Tennis in Australia

Tennis in Australia refers to the sport of tennis played in Australia. Tennis in Australia has been administered by Tennis Australia (formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA)) since 1904.

Australia hosts the first of the four Grand Slam events of the year, the Australian Open. The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia and was first played in Melbourne in 1905. The tournament was first known as the Australasian Championships and then became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969.

History

In the 1950s, Australia became a tennis power, and Australian men won the Davis Cup 15 times from 1950 to 1967, led by outstanding players such as Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Roy Emerson, and Ashley Cooper.

Rod Laver has twice achieved the Grand Slam in men's singles, in 1963 and 1969, the only tennis player to have accomplished this feat. Fellow Australian tennis player Margaret Smith Court also achieved the Grand Slam in women's singles in 1969, Smith Court also holds the record for the greatest number of women's singles Grand Slams won and is one of only three players ever to have won a career Grand Slam "boxed set".

Major tournaments and current champions

Main article: Australian Open Series

Pre- Australian Open

Tournament	Kategorie	Current Champion	Current Runner-up	Score
Hopman Cup	Team Event	Frankreich (Gasquet & Mladenovic)	USA (Sock & Vandeweghe)	2–1
Brisbane International	Male (ATP250)	Grigor Dimitrov	Kei Nishikori	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
	Female (WTA Premier)	Karolína Plíšková	Alize Cornet	6–0, 6–3
Hobart International	Female (WTA International)	Alize Cornet	Eugenie Bouchard	6–1, 6–2
Sydney International	Male (ATP250)	Victor Troicki	Grigor Dimitrov	2–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
	Female (WTA Premier)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Monica Puig	6–0, 6–2

Australian Open

Main article: Australian Open

Main article: 2017 Australian Open

Current champions

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  Roger Federer was the winner of the Men's Singles in 2017. It was his 18th Major Singles title and his fifth at the Australian Open.
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  Serena Williams was the winner of the Women's Singles in 2017. It was her 23rd Grand Slam singles title and her seventh at the Australian Open.
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  Henri Kontinen was part of the winning Men's Doubles team in 2017. It was his first Grand Slam men's doubles title.
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  John Peers was part of the winning Men's Doubles in 2017. It was his first Grand Slam men's doubles title.
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  Bethanie Mattek-Sands was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2017. It was her fourth Grand Slam women's doubles title and her second at the Australian Open.
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  Lucie Šafářová was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2017. It was her fourth Grand Slam women's doubles title and her second at the Australian Open.
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  Abigail Spears was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2017. It was her first Major Mixed Doubles title.
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  Juan Sebastián Cabal was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2017. It was his first Major Mixed Doubles title.

Event	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2017 Men's Singles	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2017 Women's Singles	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4
2017 Men's Doubles	Henri Kontinen John Peers	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 7–5
2017 Women's Doubles	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
2017 Mixed Doubles	Abigail Spears Juan Sebastián Cabal	Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig	6–2, 6–4

Davis Cup

See: Australian Davis Cup Team

Titles - 28 (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003).

Runners-up - 19 (1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001).

Fed Cup

See: Australia Fed Cup team

Titles - 7 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974)

Runners-up - 10 (1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993)

Singles Grand Slam Performance Timeline (since 2000), Male

Singles performance timeline for Australian, Male tennis players

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	4R	SF	2R	4R	4R	F	3R	3R	4R	2R	4R	3R	4R	2R	2R	QF	4R	3R	0 / 17
French Open	4R	QF	4R	3R	QF	2R	4R	4R	3R	3R	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 17
Wimbledon	F	F	W	F	QF	SF	QF	4R	4R	QF	4R	QF	1R	4R	QF	4R	4R	1R	1 / 17
US Open	SF	W	SF	QF	F	SF	QF	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	3R	4R	3R	3R	3R		1 / 16
Year-end championship
ATP World Tour Finals	RR	W	W	DNQ	F	A	Did not qualify												2 / 4

Current Top 100 ranked players

Male

• Nick Kyrgios (no. 13)
• Bernard Tomic (no. 26)
• Jordan Thompson (no. 76)
• John Millman (no. 84)

Female

• Sam Stosur (no. 21)
• Daria Gavrilova (no. 25)
• Ashleigh Barty (no. 92)

Male Doubles

• John Peers (no. 9)
• Chris Guccione (no. 42)
• Sam Groth (no. 49)
• John-Patrick Smith (no. 79)
• Matt Reid (no. 83)

Female Doubles

• Anastasia Rodionova (no. 40)
• Arina Rodionova (no. 84)
• Ashleigh Barty (no. 92)
• Jessica Moore (no. 93)
• Daria Gavrilova (no. 94)

See also

• Category:Australian tennis players
• List of Australia Davis Cup team representatives
• List of tennis clubs in Victoria

External links

• Tennis Australia official site
• Australian Open official site
• Tennis in pictures, a history of tennis in Australia on Culture Victoria