bester
  Peter Polansky
  Marinko Matosevic
  Rubin Jose Statham
6–3, 4–6, [14–12]
2012   John Peers
  John-Patrick Smith
  Divij Sharan
  Vishnu Vardhan
6–2, 6–4
2013   Ruan Roelofse
  John-Patrick Smith (2)
  Brydan Klein
  Dane Propoggia
6–2, 6–2
2014   Matt Reid
  John-Patrick Smith (3)
  Toshihide Matsui
  Danai Udomchoke
6–4, 6–2
2015   Carsten Ball
  Matt Reid (2)
  Radu Albot
  Matthew Ebden
7–5, 6–4
2016 Not held
2017   Brydan Klein
  Dane Propoggia
  Steven de Waard
  Luke Saville
6–3, 6–4
2018   Gerard Granollers
  Marcel Granollers
  Evan King
  Max Schnur
7–6(10–8), 6–2
2019   Lloyd Harris
  Dudi Sela
  Mirza Bašić
  Tomislav Brkić
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
2020   Harri Heliövaara
  Sem Verbeek
  Luca Margaroli
  Andrea Vavassori
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
2021–2022 Not held
2023   Marc Polmans
  Max Purcell
  Luke Saville
  Tristan Schoolkate
7–6(7–4), 6–4
2024 (1)   Alex Bolt
  Luke Saville
  Tristan Schoolkate
  Adam Walton
5–7, 6–3, [12–10]
2024 (2)   Benjamin Lock
  Yuta Shimizu
  Blake Bayldon
  Kody Pearson
6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Women's singles edit

 
Olivia Rogowska of Australia was the two time singles champion having won the event in 2012 and 2013
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2009   Abigail Spears   Lu Jingjing 6–4, 6–2
2010   Arina Rodionova   Jarmila Groth 6–1, 6–0
2011   Eugenie Bouchard   Zheng Saisai 6–4, 6–3
2012   Olivia Rogowska   Irina Khromacheva 6–3, 6–3
2013   Olivia Rogowska (2)   Monique Adamczak 7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 6–4
2014   Misa Eguchi   Elizaveta Kulichkova 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
2015   Daria Gavrilova   Irina Falconi 7–5, 7–5
2016 not held
2017   Asia Muhammad   Arina Rodionova 6–2, 6–1
2018   Marta Kostyuk   Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–3
2019   Belinda Woolcock   Paula Badosa 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
2020   Maddison Inglis   Sachia Vickery 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2021–2022 Not held
2023 (1)   Storm Hunter   Olivia Gadecki 6–4, 6–3
2023 (2)   Jaimee Fourlis   Olivia Gadecki 6–4, 6–3
2024 (1)   Priscilla Hon   Sara Saito 6–3, 6–0
2024 (2)   Maya Joint   Aoi Ito 1–6, 6–1, 7–5

Women's doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009   Monique Adamczak
  Abigail Spears
  Xu Yifan
  Zhou Yimiao
6–2, 6–4
2010   Jessica Moore
  Arina Rodionova
  Tímea Babos
  Anna Arina Marenko
6–2, 6–4
2011   Natsumi Hamamura
  Erika Takao
  Sally Peers
  Olivia Rogowska
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
2012   Arina Rodionova (2)
  Melanie South
  Stephanie Bengson
  Tyra Calderwood
6–2, 6–2
2013   Shuko Aoyama
  Erika Sema
  Bojana Bobusic
  Jessica Moore
w/o
2014   Jarmila Gajdošová
  Storm Sanders
  Eri Hozumi
  Miki Miyamura
6–4, 6–4
2015   Irina Falconi
  Petra Martić
  Han Xinyun
  Junri Namigata
6–2, 6–4
2016 not held
2017   Riko Sawayanagi
  Barbora Štefková
  Alison Bai
  Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]
2018   Vania King
  Laura Robson
  Momoko Kobori
  Chihiro Muramatsu
7–6(7–3), 6–1
2019   Ellen Perez
  Arina Rodionova
  Irina Khromacheva
  Maryna Zanevska
6–4, 6–3
2020   Ellen Perez
  Storm Sanders
  Desirae Krawczyk
  Asia Muhammad
6–3, 6–2
2020–2022 Not held
2023 (1)   Mai Hontama
  Eri Hozumi
  Arina Rodionova
  Ena Shibahara
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2023 (2)   Destanee Aiava
  Naiktha Bains
  Lily Fairclough
  Olivia Gadecki
6–3, 7–5
2024 (1)   Paige Hourigan
  Erin Routliffe
  Kyōka Okamura
  Ayano Shimizu
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2024 (2)   Tang Qianhui
  You Xiaodi
  Ma Yexin
  Alana Parnaby
6–4, 7–5

References edit

  1. ^ Luke Sayer (Aug 26, 2015). "Lack of cash puts Burnie International on hold". The Advocate.
  2. ^ Imogen Elliott (20 December 2016). "Caterpillar announced as new naming right sponsor for Burnie International". The Advocate.
  3. ^ Clooney, Emily (19 October 2021). "Tennis Club president eager to see Burnie International return to Coast in 2023". The Advocate. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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