Tennis in Australia

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Tennis in Australia refers to the sport of tennis played in Australia. Tennis in Australia has been administered by Tennis Australia (formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA)) since 1904. [1]

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Melbourne Park - Home to the Australian Open since 1988

Australia hosts the first of the four Grand Slam events of the year, the Australian Open. The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia and was first played in Melbourne in 1905. The tournament was first known as the Australasian Championships and then became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969. [2]

History

In the 1950s, Australia became a tennis power, and Australian men won the Davis Cup 15 times from 1950 to 1967, led by outstanding players such as Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Roy Emerson, and Ashley Cooper. [3]

Rod Laver has twice achieved the Grand Slam in men's singles, in 1962 and 1969, the only tennis player to have accomplished this feat. Fellow Australian tennis player Margaret Smith Court also achieved the Grand Slam in women's singles in 1970, Margaret Court also holds the record for the greatest number of women's singles Grand Slams won and is one of only three players ever to have won a career Grand Slam "boxed set"

Major tournaments and current champions

Australian Open

Current champions

2024 Australian Open

Most recent finals

2024 Event ChampionRunner-upScore
Men's singles Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner White flag of surrender.svg Daniil Medvedev 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Women's singles White flag of surrender.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen 6–3, 6–2
Men's doubles Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden 		Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori 		7–6(7–0), 7–5.
Women's doubles Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens 		Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 		6-1, 7-5
Mixed doubles Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zieliński 		Flag of the United States.svg Desirae Krawczyk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski 		6–7(5–7), 6–4, [11–9]

Pre–Australian Open

TournamentCategoryCurrent championCurrent runner-upScore
United Cup 2024 United Cup Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Alexander Zverev

Angelique Kerber

Laura Siegemund

Flag of Poland.svg Poland

Iga Świątek

Hubert Hurkacz

2–1
Brisbane International 2024 Brisbane International – Men's singles ATP 250 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2024 Brisbane International – Women's singles WTA 500 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 6–0, 6–3
Adelaide International 2024 Adelaide International – Men's singles ATP 250 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Lehečka Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Draper 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2024 Adelaide International – Women's singles WTA 500 Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko Flag placeholder.svg Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–2
Hobart International 2024 Hobart International – Singles WTA 250 Flag of the United States.svg Emma Navarro Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Lower Tier Tournaments

ATP Challenger Tour

The ATP Challenger Tour is the second tier of professional tennis tournaments run by the Association of Tennis Professionals. These tournaments offer up to 175 rankings points with five Challenger events currently held in Australia, Canberra in the first week of the tour, back-to-back events in Burnie, Tasmania in the fortnight following the Australian Open and in Playford, South Australia then Sydney, New South Wales in the fortnight following the ATP Tour's Asian Swing. [4]

TournamentPointsMost RecentChampionRunner-upScore
Canberra Tennis International 125 January, 2024 Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Koepfer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Menšík 6–3, 6–2
Burnie International 75 January, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Omar Jasika Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Bolt 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Burnie International II 75 February, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Walton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dane Sweeny 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
City of Playford Tennis International 75 October, 2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Duckworth Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coleman Wong 7–5, 7–5
NSW Open Challenger 75 October, 2023 Flag of Japan.svg Taro Daniel Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Polmans 6–2, 6–4

WTA 125 Tournaments

The WTA 125 Tournaments is the second tier of WTA events with each event worth 125 points. There are 20 WTA 125 Tournaments, one of which is held in Canberra, simultaneously with the ATP Challenger event.

TournamentPointsMost RecentChampionRunner-upScore
Canberra Tennis International 175 January, 2024 Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Párrizas Díaz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart 6–4, 6–3

ITF Tour

The lowest tier of professional tennis tournaments are the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). These tournaments serve as entry level events for the ATP and WTA tours and offer points and prize money.

Men's ITF Tournaments

All tournaments are played on hard courts with the exception of Mildura and Swan Hill which are played on Grass.

TournamentPointsMost RecentChampionRunner-upScore
Traralgon, Victoria25February, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Omar Jasika Flag of Australia (converted).svg Li Tu 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Traralgon II, Victoria25February, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Li Tu Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Bolt 6–4, 6–2
Mildura, Victoria25March, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Bolt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville 6–2, 6–2
Swan Hill, Victoria25March, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Bolt Flag of Japan.svg Rio Noguchi 6–1, 6–2
Darwin, NT25September, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Omar Jasika Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Delaney 7–5, 7–5
Darwin II, NT25September, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Omar Jasika Flag of New Zealand.svg James Watt1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Cairns, QLD25September, 2024 Flag of Japan.svg Rio Noguchi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Blake Ellis 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Cairns II, QLD25October, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Omar Jasika Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Polmans 6–3, 6–4
Brisbane, QLD25November, 2024
Caloundra, QLD25November, 2024
Gold Coast, QLD25November, 2024

Women's ITF Tournaments

TournamentPointsMost RecentChampionRunner-upScore
Burnie International 75 January, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Priscilla Hon Flag of Japan.svg Sara Saito 6–3, 6–0
Burnie International II75 February, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maya Joint Flag of Japan.svg Aoi Ito 1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Traralgon, Victoria35February, 2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amarni Banks Flag of Japan.svg Naho Sato 6–3, 6–3
Traralgon II, Victoria35February, 2024 Flag of Thailand.svg Lanlana Tararudee Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Yexin 6–4, 7–5
Mildura, Victoria35March, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maddison Inglis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tina Nadine Smith 6–4, 6–1
Swan Hill, Victoria35March, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emerson Jones 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Perth Tennis International 75 September, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Talia Gibson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maddison Inglis 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–3
Perth Tennis International II75 September, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Talia Gibson Flag of Japan.svg Eri Shimizu6–2, 6–4
Cairns, QLD35September, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Talia Gibson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lizette Cabrera 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Cairns II, QLD35October, 2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Destanee Aiava Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maddison Inglis 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
City of Playford Tennis International 75October, 2024
NSW Open 75October, 2024
Brisbane QTC Tennis International 50November, 2024
Caloundra, Australia50November, 2024
Gold Coast Tennis International 50November, 2024

Highest ranked players

Number 1 Ranked Players

Men's Singles

Player#Start DateEnd DateWeeksTotal Weeks
John Newcombe 2Jun 3, 1974Jul 28, 197488
Pat Rafter 17Jul 26, 1999Aug 1, 199911
Lleyton Hewitt 20Nov 19, 2001Apr 27, 20037580
May 12, 2003Jun 15, 20035

Women's Singles

Player#Start DateEnd DateWeeksTotal Weeks
Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2Apr 26, 1976May 9, 197622
Ashleigh Barty 27Jun 24, 2019Aug 11, 20197121
Sep 9, 2019Mar 22, 202028
Aug 10, 2020Apr 3, 202286

Men's Doubles

Player#Start DateEnd DateWeeksTotal Weeks
Paul McNamee 7May 25, 1981Jun 14, 198133
John Fitzgerald 24Jul 8, 1991Feb 23, 1992331
Mar 2, 1992Mar 8, 1992140
May 4, 1992Jun 14, 19926
Todd Woodbridge 25Jul 6, 1992Jul 19, 19922205
Aug 17, 1992Sep 13, 19925
Nov 2, 1992Nov 15, 19922
Jun 14, 1993Oct 17, 199318
Nov 8, 1993Nov 8, 19931
Sep 11, 1995Oct 29, 19957
Nov 6, 1995Mar 29, 1998125
Jun 12, 2000Oct 29, 200020
Jan 8, 2001Jul 8, 200126
Mark Woodforde 27Nov 16, 1992Jan 31, 19931183
Apr 3, 1995Jun 11, 199510
Oct 14, 1996Oct 12, 199752
Oct 30, 2000Jan 7, 200110
Matthew Ebden 62Feb 26, 2024Mar 3, 202419
Apr 15, 2024May 5, 20243
Jun 10, 2024Jul 14, 20245

Women's Doubles

Player#Start DateEnd DateWeeksTotal Weeks
Rennae Stubbs 14Aug 21, 2000Sep 10, 200033
Samantha Stosur 21Feb 6, 2006Jul 6, 20062261
Jul 7, 2006Apr 8, 200739
Storm Hunter 48Nov 6, 2023Jan 28, 20241212

Top 10 Ranked Players

The lists include Australian players who have had a ranking inside the ATP or WTA top 10. The rankings were introduced in 1973 (men) and 1975 (women).

Men's Singles

Source [5]

PlayerRankingDate reached top 10ATP Tour
HighTurned ProRetiredTitles
John Newcombe 1 1973, 23 August1967198141
Pat Rafter 1 1997, 8 September1991200211
Lleyton Hewitt 1 2000, 15 May1998201620
Ken Rosewall 21973, 23 August1956198014
Rod Laver 31973, 23 August1963197972
Pat Cash 41984, 10 September198219976
Alex de Minaur 62024, January 82015Active9
Peter McNamara 71981, 6 July197419875
Tony Roche 81975, 26 July1963197946
John Alexander 81975, 21 October196719857
Mark Philippoussis 81999, 29 March1994200811

Women's Singles

Source [6]

PlayerRankingDate reached top 10WTA Tour
HighTurned ProRetiredTitles
Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1 1975, November 31967198386
Ashleigh Barty 1 2019, April 12010202215
Wendy Turnbull 31977, November 271975198911
Hana Mandlikova 31980, June 91978199027
Dianne Fromholtz 41976, September 14197319908
Margaret Court 51975, November 31960197792
Jelena Dokic 42001, October 8199820146
Samantha Stosur 42010, March 22199920239
Kerry Melville 71975, November 31963197922
Alicia Molik 82005, January 31199620115

Doubles

The lists include the 5 best ranked Australian players. The rankings were introduced in 1976 (men) and 1984 (women).

Men

PlayerRanking No.ATP Tour
HighTurned ProRetiredTitles
Paul McNamee 1 1973198823
John Fitzgerald 1 1980199730
Todd Woodbridge 1 1988200583
Mark Woodforde 1 1984200067
Matthew Ebden 1 2006Active11
John Peers 22011Active28
Peter McNamara 31974198719
Mark Edmondson 31975198734

Women

PlayerRanking No.WTA Tour
HighTurned ProRetiredTitles
Rennae Stubbs 1 1992201160
Sam Stosur 1 1999202327
Storm Hunter 1 2013Active8
Casey Dellacqua 3200220187
Elizabeth Smylie 51982199736
Ashleigh Barty 52010202212

Performance timelines since 2000

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Men's singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 4R SF 2R 4R 4R F 3R 3R 4R 2R 4R 3R 4R 2R 2R QF 4R 3R 4R 3R 4R 3R 4R 4R 4R 0 / 25
French Open 4R QF 4R 3R QF 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R QF 0 / 25
Wimbledon F F W F QF SF QF 4R 4R QF 4R QF 1R 4R QF 4R 4R 1R 3R 3R NH 3R F 3R QF 1 / 24
US Open SF W SF QF F SF QF 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R QF 4R QF 3R QF 4R QF 1 / 25
Year-end championship
ATP Finals RR W W DNQ F ADid not qualify2 / 4

Women's singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR
Australian Open 3R 3R 2R 4R 4R QF 4R 3R 4R QF 4R 3R 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 4R 3R QF SF QF W 2R 3R 1 / 25
French Open 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R SF F 3R SF 3R 4R 3R SF 4R 3R W 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1 / 25
Wimbledon SF 2R 1R 3R 4R 2R 3R 2R 3R 3R 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R 4R NH W QF 1R 2R 1 / 24
US Open 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R QF W QF 2R 4R 4R 2R 3R 4R 4R 1R 3R QF 2R 2R 1 / 25
Year-end championship
WTA Finals Did not qualify SF SF RR Did not qualify W NHDid not qualify1 / 4

Davis Cup

See: Australian Davis Cup Team

Titles - 28 (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1999, 2003).

Runners-up - 21 (1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2022, 2023).

Billie Jean King Cup

Formerly named Fed Cup

See: Australia Fed Cup team

Titles - 7 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974)

Runners-up - 11 (1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993, 2019, 2022)

Olympic Medals

ResultYearVenueSurfaceDivisionPlayer(s)Opponent(s)Score
Bronze 1988 Seoul, South Korea Hard Women's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull

n/an/a
Bronze 1992 Barcelona, Spain Clay Women's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rachel McQuillan

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Provis

n/an/a
Gold 1996 Atlanta, Georgia, US Hard Men's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Broad

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman

6–4, 6–4, 6–2
4th 2000 Sydney, Australia Hard Women's singles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jelena Dokic Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles 1–6, 4–6
Silver 2000 Sydney, Australia Hard Men's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sébastien Lareau

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor

7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7
Bronze 2004 Athens, Greece Hard Women's singles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina 6–3, 6–4
Bronze 2020 Tokyo, Japan Hard Mixed doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty

Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers

Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic

Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Stojanović

w/o
Gold 2024 Paris, France Clay Men's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden

Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers

Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek

Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram

6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–8]

Broadcasting

Australian Open

From 1973 until 2018, the Australian Open was broadcast in Australia on the Seven Network. In March, 2018 it was announced that rival network, the Nine Network had won the rights to televise the tournament for $60 million per year, for five years between 2020 and 2024. While the contract was not to begin until 2020, the Nine Network, incumbent rights holders the Seven Network and Tennis Australia negotiated to bring this forward by one year allowing Nine to telecast the Australian Open from 2019. [7] In 2022 the Nine Network and Tennis Australia agreed to a further five years with Nine paying $85 million per year to telecast the event from 2025 until 2029. [8] In addition to the Australian Open, Nine have the exclusive rights to televise the Australian-held lead in events including the United Cup, Brisbane International, Adelaide International and formerly the Hopman Cup, ATP Cup Sydney International and temporary Melbourne events held in 2021. [9]

Presently Nine dedicate two linear broadcast channels to the Australian Open, the main channel Channel 9 and secondary channel 9Gem with the tennis moving to 9Go! during the hour long Nine News bulletin between 6pm and 7pm. Furthermore, all matches, on all courts are available to stream for free through Nine's live stream, video on demand and catch-up TV service 9Now with matches also available without commercials and on demand through Nine's subscription sports streaming service Stan Sport. [10]

French Open

Since 2021, the Nine Network is the Australian broadcast holder with coverage on secondary channel 9Gem. Additional courts are available to stream via Stan Sport, a pay for view streaming service owned by Nine. [11] Previously, subscription television service Foxtel had the rights to the French Open with SBS Australia simulcasting World-feed coverage from 10:30pm AEST. [12]

Wimbledon

The Nine Network broadcast the Wimbledon Championships for over 40 years until losing the rights to rivals Seven Network following the 2010 tournament at the time citing declining ratings. [13] While Seven had the Wimbledon rights, there was also an agreement with subscription television service Foxtel who had rights to televise select matches until the quarterfinals with Seven getting first pick at two daily matches they would be able to televise exclusively. [14] In late 2020 Nine regained exclusive rights to the Championships signing a three-year contract to broadcast the championships until 2023. In addition to what was televised via their terrestrial free-to-air channel (either Channel 9 or secondary channel 9Gem), all matches are able to be streamed via Stan Sport, a pay for view streaming service owned by Nine. [15]

US Open

The Nine Network is the current broadcast holder of the US Open having gained the rights to the event from 2022 making the Nine Network the home of Australian tennis with all four Grand Slams and Australian Open lead in events as well as all Australian rubbers of the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup. [16] Matches are televised on 9Gem with additional courts able to be stream via Stan Sport, a pay for view streaming service owned by Nine. Prior to Nine, subscription channel ESPN Australia broadcast the US Open simulcasting coverage from their American counterparts with localised coverage occurring for matches involving Australian players. Additionally, between 2019 and 2021 SBS Australia simulcast coverage of the Quarterfinals onwards using the World Feed. [17]

Davis Cup

Australian ties are broadcast on the Nine Network with other ties on subscription service BeIN Sports Australia.

Billie Jean King Cup

Australian ties are broadcast on the Nine Network with other ties on subscription service BeIN Sports Australia.

ATP Tour Events

Since 2021 all ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and ATP 500 tournaments as well as ATP 250 tournaments with the exception of the Brisbane and Adelaide Internationals, are broadcast on BeIN Sports a subscription service available through Amazon Prime Video and through BeIN Sports directly. Prior to 2021, ATP Masters 1000 and 500 tournaments were televised on ESPN Australia with non-Australian ATP 250 tournaments on Fox Sports Australia.

WTA Tour Events

All Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour events, with the exception of the Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart Internationals are televised on BeIN Sports a subscription service available through Amazon Prime Video and through BeIN Sports directly. In 2021, BeIN Sports signed a deal with the WTA giving them broadcast rights until 2026. [18]

See also

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