The Australian Open
The Australian Open Championships for men began in 1905 and for women in 1922 and moved between the major Australian cities until the 1970's. On two occasions it was played in New Zealand.
In 1972 the annual event found a home on the grass courts of Kooyong and remained there until 1988 when it moved to the newly built National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park.
Many of the greats of Australian and international tennis graced the courts during those later years including Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert, Chris O'Neil and Martina Navratilova in the women's and John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Mark Edmondson, Guillermo Vilas, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg in the men's.
Results 1972 – 1987 were:
Ladies Results
1972
Virginia Wade GBR (2) v Evonne Goolagong AUS (1) 6/4 6/4
1973
Margaret Court AUS (1) v Evonne Goolagong AUS (2) 6/4 7/5
1974
Evonne Goolagong GBR (2) v Chris Evert USA (1) 7/6 4/6 6/0
1975
Evonne Goolagong AUS (3) v Martina Navratilova TCH (8) 6/3 6/2
1976
Evonne Cawley AUS v Renata Tomonova (5) TCH 6/2 6/2
1977 (JANUARY)
Kerry Reid AUS (2) v Dianne Fromholtz (1) AUS 7/5 6/2
1977 (DECEMBER)
Evonne Cawley AUS (1) v Helen Cawley (5) AUS 6/3 6/0
1978
Chris O'Neil AUS v Betsy Nagelsen USA (7) 6/3 7/6
1979
Barbara Jordan USA (5) v Sharon Walsh USA (4) 6/3 6/3
1980
Hana Mandlikova TCH (3) v Wendy Turnbull AUS (4) 6/0 7/5
1981
Martina Navratilova USA (3) v Chris Evert-Lloyd USA (1) 6/7(4) 6/4 7/5
1982
Chris Evert-Lloyd USA (2) v Martina Navratilova USA (1) 6/3 2/6 6/3
1983
Martina Navratilova USA (1) v Kathy Jordan USA (9) 6/2 7/6
1984
Chirs Evert-Lloyd USA (2) v Helena Sukova TCH (9) 6/7(4) 6/1 6/3
1985
Martina Navratilova USA (2) v Chris Evert-Lloyd USA (1) 6/2 4/6 6/2
1987
Hana Mandlikova CZE (2) v Martina Navratilova USA (1) 7/5 7/6(1)
Mens Results
1972
Ken Rosewall AUS (2) v Mal Anderson AUS (8) 7/6 6/3 7/5
1973
John Newcombe AUS (2) v Onny Parun NZL (12) 6/3 6/7 7/5 6/1
1974
Jimmy Connors USA (2) v Phil Dent AUS (9) 7/6 6/4 4/6 6/3
1975
John Newcombe AUS (2) v Jimmy Connors USA (1) 7/5 3/6 6/4 7/6
1976
Mark Edmondson AUS v John Newcombe AUS (2) 6/7 6/3 7/6 6/1
1977 (JANUARY)
Roscoe Tanner USA (2) v Guillermo Vilas ARG (1) 6/3 6/3 6/3
1977 (DECEMBER)
Vitas Gerulaitis USA (1) v John Lloyd GBR (12) 6/3 7/6 5/7 3/6 6/2
1978
Guillermo Vilas ARG (1) v John Marks AUS 6/4 6/4 3/6 6/3
1979
Guillermo Vilas ARG (1) v John Sadri USA (6) 7/6 6/3 6/2
1980
Brian Teacher USA (8) v Kim Warwick AUS (14) 7/5 7/6 6/2
1981
Johan Kriek RSA (4) v Steve Denton USA 6/2 7/6 6/7 6/4
1982
Johan Kriek RSA (1) v Steve Denton USA (2) 6/3 6/3 6/2
1983
Mats Wilander SWE (3) v Ivan Lendl TCH (1) 6/1 6/4 6/4
1984
Mats Wilander SWE (2) v Kevin Curren (9) USA 6/7 6/4 7/6 6/2
1985
Stefan Edberg SWE (5) v Mats Wilander SWE (3) 6/4 6/3 6/3
1987
Stefan Edberg SWE (4) v Pat Cash AUS (11) 6/3 6/4 3/6 5/7 6/3
