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Jannik Sinner is the defending champion. [1]Novak Djokovic is vying for a record-breaking eleventh Australian Open title and a record-extending 25th major title. [2]Carlos Alcaraz is vying to complete a Career Grand Slam, after having already obtained titles in the US Open, Wimbledon, and the French Open from 2022 to 2024 respectively. [3]
The Australian Open [a] [b] is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and (since 1988) played on outdoor hardcourts [c] [d] at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. [7] The Australian Open is played over a two-week period beginning in mid-January and has been chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments each year since 1987.
She is aiming to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis in 1999. [2] Sabalenka, Iga Świątek and Coco Gauff are in contention for the world No. 1 ranking. Sabalenka must reach at least the quarterfinals to have a chance at retaining the No. 1 ranking.
He was the first new Australian Open men's singles champion since Stan Wawrinka in 2014. [2] Medvedev lost the final after winning the first two sets (as he did in 2022), making him the only player in the Open Era to lose two major finals after having a two-set lead and the second to lose each of his first three finals at the Australian Open ...
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.
Winner of 8 Grand Slam titles → 1974 Australian Open champion, 1975 finalist • 1974 and 1982 Wimbledon champion • 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982 and 1983 U.S. Open champion • 1977 Masters Grand Prix champion • Year-End No. 1 from 1974 to 1978 • ranking world no. 1 for 268 weeks → 22 weeks in 1974, 52 weeks in 1975, 52 weeks in 1976, 51 ...
The tournament has been held at the Melbourne Park complex since 1988 and is a major contributor to the Victorian economy; the 2020 Australian Open injected $387.7 million into the state's economy, while over the preceding decade, the Australian Open had contributed more than $2.71 billion in economic benefits to Victoria and generated 1775 ...
† Player won the junior title and reached the senior final. See also. Lists of champions of specific events. List of Australian Open men's singles champions;