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Barbora Krejcikova

Krejcikova withdraws from Australian Open 2025 amid injury woes

The Czech won't defend her ranking points from a quarter-final finish in Melbourne last year, nursing a back injury she sustained in the latter half of 2024

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Ayush Vashistha

January 4, 1976: The day Edmondson won the Australian Open to become the lowest-ranked player to win a Grand Slam

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1976 to witness how Mark Edmondson won the Australian Open in the most unexpected circumstances

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Brian Teacher On this day 04.01.2021

January 4, 1981: The day unheralded Brian Teacher won his first and only Grand Slam title

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at some of the biggest moments in tennis history. In December 1980, the in-form Brian Teacher decided to pull out of the Australian Open but a stroke of luck ensured he got back in and went on to win the title

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Alexandre Sokolowski
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January 3, 1972: The day Ken Rosewall became the oldest Grand Slam winner in the Open Era

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history. On January 3, 1972, Ken Rosewall won the Australian Open and created an Open Era record that stands to date

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Alexandre Sokolowski
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January 2, 1980: The day Guillermo Vilas won his fourth and final Grand Slam title

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at the most iconic moments in tennis history. On this day in 1980, Argentina's Guillermo Vilas and American John Sadri faced off in the Australian Open final where they exchanged groundstrokes and.. fingers

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors, 1974
6 days ago

January 1, 1974: The day engaged couple Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert met with contrasting fortunes in the Australian Open finals

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to recall an important...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Vitas Gerulaitis
7 days ago

December 31, 1977: The day Vitas Gerulaitis won his first and only Grand Slam

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to recall an important...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
John Lloyd
1 week ago

December 30, 1977: The day John Lloyd became the first British-born man to reach a Grand Slam final since 1938

John Lloyd made the Australian Open final by downing grass-court specialist Bob Giltinan...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Simona Halep 2024
2 weeks ago

“Not what I wanted” – Halep withdraws from Australian Open 2025 due to injury

Simona Halep has announced to skip the Melbourne Major and ASB Classic citing...
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Ayush Vashistha
2 weeks ago

December 22, 1977: Defending champion Tanner loses in Australian Open first round

For the first time ever, the defending champion crashed out in the first...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
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3 weeks ago

Halep gets qualifying wildcard for Australian Open

Lleyton Hewitt's 16-year-old son, Cruz Hewitt, also gets a wildcard
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Haresh Ramchandani
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3 weeks ago

Wawrinka given Australian Open 2025 wildcard; Saville, Tomljanovic also enter main draw

The 2014 Melbourne Major champion will make his 19th main-draw appearance Down Under
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Ayush Vashistha
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4 weeks ago

Former winners Kyrgios, Kokkinakis to team up for Australian Open doubles

The duo won the Australian Open men's doubles title in 2022
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Haresh Ramchandani
Mats Wilander On this day 11.12.2020
4 weeks ago

December 11, 1983: The day clay-court star Wilander won the Australian Open on grass

On this day, December 11, 1983, Mats Wilander triumphed on the Australian Open...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Stefan Edberg, On this day 9.12.2020
4 weeks ago

December 9, 1985: The day Stefan Edberg claimed his first Grand Slam title

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back to one of the biggest moments...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Ivan Lendl, On This Day
4 weeks ago

December 8, 1985: The day a teenager named Edberg reached his first Grand Slam final beating then world No 1 Lendl

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back to one of the biggest moments...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
On this day 07.12.2020
1 month ago

December 7, 1985: The day Navratilova defeated her greatest rival Evert in the Australian Open final

Each day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to an important moment...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Australian Open
1 month ago

Dates, tickets, Djokovic, Kyrgios: Everything you always wanted to know about the 2025 Australian Open (but never had time to find out) – updated with entry lists

The first Grand Slam of the 2025 season will get underway in a...
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Haresh Ramchandani
A general view of the Margaret Court Arena at the 2023 Australian Open
1 month ago

All Top 50 men and women on the 2025 Australian Open entry list

The entry cut-off for both the men's singles and women's singles is No...
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Haresh Ramchandani
On this day 06.12.2020
1 month ago

December 6, 1984: The day Sukova prevented Navratilova from completing the calendar-year Grand Slam

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to the biggest moments...
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Alexandre Sokolowski