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 1962 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 1970, 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 sit"

Major tournaments and current champions
Main article: Australian Open Series

Pre- Australian Open
Tournament Category Current Champion Current Runner-up Score
Hopman Cup Team Event

SUI (Federer & Bencic)

GER (Zverev & Kerber)2–1
Brisbane International Male (ATP250) Kei Nishikori Daniil Medvedev6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Female (WTA Premier) Karolína Plíšková Lesia Tsurenko6–1, 6-1
Hobart International Female (WTA International) Sofia Kenin Anna Karolina Schmiedlova6–3, 6–0
Sydney International Male (ATP250) Alex de Minaur Andreas Seppi7-5,7–6 (7–5)
Female (WTA Premier) Petra Kvitová Ashleigh Barty1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)

Australian Open
Main article: Australian Open
Main article: 2019 Australian Open

Current champions
  • Novak Djokovic was the winner of the Men's Singles in 2019. It was his 15th Major Singles title and his seventh at the Australian Open.
  • Naomi Osaka was the winner of the Women's Singles in 2019. It was her 2nd Grand Slam singles title, following her victory at the 2018 US Open.
  • Nicolas Mahut was part of the winning Men's Doubles in 2019. It was his 4th Grand Slam men's doubles title and his first at the Australian Open.
  • Pierre-Hugues Herbert was part of the winning Men's Doubles team in 2019. It was his 4th Grand Slam men's doubles title and his first at the Australian Open.
  • Samantha Stosur was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2019. It was her 3rd Grand Slam women's doubles title and her first at the Australian Open.
  • Zhang Shuai was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2019. It was her 1st Grand Slam women's doubles title.
  • Barbora Krejčíková was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2019. It was her 1st Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 3rd Grand Slam doubles title.
  • Rajeev Ram was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2019. It was his 1st Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
Event Champion Runner-up Score
2019 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal6–3, 6–2, 6–3
2019 Women's Singles Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitová7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
2019 Men's Doubles Nicolas Mahut
Pierre-Hugues Herbert		 Henri Kontinen
John Peers		6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2019 Women's Doubles Samantha Stosur
Zhang Shuai		 Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic		6–3, 6–4
2019 Mixed Doubles Barbora Krejčíková
Rajeev Ram		 Astra Sharma
John-Patrick Smith		7–6(7–3), 6–1

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
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 4R SF 2R 4R 4R F 3R 3R 4R 2R 4R 3R 4R 2R 2R QF 4R 3R 4R 3R 0 / 19
French Open 4R QF 4R 3R QF 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R 3R 1 / 19
Wimbledon F F W F QF SF QF 4R 4R QF 4R QF 1R 4R QF 4R 4R 1R 3R 3R 1 / 19
US Open SF W SF QF F SF QF 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R QF 4R 1 / 19
Year-end championship
ATP World Tour Finals RR W W DNQ F A Did not qualify 2 / 4

Singles Grand Slam Performance Timeline (since 2000) - Women

Singles
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SR
Australian Open 3R 3R 2R 4R 4R QF 4R 3R 4R QF 4R 3R 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 4R 3R QF 0 / 19
French Open 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R SF F 3R SF 3R 4R 3R SF 4R 3R W 1 / 19
Wimbledon SF 2R 1R 3R 4R 2R 3R 2R 3R 3R 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R 0 / 19
US Open 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R QF W QF 2R 4R 4R 2R 3R 4R 4R 1 / 18

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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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