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The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in November 1905. The facility, now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre, was a grass court. [5] The tournament was first known as the Australasian ...
Rinky Hijikata (リンキー・ヒジカタ, born 23 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion, winning the 2023 Australian Open in men's doubles alongside Jason Kubler. He achieved a career high ATP rankings in singles of world No. 62 on 26 August 2024 and in doubles of No. 23 on 30 October 2023.
The only Asians to ever win a single tennis grand slam are Li Na from China ( French Open 2011 and Australian Open 2014), Naomi Osaka from Japan (Australian Open 2019 and 2021, US Opens 2018 and 2021), and Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan (Wimbledon 2022). The only 2 nations that ever qualified for a Davis cup final are India(3) and Japan.
During the 2024 WTA Asian swing, Hon qualified for the Korea Open and the Pan Pacific Open but lost in the first round at both to Polina Kudermetova [36] and Katie Boulter [37] respectively. At the Hong Kong Tennis Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard Eudice Chong, [38] before losing to top seed Diana Shnaider in the ...
Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 2. In her career, Li won nine singles titles, including two major titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open.
Chung Hyeon (Korean: 정현; Hanja: 鄭泫; Korean pronunciation: [tɕəːŋ çʌn]; [1] born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. [2] He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open.
This is an all-time list of winners of the four Grand Slam men's and women's singles tennis tournaments, organized by country. The year of the first win in each tournament is shown in parentheses. Each player's first grand slam tournament win is shown in bold.
This article lists the professional tennis players who reached the highest ranking among their compatriots during the Open Era.The rankings used are ATP rankings for men (since 23 August 1973 for singles, and 1 March 1976 for doubles) and WTA rankings for women (since 3 November 1975 for singles, and 4 September 1984 for doubles).