Australian Open Winners List
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Australian Open Winners List ● The Australian Open is a Tennis Tournament held in Melbourne, Australia over the last fortnight of January. ● It is the first of the Four Tennis Grand Slam Events i.e French Open, Wimbledon, and US Opens. ● It is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly known as the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA). ● The First AO - Australian Open (Mens) was played in 1905 at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground Melbourne now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre. ● The First Australian Open Women was played in 1922. ● Before 1988 the Ao was played on the grass courts but now it is played on hard courts. ● The Australian Open has been staged in five Australian and two New Zealand cities, Since 1905, namely Melbourne (55 times), Sydney (17 times), Adelaide (14 times), Brisbane (7 times), Perth (3 times), Christchurch (1906) and Hastings (1912). ● The categories featured in AO tournaments are: men's and women's singles, men's, women's double and mixed doubles. ● The Total prize money for the Australian Open tournament 2020 was Australian dollars $71,000,000. ● The Australian open women's singles winner is presented with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup. ● The Australian Open men's singles winner is presented with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. List Of Australian Open Winners 2020 The Australian Open tournament 2020 was organized by the International Tennis Federation. Go through the list of Australian Open 2020 winners given below: Australian Open Winners List 2020 Australian Open 2020 Titles Australian Open Winners Runner-up 2020 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic Dominic Thiem 2020 Women's Singles Sofia Kenin Garbiñe Muguruza 2020 Men's Doubles Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury Max Purcell & Luke Saville Tímea Babos & Kristina Hsieh Su-wei & Barbora 2020 Women's Doubles Mladenovic Strýcová Barbora Krejčíková & Nikola Bethanie Mattek-Sands & 2020 Mixed Doubles Mektić Jamie Murray Records of Australian Open Winners Sofia Kenin has become the youngest woman to win the Australian Open in 12 years. Got through the list of records made by the winners of Australian Open tournaments. Australian Open Winners Record Australian Open Australian Open No. of Titles Record Open Era* Winners Won Years Played Winner of most Before Men's Singles titles 1969: Roy Emerson 6 1961, 1963–1967 2008, 2011–2013, After 1968: Novak Djokovic 8 2015–2016, 2019–2020 Winner of most consecutive Before Men's Singles titles 1969: Roy Emerson 5 1963–1967 After 1968: Novak Djokovic 3 2011–2013 Winner of most Before Men's Doubles titles 1969: Adrian Quist 10 1936–1940, 1946–1950 Bob Bryan 2006–2007, 2009–2011, After 1968: Mike Bryan 6 2013 Winner of most consecutive Before 1936–1940, Men's Doubles titles 1969: Adrian Quist 10 1946–1950[75] Bob Bryan After 1968: Mike Bryan 3 2009–2011 Winner of most Mixed Doubles titles - Before Harry Hopman 1930, 1936–1937, 1939 Men 1969: Colin Long 4 1940, 1946–1948 Jim Pugh 1988–1990 Leander Paes 2003, 2010, 2015 After 1968: Daniel Nestor 3 2007, 2011, 2014 Winner of most Championships (total: singles, men's 1936–1950 (3 singles, 10 doubles, Before men's doubles, 0 mixed mixed doubles) – Men 1969: Adrian Quist 13 doubles) 2008–2020 (8 men's After 1968: Novak Djokovic 8 singles) Winner of most 1960–1966, 1969–1971, Women's Singles titles In Total: Margaret Court 11 1973 Before 1969: Margaret Court 7 1960–1966 2003, 2005, 2007, After 1968: Serena Williams 7 2009–2010, 2015, 2017 Winner of most consecutive Before Women's Singles titles 1969: Margaret Court 7 1960–1966 Margaret Court Evonne 1969–1971 Goolagong Cawley 1974–1976 Steffi Graf 1988–1990 / Monica Seles 1991–1993 After 1968: Martina Hingis 3 1997–1999 Winner of most Women's Doubles Before Thelma Coyne 1936–1940, 1947–1949, titles 1969: Long 12 1951–1952, 1956, 1958 Martina 1980, 1982–1985, After 1968: Navratilova 8 1987–1989 Winner of most Thelma Coyne consecutive Long Women's Doubles Before Nancye Wynne titles 1969: Bolton 5 1936–1940 Martina Navratilova After 1968: Pam Shriver 7 1982–1985, 1987–1989 Daphne Akhurst Cozens Nell Hall Hopman Nancye Wynne 1924–1925, 1928–1929 Winner of most Bolton 1930, 1936–1937, 1939 Mixed Doubles titles - Before Thelma Coyne 1940, 1946–1948 Women 1969: Long 4 1951–1952, 1954–1955 Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko 1988–1989 Neiland 1994, 1996 Martina Hingis 2006, 2015 After 1968: Barbora Krejčíková 2 2019, 2020 Winner of most Championships (total: 1936–1952 (6 singles, 10 singles, women's Before Nancye Wynne women's doubles, 4 doubles, 1969: Bolton 20 mixed doubles) mixed doubles) – Women 1980–2003 (3 singles, 8 Martina women's doubles, 1 After 1968: Navratilova 12 mixed doubles) Candidates preparing for various competitive exams can go through the winners list of important sports events: ● FIFA World Cup Winners List ● ICC World Cup Winners List ● IPL Winners List Candidates can also check important general awareness topics given below for competitive exams preparation: Countries and Their national List Of Sports Terms Nobel Prize Winners Games List of Sports Cups and Jnanpith Award Winners Arjuna Award Winners Trophies Aspirants preparing for various competitive exams can go through the following links for their preparation: SSC General Awareness Banking Awareness The topics covered in the given link are common for all the examinations. .