Dates: January 2015
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Melbourne Park
Men's Single Champion: Stanislas Wawrinka
Women's Single Champion: Li Na
The Australian Open tennis tournament is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. The Australian Open tennis tournament, now permanently played at Melbourne Park, is the first Grand Slam event of the year.
Held in the middle of the Australian summer, the Australian Open is famous for its notoriously hot days. An extreme-heat policy is often put into play when temperatures (and humidity) reach dangerous levels.
Like the other Grand Slam events the Australian Open singles champions are the ultimate survivors of a 128-person draw, with doubles titles contested froma 64-team draw and the mixed doubles a 32-team affair.
Many tennis afficenados belive that the Australian Open tennis is the best contest of the year as its scheduling at the start of the tennis year allows for peak player fitness and the entry of nearly all of the world's top players.
Traditionally, accomplishing a slam is to win all four majors in a calendar year; recently tennis fans have adopted the shorthand of referring to each of the four parts of the Slam (Australian, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) as a slam in itself.
The Australian Rod Laver was the last man to complete a Grand Slam in men's singles in 1969. On the women's side, Steffi Graf was the last woman to win a Grand Slam in 1988, and she also won the Olympic Gold in Seoul in the same year, making it a Golden Slam.
To keep an eye on the current state of world tennis, visit our other Grand Slam events for all the Major tournaments, offering up-to-dated tennis information and a complete tennis schedules.
Tennis betting wagering start with Australian Open in January, the Davis Cup in February, then French Open in May, Wimbledon in June/July and US Open in August.
Year |
Men's Singles |
Women's Singles |
Men's Doubles |
Women's Doubles |
2014 |
Stanislas Wawrinka |
Li Na |
Łukasz Kubot / Robert Lindstedt |
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci |
2013 |
Novak Djokovic |
Victoria Azarenka |
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan |
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci |
2012 |
Novak Djokovic |
Victoria Azarenka |
Leander Paes/ |
Svetlana Kuznetsova/ |
2011 |
Novak Djokovic |
Kim Clijsters |
Bob Bryan/ |
Gisela Dulko/ |
2010 |
Roger Federer |
Serena Williams |
Bob Bryan/ |
Serena Williams/ |
2009 |
Rafael Nadal |
Serena Williams |
Bob Bryan/ |
Serena Williams/ |
2008 |
Novak Djokovic |
Maria Sharapova |
Jonathan Erlich/ |
Alona Bondarenko/ |
2007 |
Roger Federer |
Serena Williams |
Bob Bryan/ |
Cara Black/ |
2006 |
Roger Federer |
Amélie Mauresmo |
Bob Bryan/ |
Yan Zi/ |
2005 |
Marat Safin |
Serena Williams |
Wayne Black/ |
Svetlana Kuznetsova/ |
2004 |
Roger Federer |
Justine Henin |
Michaël Llodra/ |
Virginia Pascual/ |
2003 |
Andre Agassi |
Serena Williams |
Michaël Llodra/ |
Serena Williams/ |
2002 |
Thomas Johansson |
Jennifer Capriati |
Mark Knowles/ |
Martina Hingis/ |
2001 |
Andre Agassi |
Jennifer Capriati |
Jonas Björkman/ |
Serena Williams/ |