Tennis in Australia

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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 set"

Major tournaments and current champions[]

Main article: Australian Open Series

Pre- Australian Open[]

Tournament Category Current Champion Current Runner-up Score
ATP Cup Team Event

Russia Russia

Italy Italy 2–0[3]
Brisbane International
Women's Singles (WTA 500) Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková United States Madison Keys 6-4, 4-6, 7-5[4]
Adelaide International Men's Singles (ATP 250) Russia Andrey Rublev South Africa Lloyd Harris 6-3, 6-0[5]
Women's Singles (WTA 500) Australia Ashleigh Barty Ukraine Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 7-5[6]
Hobart International Women's Singles (WTA 250) Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina China Zhang Shuai 7-6(9-7), 6-3[7]

Australian Open[]

Main article: Australian Open
Main article: 2019 Australian Open

Current champions[]

  • Novak Djokovic was the winner of the Men's Singles in 2021. It was his 18th Major Singles title and his ninth at the Australian Open.

  • Naomi Osaka was the winner of the Women's Singles in 2021. It was her 4th Grand Slam singles title, and her fourth at the Australian Open.

  • Ivan Dodig was part of the winning Men's Doubles team in 2021. It was his 2nd Grand Slam Men's Doubles title, and his first at the Australian Open.

  • Filip Polášek was part of the winning Men's Doubles team in 2021. It was his 1sr Grand Slam Men's Doubles title.

  • Elise Mertens was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2021. It was her 2nd Grand Slam Women's Doubles title, and her first at the Australian Open.

  • Aryna Sabalenka was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2021. It was her 2nd Grand Slam Women's Doubles title, and her first at the Australian Open.

  • Barbora Krejčíková was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2021. It was her 3rd Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title and her fifth Grand Slam doubles title.

  • Rajeev Ram was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2021. It was his 2nd Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title, and third Grand Slam Doubles title.

Event Champion Runner-up Score
2021 Men's Singles Serbia Novak Djokovic Russia Daniil Medvedev 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
2021 Women's Singles Japan Naomi Osaka United States Jennifer Brady 6–4, 6–3
2021 Men's Doubles Croatia Ivan Dodig
Slovakia Filip Polášek		 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury		 6–3, 6–4
2021 Women's Doubles Belgium Elise Mertens
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka		 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková		 6–2, 6–3
2021 Mixed Doubles Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
United States Rajeev Ram		 Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Matthew Ebden		 6–1, 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)

Highest ranked players[]

HR = Highest ranking, CR = Current ranking. Players are sorted by highest ranking, then by number of titles.

Singles[]

The lists include the 5 best ranked Australian players. The rankings were introduced in 1973 (men) and 1975 (women).

Doubles[]

The lists include the 5 best ranked Australian players. The rankings were introduced in 1976 (men) and 1984 (women).

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 2020 2021 SR
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 4R 3R 0 / 21
French Open 4R QF 4R 3R QF 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1 / 21
Wimbledon F F W F QF SF QF 4R 4R QF 4R QF 1R 4R QF 4R 4R 1R 3R 3R NH 3R 1 / 20
US Open SF W SF QF F SF QF 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R QF 4R QF 3R 1 / 21
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 2020 2021 SR
Australian Open 3R 3R 2R 4R 4R QF 4R 3R 4R QF 4R 3R 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 4R 3R QF SF QF 0 / 22
French Open 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R SF F 3R SF 3R 4R 3R SF 4R 3R W 2R 2R 1 / 22
Wimbledon SF 2R 1R 3R 4R 2R 3R 2R 3R 3R 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R NH W 1 / 21
US Open 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R QF W QF 2R 4R 4R 2R 3R 4R 4R 1R 3R 1 / 22

See also[]

  • Category:Australian tennis players
  • List of Australia Davis Cup team representatives

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "ATP Cup | Results | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  4. ^ "Brisbane International 2020 Scores | Latest Scores & Live Updates – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. ^ "Completed Matches". Adelaide International Tennis. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  6. ^ "Adelaide International 2020 Scores | Latest Scores & Live Updates – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  7. ^ "Hobart International 2020 Scores | Latest Scores & Live Updates – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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