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The 2024 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 14 to 28 January 2024. [1] It was the 112th edition of the Australian Open, the 56th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consists of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
[7] [8] The tournament featured a record-equaling 35 five-set matches, tying the Open Era record set at the 1983 US Open (surpassed soon after by the 2024 Wimbledon Championships). [9] This marked the final Australian Open appearance for five-time finalist, three-time major champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world No. 1 Murray.
Only seven seeded players reached the fourth round; this was the worst performance by seeded players since the draw was expanded to 128 players in 1988, and the worst overall since 1985. [citation needed] Elena Rybakina and Anna Blinkova played the longest tiebreak in a major singles match in the final set of their second-round match. Blinkova ...
Rei Sakamoto defeated Jan Kumstát in the final, 3–6, 7–6 (7–2), 7–5 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. [1] [2] He became the second player from Japan to win a boys' junior major title, after Shintaro Mochizuki at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden defeated Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the final, 7–6 (7–0), 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It was Bopanna's first major title in doubles, and Ebden's second. Bopanna became the oldest man in the Open Era to win a major title. [1]
If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really ...
At 22, Sinner was the youngest Australian Open men's singles champion and finalist since Novak Djokovic in 2008. [4] This was the first Australian Open final since 2005 not to feature any of the Big Three members. [5] The final further established their rivalry, being their 10th meeting and Sinner's 4th consecutive win over Medvedev.
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