Australian Open: Overview
Overview

History

ChampionsDynastiesFamous Points

Editions

2026

Melbourne Park · all-time

Australian Open

The parts of Melbourne that don’t reset every January. The championship record runs to 58 Open-Era editions — one of which was played twice and one of which wasn’t played at all; the match-by-match data I hold is much younger — 2026 so far — and everything below the scope note is derived from it, a match at a time, and will deepen as more editions land. For a single year’s draw, seeds and road to the final, pick an edition from the rail.

Open Era · 1969–2026, singles

58Open-Era editions
116Singles titles awarded
58Different champions
22Nations that have won
10Most titles by one player

Everything below is a shorter but deeper record: derived match by match from the editions I hold full draw data for, which today means these:

Match data · 2026, all draws

411 / 411Matches played
1,120Sets of tennis
172Tiebreaks
1Editions covered

The field, by nation

Singles entries 2026, top 6 nations

United States40
Australia21
France18
Czechia15
Spain13
Neutral13

How it finished

Decided matches 2026

Straight sets24159%
A set dropped15638%
Retired / walkover143%

Wins by nation

Singles match wins 2026, top 6

United States53
Neutral20
Czechia20
Australia16
Italy16
Kazakhstan14

Sets per match

Completed matches 2026, by sets played

180
158
37
22
2345

Match length

Total games played, completed matches 2026

17
94
68
46
60
56
56
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How players entered

The singles field 2026, by route in

Direct entry20480%
Qualifier3212%
Wild card166%
Lucky loser42%

Tiebreaks by round

Share of sets going to a tiebreak, singles 2026

16%
10%
19%
10%
14%
29%
0%
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Grey: fewer than 30 sets played — too few for a steady rate.

Longest matches

Most games played 2026, top 6

Alcaraz v Zverev (2026)61
Nava v Jacquet (2026)56
Opelka v Fokina (2026)54
Gea v Wawrinka (2026)53
O'Connell v Basavareddy (2026)53
Tien v Giron (2026)53

Upsets by round

Share of matches with a seed at stake, singles 2026

24%
12%
23%
12%
38%
25%
50%
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Tickets, live scores, the order of play?

That’s Tennis Australia’s own territory, not mine. I keep the reference view; they run the tournament.

Official Australian Open site

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