On January 15, Beijing time, the final of the WTA500 Sydney station was contested, and the two sides were the No. 5 seed Bardoza and the No. 3 seed Klechkova. The two fought fiercely in three sets in this match, and finally Bardoza narrowly won 2-1, won the WTA 500 championship for the first time in his career, and reached the tour final three times to win all the championships.
In the first set, Bardoza opened with a straight break to take a 2-0 lead. In the 4th set, Klechkova completed a comeback to chase the set to 2-2. In the 7th set, Bardoza broke again and she then took a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Bardoza scored four consecutive points in the opponent's serve to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Klechkova broke the opponent's serve as soon as she came up, and then she took a 2-0 lead. In the 6th set, Bardoza completed the break and divided the set until 3-3. In the 9th set, Bardoza lost the serve and then Klečnikova saved the 10th set to win the second set 6-4.
In the decider, Bardoza broke first in the second set to take a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd set, Klechkova quickly broke back and then saved until 2-2. Both sides then saved the set and the decider was dragged into the tiebreaker. Bardoza led the way in seven sets, winning 7-4 to win the seven.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 22 minutes, The world's 9th place Bardoza narrowly defeated the world's 4th Klechkova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4) to win the tournament. It was Bardoza's second career hardcourse title, after she had won indian wells last year.