Tennis in Australia

Tennis in Australia refers to the sport of tennis played in Australia. Tennis in Australia has been administered by Tennis Australia (formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA)) since 1904.

Australia hosts the first of the four Grand Slam events of the year, the Australian Open. The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia and was first played in Melbourne in 1905. The tournament was first known as the Australasian Championships and then became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969.[1]

History

In the 1950s, Australia became a tennis power, and Australian men won the Davis Cup 15 times from 1950 to 1967, led by outstanding players such as Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Roy Emerson, and Ashley Cooper.[2]

Rod Laver has twice achieved the Grand Slam in men's singles, in 1963 and 1969, the only tennis player to have accomplished this feat. Fellow Australian tennis player Margaret Smith Court also achieved the Grand Slam in women's singles in 1969, Smith Court also holds the record for the greatest number of women's singles Grand Slams won and is one of only three players ever to have won a career Grand Slam "boxed set".

Major tournaments and current champions

Pre- Australian Open

Tournament Category Current Champion Current Runner-up Score
Hopman Cup Team EventFrance France (Gasquet & Mladenovic)United States USA (Sock & Vandeweghe)2–1
Brisbane International Male (ATP250)Bulgaria Grigor DimitrovJapan Kei Nishikori6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Female (WTA Premier)Czech Republic Karolína PlíškováFrance Alize Cornet 6–0, 6–3
Hobart International Female (WTA International)France Alize Cornet Canada Eugenie Bouchard6–1, 6–2
Sydney International Male (ATP250)Serbia Victor TroickiBulgaria Grigor Dimitrov2–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Female (WTA Premier)Russia Svetlana KuznetsovaPuerto Rico Monica Puig6–0, 6–2

Australian Open

Current champions

Event Champion Runner-up Score
2017 Men's SinglesSwitzerland Roger FedererSpain Rafael Nadal6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2017 Women's SinglesUnited States Serena WilliamsUnited States Venus Williams6–4, 6–4
2017 Men's DoublesFinland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers		United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan		7–5, 7–5
2017 Women's DoublesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová		Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
China Peng Shuai		6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
2017 Mixed DoublesUnited States Abigail Spears
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal		India Sania Mirza
Croatia Ivan Dodig		6–2, 6–4


Davis Cup

See: Australian Davis Cup Team

Titles - 28 (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003).

Runners-up - 19 (1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001).

Fed Cup

See: Australia Fed Cup team

Titles - 7 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974)

Runners-up - 10 (1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993)

Singles Grand Slam Performance Timeline (since 2000), Male

Singles performance timeline for Australian, Male tennis players

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 4R SF 2R 4R 4R F 3R 3R 4R 2R 4R 3R 4R 2R 2R QF 4R 3R 0 / 17
French Open 4R QF 4R 3R QF 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 17
Wimbledon F F W F QF SF QF 4R 4R QF 4R QF 1R 4R QF 4R 4R 1R 1 / 17
US Open SF W SF QF F SF QF 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R 3R 3R 3R 1 / 16
Year-end championship
ATP World Tour Finals RR W W DNQ F A Did not qualify 2 / 4

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tristan Foenander. "History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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