Australians at the Australian Open: A 50-Year Wait for the Men, One Title for the Women Since 1978

We rebuilt all 58 men's and 58 women's singles draws of the Open Era, 1969 to 2026 (two editions in 1977, none in 1986), and took the furthest round any Australian reached in each. Every Australian champion and runner-up matches the official honour rolls for men's singles and women's singles.

Last Australian to win the Australian Open: men and women

Australians won six of the first eight men's titles of the Open Era: Rod Laver in 1969, Ken Rosewall in 1971 and 1972, John Newcombe in 1973 and 1975, and Mark Edmondson, who beat Newcombe in the 1976 final. No Australian man has won since. Five have reached the final: John Marks in 1978, Kim Warwick in 1980, Pat Cash in 1987 and 1988, and Lleyton Hewitt, who lost to Marat Safin in 2005. Hewitt is also the last Australian man to reach the semifinals.

The women's record runs deeper. Australians won 11 of the 58 editions, 10 of them in the first 11: Margaret Court four times, Evonne Goolagong Cawley four times, Kerry Melville Reid in January 1977 and Chris O'Neil in 1978. After that the only Australian woman in a final for more than four decades was Wendy Turnbull, runner-up in 1980.

Ash Barty's 2022 Australian Open title

Ashleigh Barty beat Danielle Collins of the United States 6-3, 7-6 in the 2022 final, the first Australian singles title at the event in 44 years. She never defended it: she announced her retirement in March 2022, at 25, while ranked No. 1 in the world.

She had reached the quarterfinals in 2019 and 2021 and the semifinals in 2020, so Barty accounts for four of the seven editions since 1988 with an Australian woman in the last eight. The others were 1988 (Anne Minter and Hana Mandlíková), Alicia Molik in 2005 and Jelena Dokic in 2009.

How far Australians have gone at the Australian Open each year

The table gives the best Australian result in every edition. In the 1970s an Australian reached the quarterfinals of every men's and women's draw; in the 1990s it happened once in 20 draws, when Mark Woodforde reached the 1996 men's semifinals. Through the whole Open Era, 12 men's draws and 19 women's draws ended with no Australian in the round of 16, including every women's draw from 1994 to 2002.

In the 1970s Australians filled most of the draw: an average of 33.6 men and 26.0 women per edition from 1969 to 1979, out of draws of 30 to 64. Since 2020 the average is 12.0 men and 7.7 women in draws of 128, and the 2023 women's draw had only five Australians, the fewest of any edition.

Australian doubles champions at the Australian Open

Doubles has kept the home record alive. At least one Australian won the men's doubles in 25 of the 58 editions, the women's doubles in 14 and the mixed doubles in nine of the 41 editions held, 48 titles in all.

• Men's doubles: Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis won in 2022 and Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler in 2023, both all-Australian pairs. Matthew Ebden won in 2024 with Rohan Bopanna of India.
• Women's doubles: Samantha Stosur won in 2019 with Zhang Shuai of China, the third Australian title in the event since 1980 after Rennae Stubbs in 2000 and Alicia Molik in 2005. No all-Australian pair has won it since 1977.
• Mixed doubles: Olivia Gadecki and John Peers won in 2025 and again in 2026, the first back-to-back titles by an all-Australian pair in any event since Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick in the 1980 and 1981 men's doubles.

Australians at the 2026 Australian Open

The 2026 draws had 11 Australian men and 10 Australian women. Alex de Minaur reached the quarterfinals for the second year in a row and lost to the eventual champion, Carlos Alcaraz, after losing at the same stage to Jannik Sinner in 2025. He was the best Australian man in all five editions from 2022 to 2026.

Maddison Inglis, a qualifier, was the best Australian woman: according to the 2026 draw she reached the round of 16, helped by a third-round walkover from Naomi Osaka, and lost to Iga Swiatek. The women's count includes Daria Kasatkina, who switched her nationality to Australia in 2025 and lost in the first round. Before 2026, no Australian woman had reached the round of 16 since Barty's title.

When is the 2027 Australian Open?

The 2027 Australian Open is at Melbourne Park in January 2027, according to the tournament's announcement. Opening Week runs from 11 to 16 January, the main draw starts on Sunday, 17 January, and the singles finals are on Saturday, 30 January, and Sunday, 31 January. Melbourne is on Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) throughout.

Scores from the tournaments in play are on the Vertize tennis scores page, and the rest of the tour is in the tennis section. For more on the majors, see how old Grand Slam champions are, how often the No. 1 seed wins a major and the other tennis articles.

Australian champions at the Australian Open: frequently asked questions

Who was the last Australian man to win the Australian Open? Mark Edmondson, in 1976. The tournament has been played 50 times since without an Australian men's singles champion; Lleyton Hewitt came closest, losing the 2005 final.

Who was the last Australian woman to win the Australian Open? Ashleigh Barty, in 2022, who beat Danielle Collins in the final. Before her the last was Chris O'Neil in 1978.

How many Australians have won the Australian Open singles in the Open Era? Seventeen titles in all, six men's and 11 women's, won by nine players: Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, Mark Edmondson, Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Kerry Melville Reid, Chris O'Neil and Ashleigh Barty.

When does the 2027 Australian Open start? The main draw starts on Sunday, 17 January 2027.

How this was built: the 116 Open Era singles draws of the Australian Open (1969 to 2026) were read from the bracket wikitext of the Wikipedia draw pages through the MediaWiki API, and each player's furthest round taken from the last match in which they appear. Round counts were checked against the draw sizes, and every Australian champion and finalist against the official honour rolls. Nationality is the flag each player carried in that draw. Doubles titles come from the Wikipedia champion lists, checked against the official doubles honour rolls. See also our methodology. Data collected October 4, 2026.