The Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian Open is played over a two-week period beginning in mid-January and has been chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments each year since 1987. The event was not held from 1916 to 1918 because of World War I, from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II and in 1986. The timing of the Australian Open has changed several times. In 1977, the date of the final moved from January to December, which resulted in having two Australian Opens in 1977; there was a January edition and a December edition that year. The originally planned December 1986 edition was moved forward to January 1987, resulting in no Australian Open in 1986. The Australian Open was an Open Era event for the first time in 1969. One year previously in 1968 the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open were Open Era events for the first time.

History

Christchurch and Hastings, New Zealand, and Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, have hosted the men's singles event. The event switched cities every year before it settled in 1972 in Melbourne. The event was held at the Kooyong Stadium before moving to Melbourne Park in 1988. Mats Wilander was the only player to win the event on both surfaces; twice on grass and once on hardcourt.

The men's singles rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. This event has always been contested in a knockout format, and all matches have been best-of-five sets except in 1970, 1973, and 1974, when the first round was best-of-three sets, and in 1982, when the third and fourth round were best-of-three sets.

The champion receives a miniature replica of the silver-gilt Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, named after the 1911 champion and former Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA) president, and modeled after the Warwick Vase.

In the Australasian Championships, James Anderson holds the records for most titles with three (1922, 1924–1925), and the most consecutive titles with two (1924–1925). In the Australian Championships, Roy Emerson holds the records for most titles with six (1961, 1963–1967) and most consecutive titles with five (1963–1967).

|-

! colspan=6| Australasian Championships

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1905 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1906 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 6–0, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1907 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1908 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 3–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1909 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 6–1, 7–5, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1910 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–3, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1911 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–1, 6–2, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1912 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 7–5

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1913 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 2–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1914 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1915 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1916 || rowspan=3 colspan=5 style="text-align:center; background:#F5F5F5;" |No competition (due to World War I)

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1917

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1918

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1919 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–0, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1920 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1921 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 7–5, 6–1, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1922 || || <small>(1/3)</small>|| || || 6–0, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1923 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 6–1, 6–1, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1924 || || <small>(2/3)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1925 || || <small>(3/3)</small>|| || || 11–9, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1926 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–1, 6–3, 6–1

|-

! colspan=6| Australian Championships

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1927 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 18–16, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1929 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1930 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–1, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1931 || || <small>(1/4)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1932 || || <small>(2/4)</small>|| || || 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1933 || || <small>(3/4)</small>|| || || 2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1934 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–3, 7–5, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1935 || || <small>(4/4)</small>|| || || 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1936 || || <small>(1/3)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1937 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–3, 1–6, 6–0, 2–6, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1938 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–2, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1939 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–1, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1940 || || <small>(2/3)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–1, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1941 || rowspan=5 colspan=5 style="text-align:center; background:#F5F5F5;" |No competition (due to World War II) || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1960 || || <small>(1/3)</small>|| || || 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1961 || || <small>(1/6)</small>|| || || 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1962 || || <small>(2/3)</small>|| || || 8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1963 || || <small>(2/6)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–3, 6–1

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1964 || || <small>(3/6)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1965 || || <small>(4/6)</small>|| || || 7–9, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1966 || || <small>(5/6)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1967 || || <small>(6/6)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–1, 6–4

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| style="text-align:center;" | 1968 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4

|}

Australian Open

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thumb|200px|alt= Andre Agassi practicing in Indian Wells, California, USA, on Sunday 12 March 2006.|[[Andre Agassi won 4 singles titles in Australia.]]

thumb|200px|alt=A brown-haired man in a light blue polo shirt and both white wristband and bandanna with a light blue nike logo, who is hitting a backhand with the tennis ball in the foreground|[[Roger Federer won 6 singles titles at the event.]]

thumb|200px|alt=A brown-haired man in a white tennis shirt with light blue sections and red stripes with the trophy|[[Novak Djokovic holds the all-time Australian Open record with 10 titles.]]

{|class="sortable wikitable"

|-

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Champion

!scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Runner-up

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Score in the final

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1991 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1992 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1993 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1994 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1995 || || <small>(1/4)</small>|| || || 4–6, 6–1, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1996 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1997 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–3, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1998 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–2, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 1999 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2000 || || <small>(2/4)</small>|| || || 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2001 || || <small>(3/4)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–2, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2002 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2003 || || <small>(4/4)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–2, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2004 || || <small>(1/6)</small>|| || || 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–4, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2005 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2006 || || <small>(2/6)</small>|| || || 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2007 || || <small>(3/6)</small>|| || || 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–4, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2008 || || <small>(1/10)</small>|| || || 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2009 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 7–5, 3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 3–6, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2010 || || <small>(4/6)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(13–11)</sup>

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2011 || || <small>(2/10)</small>|| || || 6–4, 6–2, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2012 || || <small>(3/10)</small>|| || || 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–5

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2013 || || <small>(4/10)</small>|| || || 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–3, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2014 || || <small>(1/1)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2015 || || <small>(5/10)</small>|| || || 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–3, 6–0

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2016 || || <small>(6/10)</small>|| || || 6–1, 7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017 || || <small>(5/6)</small>|| || || 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2018 || || <small>(6/6)</small>|| || || 6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2019 || || <small>(7/10)</small>|| || || 6–3, 6–2, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2020 || || <small>(8/10)</small>|| || || 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2021 || || <small>(9/10)</small>|| || || 7–5, 6–2, 6–2

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2022 || || <small>(2/2)</small>|| || || 2–6, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2023 || || <small>(10/10)</small>|| || || 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2024 || || <small>(1/2)</small>|| || || 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2025 || || Jannik Sinner <small>(2/2)</small> || || Alexander Zverev || 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" | 2026 || || Carlos Alcaraz <small>(1/1)</small> || || Novak Djokovic || 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5

|}

Statistics

Multiple champions

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

!scope="col"|Player

!scope="col"|Amateur Era

!scope="col"|Open Era

!scope="col"|All-time

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Years

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 10 || align="center" | 10 || 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

|-

| || align="center" | 6 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 6 || 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 6 || align="center" | 6 || 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 4 || align="center" | 4 || 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003

|-

| || align="center" | 4 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 4 || 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 4 || 1953, 1955, 1971, 1972

|-

| || align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 3 || 1922, 1924, 1925

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 1 || align="center" | 3 || 1960, 1962, 1969

|-

| || align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 3 || 1936, 1940, 1948

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 3 || align="center" | 3 || 1983, 1984, 1988

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1991, 1996

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || 1939, 1946

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || 1957, 1958

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1992, 1993

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1985, 1987

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || 1905, 1910

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1981, 1982

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1989, 1990

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 2009, 2022

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1973, 1975

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1994, 1997

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || 1949, 1950

|-

| || align="center"| 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 2024, 2025

|-

| || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 2 || 1978, 1979

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || 1906, 1909

|-

| || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | 0 || align="center" | 2 || 1920, 1923

|-

|}

Champions by country

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|-

! Country

! Amateur Era

! Open Era

! All-time

! First title

! Last title

|-

|

| align="center" |44

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |50

| 1905

| 1976

|-

|

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |18

| 1908

| 2003

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |10

| 2008

| 2023

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |7

| 2004

| 2018

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |6

| 1983

| 2002

|-

| &nbsp;

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |5

| 1912

| 1934

|-

| '<br>

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |3

| 1989

| 1998

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |3

| 2009

| 2026

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |2

| 1978

| 1979

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |2

| 1991

| 1996

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |2

| 2024

| 2025

|-

|

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |2

| 1906

| 1909

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |2

| 1999

| 2005

|-

|

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |1

| 1928

| 1928

|-

|

| align="center" |0

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

| 1981

| 1981

|}

See also

Australian Open other competitions

  • List of Australian Open women's singles champions
  • List of Australian Open men's doubles champions
  • List of Australian Open women's doubles champions
  • List of Australian Open mixed doubles champions

Grand Slam men's singles

  • List of French Open men's singles champions
  • List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions
  • List of US Open men's singles champions
  • List of Grand Slam men's singles champions

Notes

References

General

Specific

  • Australian Open official website