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Important Facts

  • The Australian Open was opened to professionals in 1969, a year after the other three Grand Slams were opened.

  • The winners of most Men's Singles titles in the tournament are Andre Agassi and Roger Federer with four titles each, followed by Mats Wilander with three titles.

  • The Australian Ken Rosewall holds both records as the youngest (18 years and 2 months in 1953, before the tournament became pro) and the oldest (37 years and 8 moths in 1972) Men's Singles winner.

  • The youngest Women's Singles winner was the Swiss Martina Hingis in 1997 at the age of 16 years and 3 months.

  • The men's Singles winner is awarded with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup.

  • The women's Singles winner is awarded with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.

Records:

Youngest Champions: M. Singles: Ken Rosewall in 1953.
W. Singles: Martina Hingis in 1997.
M. Doubles: Lew Hoad in 1953.
W. Doubles: Mirjana Lucic in 1998.
Mixed doubles: Venus Williams in 1998.
Oldest Champions: M. Singles: Ken Rosewall in 1972.
W. Singles: Thelma Long in 1954.
M. Doubles: Norman Brookes in 1924.
W. Doubles: Thelma Long in 1956.
Most successive
players in singles:		 M: Roy Emerson (five) 1963-1967.
W: Margaret Smith (seven) 1960-1966.
Most successive
players in doubles:		 M: Adrian Quist (10) 1935-1950.
W: Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (seven together) 1983-1989.
Triple titles (singles, doubles, mixed doubles): M: John Hawkes 1926; Jean Borotra 1928; Jack Crawford 1932.
W: Daphne Akhurst 1925, 1928, 1929; Nancye Wynne Bolton 1940, 1947, 1948; Thelma Long 1952; Margaret Smith 1963.
Junior and Senior Champions
(winners of junior
and senior singles titles)		 M: Jack Crawford, Vivian McGrath, Adrian Quist, John Bromwich, Dinny Pails, Frank Sedgman, Ken McGregor, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Stefan Edberg.
W: Joan Hartigan, Emily Westacott, Thelma Long, Beryl Penrose, Mary Carter-Reitano, Kerry Reid, Evonne Cawley, Chris O'Neil.
Left-handed Singles Champions: 9 Men: Horace Rice (1907); Norman Brookes (1911); John Hawkes (1926); Mervyn Rose (1954); Rod Laver (1960, 1962, 1969); Jimmy Connors (1974); Guillermo Vilas (Dec. 1978, 1979); Roscoe Tanner (1977); Petr Korda (1998).
2 Women: Martina Navratilova (1981, 1983, 1985); Monica Seles (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996).
Whitewash Result: 6 Men: (6-0 6-0 6-0): James Anderson (1st round 1925); Fred Perry (quarterfinal 1935), John Bromwich (1st round 1949); Neale Fraser (1st round 1953); Martin Mulligan (1st round 1960); Richard Russell (1st round 1966).
13 Women: (6-0 6-0): 4 ladies in 1998; 2 by Mary Pierce; 4 by Margaret Court; 3 by Wendy Turnbull.
Unseeded
Champions:		 M: Mark Edmondson (1976).
W: Chris O'Neil (1978).
Men's record
holders of the most wins since 1925:		 All competitions: Adrian Quist (AUS), 13.
Singles: Roy Emerson (Australia), 6.
Consecutive Singles: Roy Emerson, 5 (1963-1967).
Doubles: Adrian Quist, 10.
Ladies' record holders of the most wins since 1925: All competitions: Margaret Smith Court (AUS), 21
Singles: Margaret Smith Court, 11.
Consecutive Singles: Margaret Smith Court, 7 (1960-1966).
Doubles: Thelma Long (AUS), 12.
Most Dominant
Male Champion:		 Tony Wilding, in winning the 1909 title in Perth won 73 games and conceded only 11 in recording four straight sets victories.
First to retain title: M: James Anderson 1925.
W: Margaret Molesworth 1923.
Longest Singles Match: 311 minutes: in 1991 Boris Becker def. Omar Camporese in 3rd Round: 7-6 7-6 0-6 4-6 23-21.
Longest Doubles Match: 329 minutes: in 1990 Pieter Aldrich & Danie Visser def. Scott Davis & Robert Van't Hof: 6-4 4-6 7-6 4-6 23-21 (deciding set lasted 173 mins.)

 

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