Where is Australian Open held?

Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.

Who won the most recent Australian Open?

The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.

Who has won the most Australian Open titles?

Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).

When was the first Australian Open played?

The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.

What surface is Australian Open played on?

Australian Open is played on hard courts.

WTA Australian Open 2009 Draw & Results

Completed

Serena Williams won the 2009 Australian Open, defeating Dinara Safina 6-0 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played January 19–31 on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

Full tournament history →

Champion

Serena Williams

def. Dinara Safina , 6-0 6-3

Dates

Jan 19 — Jan 31

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Results

Round of 128

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 6-3 6-2

Meng Yuan #123

Gisela Dulko #45 6-3 5-7 6-3

Anastasiya Yakimova #103

Shuai Peng #41 7-6(4) 6-1

Francesca Schiavone #32

Sesil Karatantcheva #135 2-6 6-1 6-2

Nuria Llagostera Vives #67

Victoria Azarenka #14 6-2 6-1

Petra Kvitova #40

Tathiana Garbin #54 6-4 2-6 7-5

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #43

Amélie Mauresmo #22 CH 6-4 6-3

Olga Govortsova #47

Elena Baltacha #134 6-1 6-4

Anna-Lena Groenefeld #71

Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 6-2 3-6 6-3

Anastasia Rodionova #99

Tatjana Maria #239 7-6(4) 6-2

Ayumi Morita #77

Alona Bondarenko #34 5-7 6-3 6-2

Olivia Rogowska #367

Severine Beltrame #96 6-2 6-1

Nicole Vaidisova #52

Jie Zheng #24 6-3 6-3

Camille Pin #97

Melinda Czink #89 6-2 6-2

Sorana Cirstea #37

Kateryna Volodko #59 7-6(7) 4-6 6-1

Agnieszka Radwanska #10

Lourdes Domínguez Lino #90 6-3 6-0

Ekaterina Bychkova #113

Elena Dementieva #4 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1

Kristina Barrois #88

Iveta Benesova #35 6-4 0-6 6-2

Vera Dushevina #78

Samantha Stosur #48 7-6(5) 7-6(0)

Klara Koukalova #72

Sabine Lisicki #58 6-4 6-3

Aleksandra Wozniak #33

Dominika Cibulkova #19 6-0 6-0

Chanelle Scheepers #186

Yung Jan Chan 6-3 6-3

Su-Wei Hsieh #82

Virginie Razzano #56 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4

Jarmila Wolfe #86

Patty Schnyder #15 2-6 6-4 6-2

Kristina Mladenovic #999

Carla Suárez Navarro #46 7-5 6-4

Roberta Vinci #79

Venus Williams #6 6-3 6-3

Angelique Kerber #100

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #92 7-5 6-3

Tamarine Tanasugarn #36

Akgul Amanmuradova #84 6-1 6-4

Melanie Oudin #173

Anabel Medina Garrigues #23 6-1 7-5

Isabella Holland #580

Julie Coin #93 6-4 4-6 6-1

Elena Vesnina #63

Flavia Pennetta #13 6-2 5-7 6-2

Mara Santangelo #125

Jessica Moore #136 1-6 6-3 9-7

Christina Mchale #374

Dinara Safina #3 6-3 6-4

Alla Kudryavtseva #70

Ekaterina Makarova #49 1-6 7-5 6-4

Aravane Rezai #83

Kaia Kanepi #28 6-4 4-6 8-6

Kimiko Date #184

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner #111 6-4 6-1

Julia Schruff #138

Alizé Cornet #16 6-3 6-4

Mariya Koryttseva #66

Andrea Petkovic #385 5-7 7-6(0) 4-0 (ret.)

Kathrin Woerle #162

Daniela Hantuchova #21 7-6(11) 6-4

Casey Dellacqua #57

Mathilde Johansson #87 6-2 1-6 7-5

Jill Craybas #65

Jelena Dokic #187 6-2 3-6 6-4

Tamira Paszek

Anna Chakvetadze #18 6-1 6-7(4) 6-1

Anne Keothavong #53

Caroline Wozniacki #12 6-3 6-2

Shahar Peer #42

Virginia Ruano Pascual #105 6-3 6-2

Mariana Duque-Mariño #109

Alisa Kleybanova #31 7-5 7-5

Sofia Arvidsson #64

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #106 6-3 6-4

Barbora Strycova #74

Ana Ivanovic #5 7-5 6-3

Julia Goerges #107

Alberta Brianti #169 6-4 6-2

Yanina Wickmayer #73

Vera Zvonareva #7 7-6(2) 6-0

Magdalena Rybarikova #50

Edina Gallovits Hall 6-3 2-6 6-3

Maria Elena Camerin #101

Sara Errani #39 6-0 6-4

Maria Kirilenko #30

Monica Niculescu #51 6-4 6-4

Katie Obrien #160

Nadia Petrova #11 6-3 7-6(3)

Yaroslava Shvedova #91

Sania Mirza #108 6-1 6-4

Marta Domachowska #61

Galina Voskoboeva #95 6-3 3-6 6-4

Agnes Szavay #25

Karin Knapp #81 7-6(6) 6-4

Monika Wejnert #522

Marion Bartoli #17 6-2 6-4

Melanie South #102

Tsvetana Pironkova #44 6-0 6-4

Karolina Sprem #167

Lucie Safarova #60 6-3 6-1

Sybille Bammer #27

Marina Erakovic #68 6-4 7-5

Petra Cetkovska #85

Jelena Jankovic #1 6-1 6-3

Yvonne Meusburger #104

Kirsten Flipkens #110 6-3 6-2

Rossana De Los Ríos #98

Ai Sugiyama #26 6-0 7-6(5)

Stéphanie Dubois #128

Nathalie Dechy #69 6-3 6-0

Viktoriya Kutuzova #147

Round of 64

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 6-3 7-5

Gisela Dulko #45

Shuai Peng #41 6-4 6-0

Sesil Karatantcheva #135

Victoria Azarenka #14 4-1 (ret.)

Tathiana Garbin #54

Amélie Mauresmo #22 CH 4-6 6-3 6-2

Elena Baltacha #134

Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 6-2 6-2

Tatjana Maria #239

Alona Bondarenko #34 7-6(1) 1-6 6-2

Severine Beltrame #96

Jie Zheng #24 7-6(0) 5-7 6-3

Melinda Czink #89

Kateryna Volodko #59 7-5 7-5

Lourdes Domínguez Lino #90

Elena Dementieva #4 6-4 6-1

Iveta Benesova #35

Samantha Stosur #48 6-3 6-4

Sabine Lisicki #58

Dominika Cibulkova #19 6-0 6-2

Yung Jan Chan

Virginie Razzano #56 6-3 6-1

Patty Schnyder #15

Carla Suárez Navarro #46 2-6 6-3 7-5

Venus Williams #6

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #92 6-2 6-4

Akgul Amanmuradova #84

Anabel Medina Garrigues #23 6-1 6-4

Julie Coin #93

Flavia Pennetta #13 6-4 6-1

Jessica Moore #136

Dinara Safina #3 6-7(3) 6-3 6-0

Ekaterina Makarova #49

Kaia Kanepi #28 6-3 6-1

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner #111

Alizé Cornet #16 6-1 6-0

Andrea Petkovic #385

Daniela Hantuchova #21 6-3 4-6 6-3

Mathilde Johansson #87

Jelena Dokic #187 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3

Anna Chakvetadze #18

Caroline Wozniacki #12 6-3 6-3

Virginia Ruano Pascual #105

Alisa Kleybanova #31 6-1 3-6 6-2

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #106

Ana Ivanovic #5 6-3 6-2

Alberta Brianti #169

Vera Zvonareva #7 6-0 6-0

Edina Gallovits Hall

Sara Errani #39 6-2 6-3

Monica Niculescu #51

Nadia Petrova #11 6-3 6-2

Sania Mirza #108

Galina Voskoboeva #95 6-4 6-1

Karin Knapp #81

Marion Bartoli #17 7-5 6-2

Tsvetana Pironkova #44

Lucie Safarova #60 6-1 3-6 9-7

Marina Erakovic #68

Jelena Jankovic #1 6-4 7-5

Kirsten Flipkens #110

Ai Sugiyama #26 1-6 6-1 6-3

Nathalie Dechy #69

Round of 32

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 6-1 6-4

Shuai Peng #41

Victoria Azarenka #14 6-4 6-2

Amélie Mauresmo #22 CH

Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 7-6(7) 6-4

Alona Bondarenko #34

Jie Zheng #24 6-2 6-2

Kateryna Volodko #59

Elena Dementieva #4 7-6(6) 6-4

Samantha Stosur #48

Dominika Cibulkova #19 7-5 7-5

Virginie Razzano #56

Carla Suárez Navarro #46 6-1 6-4

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #92

Anabel Medina Garrigues #23 6-4 6-1

Flavia Pennetta #13

Dinara Safina #3 6-2 6-2

Kaia Kanepi #28

Alizé Cornet #16 4-6 6-4 6-2

Daniela Hantuchova #21

Jelena Dokic #187 3-6 6-1 6-2

Caroline Wozniacki #12

Alisa Kleybanova #31 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2

Ana Ivanovic #5

Vera Zvonareva #7 6-4 6-1

Sara Errani #39

Nadia Petrova #11 6-1 (ret.)

Galina Voskoboeva #95

Marion Bartoli #17 3-6 6-2 6-1

Lucie Safarova #60

Jelena Jankovic #1 6-4 6-4

Ai Sugiyama #26

Round of 16

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 3-6 4-2 (ret.)

Victoria Azarenka #14

Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 4-1 (ret.)

Jie Zheng #24

Elena Dementieva #4 6-2 6-2

Dominika Cibulkova #19

Carla Suárez Navarro #46 6-3 6-2

Anabel Medina Garrigues #23

Dinara Safina #3 6-2 2-6 7-5

Alizé Cornet #16

Jelena Dokic #187 7-5 5-7 8-6

Alisa Kleybanova #31

Vera Zvonareva #7 7-5 6-4

Nadia Petrova #11

Marion Bartoli #17 6-1 6-4

Jelena Jankovic #1

Quarterfinals

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 5-7 7-5 6-1

Svetlana Kuznetsova #8

Elena Dementieva #4 6-2 6-2

Carla Suárez Navarro #46

Dinara Safina #3 6-4 4-6 6-4

Jelena Dokic #187

Vera Zvonareva #7 6-3 6-0

Marion Bartoli #17

Semifinals

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 6-3 6-4

Elena Dementieva #4

Dinara Safina #3 6-3 7-6(4)

Vera Zvonareva #7

Final

Serena Williams #2 3× CH 6-0 6-3

Dinara Safina #3

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Australian Open.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

Serena Williams 7 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

Serena Williams 8 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

Serena Williams 92 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

Venus Williams 22 appearances

View the full Australian Open record book →

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Australian Open finals
Winner	Score	Runner-up	H2H	Match Data	Season	Surface
Elena Rybakina #5	6-4 4-6 6-4	Aryna Sabalenka #1	H2H	Match data	2026	Hard
Madison Keys #14	6-3 2-6 7-5	Aryna Sabalenka #1	H2H	Match data	2025	Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2	6-3 6-2	Qinwen Zheng #15	H2H	Match data	2024	Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #5	4-6 6-3 6-4	Elena Rybakina #25	H2H	Match data	2023	Hard
Ashleigh Barty #1	6-3 7-6(2)	Danielle Collins #30	H2H	Match data	2022	Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?: Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?: The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?: Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?: The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?: Australian Open is played on hard courts.