2019 Australian Open | |
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Date | 14–27 January 2019 |
Edition | 107th Open Era (51st) |
Category | Grand Slam |
Prize money | A$62,500,000 |
Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) |
Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Venue | Melbourne Park |
Attendance | 796,435 [1] |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Novak Djokovic | |
Women's singles | |
Naomi Osaka | |
Men's doubles | |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut | |
Women's doubles | |
Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai | |
Mixed doubles | |
Barbora Krejčíková / Rajeev Ram | |
Wheelchair men's singles | |
Gustavo Fernández | |
Wheelchair women's singles | |
Diede de Groot | |
Wheelchair quad singles | |
Dylan Alcott | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Joachim Gérard / Stefan Olsson | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot | |
Wheelchair quad doubles | |
Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson | |
Boys' singles | |
Lorenzo Musetti | |
Girls' singles | |
Clara Tauson | |
Boys' doubles | |
Jonáš Forejtek / Dalibor Svrčina | |
Girls' doubles | |
Natsumi Kawaguchi / Adrienn Nagy | |
Men's legends doubles | |
Mansour Bahrami / Mark Philippoussis |
The 2019 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 14 to 27 January 2019. It was the 107th edition of the Australian Open, the 51st in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. The 2019 Australian Open was the first Australian Open to feature final set tie-breaks.
Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki were the defending men's and women's singles champions, but were unsuccessful in their respective title defenses; Federer lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round and Wozniacki lost to Maria Sharapova in the third round.[2][3]
Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the men's singles title at the 2019 Australian Open, defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in straight sets in the men's final.[4][5] Naomi Osaka of Japan defeated Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic in three sets to win the women's singles title.[6] The tournament had a record attendance of 796,435 spectators.
This is the most recent Grand Slam where no lucky losers were selected.