Although he did not play in the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin in November 2024, Novak Djokovic is expected to play the Australian Open in January. The Serb has stated in a recent interview that he will play in the first week of the 2025 season and in the first Grand Slam of the season. “I am going to play in the first week of the season, I am just not sure yet where. Then, of course, Australian Open,” the Serb said.
In a recent interview, Nick Kyrgios has said that he will play in the Australian Open in 2025. The former world No 13 has played only one official match in the past two seasons due to injuries.
Yes. 2025 will mark the second year in a row that the Australian Open will start on a Sunday.
The defending champion in the men’s singles is Jannik Sinner, and the defending champion in the women’s singles is Aryna Sabalenka.
The other 2023 champions were as follows:
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The trophy for the men’s singles event is named after Norman Brookes, a three-time Grand Slam and six-time Davis Cup champion as well as a former president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia. The trophy for the women’s singles event is named after Daphne Akhurst, a five-time Australian Championships winner (the name of the tournament prior to the Open Era) who died during pregnancy at the age of 29.
Among the men, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won 10 men’s singles titles at Melbourne, picking up his first in 2008 and his most recent in 2023. Margaret Court has won 11 women’s singles titles at her home slam, with her first coming before the Open Era, in 1960 and her last one in 1973; in the Open Era, Serena Williams has seven women’s singles titles.
The first Australian Open was held in 1905, and that was on grass courts. It didn’t move to hard courts until 1988, when it relocated to the new Melbourne Park complex, then called Flinders Park.
The Australian Open is held at Melbourne Park. Its most famous courts include Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena, named for the country’s most legendary tennis stars — plus Melbourne Arena and two other show courts.
Craig Tiley is the tournament director of the Australian Open. Tiley was named tournament director in 2006. In 2013, he was also named as CEO of Tennis Australia.
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