Australian Open

The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, Australian Open
preceding the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle
of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday.[d] It features
men's and women's singles; men's, women's and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and
wheelchair, legends and exhibition events. Until 1987, it was played on grass courts, but since then
three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and blue
Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019. Since 2020, it has been played on blue GreenSet.[1]

First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one
of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere.[2] Nicknamed "the happy slam",[3] the
Australian Open is the highest attended Grand Slam event, with more than 1,100,000 people
attending the 2024 tournament, including qualifying. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to Official website (http://ausopen.com/)
feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, Rod Laver Founded 1905
Arena, John Cain Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped with retractable roofs. Editions 112 (2024)
The Australian Open is known for its fast-paced and aggressive style of play. The tournament has Location Melbourne (since 1972)
been held at the Melbourne Park complex since 1988, and is a major contributor to the Victorian Australia
economy; the 2020 Australian Open injected $387.7 million into the state's economy, while over the Venue Melbourne Park (since 1988)
preceding decade the Australian Open had contributed more than $2.71 billion in economic benefits
to Victoria and generated 1775 jobs for the state, with these jobs being predominantly in the Surface Hard – outdoors[a][b] (since 1988)
accommodation, hotels, cafés and trade services sectors.[4] Grass – outdoors (1905–1987)
Prize A$86,500,000 (2024)
History money
Men's
The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Draw 128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q)[c]
Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in
November 1905. The facility is now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre, and was a grass Current Jannik Sinner (singles)
court.[5] champions Rohan Bopanna
Matthew Ebden (doubles)
The tournament was first known as the Australasian Championships. It became the Australian Most Novak Djokovic (10)
Championships in 1927. Then, in 1969, it became the Australian Open.[6] Since 1905, it has been singles
staged 110 times in five Australian cities: Melbourne (66 times), Sydney (17 times), Adelaide (15 titles
times), Brisbane (7 times), Perth (3 times), and two New Zealander cities: Christchurch (1906) and
Hastings (1912).[6] Most Adrian Quist (10)
doubles
Though started in 1905, the tournament was not designated as being a major championship until titles
1924, by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) at a 1923 meeting. The tournament Women's
committee changed the structure of the tournament to include seeding at that time.[7] In the period
of 1916–1918, no tournament was organized due to World War I.[8] Draw 128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q)
Current Aryna Sabalenka (singles)
During World War II, the tournament was not held in the period from 1941 to 1945.[9] In 1972, it was champions Su-Wei Hsieh
decided to stage the tournament in Melbourne each year because it attracted the biggest patronage of Elise Mertens (doubles)
any Australian city.[5] The tournament was played at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club from 1972 until
its move to the new Flinders Park complex in 1988. Most Margaret Court (11)
singles
The new facilities at Flinders Park were envisaged to meet the demands of a tournament that had titles
outgrown Kooyong's capacity. The move to Flinders Park was an immediate success, with a 90 Most Thelma Coyne Long (12)
percent increase in attendance in 1988 (266,436) on the previous year at Kooyong (140,000).[10] doubles
Because of Australia's geographic remoteness, very few foreign players entered this tournament in titles
the early 20th century. In the 1920s, the trip by ship from Europe to Australia took about 45 days. Mixed doubles
The first tennis players who came by boat were the US Davis Cup players in November 1946.[10] Even Draw 32
inside Australia, many players could not travel easily. When the tournament was held in Perth, no
one from Victoria or New South Wales crossed by train, a distance of about 3,000 kilometres Current Hsieh Su-wei
(1,900 mi) between the East and West coasts. In Christchurch in 1906, of a small field of 10 players, champions Jan Zieliński
only two Australians attended and the tournament was won by a New Zealander.[11] Most titles 4
(male) Harry Hopman
The first tournaments of the Australasian Championships suffered from the competition of the other
Australasian tournaments. Before 1905, all Australian states, and New Zealand, had their own Most titles 4
championships; the first being organised in 1880 in Melbourne and called the Championship of the (female) Thelma Coyne Long
Colony of Victoria (later the Championship of Victoria).[12] In those years, the best two players – Grand Slam
Australian Norman Brookes (whose name is now written on the men's singles cup) and New
Zealander Anthony Wilding – almost did not play this tournament. Australian Open
French Open
Brookes took part once and won in 1911, and Wilding entered and won the competition twice (1906 Wimbledon
and 1909). Their meetings in the Victorian Championships (or at Wimbledon) helped to determine US Open
the best Australasian players. Even when the Australasian Championships were held in Hastings,
New Zealand, in 1912, Wilding, though three times Wimbledon champion, did not come back to his Last completed
home country. It was a recurring problem for all players of the era. Brookes went to Europe only 2024 Australian Open
three times, where he reached the Wimbledon Challenge Round once and then won Wimbledon
twice.

Thus, many players had never played the Austral(as)ian amateur or open championships: the Doherty
brothers, William Larned, Maurice McLoughlin, Beals Wright, Bill Johnston, Bill Tilden, René Lacoste, Henri
Cochet, Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer, Ted Schroeder, Pancho Gonzales, Budge Patty, and others, while Brookes,
Ellsworth Vines, Jaroslav Drobný, came just once. Even in the 1960s and 1970s, when travel was less difficult,
leading players such as Manuel Santana, Jan Kodeš, Manuel Orantes, Ilie Năstase (who only came once, when
35 years old) and Björn Borg came rarely or not at all.

Open era Rod Laver Arena, the main court of

the Australian Open, in 2023.

Beginning in 1969, when the first Australian Open was held on the Milton Courts at Brisbane, the tournament
was open to all players, including professionals who were not allowed to play the traditional circuit.[13]
Nevertheless, except for the 1969 and 1971 tournaments, many of the best players missed this championship
until 1982, because of the remoteness, the inconvenient dates (around Christmas and New Year's Day) and the
low prize money. In 1970, George MacCall's National Tennis League, which employed Rod Laver, Ken
Rosewall, Andrés Gimeno, Pancho Gonzales, Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle, prevented its players from entering
the tournament because the guarantees were insufficient. The tournament was won by Arthur Ashe.[14]

In 1983, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Mats Wilander entered the tournament. Wilander won the singles
title[15] and both his Davis Cup singles rubbers in the Swedish loss to Australia at Kooyong shortly after.[16]
Margaret Court Arena at the
Following the 1983 Australian Open, the International Tennis Federation prompted the Lawn Tennis
Australian Open in 2005 prior to its
Association of Australia to change the site of the tournament, because the Kooyong stadium was then
redevelopment. Rod Laver Arena is
inappropriate to serve such a big event. In 1988 the tournament was first held at Flinders Park (later renamed
in the background.
Melbourne Park).[17] The change of the venue also led to a change of the court surface from grass to a hard
court surface known as Rebound Ace.[18]

Mats Wilander was the only player to win the tournament on both grass and hard courts. In 2008, after being
used for 20 years, the Rebound Ace was replaced by a cushioned, medium-paced,[19] acrylic surface known as
Plexicushion Prestige. Roger Federer and Serena Williams are the only players to win the Australian Open on
both Rebound Ace and Plexicushion Prestige. The main benefits of the new surface are better consistency and
less retention of heat because of a thinner top layer.[18] This change was accompanied by changes in the
surfaces of all lead-up tournaments to the Australian Open. The change was controversial because of the new
surface's similarity to DecoTurf, the surface used by the US Open.[20]

Before the Melbourne Park stadium era, tournament dates fluctuated as well, in particular in the early years Rod Laver Arena night session in
because of the climate of each site or exceptional events. For example, the 1919 tournament was held in 2007, the last year the tournament
January 1920 (the 1920 tournament was played in March) and the 1923 tournament in Brisbane took place in used the Rebound Ace surface.
August when the weather was not too hot and wet. After a first 1977 tournament was held in December 1976 –
January 1977, the organisers chose to move the next tournament forward a few days, then a second 1977
tournament was played (ended on 31 December), but this failed to attract the best players.

From 1982 to 1985, the tournament was played in mid-December. Then it was decided to move the next
tournament to mid-January (January 1987), which meant no tournament was organized in 1986. Since 1987,
the Australian Open date has not changed (except for 2021, when it was postponed by three weeks to February
due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Some top players, including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, have said in the
past that the tournament is held too soon after the Christmas and New Year holidays, and expressed a desire to
consider shifting the tournament to February.[21] Such a change, however, would move the tournament outside
Australia's summer school holiday period, potentially impacting attendance figures.

Prior to 1996, the Australian Open rewarded fewer ATP rankings points than the other three Grand Slam
tournaments. The reason cited by the ATP was the prize money offered by the Australian Open was far less
than the other three majors.[22]

Melbourne Park expansion

New South Wales and overseas authorities proposed becoming the new hosts of the tournament in 2008,
though such a move never materialised.[23][24] In any case, it was around this time the Melbourne Park New Rod Laver Arena entrance
precinct commenced upgrades which enhanced facilities for players and spectators.[25] added in 2018 as part of the
Melbourne Park redevelopment.
Notably a retractable roof was placed over Margaret Court Arena, making the Open the first of the four Grand
Slams to have retractable roofs available on three of their main courts.[26] The player and administrative
facilities, as well as access points for spectators, were improved and the tournament site expanded its footprint out of Melbourne Park into nearby
Birrarung Marr.[27] A fourth major show court, seating 5,000 people was completed in late 2021, along with
the rest of decade-long redevelopment, which included the Centrepiece ballroom, function and media building,
as well as other upgraded facilities for players, administrators and spectators.[28]

In December 2018, tournament organisers announced the Australian Open would follow the examples set by
Wimbledon and the US Open and introduce tie-breaks in the final sets of men's and women's singles matches.
Unlike Wimbledon and the US Open, which initiated conventional tie-breaks at 12–12 games and 6–6 games
respectively, the Australian Open utilises a first to 10 points breaker at 6 games all.[29] In 2020, the
tournament organisers decided to replace the official court manufacturer to GreenSet, though retained the
New Show Court Arena that opened
iconic blue cushioned acrylic hardcourt.[30] in 2022.

In 2021, in an effort to reduce the number of staff on-site due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches used
electronic line judging. It marked the first-ever Grand Slam tournament to exclusively use electronic line
judging; the 2020 US Open used it for matches outside of the two main stadium courts.[31][32] The Australian Open produced a range of NFTs in
2022.[33][34]

Starting in 2024, the Australian Open will begin on a Sunday, one day earlier than usual, in the tournament's 119-year history, with day sessions
on Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena to each feature a minimum of two matches (down from three) in an effort to reduce the possibility
of matches finishing in the early hours of the following morning. The 112th edition is scheduled to take place from 14 January 2024 to 28 January
2024.[35]

Courts
The Australian Open is played at Melbourne Park, which is located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment
Precinct; the event moved to this site in 1988. Currently three of the courts have retractable roofs, allowing
play to continue during rain and extreme heat. As of 2017, spectators can also observe play at Show Courts 2
and 3, which have capacities of 3,000 each,[36] as well as at Courts 4–15, 19 and 20 with the aid of temporary
seating grandstands of capacity anywhere from 50 to 2,500.[37]

Construction of a new 5,000 seat capacity stadium began in 2019 as part of a $271 million redevelopment of
the precinct.[38] The new stadium, Kia Arena, was unveiled by Australian Open officials on 22 November
2021.[39][28] The Melbourne Sports and
Entertainment precinct on the banks
Since 2008, all of the courts used during the Australian Open are hard courts with Plexicushion acrylic of the Yarra River in 2010.
surfaces (though Melbourne Park does have eight practice clay courts which are not used for the tournament).
This replaced the Rebound Ace surface used from the opening of Melbourne Park. The ITF rated the surface's
speed as medium.[40]

Current Courts
 Court Opened Capacity Arena Roof Ref.

Rod Laver Arena 1988 14,820 Retractable [41]

John Cain Arena 2000 10,300 Retractable [42]

Margaret Court Arena [43]

1988 7,500 Retractable
(Formerly Show Court 1)

Show Court Arena [44]

2021 5,000 No
(Kia Arena)

Show Court 2 [45]

1988 3,000 No
(1573 Arena)

Show Court 3 1988 3,000 No [45]

Ranking points
Ranking points for the men (ATP) and women (WTA) have varied at the Australian Open through the years but presently players receive the
following points:

Event W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1

Men 2000 1300 800 400 200 100 50 10 30 16 8 0
Singles
Women 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Men 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 0 – – – – –
Doubles
Women 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 10 – – – – –

Prize money and trophies

The prize money awarded in the men's and women's singles tournaments is distributed equally. The total prize money for the 2024 tournament in
Australian dollars is AUD $86,500,000.[46] The prize money distribution is as follows:[e]

AO 2024 W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles A$3,150,000 A$1,725,000 A$990,000 A$600,000 A$375,000 A$255,000 A$180,000 A$120,000 A$65,000 A$44,100 A$31,250
Doubles A$730,000 A$400,000 A$227,500 A$128,000 A$75,000 A$53,000 A$36,000 — — — —
Mixed
A$165,000 A$94,000 A$50,000 A$26,500 A$13,275 A$6,900 — — — — —
doubles

Doubles prize money is per team.

Trophies

The names of the tournament winners are inscribed on the perpetual trophy cups. In 2013 ABC Bullion, a Pallion company, was awarded the rights
to make the Cups. The cups are produced by W.J. Sanders a sister division within Pallion and takes over 250 hours to produce.[47][48][49]

The women's singles winner is presented with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.[50]
The men's singles winner is presented with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup.
Champions

Former champions
Men's singles, winners of the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup.[f]
Women's singles, winners of the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.[g]
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles The Daphne
All champions Akhurst
Memorial Cup

Current champions
2024 Australian Open

Jannik Sinner, Aryna Rohan Matthew Ebden Elise Mertens Hsieh Su-wei Jan Zieliński
2024 men's Sabalenka, Bopanna was was part of the was part of the was part of the was part of the
singles 2024 women's part of the 2024 2024 winning 2024 winning 2024 winning 2024 winning
champion. It was singles winning men's men's doubles women's women's mixed doubles
his first major champion. It was doubles team. It team. It was his doubles team. It doubles and team. It was his
title. her second was his first second major was her fourth mixed doubles first major title.
major title and major title. title and first at major title and team. It was her
her second at the Australian second at the seventh major
the Australian Open. Australian title in women’s
Open. Open. doubles and first
major title in
mixed doubles.

Most recent finals

2024 Event Champion Runner-up Score

Men's singles Jannik Sinner Daniil Medvedev 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka Zheng Qinwen 6–3, 6–2

Rohan Bopanna Simone Bolelli

Men's doubles 7–6(7–0), 7–5.
Matthew Ebden Andrea Vavassori

Hsieh Su-wei Lyudmyla Kichenok

Women's doubles 6-1, 7-5
Elise Mertens Jeļena Ostapenko

Hsieh Su-wei Desirae Krawczyk

Mixed doubles 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [11–9]
Jan Zieliński Neal Skupski

Records
Unlike the other three Grand Slam tournaments, which became open in 1968, the Australian tournament opened to professionals in 1969.[51]
 Record[52] Era Player(s) Count Years

Men since 1905

2008, 2011–2013, 2015–2016, 2019–2021,
Open Era Novak Djokovic 10
2023
Most singles titles
Amateur
Roy Emerson 6 1961, 1963–1967
Era
Open Era Novak Djokovic 3 2011–2013, 2019–2021
Most consecutive
singles titles Amateur
Roy Emerson 5 1963–1967
Era
Bob Bryan
Open Era 6 2006–2007, 2009–2011, 2013
Mike Bryan
Most doubles titles
Amateur
Adrian Quist 10 1936–1940, 1946–1950
Era
Novak Djokovic, the all-time record
Bob Bryan
Open Era 3 2009–2011 holder in men's singles.
Most consecutive Mike Bryan
doubles titles Amateur
Adrian Quist 10 1936–1940, 1946–1950[53]
Era
Jim Pugh 1988–1990
Open Era Leander Paes 3 2003, 2010, 2015
Most mixed doubles Daniel Nestor 2007, 2011, 2014
titles
Amateur Harry Hopman 1930, 1936–1937, 1939
4
Era Colin Long 1940, 1946–1948

Most Championships Open Era Novak Djokovic 10 2008–2023 (10 men's singles)
(singles, doubles, mixed
Amateur 1936–1950 (3 singles, 10 men's doubles, 0
doubles) Adrian Quist 13
Era mixed doubles)
Women since 1922
All-time Margaret Court 11 1960–1966, 1969–1971, 1973
Open Era Serena Williams 7 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017
Most singles titles
Amateur
Margaret Court 7 1960–1966
Era
Margaret Court
1969–1971
Evonne Goolagong
1974–1976
Cawley
Open Era 3 1988–1990
Most consecutive Steffi Graf
1991–1993 Margaret Court, the all-time record
singles titles / Monica Seles
1997–1999
Martina Hingis holder in women's singles.

Amateur
Margaret Court 7 1960–1966
Era
Amateur 1936–1940, 1947–1949, 1951–1952, 1956,
Thelma Coyne Long 12
Most doubles titles Era 1958
Open Era Martina Navratilova 8 1980, 1982–1985, 1987–1989
Martina Navratilova
Open Era 7 1982–1985, 1987–1989
Pam Shriver
Most consecutive
doubles titles Thelma Coyne Long
Amateur
Nancye Wynne 5 1936–1940
Era
Bolton
Open Era Barbora Krejčíková 3 2019–2021

Daphne Akhurst
Most mixed doubles Cozens 1924–1925, 1928–1929
titles Amateur Nell Hall Hopman 1930, 1936–1937, 1939
4
Era Nancye Wynne 1940, 1946–1948
Bolton 1951–1952, 1954–1955
Thelma Coyne Long
1960–1973 (11 singles, 8 women's doubles, 4
All-time Margaret Court 23
mixed doubles)
Most Championships
1980–2003 (3 singles, 8 women's doubles, 1
(singles, doubles, mixed Open Era Martina Navratilova 12
mixed doubles)
doubles)
Amateur Nancye Wynne 1936–1952 (6 singles, 10 women's doubles, 4
20
Era Bolton mixed doubles)
Wheelchair: singles since 2002, doubles since 2004, quads since 2008
Men Shingo Kunieda 11 2007–2011, 2013–2015, 2018, 2020, 2022

Most singles titles Women Esther Vergeer 9 2002–2004, 2006–2009, 2011–2012

Quads Dylan Alcott 7 2015–2021

Most consecutive Men Shingo Kunieda 5 2007–2011
singles titles
Esther Vergeer 2006–2009
Women 4
Diede de Groot 2021–2024
 Quads Dylan Alcott 7 2015–2021
Men Shingo Kunieda 8 2007–2011, 2013–2015

Esther Vergeer 2003–2004, 2006–2009, 2011–2012

Most doubles titles Women 7
Aniek van Koot 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021–2023

Quads David Wagner 9 2008–2010, 2013–2017, 2022

Men Shingo Kunieda 5 2007–2011

Most consecutive Esther Vergeer 2006–2009

Women 4
doubles titles Diede de Groot 2021–2024

Quads David Wagner 5 2013–2017

Miscellaneous
Men Mark Edmondson 1976
Unseeded champions Chris O'Neil 1978
Women
Serena Williams 2007

Youngest singles Men Ken Rosewall 18 years and 2 months (1953)

champion Women Martina Hingis 16 years and 4 months (1997)

Men Ken Rosewall 37 years and 2 months (1972)

Oldest singles champion
Women Thelma Coyne Long 35 years and 8 months (1954)

Media coverage and attendance

From 1973 to 2018, the Seven Network served as the host broadcaster of the Australian Open. In March 2018, it was announced that the Nine
Network had acquired the rights to the tournament beginning in 2020, for a period of five years. The network later bought the rights for the 2019
tournament as well.[54] The Open's broadcast rights are lucrative in the country, as it occurs near the end of the Summer non-ratings season —
which gives its broadcaster opportunities to promote their upcoming programming lineup.[55][56]

In Europe the tournament is broadcast on Eurosport. Other broadcasters in the region have included the BBC in the United Kingdom, SRG in
Switzerland, NOS in Netherlands and RTS in Serbia. In the United Kingdom, the BBC dropped its live coverage of the 2016 tournament just a
month before the start due to budget cuts, leaving Eurosport as the exclusive live broadcaster.[57]

Elsewhere, beIN Sports broadcasts it into the Middle East and northern Africa, and SuperSport in sub-Sahara Africa. In the United States, the
tournament is broadcast on ESPN2, ESPN3 and the Tennis Channel, with limited highlights airing on ABC.[58][59] The championship matches are
televised live on ESPN. While it is broadcast on ESPN International in Central and Latin America. It is broadcast on TSN in Canada.

In the Asia–Pacific region, the tournament is broadcast on five television networks in China, including national broadcaster CCTV, provincial
networks Beijing TV, Shanghai Dragon TV and Guangdong TV and English language Star Sports, as well as online on iQIYI Sports. Elsewhere in
the region, it is broadcast in Japan by national broadcaster NHK, and pay-TV network Wowow. In the Indian subcontinent, Sony Six has broadcast
since 2015 and, in the rest of Asia, it is broadcast on Fox Sports Asia until the network's shutdown in 2021 and the rights is acquired by beIN
Sports from 2022 except for Vietnam which will be broadcast on K+.[60][61]

A panoramic view of Rod Laver Arena during a day session at the 2020 Australian Open

Attendance

The Australian Open is the most attended Grand Slam.[62] The tournament in 2023 set a new attendance record of 902,312 and a single-day
attendance record of 94,854 on 21 January 2023.[62]

The following record of attendance begins in 1987, when the tournament moved from being held in December to in January (the immediate
preceding tournament was December 1985). 1987 was the last year that the Kooyong Tennis Club hosted the tournament; since 1988 it has been
held at Melbourne Park. The average growth rate over the period covered below is more than 7%. Note that these figures include attendances for
the week of qualifying and pre-main tournament events.

2024: 1,110,657[63]
 2023: 902,312[64] 2005: 543,873[82]
2022: 346,468[i] 2004: 521,691[81]
2021: 130,374[ii] 2003: 512,225[83]
2020: 812,174[67] 2002: 518,248[84]
2019: 796,435[68] 2001: 543,834[85]
2018: 743,667[69] 2000: 501,251[86]
2017: 728,763[70] 1999: 473,296[87]
2016: 720,363[71] 1998: 434,807[87]
2015: 703,899[72] 1997: 391,504[88]
2014: 643,280[73] 1996: 389,598[89]
2013: 684,457[74] 1995: 311,678[90]
2012: 686,006[75] 1994: 332,926[91]
2011: 651,127[76] 1993: 322,074[92]
2010: 653,860[77] 1992: 329,034[93]
2009: 603,160[78] 1991: 305,048[94]
2008: 605,735[79] 1990: 312,000[95]
2007: 554,858[80] 1989: 289,023[96]
2006: 550,550[81] 1988: 244,859[97]
1987: 140,089[98]

i. Crowds were restricted to around 50% of overall capacity throughout the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[65]
ii. Crowds were permitted to attend only nine of the fourteen days of the tournament and were restricted to between 30% and 50% of overall
capacity, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[66]

See also
Tennis portal

Australia portal

Australian Open extreme heat policy

Australian Open series

Lists of champions

List of Australian Open champions (all events)

List of Australian Open men's singles champions
List of Australian Open women's singles champions
List of Australian Open men's doubles champions
List of Australian Open women's doubles champions
List of Australian Open mixed doubles champions
List of Australian Open singles finalists during the Open Era, records and statistics
List of Australian Open broadcasters

Other Grand Slam tournaments

French Open
The Championships, Wimbledon
US Open

Notes
a. Rebound Ace was used from 1988 to 2007, Plexicushion since 2008.
b. Except for Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena, and John Cain Arena during rain delays.
c. In the main draws, there are 128 singles players (S) and 64 doubles teams (D), and there are 128 and 16 entrants in the respective qualifying
(Q) draws.
d. Notable exceptions include the 1919 tournament was held in January 1920 due to the effects of the aftermath of World War I, the 1920
tournament was held a few weeks later in March, the 1923 tournament was held entirely in August due to the weather conditions, 1977
tournaments were held twice in January and November as the aforementioned 1977 to 1985 tournaments were held in late November to early
December as the last Grand Slam of the year, and the 2021 tournament was held entirely in February due to strict quarantine regulations amid
the COVID-19 pandemic.
e. In 2024, the winner's prize money approximates to GBP $1,662,366; EUR €1,940,190; USD $2,130,975.
f. Last Australian Men's Singles champion: Mark Edmondson (1976).
g. Last Australian Women's Singles champion: Ashleigh Barty (2022).
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