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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.
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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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