Australian Open

---

Current Australian Open Champions: Major Titles

• Men’s Singles: Current champion  Jannik Sinner (2024)
• Men’s Doubles: Current champions  Rohan Bopanna /  Matthew Ebden (2024)
• Women’s Singles: Current champion Aryna Sabalenka (2024)
• Women’s Doubles: Current champions  Hsieh Su-wei /  Elise Mertens (2024)
• Mixed Doubles: Current champions  Hsieh Su-wei /  Jan Zieliński (2024)
• Wheelchair Men’s Singles:  Tokito Oda (2024)
• Wheelchair Men’s Doubles:  Alfie Hewett /  Gordon Reid (2024)
• Wheelchair Women’s Singles:  Diede de Groot (2024)
• Wheelchair Women’s Doubles:  Diede de Groot /  Jiske Griffioen (2024)
• Wheelchair Quad Singles:  Sam Schröder (2024)
• Wheelchair Quad Doubles:  Andy Lapthorne /  David Wagner (2024)

There are also Australian Open divisions for junior’s championships, wheelchair, legends and exhibition events although betting on these comps is less popular.

In 1988 the Australian Open was changed from a grass tournament to being played on the hardcourt surfaces at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and currently attracts the highest attendance records second only to the US Open. Formerly known as the Australasian Championships and Australian Championships, the title Australian Open was adopted in 1969.

Previous cities the Australian Open has been contested:

• Melbourne
• Sydney
• Adelaide
• Brisbane
• Perth
• Christchurch, New Zealand
• Hastings, New Zealand

Lead-up tournaments the world’s top seeded tennis players come into the Australian Open via include the Brisbane International, Sydney Open, Kooyong Classic and Hopman Cup. The Australian Open is part of the ATP World Tour and WTA World Tour seasons.

The Women’s Singles Australian Open winner is awarded the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, named in honour of former World No. 3 player and five-time Aussie Open Women’s Singles champion.

The Men’s Singles Australian Open winner is awarded with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, named after former World No. 1 Sir Norman Brookes who won the 1911 Australian Open.

Australian Open Betting Odds

Australian Open betting is a major event for punters on the annual world sporting calendar and odds on which players will be crowned the year’s Australian Open winners are open months in advance of the summer tennis tournament.

The most popular Australian Open odds are those offered on the Grand Slam matches over the competition at head-to-head pricing. There are also plenty of exotic Aussie Open betting markets on everything from five-set betting predictions and the first player to serve a game to love. Punters can also place bets on their Australian Open tips on other results like the second set winner, total games being odd/even and who will break serve first.

Along with the match-by-match Australian Open winner markets and set betting punters can cash in on juicy tennis odds at futures prices on the Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles and Doubles winners markets at all-in prices pre-tournament.

The 2024 Australian Open is the next edition of this time-honoured tennis tournament and betting on the Men’s Singles Winner and Women’s Singles Winner will be open early next year.

Australian Open Past Winners

While the Australian Open has run since 1905 it has been contested as one of the four Grand Slam tournaments every year since 1987. The Open Era dates back to 1969.

The Men’s Singles Champion plays for the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup trophy and Serbian champion Novak Djokovic holds the most Men’s Singles titles (10), surpassing Roger Federer (6) with his 2019 victory and then extending his record streak with a successful title defence in both 2020, 2021 and again in 2023, as well as the most consecutive titles won (since 1969) of three (2011-13). Novak Djokovic also holds a perfect 10 – 0 record in the final of the Australian Open as of 2023. He was denied a chance at a fourth consecutive title in 2022 after his Visa was cancelled due to his vaccination status against COVID-19, but returned in 2023 to regain champion status.

Novak Djokovic Australian Open Records

• Most Men’s Singles titles (10)
• Most consecutive titles since 1969 (3)
• Perfect Australian Open Finals record (10 – 0)

Australia won five of the first eight Open Era Men’s Singles titles from 1969-76, but the last local Men’s Singles Australian Open winner was Mark Edmondson (1976). The other most successful male Australian Open champions in the Open Era with six titles is Roger Federer from Switzerland.

Past Australian Open Men’s Singles Winners

Below are the Australian Open Men’s Singles Past Winners dating back to 2000.

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-Up	Score
2000	USA	Andre Agassi	RUS	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2001	USA	Andre Agassi	FRA	Arnaud Clément	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
2002	SWE	Thomas Johansson	RUS	Marat Safin	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2003	USA	Andre Agassi	GER	Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
2004	SUI	Roger Federer	RUS	Marat Safin	7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–2
2005	RUS	Marat Safin	AUS	Lleyton Hewitt	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
2006	SUI	Roger Federer	CYP	Marcos Baghdatis	5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
2007	SUI	Roger Federer	CHI	Fernando González	7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
2008	SRB	Novak Djokovic	FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2009	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SUI	Roger Federer	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2
2010	SUI	Roger Federer	GBR	Andy Murray	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
2011	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
2012	SRB	Novak Djokovic	ESP	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2013	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–2
2014	SUI	Stan Wawrinka	ESP	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2015	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–0
2016	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2017	SUI	Roger Federer	ESP	Rafael Nadal	6-4, 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2018	SUI	Roger Federer	CRO	Marin Cilic	6-2, 6-7(5-7), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2019	SRB	Novak Djokovic	ESP	Rafael Nadal	6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2020	SRB	Novak Djokovic	AT	Dominic Thiem	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
2021	SRB	Novak Djokovic	RUS	Daniil Medvedev	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
2022	ESP	Rafael Nadal	RUS	Daniil Medvedev	2–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
2023	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GRC	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–3, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
2024	IT	Jannik Sinner	RUS	Daniil Medvedev	3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3

The aspiring Women’s Singles Champion plays for the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and in the Open Era, American powerhouse Serena Williams holds the most Open Era titles with seven after her 2017 success. The women’s singles was first contested in 1922 and the all-time record belongs to Aussie Margaret Court (7 Amateur Era titles; 4 Open Era wins) who held the ranking of World No. 1 in 1962.

Court (1969-71) is also one of six women’s singles champions to enjoy three consecutive Australian Open titles in their division along with Evonne Goolagong (1974-76), Steffi Graf (1988-90), Monica Seles (1991-93) and Martina Hingis (1997-99).

In the Open Era Australia enjoyed an early dominance in the Women’s Australian Open Singles with 10 wins from 11 tournaments played from 1969-78. Chris O’Neil (1978) was the last Aussie to keep the trophy at home until the 2022 Australian Open victory by home hero Ash Barty.

Past Australian Open Women’s Singles Winners

Below are the Australian Open Women’s Singles Past Winners dating back to 2000.

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-Up	Score
2000	USA	Lindsay Davenport	SUI	Martina Hingis	6–1, 7–5
2001	USA	Jennifer Capriati	SUI	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–3
2002	USA	Jennifer Capriati	SUI	Martina Hingis	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
2003	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4
2004	BEL	Justine Henin	BEL	Kim Clijsters	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2005	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
2006	FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	BEL	Justine Henin	6–1, 2–0 retired
2007	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6–1, 6–2
2008	RUS	Maria Sharapova	SRB	Ana Ivanovic	7–5, 6–3
2009	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Dinara Safina	6–0, 6–3
2010	USA	Serena Williams	BEL	Justine Henin	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
2011	BEL	Kim Clijsters	CHN	Li Na	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012	BLR	Victoria Azarenka	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 6–0
2013	BLR	Victoria Azarenka	CHN	Li Na	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2014	CHN	Li Na	SVK	Dominika Cibulková	7–6(7–3), 6–0
2015	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2016	GER	Angelique Kerber	USA	Serena Williams	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2017	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	6-4, 6-4
2017	SUI	Roger Federer	ESP	Rafael Nadal	6-4, 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2018	DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	ROM	Simona Halep	7-6(7-2), 3-6, 6-4
2019	JPN	Naomi Osaka	CZE	Petra Kvitova	7-6, 5-7, 6-4
2020	USA	Sofia Kenin	ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2021	JPN	Naomi Osaka	USA	Jennifer Brady	6-5, 6-3
2022	AUS	Ashleigh Barty	USA	Danielle Collins	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2023	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	KAZ	Elena Rybakina	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2024	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	CHN	Zheng Qinwen	6-3, 6-2

Australian Open Records

Plenty of amazing Australian Open tennis records have been set since the tournament opened up to professional tennis players in 1969, which began the Open Era.

The most Australian Open Men’s singles titles is a tennis record was co-held by Roy Emerson, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer with six a piece before Djokovic celebrated his seventh Australian Open Grand Slam success in 2019, his eighth in 2020, his incredible ninth in 2021 and then a record-extending tenth title in 2023. With his 2020 Australian Open victory, Djokovic also became the first player in the open era of tennis to win Grand Slams across three decades.

Adrian Quist holds the record for most doubles titles – an incredible 10. In the Women’s Singles at the Aussie Open Margaret Court has the most titles (11) of all-time including her four in the Open Era. Serena Williams though has scored seven Australian Open Women’s Singles titles in the Open Era giving her the modern-day record.

Men’s Aus Open Records

• Most Singles Titles: Novak Djokovic (10)
• Most Doubles Titles: Adrian Quist (10)

Women’s Aus Open Records

• Most Singles Titles: Margaret Court (11), Open Era Record: Serena Williams (7)
• Most Doubles Titles: Thelma Coyne Long (12)

Youngest Australian Open Winners

• Men’s Singles: Ken Rosewall in 1953 (18 yrs 2 months)
• Women’s Singles: Martina Hingis in 1997 (16 yrs 4 months)

Longest Australian Open Match

2012 Australian Open Final: Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal (5 hrs 53 minutes – Longest Open Era Grand Slam Final)