Mats Wilander

January 19, 1989: The day world No 1 Mats Wilander was stunned in the second round of the Australian Open

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at an important moment in tennis history. On this day, the world No 1, who had won three of the four majors in 1988, crumbled under pressure in the second round of the 1989 Australian Open

Alexandre Sokolowski

January 19, 2025

January 11, 1988: The first day of play in the Australian Open’s new home

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1988 to witness the first day of the Australian Open as we know it, on hard court, at Melbourne Park

Alexandre Sokolowski

January 11, 2025

December 28, 1983: The day 18-year-old Pat Cash won the pivotal match to win the Davis Cup for Australia

Every day, Tennis Majors remembers the most iconic moments in tennis history. On December 28 in 1983, 18-year-old Pat Cash took on Joakim Nystrom for a chance to win the Davis Cup in front of Australia's Prime Minister

Mats Wilander

January 19, 1989: The day world No 1 Mats Wilander was stunned in the second round of the Australian Open

January 11, 1988: The first day of play in the Australian Open’s new home

December 28, 1983: The day 18-year-old Pat Cash won the pivotal match to win the Davis Cup for Australia

Mats Wilander predicts Murray to launch Djokovic towards 25th Grand Slam

December 19, 1987: Sweden triumph over upstarts India in unlikely Davis Cup final

December 16, 1984: The day Sweden upended John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors on the way to Davis Cup glory

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

December 7, 1987: The day Lendl won the Masters Grand Prix for the fifth time

November 4, 1984: The day John McEnroe threw one of his most famous tantrums in Stockholm

July 11, 1982: The day McEnroe and Wilander battled in what was the longest tennis match in history at the time

June 6, 1982: Mats Wilander wins the longest final in Roland-Garros history over Guillermo Vilas

June 5, 1983: The day Yannick Noah restored French glory in Paris

April 14, 2008: The day Ryan Harrison became the 10th youngest man to win an ATP Tour match

Nadal is “maybe the most important player of all time”, says Wilander

December 17, 1989: The day Becker won Germany its second consecutive Davis Cup

December 14, 1988: The day unheralded Carl Uwe Steeb shocked world No 1 Wilander in the Davis Cup final

December 13, 1982: The day Johan Kriek achieved an unprecedented Australian Open double

September, 11, 1988: The day Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl in the longest US Open final of all-time

September 4, 1993, 2:26 am: The day Mats Wilander and Mikael Pernfors combined for the latest finish in US Open history

Unburdened by history, Novak Djokovic has one eye on the calendar-year Grand Slam again