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, Margaret 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
Pre- Australian Open
Tournament | Category | Current Champion | Current Runner-up | Score |
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Hopman Cup | Team Event | GER (Zverev & Kerber) | 2–1 | |
Brisbane International | Male (ATP250) | Kei Nishikori | Daniil Medvedev | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 |
Female (WTA Premier) | Karolína Plíšková | Lesia Tsurenko | 6–1, 6-1 | |
Hobart International | Female (WTA International) | Sofia Kenin | Anna Karolina Schmiedlova | 6–3, 6–0 |
Sydney International | Male (ATP250) | Alex de Minaur | Andreas Seppi | 7-5,7–6 (7–5) |
Female (WTA Premier) | Petra Kvitová | Ashleigh Barty | 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) | |
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 |
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2019 Men's Singles | Novak Djokovic | Rafael Nadal | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
2019 Women's Singles | Naomi Osaka | Petra Kvitová | 7–6(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
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
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | |||
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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
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR |
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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
- Category:Australian tennis players
- List of Australia Davis Cup team representatives
References
- 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.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)