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Australian Open: Past Winners, Stats & History

Australian Open Logo on Billboard

Credit: ymgerman, Bigstock

The Australian Open is one of the highlights of the tennis calendar and one of the four majors. Winning the tournament will allow players to go down in folklore in the sport and whilst it’s probably fair to say not quite as prestigious as Wimbledon or the US Open, having a win in the Australian heat is definitely something to savour.

The tournament is not only very important because it’s a major, but it’s the first major of the year. There is a sizeable break between the last major, the US Open and the Australian, which usually takes place in January. Often players will be using this period to solely concentrate on this event, meaning it gets plenty of interest and focus.

It’s held at Melbourne Park, Melbourne and is played on the hard courts there. Interestingly, up until 1987, the tournament was actually played on grass, but switched in an attempt to get a more consistent playing surface, mainly down to the extreme heats that can be on offer.

  • In This Article:
  • About
  • Seeding
  • Courts
  • Money
  • Scoring System
  • Stats
  • History

Australian Open Recent Winners

Year Men's Winner Men's Runner-Up Women's Winner Women's Runner-Up
2022 Rafael Nadal Daniil Medvedev Ashleigh Barty Danielle Collins
2021 Novak Djokovic Daniil Medvedev Naomi Osaka Jennifer Brady
2020 Novak Djokovic Dominic Thiem Sofia Kenin Garbine Muguruza
2019 Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova
2018 Roger Federer Marin Cilic Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep
2017 Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Serena Williams Venus Williams
2016 Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Angelique Kerber Serena Williams
2015 Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Serena Williams Maria Sharapova
2014 Stan Wawrinka Rafael Nadal Li Na Dominika Cibulkova
2013 Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Victoria Azarenka Li Na
2012 Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova
2011 Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Kim Clijsters Li Na
2010 Roger Federer Andy Murray Serena Williams Justine Henin
2009 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Serena Williams Dinara Safina
2008 Novak Djokovic Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Maria Sharapova Ana Ivanovic
2007 Roger Federer Fernando Gonzalez Serena Williams Maria Sharapova
2006 Roger Federer Marcos Baghdatis Amelie Mauresmo Justine Henin
2005 Marat Safin Lleyton Hewitt Serena Williams Lindsay Davenport
2004 Roger Federer Marat Safin Justine Henin Kim Clijsters
2003 Andre Agassi Rainer Schuttler Serena Williams Venus Williams

About the Australian Open

Rafael Nadal Playing at the Australian Open

As the Australian Open is exactly that, an ‘Open’ essentially anyone can qualify to play in the event. Providing that you are able to make it through the qualifying rounds then you are eligible to play.

But, for most of the formats there will be a limited number of spots on offer. For the men’s game for example, there are 128 places in total, with the top 104 in the world rankings being given entry into the tournament.

Eight more selections are made up of wild card entries. As the host of the tournament, the Australian internal selection committee get to pick four of those, with the French also getting one pick. Wild card entries into qualifying events are also reserved in this section, where three more players who have won their respected tournament, based on geographic location are entered also.

On top of that 16 players will qualify for the event via any of the qualification tournaments held around the world.

Titles on Offer

The beauty of the Australian Open is that there are hundreds of games to watch throughout the fortnight of the event. They have a huge variety of competitions on offer, that include men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, boy’s and girl’s singles, boy’s and girl’s doubles, men’s and women’s wheelchair, wheelchair quad singles, men’s and women’s wheelchair doubles and wheelchair quad doubles.

Seedings

The world rankings play a huge role in the draw. The top 2 ranked players in the world are kept at opposite ends of the draw, which means that should they both win all of their matches, they would be set to meet each other in the final. The draw is broken down into 8 sections and with each section will be a player ranked from 1-8, then 9-16, then 17-24 and 25-32. The rest of the players will be then drawn randomly within each group, meaning wild cards and qualifiers are then mixed. The odds shown in the table below are a guide on the outright winner market pre-tournament.

Men’s Singles Seeds & Draw – 2022

Seed Player Odds Draw (Section) Stage Eliminated
1 Novak Djokovic 5/4 Top Half (1) Did not take part
2 Daniil Medvedev 7/4 Bottom Half (8) Runner-Up
3 Alexander Zverev 3/1 Top Half (3) Fourth Round
4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 16/1 Bottom Half (4) Semi Finals
5 Andrey Rublev 40/1 Bottom Half (7) Third Round
6 Rafael Nadal 8/1 Top Half (4) Champion
7 Matteo Berrettini 33/1 Top Half (2) Semi Finals
8 Casper Ruud 50/1 Bottom Half (5) Withdrew
9 Felix Auger-Aliassime 40/1 Bottom Half (7) Quarter Finals
10 Hubert Hurkacz 50/1 Top Half (4) Second Round
11 Jannik Sinner 16/1 Bottom Half (5) Quarter Finals
12 Cameron Norrie 66/1 Top Half (2) First Round
13 Diego Schwartzman 150/1 Bottom Half (8) Second Round
14 Denis Shapovalov 66/1 Top Half (3) Quarter Finals
15 Robert Bautista Agut 100/1 Bottom Half (6) Third Round
16 Cristian Garin 400/1 Top Half (1) Third Round
17 Gael Monfils 200/1 Top Half (1) Quarter Finals
18 Aslan Karatsev 150/1 Top Half (4) Third Round
19 Pablo Carreno Busta 150/1 Top Half (2) Fourth Round
20 Taylor Fritz 200/1 Bottom Half (6) Fourth Round
21 Nikoloz Basilashvili 80/1 Bottom Half (5) First Round
22 John Isner 150/1 Bottom Half (8) First Round
23 Reilly Opelka N/A Top Half (3) Third Round
24 Daniel Evans 200/1 Bottom Half (7) Third Round
25 Lorenzo Sonego 250/1 Top Half (1) Third Round
26 Grigor Dimitrov 100/1 Bottom Half (6) Second Round
27 Marin Cilic 150/1 Bottom Half (7) Fourth Round
28 Karen Kachanov 80/1 Top Half (4) Third Round
29 Ugo Humbert 100/1 Bottom Half (8) First Round
30 Lloyd Harris 200/1 Top Half (3) First Round
31 Carlos Alcaraz 33/1 Top Half (2) Third Round
32 Alex de Minaur 100/1 Bottom Half (5) Fourth Round

Women’s Singles Seeds 2022

Seed Player Odds Draw (Section) Stage Eliminated
1 Ashleigh Barty 11/4 Top Half (1) Champion
2 Aryna Sabalenka 25/1 Bottom Half (8) Fourth Round
3 Garbine Muguruza 12/1 Bottom Half (6) Second Round
4 Barbora Krejcikova 18/1 Top Half (3) Quarter Finals
5 Maria Sakkari 40/1 Top Half (2) Fourth Round
6 Anett Kontaveit 14/1 Bottom Half (5) Second Round
7 Iga Swiatek 12/1 Bottom Half (7) Semi Finals
8 Paula Badosa 14/1 Top Half (4) Fourth Round
9 Ons Jabeur 40/1 Top Half (2) Withdrew
10 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 100/1 Bottom Half (7) Third Round
11 Sofia Kenin 100/1 Top Half (4) First Round
12 Elena Rybakina 20/1 Bottom Half (5) Second Round
13 Naomi Osaka 6/1 Top Half (1) Third Round
14 Simona Halep 14/1 Bottom Half (6) Fourth Round
15 Elina Svitolina 66/1 Top Half (3) Third Round
16 Angelique Kerber 50/1 Bottom Half (8) First Round
17 Emma Raducanu 33/1 Bottom Half (6) Second Round
18 Coco Gauff 20/1 Top Half (4) First Round
19 Elise Mertens 80/1 Bottom Half (5) Fourth Round
20 Petra Kvitova 50/1 Bottom Half (7) First Round
21 Jessica Pegula 80/1 Top Half (2) Quarter Finals
22 Belinda Bencic 66/1 Top Half (1) Second Round
23 Leylah Fernandez 40/1 Bottom Half (8) First Round
24 Victoria Azarenka 33/1 Top Half (3) Fourth Round
25 Daria Kasatkina 40/1 Bottom Half (7) Third Round
26 Jelena Ostapenko N/A Top Half (3) Third Round
27 Danielle Collins 50/1 Bottom Half (5) Runner Up
28 Veronika Kudermetova 100/1 Top Half (2) Third Round
29 Tamara Zidansek N/A Bottom Half (6) Third Round
30 Camila Giorgi N/A Top Half (1) Third Round
31 Marketa Vondrousova 66/1 Bottom Half (8) Third Round
32 Sara Sorribes Tormo N/A Top Half (4) Second Round

The draw has been designed like this to give the best players a reward for being a higher ranking. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean they will have easier games to play but on paper it is meant to give them an easier run in.

Courts

Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne during Tennis Match

With so many games on offer, it may come as little surprise to see that there are 35 courts in total within Melbourne Park, often attracting crowds of over 800,000 over the course of the 2 weeks. In fact, the Australian Open is the highest attended major of the year, although it’s often very closely run with the US Open in terms of visitor numbers.

The majority of the courts are smaller offerings, but there are three that are classed as the main courts within the complex. These are the Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena and the Margaret Court Arena. The biggest of the three is that of the Rod Laver, which holds 14,820. The second, and newest of the three, is the John Cain Arena with 10,500 capacity and the third is the Margaret Court, with 7,500. All three courts have retractable roofs, which can be used in the unlikely event that it rains, or if the temperatures get too hot.

As you would expect, the finals are held at the Rod Laver Arena, as it’s here where the highest capacity is found.

Prize Money

The prize money has been a hot topic of debate within the game of tennis, mainly because of the movement towards having equal pay for both the men’s and the women’s games. In total, there is a prize fund of A$75 million (Australian Dollars) on offer in 2022, which get split up between all of the events.

The winner of the singles will get A$2.875 million and the runner up will get A$1.575 million. For the doubles the winners get A$675,000 per team and the runners up A$360,000 per team. The mixed doubles is A$190,000 and A$100,000 respectively per team. Below is a chart showing of prize money for the 2022 men’s and women’s singles tournaments shown in British Pounds.

Chart Showing the Singles Prize Money by Round at the 2022 Australian Open

To give you an idea of the money involved, it was only announced in 2012 that the record amount of prizemoney in tennis would be at the Australian Open, with A$26 million on offer. By 2022 this amount has more than trebled and looks set to keep rising.

Chart Showing the Total Australian Open Prize Funds in Australian Dollars Between 2012 and 2022

Scoring System

Chart Showing Australian Open Total Prize Money Increase

The scoring system in a match follows the usual sets of rules, in terms of 15, 30, 40 and deuce. But, in terms of games it works a little different to most tour events. The men’s games, for example, is played as best of 5 sets. In the first 4 sets of the match a player must get to 6/7 games before their opponents and to win by 2 clear games. If the result is tied at 6 games, then they will play in a tie break to decide the winner of that set. This means they will be playing in points with the first to 7 points winning the play-off match. This also must be won by 2 clear points.

The final set of the match must also be won by two clear games. From 2019, there will be a final set tie break where games reach 6-6, though 10 points are required to win. Again this must also be by two clear points.

The women’s works in much the same way, but games are played as best of 3 sets. Regular tie breaks will occur in sets 1 and 2, with the 3rd and final set again needing to be won by 2 clear legs or a 10 point tie break.

Statistics

The Australian Open only became a professional event in 1969, much like the other 3 majors. So, the records, as a result, are often separated between pre and post this date. The modern-day records are often used when refereeing to most winners etc. but, bear in mind that there are other winners before these dates, of which any major ones we will mention.

The most successful men’s player in modern times is that of Novak Djokovic, who’s won the Australian on 9 different occasions. It’s a pretty incredible feat when you think of it as he’s done it in an era where three of the best of all time (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray) have all be in circulation. Roy Emerson of Australia has also won the Open on 6 times as well, all of his wins coming in the 1960’s, with 5 coming consecutively from 1963 to 1967.

Chart Showing the Most Successful Australian Open Men's Singles Champions

On the women’s side a similar sort of story is painted with the names two of the most iconic of all time in women’s tennis. First off from the modern era you have Serena Williams winning on 7 different occasions. Williams has publicly stated that the Australian hasn’t always been her strongest surface, so to win 7 times on a surface you don’t like is nothing short of incredible.

The other name is that of Margaret Court. You may have noticed that earlier in the article we mentioned that a court was named after her (no pun intended), The reason behind this that she won the women’s single titles 11 times, from 1960 to 1973. It’s also impressive to see that she did it after the switch from amateur to professional in 1969 as well.

Chart Showing the Most Successful Australian Open Women's Singles Champions

In terms of the doubles, on the men’s side the winner is that of brothers, Rob and Mike Bryan. The pair have become the most decorated doubles players of all time and the Australian was a coup they managed to achieve on 6 different occasions from 2006 to 2013.

On the women’s side of things, legend Martina Navratilova has been able to lift the title 8 times from 1980 to 1989. Her playing partner for much of that was Pam Shiver, picking up 7 of those wins all in a row from 1982 to 1989.

History

Jack Crawford Playing Tennis Match
Four-time Australian Open Winner Jack Crawford by the State Library of New South Wales via Wikimedia Commons

The Australian Open has been running since 1905, which makes it one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world. But, the tournament wasn’t called the Australian Open until 1969 when the event first went professional, moving away from amateur scene.

It was first known as the Australasian Championship before then becoming the Australian Championships in 1927. It wasn’t notified as one of the majors until 1927 and throughout the majority of the early years was run by the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, before switching to hard courts in 1989.

The tournament has been hosted in a number of cities within that time before finding it’s home in Melbourne. These have included Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Christchurch and Hastings. But, because of the crowds that Melbourne pulled in over the other cities it was decided that this would become the home of the tournament.

The switch to Melbourne was one that saw almost immediate success. They enjoyed crowds of over 250,000 in 1988, up over 50% from the previous year. As the remoteness of Australia in the early 20th century meant that many players from overseas didn’t take part in the event, it wasn’t until the 1940’s that players from abroad came to play, most notably the US Davis Cup team. These days accessibility is much easier and so, like all tennis tournaments, players and even fans flock to the event from around the world.

Attendances at the Australian Open have seen steady increases, almost year on year from the switch in 1988 to Melbourne. They now boast over 800,000 fans each year throughout the 2 weeks, a number that is only rivalled by the US Open.

Rod Laver and Margaret Court

We’ve spoken about these names briefly throughout this article, mainly down to the naming of certain courts within Melbourne Park, but it was both Laver and Court that were able to really put Australian tennis on the map.

Rod Laver Playing Tennis
Rod Laver by Joost Evers, Dutch National Archives via Wikimedia Commons (Image Cropped)

Rob Laver has managed to win 11 grand slam titles, making him one of the most successful men’s tennis players of all time. He won the Australian Open on 3 occasions and was the first winner of the event after it switched from an amateur to professional status in 1969.

His success was highlighted by the fact that he managed to earn over $1.5 million in prize money throughout a long career spanning through to 1977, when he later retired. His aggressive play was typical of the Australian sporting mentality and was a massive influence for the next and future generations of the sport.

Margaret Court Being Interviewed After a Tennis Match
Margaret Court by Eric Koch Dutch National Archives via Wikimedia Commons

Margaret Court was even more successful than Laver throughout her career and the two were pinned as the top tennis players in their respected fields for a generation. Court won a staggering 24 major titles and was only the second women to have completed the Grand Slam, winning all four majors in the same year in 1970.

But, what’s just as impressive as her singles record is her doubles record, winning another 19 major titles throughout her career. Combined, no women or man has won more titles than Court, even to this day.

Their success has been highlighted by Tennis Australia, naming two of the show courts that take centre stage for the tournament after them.

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic Playing at the Australian Open

Image via Wikimedia Commons

Djokovic is going to go down as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. But, his dominance within the modern era at the Australian Open has laid way to his latest success. He’s won the tournament on 9 different occasions, and we wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him add to this number in the coming years.

The hard-hitting Serbian won the first of his titles in the 2008 final, beating Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. In fact, of the 9 finals he’s been a part of at the Australian Open he’s managed to life the trophy on each occasion.

His most memorable battles and probably biggest rivalry at the courts throughout this time has come in the form of Scotsman, Andy Murray. Djokovic has beaten Murray 5 times from his 7 finals, with some marathon games thrown in for good measure. The closest and most memorable has to have been that of the 2013 final, where Murray went 1 set up, before Djokovic won the second on a tie break. At this point the game could have gone in any direction, but Djokovic stepped up to play some unbelievable tennis and win the game 3 sets to 1.

For what it’s worth, Murray was a beaten finalist at the Australian Open in 5 out of 7 finals between 2010 and 2016.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams Celebrating Victory at the Australian Open
Tourism Victoria, flickr (Image Cropped)

Many people rank Serena Williams as the greatest female tennis player of all time. The 23 major titles certainly stand her amongst the elite, with 7 of those wins coming at the Australian Open, her joint most successful major alongside Wimbledon.

She has over 70 career titles to her name at the time of writing and looks set to add more to that in the years to come. She’s been able to hold all 4 Grand Slam title in a calendar year on 2 separate occasions, tying the record with Rod Laver and Steffi Graff. She sits just one major title behind Margaret court in the all-time list, but is the most successful in the Open era.

Whilst the numbers are all very impressive, her most impressive victory had to have been that of the 2017 Australian Open where she beat her sister, Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4. Another win yes, but the fact that Serena did it whilst she was pregnant is almost mind-boggling, and highlights just how tough she is both physically and mentally.

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