Finally, here we are: the Australian Open 2025 is upon us. The greatest tennis players on the planet are ready to battle it out on the hard-courts of Melbourne Park, in order to win the much-dreamed-of Slam title.
The defending champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, but also Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Niuck Kyrgios, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and all the others all under the same roof, to delight the crowds that will flood the stands in Melbourne.
It will also be the first Slam since Rafael Nadal's retirement, which occurred at the Davis Cu Finals last November.
But what are the most important records in the history of the Australian Open?
Novak Djokovic holds the record for men's singles titles (7: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2023), while Roy Emerson holds the record for consecutive titles won (5, from 1963 to 1967).
Margaret Smith holds the record in women's singles (11 titles: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973); Smith also holds the record for consecutive titles won (7: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966).
Adrian Quist holds the record for most men's doubles titles (10: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950), while Harry Hopman and Colin Long hold the record for most mixed doubles titles won by a man (4, Hopman in 1930, 1936, 1937, 1939, Long in 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948). With 13 titles (3 men's singles, 10 men's doubles), Adrian Quist is the most successful man in Australian Open history.
Thelma Coyne Long holds the record for most women's doubles titles (12: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958), while Daphne Akhurst, Nell Hall Hopman, Nancye Wynne Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long herself hold the record for most mixed doubles titles won by a woman (4, Akhurst in 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, Hall Hopman in 1930, 1936, 1937, 1939, Wynne Bolton in 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948 and Coyne Long in 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955). With 20 titles (6 in women's singles, 10 in women's doubles and 4 in mixed doubles) Nancye Wynne Bolton is the most successful woman and tennis player in the history of the Australian Open.
Ken Rosewall is the youngest player to have won the men's singles (in 1952, at 18 years and 2 months), while Martina Hingis is the youngest to have won the women's singles (in 1997, at 16 years and 4 months). Ken Rosewall is also the oldest player to have won the men's singles (in 1972, at 38 years and 8 months), while Thelma Coyne Long is the oldest in women's doubles (in 1954, at 35 years and 8 months).
Horace Rice is the oldest tennis player to ever win a title (1923 men's doubles, at 52), while Mirjana Lui-Baroni is the youngest to ever win a title (1998 women's doubles, at 15 years and 10 months). The 2012 final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal is the longest match in Australian Open history (5 hours and 53 minutes).
Rafael Nadal became the first man to win 21 Grand Slam titles: the Spaniard achieved this incredible result at the 2022 Australian Open, beating Daniil Medvedev in a crazy final, in which Rafa was down by 2 sets, before winning in the 5th set.
