Most successful men at the Australian Open
Find out the details of the most successful men winning the Australian Open singles titles in the history of tennis.
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Every tennis season consists of four Grand Slam tournaments, also known as Majors. It provides the highest ranking points, and prize money and draws the most attention from all over the world. The first Grand Slam is the Australian Open followed by the French Open, Wimbledon, also known as The Championship. And it ends with the US Open in New York.. The men’s singles matches are best of five sets and women’s is best of three sets.
The Australian Open and the US Open are hard court tournaments, French Open is a clay court event and Wimbledon is played on grass courts. Before 1988, the Australian Open was a grass court event. The Australian Open is played for two weeks at the Melbourne Park. It features men’s and women’s singles; men’s doubles, women’s doubles as well as mixed doubles; junior’s championships; and wheelchair champions, legends, and exhibition events.
The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA). It was first played at the Warehouseman’s Cricket Ground in Melbourne in 1905 (117 years ago) as the Australasian Championships. It became an Open professional competition in 1969. The Australian Open 2023 will take place from January 16 to January 29, 2023. This is the 111th edition of the prestigious event. Twice the tournament did not happen was during the two World Wars.
Novak Djokovic is the most successful player with a collection of nine titles. Margaret Court won the tournament 11 times – 7 times in Amateur Era and 4 times in the Open Era. Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev to win his second title Down Under and 21st Grand Slam title overall this January. In the women’s final, , Ashleigh Barty defeated Danielle Collins to clinch the women’s singles title.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have won the men’s Australian Open doubles title six times. Leander Paes has won the mixed doubles Australian Open title 3 times, once each with Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, and Cara Black. Shingo Kunieda has won the men’s singles wheelchair event 11 times. He has also won the men’s doubles wheelchair event 8 times. David Wagner is another champion who has won the men’s doubles wheelchair event 9 times.
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7 most successful men winning the Australian Open singles title
Guillermo Vilas – 2 Australian Open titles
The Argentine has won two times at the Australian Open out of the 3 consecutive finals played. He defeated John Marks to win his first title in Australia in 1978. Guillermo Vilas successfully defended his title by defeating American John Sadri in the finals to win his second title.
John Newcombe – 2 Australian Open titles
He is one of the fairly successful players in the tournament. John Newcombe reached three finals which were in the years 1973, 1975, and 1976. The Aussie defeated Onny Parun to win his first title in Melbourne. He beat defending champion Jimmy Connors in 1975 to win the second title in Australia. But the 7-time Grand Slam winner lost the finals in 1976 to his compatriot Mark Edmondson.
Mats Wilander – 3 Australian Open titles
The former Swedish player reached three finals between 1983, 1984,1985, and 1988. He is one of the few players to win the same tournament on two different surfaces — grass and hard court. Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl to win his first Australian Open title. He successfully defended his title in 1984 but lost to Stefan Edberg in 1985. Wilander made 10 appearances Down Under. The 7-time Grand Slam champion defeated Pat Cash to win the men’s singles title in 1988.
Ken Rosewall – 4 Australian Open titles
The former Aussie is one of the players whose career lasted in the Amateur Era as well as the Open Era. Ken Rosewall made five final appearances in the Australian Open and managed to win four times. Out of which, two titles belong to the Amateur Era and two to the Open Era. He won the men’s singles titles in 1953,1955, 1971, and 1972. He defeated Arthur Ashe in 1971 and successfully defended his title by beating compatriot Mel Anderson. The only time, he lost was against Lew Hoad in the 1956 Australian Open finals.
Andre Agassi – 4 Australian Open titles
He is one of the most successful players in Australia. Andre Agassi won his first Australian Open title in 1995 defeating American compatriot Pete Sampras. He defeated defending champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov to win the men’s singles title in 2000. Agassi successfully defended his title in 2001 but lost in 2002. However, he again won the title in 2003 which marked his fourth title in Australia and eighth title overall.
Roger Federer – 6 Australian Open titles
The Swiss legend is one of the most successful players in tennis history. Out of the 20 singles Grand Slam titles, 6 titles are in Australia. He won the men’s singles titles in 2004,2006,2007, 2010, 2017, and 2018. The 41-year-old won his first Australian Open title by defeating Andy Roddick. Moreover, he was quite dominant during 2006 and 2007 as he successfully defended his title. Federer defeated Andy Murray to win his fourth title in Melbourne. He played in 7 finals and lost only once to Rafael Nadal. But in 2017, he was successful in defeating the Mallorcan to clinch his fifth title. Moreover, Roger Federer became the second-oldest player to win an Australian Open title when he won it in 2018 which also marked his final major title win.
Novak Djokovic – 9 Australian Open titles
The 21-time Grand Slam winner is the most successful player in the history of the Australian Open. He has appeared in nine finals and won the season’s first Major a record nine times. His success at Melbourne Park began in 2008 when he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Serb successfully won it consecutively from 2011-2013. He again clinched in 2015 and 2016 defeating Andy Murray both times. Making the Grand Slam more successful, Djokovic was consecutive winner three-times from 2019-2021. The last time, he won was against Daniil Medvedev.
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