Australian Open tournament history

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

Explore Australian Open champions and finals from 1922 to 2026. Open an edition for its draw and match results, or compare the title leaders below.

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Grand Slam champions by year →

Recorded outcomes
93
First recorded
1922
Latest recorded
2026
Latest champion
Elena Rybakina

Record Book

Career Leaders

Champion Records

Youngest & Oldest Champions

Age at the start of the tournament.

  1. Kerry Reid 29.4 years
    Youngest · 1977
  2. Kerry Reid 29.4 years
    Oldest · 1977

Longest Title Span

Years between a player's first and last title.

  1. 1 Serena Williams 14 years
    2003–2017

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

Tournament Outcomes by Season

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataCategorySurface
2026 Elena Rybakina 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka — — Grand Slam Hard
2025 Madison Keys 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 Aryna Sabalenka — — Grand Slam Hard
2024 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2 Zheng Qinwen — — Grand Slam Hard
2023 Aryna Sabalenka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Elena Rybakina — — Grand Slam Hard
2022 Ashleigh Barty 6-3, 7-6(7-2) Danielle Collins — — Grand Slam Hard
2021 Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-3 Jennifer Brady — — Grand Slam Hard
2020 Sofia Kenin 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Garbiñe Muguruza — — Grand Slam Hard
2019 Naomi Osaka 7-6(7-2), 5-7, 6-4 Petra Kvitová — — Grand Slam Hard
2018 Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(7-2), 3-6, 6-4 Simona Halep — — Grand Slam Hard
2017 Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4 Venus Williams — — Grand Slam Hard
2016 Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Serena Williams — — Grand Slam Hard
2015 Serena Williams 6-3, 7-6(7-5) Maria Sharapova — — Grand Slam Hard
2014 Li Na 7-6(7-3), 6-0 Dominika Cibulková — — Grand Slam Hard
2013 Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Li Na — — Grand Slam Hard
2012 Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-0 Maria Sharapova — — Grand Slam Hard
2011 Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Li Na — — Grand Slam Hard
2010 Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Justine Henin — — Grand Slam Hard
2009 Serena Williams 6-0, 6-3 Dinara Safina — — Grand Slam Hard
2008 Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-3 Ana Ivanovic — — Grand Slam Hard
2007 Serena Williams 6-1, 6-2 Maria Sharapova — — Grand Slam Hard
2006 Amélie Mauresmo 6-1, 2-0 (ret.) Justine Henin — — Grand Slam Hard
2005 Serena Williams 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Lindsay Davenport — — Grand Slam Hard
2004 Justine Henin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Kim Clijsters — — Grand Slam Hard
2003 Serena Williams 7-6(7-4), 3-6, 6-4 Venus Williams — — Grand Slam Hard
2002 Jennifer Capriati 4-6, 7-6(9-7), 6-2 Martina Hingis — — Grand Slam Hard
2001 Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-3 Martina Hingis — — Grand Slam Hard
2000 Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 7-5 Martina Hingis — — Grand Slam Hard
1999 Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 Amélie Mauresmo — — Grand Slam Hard
1998 Martina Hingis 6-3, 6-3 Conchita Martínez — — Grand Slam Hard
1997 Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-2 Mary Pierce — — Grand Slam Hard
1996 Monica Seles 6-4, 6-1 Anke Huber — — Grand Slam Hard
1995 Mary Pierce 6-3, 6-2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario — — Grand Slam Hard
1994 Steffi Graf 6-0, 6-2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario — — Grand Slam Hard
1993 Monica Seles 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Steffi Graf — — Grand Slam Hard
1992 Monica Seles 6-2, 6-3 Mary Joe Fernández — — Grand Slam Hard
1991 Monica Seles 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 Jana Novotná — — Grand Slam Hard
1990 Steffi Graf 6-3, 6-4 Mary Joe Fernández — — Grand Slam Hard
1989 Steffi Graf 6-4, 6-4 Helena Suková — — Grand Slam Hard
1988 Steffi Graf 6-1, 7-6(7-3) Chris Evert — — Grand Slam Hard
1987 Hana Mandlíková 7-5, 7-6(7-1) Martina Navratilova — — Grand Slam Grass
1986 — — — — — — —
1985 Martina Navratilova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 Chris Evert — — Grand Slam Grass
1984 Chris Evert 6-7(4-7), 6-1, 6-3 Helena Suková — — Grand Slam Grass
1983 Martina Navratilova 6-2, 7-6(7-5) Kathy Jordan — — Grand Slam Grass
1982 Chris Evert 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Martina Navratilova — — Grand Slam Grass
1981 Martina Navratilova 6-7(7-4), 6-4, 7-5 Chris Evert — — Grand Slam Grass
1980 Hana Mandlíková 6-0, 7-5 Wendy Turnbull — — Grand Slam Grass
1979 Barbara Jordan 6-3, 6-3 Sharon Walsh — — Grand Slam Grass
1978 Chris O'Neil 6-3, 7-6(7-3) Betsy Nagelsen — — Grand Slam Grass
1977 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6-3, 6-0 Helen Gourlay — — Grand Slam Grass
1977 Kerry Reid 7-5 6-2 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6-2, 6-2 Renáta Tomanová — — Grand Slam Grass
1975 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6-3, 6-2 Martina Navratilova — — Grand Slam Grass
1974 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7-6(7-5), 4-6, 6-0 Chris Evert — — Grand Slam Grass
1973 Margaret Smith Court 6-4, 7-5 Evonne Goolagong — — Grand Slam Grass
1972 Virginia Wade 6-4, 6-4 Evonne Goolagong — — Grand Slam Grass
1971 Margaret Smith Court 2-6, 7-6(7-0), 7-5 Evonne Goolagong — — Grand Slam Grass
1970 Margaret Smith Court 6-1, 6-3 Kerry Melville — — Grand Slam Grass
1969 Margaret Smith Court 6-4, 6-1 Billie Jean King — — Grand Slam Grass
1968 Billie Jean Moffitt King 6-1, 6-2 Margaret Court — — Grand Slam Grass
Pre-Open Era — historical archive, display only
1967 — — — — — — —
1966 Margaret Smith Court walkover Nancy Richey — — Grand Slam Grass
1965 Margaret Smith Court 5-7, 6-4, 5-2, (ret.) Maria Bueno — — Grand Slam Grass
1964 Margaret Smith Court 6-3, 6-2 Lesley Turner Bowrey — — Grand Slam Grass
1963 Margaret Smith Court 6-2, 6-2 Jan Lehane — — Grand Slam Grass
1962 Margaret Smith Court 6-0, 6-2 Jan Lehane — — Grand Slam Grass
1961 Margaret Smith Court 6-1, 6-4 Jan Lehane — — Grand Slam Grass
1960 Margaret Smith Court 7-5, 6-2 Jan Lehane — — Grand Slam Grass
1959 Mary Carter Reitano 6-2, 6-3 Renée Schuurman — — Grand Slam Grass
1958 Angela Mortimer 6-3, 6-4 Lorraine Coghlan — — Grand Slam Grass
1957 Shirley Fry 6-3, 6-4 Althea Gibson — — Grand Slam Grass
1956 Mary Carter Reitano 3-6, 6-2, 9-7 Thelma Coyne Long — — Grand Slam Grass
1955 Beryl Penrose 6-4, 6-3 Thelma Coyne Long — — Grand Slam Grass
1954 Thelma Coyne Long 6-3, 6-4 Jenny Staley — — Grand Slam Grass
1953 Maureen Connolly 6-3, 6-2 Julia Sampson Hayward — — Grand Slam Grass
1952 Thelma Coyne Long 6-2, 6-3 Helen Angwin — — Grand Slam Grass
1951 — — — — — — —
1950 Louise Brough 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Doris Hart — — Grand Slam Grass
1949 Doris Hart 6-3, 6-4 Nancye Wynne Bolton — — Grand Slam Grass
1948 — — — — — — —
1947 — — — — — — —
1946 — — — — — — —
1945 — — — — — — —
1944 — — — — — — —
1943 — — — — — — —
1942 — — — — — — —
1941 — — — — — — —
1940 — — — — — — —
1939 Emily Hood Westacott 6-1, 6-2 Nell Hall Hopman — — Grand Slam Grass
1938 Dorothy Bundy Cheney 6-3, 6-2 Dorothy Stevenson — — Grand Slam Grass
1937 — — — — — — —
1936 Joan Hartigan 6-4, 6-4 Nancye Wynne Bolton — — Grand Slam Grass
1935 Dorothy Round 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 Nancy Lyle — — Grand Slam Grass
1934 Joan Hartigan 6-1, 6-4 Margaret Molesworth — — Grand Slam Grass
1933 Joan Hartigan 6-4, 6-3 Coral Buttsworth — — Grand Slam Grass
1932 Coral McInnes Buttsworth 9-7, 6-4 Kathleen Le Messurier — — Grand Slam Grass
1931 Coral McInnes Buttsworth 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Marjorie Cox Crawford — — Grand Slam Grass
1930 Daphne Akhurst 10-8, 2-6, 7-5 Sylvia Lance Harper — — Grand Slam Grass
1929 Daphne Akhurst 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 Louie Bickerton — — Grand Slam Grass
1928 Daphne Akhurst 7-5, 6-2 Esna Boyd — — Grand Slam Grass
1927 Esna Boyd Robertson 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Sylvia Lance Harper — — Grand Slam Grass
1926 Daphne Akhurst 6-1, 6-3 Esna Boyd — — Grand Slam Grass
1925 Daphne Akhurst 1-6, 8-6, 6-4 Esna Boyd — — Grand Slam Grass
1924 Sylvia Lance Harper 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 Esna Boyd — — Grand Slam Grass
1923 Margaret Molesworth 6-1, 7-5 Esna Boyd — — Grand Slam Grass
1922 Margaret Molesworth 6-3, 10-8 Esna Boyd — — Grand Slam Grass

Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards.

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 grass courts.