Burnie International

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

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Men's singles

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Lu Yen-hsun, competing for Chinese Taipei, won the singles once in 2004, and the doubles twice in 2004 and 2006
YearChampionRunner-upScore
2002 Jaymon Crabb Rik De Voest6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2003 (1) Satoshi Iwabuchi Paul Baccanello6–2, 6–3
2003 (2) Dudi Sela Paul Baccanello4–3 ret.
2004 (1) Vasilis Mazarakis Andrew Derer6–3, 6–2
2004 (2) Lu Yen-hsun Robert Lindstedt6–3, 6–0
2005 Chris Guccione Gouichi Motomura6–3, 7–5
2006 Konstantinos Economidis Alun Jones6–4, 6–2
2007 (1) Nathan Healey Greg Jones7–5, 6–4
2007 (2) Alun Jones Rameez Junaid6–0, 6–1
2008not held
2009 Brydan Klein Grega Žemlja6–3, 6–3
2010 Bernard Tomic Greg Jones6–4, 6–2
2011 Flavio Cipolla Chris Guccionew/o
2012 Danai Udomchoke Samuel Groth7–6(7–5), 6–3
2013 John Millman Stéphane Robert6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2014 Matt Reid Hiroki Moriya6–3, 6-2
2015 Chung Hyeon Alex Bolt6–2, 7–5
2016not held
2017 Omar Jasika Blake Mott6–2, 6–2
2018 Stéphane Robert Daniel Altmaier6–1, 6–2
2019 Steven Diez Maverick Banes7–5, 6–1
2020 Taro Daniel Yannick Hanfmann6–2, 6–2
2020–2022Not held
2023 Rinky Hijikata James Duckworth6–3, 6–3
2024 (1) Omar Jasika Alex Bolt6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
2024 (2) Adam Walton Dane Sweeny6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Men's doubles

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South African Rik de Voest was Lu's partner to the title in doubles in 2004
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
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]
2008Not 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
2016Not 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)
2021–2022Not 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

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Olivia Rogowska of Australia was the two time singles champion having won the event in 2012 and 2013
YearChampionRunner-upScore
2009 Abigail Spears Lu Jingjing6–4, 6–2
2010 Arina Rodionova Jarmila Groth6–1, 6–0
2011 Eugenie Bouchard Zheng Saisai6–4, 6–3
2012 Olivia Rogowska Irina Khromacheva6–3, 6–3
2013 Olivia Rogowska (2) Monique Adamczak7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 6–4
2014 Misa Eguchi Elizaveta Kulichkova4–6, 6–2, 6–3
2015 Daria Gavrilova Irina Falconi7–5, 7–5
2016not held
2017 Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova6–2, 6–1
2018 Marta Kostyuk Viktorija Golubic6–4, 6–3
2019 Belinda Woolcock Paula Badosa7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
2020 Maddison Inglis Sachia Vickery2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2021–2022Not held
2023 (1) Storm Hunter Olivia Gadecki6–4, 6–3
2023 (2) Jaimee Fourlis Olivia Gadecki6–4, 6–3
2024 (1) Priscilla Hon Sara Saito6–3, 6–0
2024 (2) Maya Joint Aoi Ito1–6, 6–1, 7–5

Women's doubles

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YearChampionsRunners-upScore
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
2016not 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
2020–2022Not 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

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  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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