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 2017 Draw & Results

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Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open, defeating Venus Williams 6-4 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played January 16–29 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. Venus Williams , 6-4 6-4

Dates

Jan 16 — Jan 29

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Results

Round of 128

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 6-4 6-3

Belinda Bencic #59

Lucie Safarova #61 3-6 7-6(7) 6-1

Yanina Wickmayer #60

Nicole Gibbs #92 7-6(3) 6-4

Timea Babos #28

Irina Falconi Hartman #104 6-1 7-5

Xinyun Han #111

Barbora Strycova #16 6-3 6-2

Elizaveta Kulichkova #145

Andrea Petkovic #56 6-3 6-2

Kayla Day #197

Caroline Garcia #24 7-6(4) 6-4

Kateryna Volodko #66

Oceane Dodin #72 7-5 6-7(1) 6-2

Cagla Buyukakcay #86

Johanna Konta #9 7-5 6-2

Kirsten Flipkens #70

Naomi Osaka #48 6-7(2) 6-4 7-5

Luksika Kumkhum #183

Caroline Wozniacki #20 6-1 6-2

Arina Rodionova #178

Donna Vekic #99 7-5 6-2

Lizette Cabrera #192

Ekaterina Makarova #34 6-0 4-6 6-1

Ekaterina Alexandrova #108

Sara Errani #53 7-5 6-1

Risa Ozaki #93

Dominika Cibulkova #6 7-5 6-2

Denisa Satralova #90

Su-Wei Hsieh #91 6-3 2-0 (ret.)

Karin Knapp #144

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79 4-6 6-3 6-4

Qiang Wang #71

Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-1 4-6 6-1

Tsvetana Pironkova #64

Maria Sakkari #94 6-0 6-4

Anett Kontaveit #121

Alizé Cornet #43 6-3 4-6 6-1

Myrtille Georges #200

Jennifer Brady #116 6-3 6-2

Maryna Zanevska #122

Heather Watson #81 6-3 3-6 6-0

Samantha Stosur #21

Elena Vesnina #18 7-5 6-2

Ana Bogdan #125

Mandy Minella #105 7-5 6-4

Magda Linette #96

Karolina Pliskova #5 6-2 6-0

Sara Sorribes Tormo #106

Anna Blinkova #189 6-2 4-6 6-4

Monica Niculescu #32

Jelena Ostapenko #38 6-4 6-0

Lin Zhu #126

Yulia Putintseva #31 7-6(7) 7-6(10)

Lara Arruabarrena #63

Daria Saville #26 3-6 6-4 7-5

Naomi Broady #97

Ana Konjuh #36 6-4 6-2

Kristina Mladenovic #44

Timea Bacsinszky #15 6-4 3-6 7-5

Camila Giorgi #74

Danka Kovinic #68 6-0 6-4

Saisai Zheng #84

Venus Williams #17 7-6(5) 7-5

Kateryna Baindl #101

Stefanie Voegele #112 2-6 6-2 6-3

Kurumi Nara #77

Yingying Duan #87 6-3 6-4

Rebecca Sramkova #120

Varvara Lepchenko #88 7-5 7-6(5)

Kiki Bertens #22

Mona Barthel #181 6-3 7-6(4)

Destanee Aiava #273

Monica Puig #46 6-0 6-1

Patricia Maria Tig #107

Ashleigh Barty #223 6-4 7-5

Annika Beck #50

Shelby Rogers #52 6-3 6-1

Simona Halep #4

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #27 6-1 7-6(2)

Evgeniya Rodina #85

Natalia Vikhlyantseva #129 6-3 6-2

Vania King #75

Elina Svitolina #13 6-0 6-2

Galina Voskoboeva #274

Julia Boserup #119 6-2 6-4

Francesca Schiavone #100

Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 6-0 6-1

Mariana Duque-Mariño #109

Jaimee Fourlis #414 6-4 6-3

Anna Tatishvili #199

Jelena Jankovic #54 6-1 1-6 6-4

Laura Siegemund #30

Julia Goerges #57 3-6 6-3 6-4

Katerina Siniakova #37

Coco Vandeweghe #35 6-1 7-6(3)

Roberta Vinci #19

Pauline Parmentier #67 7-5 7-5

Misaki Doi #41

Eugenie Bouchard #47 6-0 6-4

Louisa Chirico #65

Shuai Peng #83 6-0 7-6(5)

Daria Kasatkina #25

Angelique Kerber #1 DEF 6-2 5-7 6-2

Lesia Tsurenko #51

Carina Witthoeft #89 7-5 7-6(6)

Eri Hozumi #214

Kristyna Pliskova #58 6-3 2-6 6-4

Viktorija Golubic #62

Irina-Camelia Begu #29 5-7 6-3 6-4

Yaroslava Shvedova #39

Garbiñe Muguruza #7 7-5 6-4

Marina Erakovic #110

Samantha Crawford #162 4-6 6-3 6-0

Lauren Davis #45

Anastasija Sevastova #33 6-4 (ret.)

Nao Hibino #103

Kristina Kucova #80 6-4 6-0

Christina Mchale #40

Sorana Cirstea #78 6-2 6-1

Irina Khromacheva #95

Carla Suárez Navarro #12 6-2 6-2

Jana Cepelova #102

Alison Riske-Amritraj #42 7-5 6-3

Madison Brengle #69

Shuai Zhang #23 6-0 6-3

Aliaksandra Sasnovich #118

Round of 64

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 6-3 6-4

Lucie Safarova #61

Nicole Gibbs #92 6-4 6-1

Irina Falconi Hartman #104

Barbora Strycova #16 6-0 7-5

Andrea Petkovic #56

Caroline Garcia #24 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4

Oceane Dodin #72

Johanna Konta #9 6-4 6-2

Naomi Osaka #48

Caroline Wozniacki #20 6-1 6-3

Donna Vekic #99

Ekaterina Makarova #34 6-2 3-2 (ret.)

Sara Errani #53

Dominika Cibulkova #6 6-4 7-6(8)

Su-Wei Hsieh #91

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79 6-3 6-2

Agnieszka Radwanska #3

Maria Sakkari #94 7-5 4-6 6-1

Alizé Cornet #43

Jennifer Brady #116 2-6 7-6(3) 10-8

Heather Watson #81

Elena Vesnina #18 6-3 6-3

Mandy Minella #105

Karolina Pliskova #5 6-0 6-2

Anna Blinkova #189

Jelena Ostapenko #38 6-3 6-1

Yulia Putintseva #31

Daria Saville #26 6-2 1-6 6-4

Ana Konjuh #36

Timea Bacsinszky #15 6-1 7-6(5)

Danka Kovinic #68

Venus Williams #17 6-3 6-2

Stefanie Voegele #112

Yingying Duan #87 6-1 3-6 10-8

Varvara Lepchenko #88

Mona Barthel #181 6-4 6-4

Monica Puig #46

Ashleigh Barty #223 7-5 6-1

Shelby Rogers #52

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #27 6-2 6-2

Natalia Vikhlyantseva #129

Elina Svitolina #13 6-4 6-1

Julia Boserup #119

Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 6-2 6-1

Jaimee Fourlis #414

Jelena Jankovic #54 6-3 6-4

Julia Goerges #57

Coco Vandeweghe #35 6-4 7-6(5)

Pauline Parmentier #67

Eugenie Bouchard #47 7-6(5) 6-2

Shuai Peng #83

Angelique Kerber #1 DEF 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2

Carina Witthoeft #89

Kristyna Pliskova #58 6-4 7-6(8)

Irina-Camelia Begu #29

Garbiñe Muguruza #7 7-5 6-4

Samantha Crawford #162

Anastasija Sevastova #33 6-3 6-4

Kristina Kucova #80

Sorana Cirstea #78 7-6(1) 6-3

Carla Suárez Navarro #12

Alison Riske-Amritraj #42 7-6(7) 4-6 6-1

Shuai Zhang #23

Round of 32

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 6-1 6-3

Nicole Gibbs #92

Barbora Strycova #16 6-2 7-5

Caroline Garcia #24

Johanna Konta #9 6-3 6-1

Caroline Wozniacki #20

Ekaterina Makarova #34 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3

Dominika Cibulkova #6

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79 3-6 6-2 6-3

Maria Sakkari #94

Jennifer Brady #116 7-6(4) 6-2

Elena Vesnina #18

Karolina Pliskova #5 4-6 6-0 10-8

Jelena Ostapenko #38

Daria Saville #26 6-3 5-7 6-4

Timea Bacsinszky #15

Venus Williams #17 6-1 6-0

Yingying Duan #87

Mona Barthel #181 6-4 3-6 6-3

Ashleigh Barty #223

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #27 7-5 4-6 6-3

Elina Svitolina #13

Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 6-4 5-7 9-7

Jelena Jankovic #54

Coco Vandeweghe #35 6-4 3-6 7-5

Eugenie Bouchard #47

Angelique Kerber #1 DEF 6-0 6-4

Kristyna Pliskova #58

Garbiñe Muguruza #7 6-4 6-2

Anastasija Sevastova #33

Sorana Cirstea #78 6-2 7-6(2)

Alison Riske-Amritraj #42

Round of 16

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 7-5 6-4

Barbora Strycova #16

Johanna Konta #9 6-1 6-4

Ekaterina Makarova #34

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79 6-4 6-2

Jennifer Brady #116

Karolina Pliskova #5 6-3 6-3

Daria Saville #26

Venus Williams #17 6-3 7-5

Mona Barthel #181

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #27 6-3 6-3

Svetlana Kuznetsova #10

Coco Vandeweghe #35 6-2 6-3

Angelique Kerber #1 DEF

Garbiñe Muguruza #7 6-2 6-3

Sorana Cirstea #78

Quarterfinals

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 6-2 6-3

Johanna Konta #9

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79 6-4 3-6 6-4

Karolina Pliskova #5

Venus Williams #17 6-4 7-6(3)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #27

Coco Vandeweghe #35 6-4 6-0

Garbiñe Muguruza #7

Semifinals

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 6-2 6-1

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79

Venus Williams #17 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3

Coco Vandeweghe #35

Final

Serena Williams #2 6× CH 6-4 6-4

Venus Williams #17

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.