| 2019 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
The 2019 Australian Open was the first edition to feature final set tie-breaks when a match reached 6–6 a match tiebreak to 10-points was played.
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 The 2019 Australian Open was the 107th edition of the Australian Open. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as the mixed doubles events. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on hard courts at Melbourne Park, including three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Arena and Margaret Court Arena. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor was Kia.
Final set tie-breaks were introduced for all match formats for the first time at the 2019 Australian Open. If a match reached 6–6 in the final set, the first player to score 10 points and be leading by at least 2 points won the match. [7] Katie Boulter and Ekaterina Makarova were the first players in a main draw to compete in the new tie-break format. [8]
For the first time in the men's singles competition, a 10-minute break due to heat was allowed after the third set when the Australian Open Heat Stress Scale reached 4.0 or higher. [9] Hawkeye line-calling technology was extended to be included on all courts. A shot clock was introduced for the first time into the main draw, having been limited to qualifying only in 2018. Women gained parity in the qualifying competition as the draw was increased to 128 players in line with the men's draw. [10] [11]
In a five-year deal starting at the 2019 tournament, Dunlop took over from Wilson as the suppliers of the tennis balls. [12] [13] [14]
Domestically, this was the first Australian Open to be broadcast by the Nine Network, after they secured the rights to televise the tournament from 2019 until 2024. Initially, the broadcast deal was to have started from 2020, however, the Seven Network, which had previously televised the event between 1973 and 2018, agreed to relinquish the rights to the 2019 tournament. [15] [16]
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event:
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 
| Wheelchair points
 | Junior points
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The Australian Open total prize money for 2019 was increased by 14% to a tournament record A$62,500,000. [17]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Singles | A$4,100,000 | A$2,050,000 | A$920,000 | A$460,000 | A$260,000 | A$155,000 | A$105,000 | A$75,000 | A$40,000 | A$25,000 | A$15,000 | 
| Doubles * | A$750,000 | A$375,000 | A$190,000 | A$100,000 | A$55,000 | A$32,500 | A$21,000 | — | — | — | — | 
| Mixed doubles * | A$185,000 | A$95,000 | A$47,500 | A$23,000 | A$11,500 | A$5,950 | — | — | — | — | — | 
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
 Novak Djokovic  def.
  Novak Djokovic  def.   Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
  Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 Naomi Osaka  def.
  Naomi Osaka  def.   Petra Kvitová, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
  Petra Kvitová, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4 Pierre-Hugues Herbert  /
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert  /   Nicolas Mahut  def.
  Nicolas Mahut  def.   Henri Kontinen /
  Henri Kontinen /   John Peers, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
  John Peers, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) Samantha Stosur  /
  Samantha Stosur  /   Zhang Shuai  def.
  Zhang Shuai  def.   Tímea Babos /
  Tímea Babos /   Kristina Mladenovic, 6–3, 6–4
  Kristina Mladenovic, 6–3, 6–4 Barbora Krejčíková  /
  Barbora Krejčíková  /   Rajeev Ram  def.
  Rajeev Ram  def.   Astra Sharma /
  Astra Sharma /   John-Patrick Smith, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
  John-Patrick Smith, 7–6(7–3), 6–1 Lorenzo Musetti  def.
  Lorenzo Musetti  def.   Emilio Nava, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(14–12)
  Emilio Nava, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(14–12) Clara Tauson  def.
  Clara Tauson  def.   Leylah Annie Fernandez, 6–4, 6–3
  Leylah Annie Fernandez, 6–4, 6–3 Jonáš Forejtek  /
  Jonáš Forejtek  /   Dalibor Svrčina  def.
  Dalibor Svrčina  def.   Cannon Kingsley /
  Cannon Kingsley /   Emilio Nava, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
  Emilio Nava, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 Natsumi Kawaguchi  /
  Natsumi Kawaguchi  /   Adrienn Nagy  def.
  Adrienn Nagy  def.   Chloe Beck /
  Chloe Beck /   Emma Navarro, 6–4, 6–4
  Emma Navarro, 6–4, 6–4 Mansour Bahrami  /
  Mansour Bahrami  /   Mark Philippoussis  def.
  Mark Philippoussis  def.   Jonas Björkman /
  Jonas Björkman /   Thomas Johansson, 4–3(5–3), 4–2
  Thomas Johansson, 4–3(5–3), 4–2 Gustavo Fernández  def.
  Gustavo Fernández  def.   Stefan Olsson, 7–5, 6–3
  Stefan Olsson, 7–5, 6–3 Diede de Groot  def.
  Diede de Groot  def.   Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–2
  Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–2 Dylan Alcott  def.
  Dylan Alcott  def.   David Wagner, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
  David Wagner, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) Joachim Gérard  /
  Joachim Gérard  /   Stefan Olsson  def.
  Stefan Olsson  def.   Stéphane Houdet /
  Stéphane Houdet /   Ben Weekes, 6–3, 6–2
  Ben Weekes, 6–3, 6–2 Diede de Groot  /
  Diede de Groot  /   Aniek van Koot  def.
  Aniek van Koot  def.   Marjolein Buis /
  Marjolein Buis /   Sabine Ellerbrock, 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
  Sabine Ellerbrock, 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–8] Dylan Alcott /
  Dylan Alcott /   Heath Davidson  def.
  Heath Davidson  def.   Andy Lapthorne /
  Andy Lapthorne /   David Wagner, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [12–10]
  David Wagner, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [12–10]The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings on 7 January 2019, while ranking and points before are as of 14 January 2019. Points after are as of 28 January 2019.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Novak Djokovic | 9,135 | 180 | 2,000 | 10,955 | Champion, defeated  Rafael Nadal [2] | 
| 2 | 2 |  Rafael Nadal | 7,480 | 360 | 1,200 | 8,320 | Runner-up, lost to  Novak Djokovic [1] | 
| 3 | 3 |  Roger Federer | 6,420 | 2,000 | 180 | 4,600 | Fourth round lost to  Stefanos Tsitsipas [14] | 
| 4 | 4 |  Alexander Zverev | 6,385 | 90 | 180 | 6,475 | Fourth round lost to  Milos Raonic [16] | 
| 5 | 6 |  Kevin Anderson | 4,810 | 10 | 45 | 4,845 | Second round lost to  Frances Tiafoe | 
| 6 | 7 |  Marin Čilić | 4,160 | 1,200 | 180 | 3,140 | Fourth round lost to  Roberto Bautista Agut [22] | 
| 7 | 8 |  Dominic Thiem | 4,095 | 180 | 45 | 3,960 | Second round retired against  Alexei Popyrin [WC] | 
| 8 | 9 |  Kei Nishikori | 3,750 | 0 | 360 | 4,110 | Quarterfinals retired against  Novak Djokovic [1] | 
| 9 | 10 |  John Isner | 3,155 | 10 | 10 | 3,155 | First round lost to  Reilly Opelka | 
| 10 | 11 |  Karen Khachanov | 2,835 | 45 | 90 | 2,880 | Third round lost to  Roberto Bautista Agut [22] | 
| 11 | 12 |  Borna Ćorić | 2,435 | 10 | 180 | 2,605 | Fourth round lost to  Lucas Pouille [28] | 
| 12 | 13 |  Fabio Fognini | 2,315 | 180 | 90 | 2,225 | Third round lost to  Pablo Carreño Busta [23] | 
| 13 | 14 |  Kyle Edmund | 2,150 | 720 | 10 | 1,440 | First round lost to  Tomáš Berdych | 
| 14 | 15 |  Stefanos Tsitsipas | 2,095 | 10 | 720 | 2,805 | Semifinals lost to  Rafael Nadal [2] | 
| 15 | 19 |  Daniil Medvedev | 1,865 | 45 | 180 | 2,000 | Fourth round lost to  Novak Djokovic [1] | 
| 16 | 17 |  Milos Raonic | 1,900 | 10 | 360 | 2,250 | Quarterfinals lost to  Lucas Pouille [28] | 
| 17 | 18 |  Marco Cecchinato | 1,889 | (29)† | 10 | 1,870 | First round lost to  Filip Krajinović | 
| 18 | 16 |  Diego Schwartzman | 1,925 | 180 | 90 | 1,835 | Third round lost to  Tomáš Berdych | 
| 19 | 20 |  Nikoloz Basilashvili | 1,820 | 90 | 90 | 1,820 | Third round lost to  Stefanos Tsitsipas [14] | 
| 20 | 21 |  Grigor Dimitrov | 1,790 | 360 | 180 | 1,610 | Fourth round lost to  Frances Tiafoe | 
| 21 | 22 |  David Goffin | 1,785 | 45 | 90 | 1,830 | Third round lost to  Daniil Medvedev [15] | 
| 22 | 24 |  Roberto Bautista Agut | 1,605 | 10 | 360 | 1,955 | Quarterfinals lost to  Stefanos Tsitsipas [14] | 
| 23 | 23 |  Pablo Carreño Busta | 1,705 | 180 | 180 | 1,705 | Fourth round lost to  Kei Nishikori [8] | 
| 24 | 25 |  Chung Hyeon | 1,585 | 720 | 45 | 910 | Second round lost to  Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 
| 25 | 27 |  Denis Shapovalov | 1,440 | 45 | 90 | 1,485 | Third round lost to  Novak Djokovic [1] | 
| 26 | 28 |  Fernando Verdasco | 1,410 | 45 | 90 | 1,455 | Third round lost to  Marin Čilić [6] | 
| 27 | 29 |  Alex de Minaur | 1,353 | 0 | 90 | 1,443 | Third round lost to  Rafael Nadal [2] | 
| 28 | 31 |  Lucas Pouille | 1,245 | 10 | 720 | 1,955 | Semifinals lost to  Novak Djokovic [1] | 
| 29 | 30 |  Gilles Simon | 1,280 | 45 | 45 | 1,280 | Second round lost to  Alex Bolt [WC] | 
| 30 | 33 |  Gaël Monfils | 1,195 | 45 | 45 | 1,195 | Second round lost to  Taylor Fritz | 
| 31 | 34 |  Steve Johnson | 1,190 | 10 | 10 | 1,190 | First round lost to  Andreas Seppi | 
| 32 | 32 |  Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1,215 | 10 | 45 | 1,250 | Second round lost to  João Sousa | 
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |  Juan Martín del Potro | 5,150 | 90 | 5,060 | Knee injury | 
| 26 |  Richard Gasquet | 1,535 | 90 | 1,445 | Groin injury | 
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Simona Halep | 6,642 | 1,300 | 240 | 5,582 | Fourth round lost to  Serena Williams [16] | 
| 2 | 2 |  Angelique Kerber | 5,505 | 780 | 240 | 4,965 | Fourth round lost to  Danielle Collins | 
| 3 | 3 |  Caroline Wozniacki | 5,436 | 2,000 | 130 | 3,566 | Third round lost to  Maria Sharapova [30] | 
| 4 | 4 |  Naomi Osaka | 5,270 | 240 | 2,000 | 7,030 | Champion, defeated  Petra Kvitová [8] | 
| 5 | 5 |  Sloane Stephens | 5,077 | 10 | 240 | 5,307 | Fourth round lost to  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 
| 6 | 7 |  Elina Svitolina | 4,940 | 430 | 430 | 4,940 | Quarterfinals lost to  Naomi Osaka [4] | 
| 7 | 8 |  Karolína Plíšková | 4,750 | 430 | 780 | 5,100 | Semifinals lost to  Naomi Osaka [4] | 
| 8 | 6 |  Petra Kvitová | 5,000 | 10 | 1,300 | 6,290 | Runner-up, lost to  Naomi Osaka [4] | 
| 9 | 9 |  Kiki Bertens | 4,490 | 130 | 70 | 4,430 | Second round lost to  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 
| 10 | 10 |  Daria Kasatkina | 3,415 | 70 | 10 | 3,355 | First round lost to  Timea Bacsinszky [PR] | 
| 11 | 11 |  Aryna Sabalenka | 3,365 | 10 | 130 | 3,485 | Third round lost to  Amanda Anisimova | 
| 12 | 14 |  Elise Mertens | 2,985 | 780 | 130 | 2,335 | Third round lost to  Madison Keys [17] | 
| 13 | 12 |  Anastasija Sevastova | 3,160 | 70 | 240 | 3,330 | Fourth round lost to  Naomi Osaka [4] | 
| 14 | 13 |  Julia Görges | 3,055 | 70 | 10 | 2,995 | First round lost to  Danielle Collins | 
| 15 | 15 |  Ashleigh Barty | 2,985 | 130 | 430 | 3,285 | Quarterfinals lost to  Petra Kvitová [8] | 
| 16 | 16 |  Serena Williams | 2,976 | 0 | 430 | 3,406 | Quarterfinals lost to  Karolína Plíšková [7] | 
| 17 | 17 |  Madison Keys | 2,976 | 430 | 240 | 2,786 | Fourth round lost to  Elina Svitolina [6] | 
| 18 | 18 |  Garbiñe Muguruza | 2,865 | 70 | 240 | 3,035 | Fourth round lost to  Karolína Plíšková [7] | 
| 19 | 19 |  Caroline Garcia | 2,660 | 240 | 130 | 2,550 | Third round lost to  Danielle Collins | 
| 20 | 20 |  Anett Kontaveit | 2,525 | 240 | 70 | 2,355 | Second round lost to  Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 
| 21 | 21 |  Wang Qiang | 2,485 | 10 | 130 | 2,605 | Third round lost to  Anastasija Sevastova [13] | 
| 22 | 22 |  Jeļena Ostapenko | 2,362 | 130 | 10 | 2,242 | First round lost to  Maria Sakkari | 
| 23 | 23 |  Carla Suárez Navarro | 2,153 | 430 | 70 | 1,793 | Second round lost to  Dayana Yastremska | 
| 24 | 24 |  Lesia Tsurenko | 1,896 | 70 | 70 | 1,896 | Second round lost to  Amanda Anisimova | 
| 25 | 26 |  Mihaela Buzărnescu | 1,700 | 10 | 10 | 1,700 | First round lost to  Venus Williams | 
| 26 | 25 |  Dominika Cibulková | 1,735 | 10 | 10 | 1,735 | First round lost to  Zhang Shuai | 
| 27 | 28 |  Camila Giorgi | 1,645 | 70 | 130 | 1,705 | Third round lost to  Karolína Plíšková [7] | 
| 28 | 27 |  Hsieh Su-wei | 1,680 | 240 | 130 | 1,570 | Third round lost to  Naomi Osaka [4] | 
| 29 | 29 |  Donna Vekić | 1,580 | 70 | 70 | 1,580 | Second round lost to  Kimberly Birrell [WC] | 
| 30 | 30 |  Maria Sharapova | 1,552 | 130 | 240 | 1,662 | Fourth round lost to  Ashleigh Barty [15] | 
| 31 | 32 |  Petra Martić | 1,465 | 240 | 130 | 1,355 | Third round lost to  Sloane Stephens [5] | 
| 32 | 34 |  Barbora Strýcová | 1,331 | 240 | 10 | 1,101 | First round lost to  Yulia Putintseva | 
| Team | Rank | Seed | |
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|  Gabriela Dabrowski |  Mate Pavić | 13 | 1 | 
|  Nicole Melichar |  Bruno Soares | 21 | 2 | 
|  Barbora Krejčíková |  Rajeev Ram | 22 | 3 | 
|  Mihaela Buzărnescu |  Oliver Marach | 29 | 4 | 
|  Anna-Lena Grönefeld |  Robert Farah | 31 | 5 | 
|  Abigail Spears |  Juan Sebastián Cabal | 35 | 6 | 
|  Makoto Ninomiya |  Ben McLachlan | 39 | 7 | 
|  Ekaterina Makarova |  Artem Sitak | 41 | 8 | 
| Men's singles | Women's singles
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| Men's doubles | Women's doubles
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