First Nations tennis talent came out on top when the Pacific's best players came together in Tahiti this month.

Australia took an entirely Indigenous team to the Oceania Cup, coming home with both the men's and women's titles at the return of a unique tournament on the sport's calendar.

Full-time professional tennis player Laquisa Khan joined Lola Grigor, Charlie Pade and Billy Bougoure on the side to comete in Papeete, Tahiti at the start of the month.

Separate from the professional tour, the Oceania Cup is seen as an important opportunity for players and nations in the Pacific region with limited opportunities in team-format international tennis.

Cook Islands, Guam, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvala, Vanuatu, Samoa, hosts Tahiti and Australia were represented.

It was the first Oceania Cup hosted since 2019.

For Grigor, last year's under-18 girl's singles champion at the National Indigenous Tennis Carnvial, it was her overseas tournament and first chance to represent Australia.

She soaked up the opportunity to be around older and more experienced players as she eyes a move to the US for college tennis in the coming years, the 16-year-old said.

"I think the First Nations pathway is quite team-orientated. You're surrounded by community, which definitely lifts most of our tennis," Grigor said.

"Getting the opportunity to go represent your country as the First Nations team is amazing."

Billy Bougoure has been back playing tournaments for around 12 months, and while that came with some nerves, it was all excitement for the Pacific tournament, he said.

It was a "one in a lifetime" opportunity, Bougoure added, amplified by a First Nations team competing for Australia.

"It's been a rich cultural experience being here, especially experiencing Tahiti personally, their culture and how it's very community-led here. You see similarities like that in our culture," he said.

We definitely have a responsibility to represent a First Nations team strongly. There's obviously a lot of people that would love this opportunity, and given that there's only a few of us on this team, I take that very seriously."

The side produced on the courts.

After strong performances in the round-robin stages, they went on to sweep the hosts in the tournament final.

The Tahitian Tennis Federation hosted the cup in partnership with the Oceania Tennis Federation.

Brisbane-based, pro-ranked Laquisa Khan is set on doing all she can to nab an Australian Open 2027 wildcard spot through the back half of the year.

The full-time professional has a career-high WTA ranking of 752.

Her long-term goal is to crack the top 100.

For Khan, the Oceania Cup opportunity was "perfect timing" after taking a couple of months off to regroup and refocus.

"It was great timing for me to come here, play some matches, enjoy tennis again, and then go back to Australia and play."

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Charlie Pade has been busy studying and playing at college in Phoenix Arizona, and recently spent time in China and Australia at tournaments in the lead up to this months event.

Sharing pieces of First Nations culture in other corners of the world is something he's enjoying along his current journey.

"Being able to play for Australia and the Indigenous team is awesome — to wear the Aussie flag on your shirt to represent your mob and where you're from and your family, playing for Indigenous Australia is really cool," Pade said.

He hopes to be someone aspiring Indigenous tennis players can look up to and see the opportunities are there to carve a path and succeed in the sport.

Oceania Cup organising committee member Kealii Lei Foc said for those competing, the tournament is comparable to major international team competition's in tennis, and a chance for the best players from represented nations to face up against top talent in their region.

For Australian side coach Adam Lasky the week was about more than tennis.

He said the opportunity for First Nations players to be there is massive, to play but also as the chance to connect, experience other cultures, represent their mob and strengthen the pathways.

"This week wasn't all about tennis. It was about the cultural connections we made and representing Australia as First Nations people," Lasky said.