Australian Open

The Australian Open tennis tournament, held annually in mid-January, is one of the world's four Grand Slam in tennis tournaments.

Originally based at the grass courts at Kooyong in the city of Melbourne's inner south-east, the tournament was in danger of fading into irrelevance, but was revived in the 1980s with a shift to Melbourne Park, a new hardcourt venue next to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the southern fringe of the central business district.

Like all the Grand Slam tournaments, there are men's and women's singles competitions, men's, women's, and mixed doubles, as well as junior and master's competitions.

Two tournaments were held in 1977; the first in January, the second in December. The tournament moved back to January in 1987, so no championship was decided in 1986.

The centre court, Rod Laver Arena, and the first show court are unusual in that they feature a movable roof which can be shut in case of rain or extreme heat. It is the only Grand Slam tournament that can feature indoor play.

Men's Singles Champions

• 2003 Andre Agassi
• 2002 Thomas Johansson[?]
• 2001 Andre Agassi
• 2000 Andre Agassi
• 1999 Yevgeny Kafelnikov[?]
• 1998 Peter Korda[?]
• 1997 Pete Sampras
• 1996 Boris Becker
• 1995 Andre Agassi
• 1994 Pete Sampras
• 1993 Jim Courier[?]
• 1992 Jim Courier[?]
• 1991 Boris Becker
• 1990 Ivan Lendl[?]
• 1989 Ivan Lendl[?]
• 1988 Mats Wilander
• 1987 Stefan Edberg[?]
• 1986 No tournament
• 1985 Stefan Edberg[?]
• 1984 Mats Wilander
• 1983 Mats Wilander
• 1982 Johan Kriek[?]
• 1981 Johan Kriek[?]
• 1980 Brian Teacher[?]
• 1979 Guillermo Vilas[?]
• 1978 Guillermo Vilas[?]
• 1977 Dec. Vitas Gerulaitis[?]
• 1977 Jan. Roscoe Tanner[?]
• 1976 Mark Edmondson[?]
• 1975 John Newcombe[?]
• 1974 Jimmy Connors
• 1973 John Newcombe[?]
• 1972 Ken Rosewall[?]
• 1971 Ken Rosewall[?]
• 1970 Arthur Ashe[?]
• 1969 Rod Laver
• 1968 Bill Bowrey[?]
• 1967 Roy Emerson[?]
• 1966 Roy Emerson[?]
• 1965 Roy Emerson[?]
• 1964 Roy Emerson[?]
• 1963 Roy Emerson[?]
• 1962 Rod Laver
• 1961 Roy Emerson[?]
• 1960 Rod Laver
• 1959 Alex Olmedo[?]
• 1958 Ashley Cooper[?]
• 1957 Ashley Cooper[?]
• 1956 Lew Hoad[?]
• 1955 Ken Rosewall[?]
• 1954 Mervyn Rose[?]
• 1953 Ken Rosewall[?]
• 1952 Ken McGregor[?]
• 1951 Dick Savitt[?]
• 1950 Frank Sedgman[?]
• 1949 Frank Sedgman[?]
• 1948 Adrian Quist[?]
• 1947 Dinny Pails[?]
• 1946 John Bromwich[?]
• 1941-45 No tournament due to World War II
• 1940 Adrian Quist[?]
• 1939 John Bromwich[?]
• 1938 Don Budge
• 1937 Vivian McGrath[?]
• 1936 Adrian Quist[?]
• 1935 Jack Crawford[?]
• 1934 Fred Perry[?]
• 1933 Jack Crawford[?]
• 1932 Jack Crawford[?]
• 1931 Jack Crawford[?]
• 1930 Gar Moon[?]
• 1929 John Gregory[?]
• 1928 Jean Borotra[?]
• 1927 Gerald Patterson[?]
• 1926 John Hawkes[?]
• 1925 James Anderson[?]
• 1924 James Anderson[?]
• 1923 Pat O'Hara Wood[?]
• 1922 Pat O'Hara Wood[?]
• 1921 Rhys Gemmell[?]
• 1920 Pat O'Hara Wood[?]
• 1919 A.R.F. Kingscote[?]
• 1916-18 No tournament due to World War I
• 1915 Francis Lowe[?]
• 1914 Pat O'Hara Wood[?]
• 1913 E.F. Parker[?]
• 1912 Cecil Parke[?]
• 1911 Norman Brookes[?]
• 1910 Rodney Heath[?]
• 1909 Tony Wilding[?]
• 1908 Fred Alexander[?]
• 1907 Horace Rice[?]
• 1906 Tony Wilding[?]
• 1905 Rodney Heath[?]

Women's Singles Champions

• 2003 Serena Williams
• 2002 Jennifer Capriati[?]
• 2001 Jennifer Capriati[?]
• 2000 Lindsay Davenport
• 1999 Martina Hingis
• 1998 Martina Hingis
• 1997 Martina Hingis
• 1996 Monica Seles[?]
• 1995 Mary Pierce[?]
• 1994 Steffi Graf
• 1993 Monica Seles[?]
• 1992 Monica Seles[?]
• 1991 Monica Seles[?]
• 1990 Steffi Graf
• 1989 Steffi Graf
• 1988 Steffi Graf
• 1987 Hana Mandlikova
• 1986 No tournament
• 1985 Martina Navratilova
• 1984 Chris Evert
• 1983 Martina Navratilova
• 1982 Chris Evert
• 1981 Martina Navratilova
• 1980 Hana Mandlikova
• 1979 Barbara Jordan[?]
• 1978 Chris O'Neil[?]
• 1977 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
• 1977 Kerry Reid[?]
• 1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
• 1975 Evonne Goolagong
• 1974 Evonne Goolagong
• 1973 Margaret Smith Court
• 1972 Virginia Wade
• 1971 Margaret Smith Court
• 1970 Margaret Smith Court
• 1969 Margaret Smith Court
• 1968 Billie Jean King
• 1967 Nancy Richey[?]
• 1966 Margaret Smith
• 1965 Margaret Smith
• 1964 Margaret Smith
• 1963 Margaret Smith
• 1962 Margaret Smith
• 1961 Margaret Smith
• 1960 Margaret Smith
• 1959 Mary Carter-Reitano[?]
• 1958 Angela Mortimer[?]
• 1957 Shirley Fry[?]
• 1956 Mary Carter[?]
• 1955 Beryl Penrose[?]
• 1954 Thelma Long[?]
• 1953 Maureen Connolly
• 1952 Thelma Long[?]
• 1951 Nancye Wynne Bolton[?]
• 1950 Louise Brough[?]
• 1949 Doris Hart[?]
• 1948 Nancye Wynne Bolton[?]
• 1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton[?]
• 1946 Nancye Wynne Bolton[?]
• 1941-45 No tournament due to World War II
• 1940 Nancye Wynne Bolton[?]
• 1939 Emily Westacott[?]
• 1938 Dorothy Bundy[?]
• 1937 Nancye Wynne[?]
• 1936 Joan Hartigan[?]
• 1935 Dorothy Round[?]
• 1934 Joan Hartigan[?]
• 1933 Joan Hartigan[?]
• 1932 Coral Buttsworth[?]
• 1931 Coral Buttsworth[?]
• 1930 Daphne Akhurst[?]
• 1929 Daphne Akhurst[?]
• 1928 Daphne Akhurst[?]
• 1927 Esna Boyd[?]
• 1926 Daphne Akhurst[?]
• 1925 Daphne Akhurst[?]
• 1924 Sylvia Lance[?]
• 1923 Margaret Molesworth[?]
• 1922 Margaret Molesworth[?]