# Melbourne Outdoor

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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name                  = Melbourne Outdoor
| type                  = defunct
| founded               = 1983
| ended                 = 1985
| editions              = 3
| location              = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Australia
| venue                 = 
| event name            = 
| tour                  = [Grand Prix circuit](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) 
| surface               = [Grass](/source/Grass_court) / outdoor
}}
The '''Melbourne Outdoor''' (also called the ''[Victorian Open](/source/Victorian_Championships)'') was a short-lived men's [tennis](/source/tennis) tournament played in [Melbourne, Australia](/source/Melbourne%2C_Australia) that was re-established from an earlier tournament, held three times from 1983 to 1985. It was part of the [Grand Prix tennis circuit](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) and was held on outdoor [grass court](/source/grass_court)s.

==Finals==
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable" 
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:140px"|Score
|-
| 1982/83 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [Pat Cash](/source/Pat_Cash) || {{flagicon|AUS}}  [Rod Frawley](/source/Rod_Frawley)  || 6–4, 7–6<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1983/01/10/627624/a-roundup-of-the-week-dec-27jan-2 |title=Sports Illustrated: January 1983}}</ref>
|-
| 1984/85 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Dan Cassidy](/source/Dan_Cassidy) || {{flagicon|AUS}}  [John Fitzgerald](/source/John_Fitzgerald_(tennis))  || 7–6, 7–6<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-02-sp-6153-story.html |title=LA Times: Cassidy upsets Fitzgerald in final|website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=2 January 1985 }}</ref>
|-
| [1985](/source/1985_Melbourne_Outdoor) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Jonathan Canter](/source/Jonathan_Canter) || {{flagicon|AUS}}  [Peter Doohan](/source/Peter_Doohan)  || 5–7, 6–3, 6–4<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/issue/biztimes19851230-1 |title=Business Times: Canter wins Victorian grand prix title}}</ref>
|}

===Doubles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:140px"|Score
|-
| 1982/83 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Eddie Edwards](/source/Eddie_Edwards_(tennis))<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [Jonathan Smith](/source/Jonathan_Smith_(tennis)) || {{flagicon|AUS}} [Broderick Dyke](/source/Broderick_Dyke)<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [Wayne Hampson](/source/Wayne_Hampson) || 7–6, 6–3
|-
| 1984/85 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [Broderick Dyke](/source/Broderick_Dyke)<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [Wally Masur](/source/Wally_Masur) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Mike Bauer](/source/Mike_Bauer)<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [Scott McCain](/source/Scott_McCain) || 6–7, 6–3, 7–6
|-
| [1985](/source/1985_Melbourne_Outdoor_%E2%80%93_Doubles) || {{flagicon|AUS}} [Darren Cahill](/source/Darren_Cahill)<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [Peter Carter](/source/Peter_Carter_(tennis)) || {{flagicon|USA}} [Brett Dickinson](/source/Brett_Dickinson)<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [Roberto Saad](/source/Roberto_Saad) || 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–1
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Australia
Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne
Category:Grass court tennis tournaments
Category:Grand Prix tennis circuit
Category:1983 establishments in Australia
Category:1985 disestablishments in Australia

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