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During the 1950s, Australian tennis players competed and won at the Empire Games. These players included Margaret Court and Evonne Cawley. [19] Daniela Di Toro is a wheelchair tennis player from Australia. She has won the Australian Open eight times, a record number of times. [20] Ashleigh Barty is an Australian women's tennis play who is ...
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The Australian Open [a] [b] is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and played on outdoor hard courts [c] [d] at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. [6] The women's singles was first contested in 1922 along with the women's and mixed doubles competition as the last three events to be added.
Thelma Coyne Long won 12 doubles titles at the Australian Championships. Margaret Court competed in 13 women's doubles finals and won eight titles Martina Navratilova won the title eight times, seven of those together with Pam Shriver
Ashleigh Barty defeated Danielle Collins in the final, 6–3, 7–6 (7–2) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Australian Open. It was her first Australian Open title and third and last major title overall. Barty became the first home player to win an Australian Open singles title since Chris O'Neil in 1978.
USA's Danielle Collins celebrates victory over Australia's Destanee Aiava after their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 16, 2025.
The 1981 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 70th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 30 November through 6 December 1981 for the women and from 24 December 1981 through 3 January 1982 for the men.
Along with the US Open, French Open, and Wimbledon, the Australian Open is classified as a Grand Slam. [10] The Australian Open is held annually in Melbourne for about two weeks. [10] The categories of the tournament include women's and men's singles; men's mixed doubles; Junior Championships; the exhibition and legends; and wheelchair events. [11]