List of Australian Open men's singles champions


The Australian Open is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and played on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. 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. The event was not held from 1916 to 1918 because of World War I, from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II and in 1986. The timing of the Australian Open has changed several times. In 1977, the date of the final moved from January to December, which resulted in having two Australian Opens in 1977; there was a January edition and a December edition that year. The originally planned December 1986 edition was moved forward to January 1987, resulting in no Australian Open in 1986. The Australian Open was an Open Era event for the first time in 1969. One year previously in 1968 the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open were Open Era events for the first time.

History

Christchurch and Hastings, New Zealand, and Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, have hosted the men's singles event. The event switched cities every year before it settled in 1972 in Melbourne. The event was held at the Kooyong Stadium before moving to Melbourne Park in 1988.
The Australian Open court surface changed once, from grass courts to hardcourts in 1988. Mats Wilander was the only tennis player to win the event on grass and on Rebound Ace surfaces; he won twice on grass and once on the Rebound Ace. Roger Federer is the only player to have won on both the Rebound Ace and Plexicushion surfaces.
The men's singles rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. This event has always been contested in a knockout format, and all matches have been best-of-five sets except in 1970, 1973, and 1974, when the first round was best-of-three sets, and in 1982, when the third and fourth round were best-of-three sets. Since 1905, all sets have been decided in the advantage format. The lingering death best-of-twelve points tie-break was introduced in 1971 and has been used for the first four sets since then, except from 1980 to 1982, when the tie-break was also played in fifth sets.
The champion receives a miniature replica of the silver-gilt Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, named after the 1911 champion and former Lawn Tennis Association of Australia president, and modeled after the Warwick Vase. In 2010, the winner received prize money of A$2,100,000.
In the Australasian Championships, James Anderson holds the records for most titles with three, and the most consecutive titles with two. In the Australian Championships, Roy Emerson holds the records for most titles with six and most consecutive titles with five. The inclusion of professional tennis players in 1969 marked the competition's entry into the Open Era, in which Novak Djokovic holds the record for most titles with eight. The Open Era record for most consecutive titles is three by Djokovic. This event was won without losing a set during the Open Era by Rosewall in 1971 and Federer in 2007.

Champions

Australasian Championships

Australian Championships

Australian Open

Statistics

Multiple champions

PlayerAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeYears
0882008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
6061961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967
0662004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018
4041931, 1932, 1933, 1935
2241953, 1955, 1971, 1972
0441995, 2000, 2001, 2003
3031922, 1924, 1925
3031936, 1940, 1948
2131960, 1962, 1969
0331983, 1984, 1988
0221991, 1996
2021939, 1946
2021957, 1958
0221992, 1993
0221985, 1987
2021905, 1910
0221981, 1982
0221989, 1990
0221973, 1975
0221994, 1997
2021949, 1950
0221978, 1979
2021906, 1909
2021920, 1923

Champions by country

CountryAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeFirst titleLast title
4465019051976
4141819082003
08820082020
07720042018
06619832002
UK 50519121934
02219781979
02219891990
02219911996
20219061909
02219992005
01119811981
01119981998
10119281928
01120092009

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