2019 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Novak Djokovic won an all-time record seventh Australian Open title, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2019 Australian Open. The match lasted two hours and four minutes. This was Djokovic's 15th Grand Slam title, surpassing Pete Sampras for third place on the all-time list, behind Federer and Nadal. He retained the ATP no. 1 singles ranking by reaching the fourth round. Nadal was also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. Nadal attempted to become the first male player in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam.[1]

Men's Singles
2019 Australian Open
Champion Novak Djokovic
Runner-up Rafael Nadal
Final score6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Draw128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds32
Main article: 2019 Australian Open

Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Federer's loss meant that he would drop out of the top 5 in the ATP rankings for the first time since April 2017. Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam singles tournament,[2] after becoming the first male player representing Greece to win a main draw singles match at the Australian Open.[3]

This was the first Australian Open since 1976 to feature a final set tie-break. Upon reaching 6–6 in the fifth set, a long tie-break is played where the winner is the first to both reach ten points and lead by two points.[4] The first men's singles main draw match to feature the ten-point tiebreak was the first round match between Jérémy Chardy and Ugo Humbert.

This tournament was rumoured to be the last Australian Open appearance of five-time finalist Andy Murray, who lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round in five sets. Murray had previously stated his intention to retire at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.[5] However, five months after an operation on his hip Murray returned to competitive tennis, initially playing doubles.[6]

Seeds
01.   Novak Djokovic (Champion)
02.   Rafael Nadal (Final)
03.   Roger Federer (Fourth round)
04.   Alexander Zverev (Fourth round)
05.   Kevin Anderson (Second round)
06.   Marin Čilić (Fourth round)
07.   Dominic Thiem (Second round, retired)
08.   Kei Nishikori (Quarterfinals, retired)
09.   John Isner (First round)
10.   Karen Khachanov (Third round)
11.   Borna Ćorić (Fourth round)
12.   Fabio Fognini (Third round)
13.   Kyle Edmund (First round)
14.   Stefanos Tsitsipas (Semifinals)
15.   Daniil Medvedev (Fourth round)
16.   Milos Raonic (Quarterfinals)
17.   Marco Cecchinato (First round)
18.   Diego Schwartzman (Third round)
19.   Nikoloz Basilashvili (Third round)
20.   Grigor Dimitrov (Fourth round)
21.   David Goffin (Third round)
22.   Roberto Bautista Agut (Quarterfinals)
23.   Pablo Carreño Busta (Fourth round)
24.   Chung Hyeon (Second round)
25.   Denis Shapovalov (Third round)
26.   Fernando Verdasco (Third round)
27.   Alex de Minaur (Third round)
28.   Lucas Pouille (Semifinals)
29.   Gilles Simon (Second round)
30.   Gaël Monfils (Second round)
31.   Steve Johnson (First round)
32.   Philipp Kohlschreiber (Second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

Wildcards
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Novak Djokovic 6 4
8 Kei Nishikori 1 1r
1 Novak Djokovic 6 6 6
28 Lucas Pouille 0 2 2
16 Milos Raonic 64 3 77 4
28 Lucas Pouille 77 6 62 6
1 Novak Djokovic 6 6 6
2 Rafael Nadal 3 2 3
22 Roberto Bautista Agut 5 6 4 62
14 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7 4 6 77
14 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 4 0
2 Rafael Nadal 6 6 6
  Frances Tiafoe 3 4 2
2 Rafael Nadal 6 6 6

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 N Djokovic 6 6 6
Q M Krueger 3 2 2 1 N Djokovic 6 7 6
WC J-W Tsonga 6 6 77 WC J-W Tsonga 3 5 4
M Kližan 4 4 65 1 N Djokovic 6 6 4 6
T Daniel 5 4 25 D Shapovalov 3 4 6 0
Q T Kokkinakis 7 2r T Daniel 3 62 3
P Andújar 2 3 63 25 D Shapovalov 6 77 6
25 D Shapovalov 6 6 77 1 N Djokovic 6 65 6 6
21 D Goffin 6 6 6 15 D Medvedev 4 77 2 3
C Garín 0 2 2 21 D Goffin 5 7 6 6
M Granollers 3 4 4 M Copil 7 5 2 4
M Copil 6 6 6 21 D Goffin 2 63 3
J Veselý 0 5 3 15 D Medvedev 6 77 6
R Harrison 6 7 6 R Harrison 3 3 3
Q L Harris 1 2 1 15 D Medvedev 6 6 6
15 D Medvedev 6 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 F Fognini 77 79 3
J Munar 63 67 1r 12 F Fognini 77 6 77
N Jarry 64 63 6 3 L Mayer 63 3 65
L Mayer 77 77 4 6 12 F Fognini 2 4 6 4
I Ivashka 4 78 6 4 23 P Carreño Busta 6 6 2 6
M Jaziri 6 66 1 0r I Ivashka 2 3 67
Q L Vanni 77 6 3 5 4 23 P Carreño Busta 6 6 79
23 P Carreño Busta 65 2 6 7 6 23 P Carreño Busta 710 6 64 4 68
32 P Kohlschreiber 6 6 6 8 K Nishikori 68 4 77 6 710
WC Z Li 2 2 4 32 P Kohlschreiber 5 6 64 7 4
G Pella 62 6 65 6 2 J Sousa 7 4 77 5 6
J Sousa 77 4 77 4 6 J Sousa 66 1 2
I Karlović 65 77 77 77 8 K Nishikori 78 6 6
H Hurkacz 77 65 63 65 I Karlović 3 66 7 7 67
Q K Majchrzak 6 78 0 2 0r 8 K Nishikori 6 78 5 5 710
8 K Nishikori 3 66 6 6 3

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 A Zverev 6 6 6
A Bedene 4 1 4 4 A Zverev 77 6 5 66 6
J Chardy 3 78 6 64 710 J Chardy 65 4 7 78 1
U Humbert 6 66 4 77 66 4 A Zverev 6 6 6
WC A Bolt 4 6 6 6 WC A Bolt 3 3 2
WC J Sock 6 3 2 2 WC A Bolt 2 6 4 710 6
Q B Fratangelo 62 4 2 29 G Simon 6 4 6 68 4
29 G Simon 77 6 6 4 A Zverev 1 1 65
24 H Chung 65 65 6 6 6 16 M Raonic 6 6 77
B Klahn 77 77 3 2 4 24 H Chung 2 6 2 4
S Querrey 7 66 3 1 P-H Herbert 6 1 6 6
P-H Herbert 5 78 6 6 P-H Herbert 4 4 66
S Wawrinka 3 3 16 M Raonic 6 6 78
E Gulbis 6 1r S Wawrinka 77 66 611 65
N Kyrgios 4 65 4 16 M Raonic 64 78 713 77
16 M Raonic 6 77 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 B Ćorić 6 6 6
PR S Darcis 1 4 4 11 B Ćorić 6 6 6
A Ramos Viñolas 3 4 77 3 M Fucsovics 4 3 4
M Fucsovics 6 6 65 6 11 B Ćorić 2 6 6 6
L Đere 77 4 1 65 F Krajinović 6 3 4 3
E Donskoy 65 6 6 77 E Donskoy 4 68 62
F Krajinović 4 0 6 710 6 F Krajinović 6 710 77
17 M Cecchinato 6 6 1 68 4 11 B Ćorić 77 4 5 62
28 L Pouille 6 7 6 28 L Pouille 64 6 7 77
M Kukushkin 1 5 4 28 L Pouille 710 710 5 6
M Marterer 6 6 6 M Marterer 68 68 7 4
Q G Sakharov 3 1 3 28 L Pouille 77 6 610 4 6
WC A Popyrin 7 79 6 WC A Popyrin 63 3 712 6 3
M Zverev 5 67 4 WC A Popyrin 7 6 2
B Paire 4 3 7 6 3 7 D Thiem 5 4 0r
7 D Thiem 6 6 5 1 6

Bottom half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 M Čilić 6 6 77
B Tomic 2 4 63 6 M Čilić 7 69 6 6
A Rublev 4 4 6 4 M McDonald 5 711 4 4
M McDonald 6 6 2 6 6 M Čilić 4 3 6 710 6
M Mmoh 6 3 4 2 26 F Verdasco 6 6 1 68 3
R Albot 3 6 6 6 R Albot 1 62 3
Q M Kecmanović 65 3 3 26 F Verdasco 6 77 6
26 F Verdasco 77 6 6 6 M Čilić 78 3 2 6 4
22 R Bautista Agut 6 6 65 64 6 22 R Bautista Agut 66 6 6 4 6
PR A Murray 4 4 77 77 2 22 R Bautista Agut 6 6 3 66 6
F Delbonis 3 6 63 2 J Millman 3 1 6 78 4
J Millman 6 3 77 6 22 R Bautista Agut 6 7 6
Y Nishioka 6 77 4 6 10 K Khachanov 4 5 4
T Sandgren 4 65 6 4 Y Nishioka 3 3 3
P Gojowczyk 6 3 4 3 10 K Khachanov 6 6 6
10 K Khachanov 3 6 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 S Tsitsipas 63 6 6 77
M Berrettini 77 4 3 64 14 S Tsitsipas 6 2 6 7
Q V Troicki 6 1 2 6 6 Q V Troicki 3 6 2 5
R Carballés Baena 1 6 6 1 4 14 S Tsitsipas 6 3 79 6
Q S Travaglia 63 6 6 6 19 N Basilashvili 3 6 67 4
G Andreozzi 77 2 3 2 Q S Travaglia 6 3 6 4 3
Q C Eubanks 4 6 66 3 19 N Basilashvili 3 6 3 6 6
19 N Basilashvili 6 4 78 6 14 S Tsitsipas 611 77 7 77
30 G Monfils 6 6 6 3 R Federer 713 63 5 65
D Džumhur 0 4 0 30 G Monfils 3 710 66 65
C Norrie 3 66 2 T Fritz 6 68 78 77
T Fritz 6 78 6 T Fritz 2 5 2
Q T Ito 5 1 68 3 R Federer 6 7 6
Q D Evans 7 6 710 Q D Evans 65 63 3
D Istomin 3 4 4 3 R Federer 77 77 6
3 R Federer 6 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 K Anderson 6 5 6 6
A Mannarino 3 7 2 1 5 K Anderson 6 4 4 5
F Tiafoe 79 6 6 F Tiafoe 4 6 6 7
Q P Gunneswaran 67 3 3 F Tiafoe 63 6 4 6 6
F López 1 60 3 A Seppi 77 3 6 4 3
J Thompson 6 77 6 J Thompson 3 4 4
A Seppi 6 4 6 6 A Seppi 6 6 6
31 S Johnson 4 6 4 3 F Tiafoe 7 78 61 7
20 G Dimitrov 4 6 6 6 20 G Dimitrov 5 66 77 5
PR J Tipsarević 6 3 1 4 20 G Dimitrov 6 65 6 7
P Cuevas 6 7 6 P Cuevas 3 77 3 5
D Lajović 4 5 1 20 G Dimitrov 77 6 6
WC J Kubler 4 61 6 3 T Fabbiano 65 4 4
T Fabbiano 6 77 2 6 T Fabbiano 615 6 6 3 710
R Opelka 77 78 64 77 R Opelka 717 2 4 6 65
9 J Isner 64 66 77 65

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 K Edmund 3 0 5
T Berdych 6 6 7 T Berdych 6 6 6
G García López 5 4 5 R Haase 1 3 3
R Haase 7 6 7 T Berdych 5 6 7 6
WC M Polmans 7 6 2 3 2 18 D Schwartzman 7 3 5 4
D Kudla 5 1 6 6 6 D Kudla 4 5 6 78 4
Q R Molleker 1 3 6 0 18 D Schwartzman 6 7 3 66 6
18 D Schwartzman 6 6 4 6 T Berdych 0 1 64
27 A de Minaur 6 7 6 2 R Nadal 6 6 77
P Sousa 4 5 4 27 A de Minaur 6 6 67 4 6
M Bašić 4 64 6 3 Q H Laaksonen 4 2 79 6 3
Q H Laaksonen 6 77 4 6 27 A de Minaur 1 2 4
M Ebden 1 6 6 6 2 R Nadal 6 6 6
J-L Struff 6 4 3 4 M Ebden 3 2 2
WC J Duckworth 4 3 5 2 R Nadal 6 6 6
2 R Nadal 6 6 7

Championship match ratings

554 thousand on ESPN, in the USA[7]

References
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