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

Pre–Australian Open

Tournament Category Current champion Current runner-up Score
United Cup Team Event

United States United States of America

 Italy Italy4–0
Adelaide International (1) Men's Singles (ATP 250) Serbia Novak Djokovic United States Sebastian Korda 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Women's Singles (WTA 500) Aryna Sabalenka Czech Republic Linda Nosková 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Adelaide International (2) Men's Singles (ATP 250) South Korea Kwon Soon-woo Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Women's Singles (WTA 500) Switzerland Belinda Bencic Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 6-2
Hobart International Women's Singles (WTA 250) United States Lauren Davis Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7–6(7–0), 6-2

Australian Open

Current champions

Most recent finals

2022 Event Champion Runner-up Score
Men's singles Serbia Novak Djokovic Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Women's singles Australia Ashleigh BartyUnited States Danielle Collins6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Men's doubles Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis
Australia Nick Kyrgios		Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia Max Purcell		7–5, 6–4
Women's doubles Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková		Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia		6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
Mixed doubles France Kristina Mladenovic
Croatia Ivan Dodig		Australia Jaimee Fourlis
Australia Jason Kubler		6–3, 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 - 21 (1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2022), 2023).

Fed Cup

See: Australia Fed Cup team

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

Runners-up - 11 (1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993, 2022)

Highest ranked players

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

Singles

The lists include Australian players who have had a ranking inside the ATP or WTA top 10. The rankings were introduced in 1973 (men) and 1975 (women).

Men

Player CHR ATP Tour
Turned Pro Retired Titles Wins
John Newcombe 1 19671981 41 563
Pat Rafter 1 19912002 11 358
Lleyton Hewitt 1 19982016 20 616
Ken Rosewall 2 19561980 14211
Rod Laver 3 19631979 72576
Pat Cash 4 19821997 6238
Peter McNamara 7 19741987 5205
Tony Roche 8 19631979 46838
John Alexander 8 19671985 7579
Mark Philippoussis 8 19942008 11313
Alex de Minaur 10 2015 7206

Women

Player Ranking No. WTA Tour
HR CR Turned Pro Retired Titles Wins
Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1– 19671983 68704
Ashleigh Barty 11 20102022 15305
Wendy Turnbull 3– 19751989 11478
Dianne Fromholtz 4– 19731990 8429
Margaret Court 5– 19601977 92

Doubles

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

Performance timelines since 2000

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Men's singles

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023 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 4R 4R 0 / 23
French Open 4R QF 4R 3R QF 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 23
Wimbledon F F W F QF SF QF 4R 4R QF 4R QF 1R 4R QF 4R 4R 1R 3R 3R NH 3R F 3R 1 / 22
US Open SF W SF QF F SF QF 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R QF 4R QF 3R QF 4R 1 / 23
Year-end championship
ATP Finals RR W W DNQ F A Did not qualify 2 / 4

Women's singles

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SR
Australian Open 3R 3R 2R 4R 4R QF 4R 3R 4R QF 4R 3R 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 4R 3R QF SF QF W 2R 1 / 24
French Open 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R SF F 3R SF 3R 4R 3R SF 4R 3R W 2R 2R 3R 1 / 23
Wimbledon SF 2R 1R 3R 4R 2R 3R 2R 3R 3R 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R NH W QF 1 / 22
US Open 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R QF W QF 2R 4R 4R 2R 3R 4R 4R 1R 3R QF 1 / 22

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. ↑ "History of Tennis". Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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