The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne Park in Melbourne over the last fortnight of January. The Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments held each year. The other tournaments are French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The tournament is for both men and women.
The Australian Open was played on grass courts prior to 1988. Since then, three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used. Green coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007, blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019, and blue GreenSet since 2020.
The tournament began in 1905 as the Australasian Championships.
...Murray and Djokovic announced last week they plan to work together for the Australian Open in January.
Both top-10 players said they didn't want to switch from grass at Wimbledon back to clay at Roland Garros for the Olympic tournament and then immediately start the hard-court season in North America
Ever since Sinner reached the ATP Finals championship in Turin and played a leading role in leading Italy to the Davis Cup title in consecutive weeks in November, he's been taking over the headlines
Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title.
Rohan Bopanna bettered the record of Jean-Julien Rojer who, at age of 40, had lifted the French Open men's doubles trophy in 2022 with Marcelo Arevola.
Don't be too quick to write off the 36-year-old from Serbia this time, either, as he essentially told the world himself after bowing out 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 against Sinner on Friday
Sabalenka is the first woman since Victoria Azarenka in 2012 and '13 to win back-to-back Australian Open titles, and the fifth since 2000 to win the championship here without dropping a set
People in India can live stream the Australian Open 2024 final between Italy's Jannik Sinner and Russia's Daniil Medvedev on Sunday, January 28
Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down to beat Alexander Zverev after midnight to secure the other place in the final
Djokovic didn't get a look at a breakpoint during a 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3 loss to Jannik Sinner on Friday that ended the 10-time Australian Open champion's unbeaten streak after making the final four
Italy's Jannik Sinner won the first semifinal of the year's first Grand Slam 6- 1, 6- 2, 6-7, 6-4.
She will meet Zheng Qinwen or Dayana Yastremska in Saturday's championship decider. Zheng and No. 93-ranked Yastremska were playing their first-ever Grand Slam semi-final
Bopanna has reached the US Open final twice (2013, 2023) but a Major trophy has eluded him in his career.
The sixth-seeded Zverev was up a break in the third set and missed a chance to serve it out, but he didn't blink in the fourth, finishing off a 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 victory over Carlos Alcaraz
Djokovic is the leading Grand Slam winner in the Open Era of tennis. He also has the chance of winning the most Grand Slam titles across eras
Australian Open 2024 SF schedule: Men's singles - Djokovic vs Sinner & Medvedev vs Zverev. Women's singles - Sabalenka vs Gauff and DayanaYastremska vs Zheng; Bopana will be in action in men's doubles
Rajeev Ram of the USA was the oldest player to be ranked world no. 1 when he had achieve the top ranking in October 2022 at the age of 38 for the first time in his career.
Novak Djokovic held off Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 3 3/4 hours to reach the Australian Open semi-finals for the 11th time on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Wimbledon champion missed the season-opening major in 2023 because of injury but is more than making up for lost time
Medvedev beat Nuno Borges 6-3 7-6(4) 5-7 6-1 on Monday to reach the last eight. He'll play either No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz or French wild-card entry Arthur Cazaux.