List of Australian Open singles finalists during the Open Era

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:GrandSlamTournamentsFinals Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne & Olympic Parks grounds. Since 1969, the tournament became open to professionals, so it is now called the Australian Open.[1] The senior men's and women's tournaments are open to any player with a world ranking, although players below number 100 in the world rankings generally have to enter a preliminary qualification tournament or receive a wildcard to gain entry.[2]

The men who have reached the final at least four times in the Open Era are Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal.[3] Wilander reached the final four times, three times while the event was held on grass and once on hard courts.[3] He won the title twice on grass and once on the other surface.[3] Lendl also reached the final four times, once on grass and three times on hard courts.[3] Both of his titles were on the latter surface.[3] Edberg made the final five times, twice on grass and three times on hard courts.[3] Both of his titles were on grass.[3] Agassi was undefeated in his four appearances in the final between 1995 and 2003, which all on hard courts.[3] Federer has reached the final seven times and won the title six times, all on hard courts, which the first three was on Rebound Ace and the last three on Plexicushion surface.[3] Djokovic is a record ten-time finalist, winning all of his appearances in the finals. Murray is a five-time finalist, but lost all of those appearances. Nadal reached six finals, winning twice.

The women who have reached the final at least four times in the Open Era are Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova.[4] Court reached the final and won the title four times between 1969 and 1973.[4] Goolagong Cawley reached the final seven times between 1971 and 1977, winning four titles.[4] Evert reached the final six times between 1974 and 1988, five on grass and once on hard courts.[4] Both of her titles were on grass.[4] All of Navratilova's six finals between 1975 and 1987 were on grass, with her winning three titles.[4] Graf reached five finals, all on hard courts, between 1987 and 1994.[4] She won four of those finals.[4] Seles was undefeated in her four finals between 1991 and 1996, all on hard courts.[4] Hingis reached six consecutive finals on hard courts between 1997 and 2002, winning three times.[4] Williams played eight finals since 2003, all on hard courts, with three on Rebound Ace and the last five finals on Plexicushion. She won her first six finals as well as her eighth.[4] In her four final appearances since 2007, Sharapova won the title in 2008.

Men

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". During the 56 times that this tournament has been held in the Open Era, 55 men have reached the Australian Open men's singles final. The final has included men from 21 different nationalities. Twelve of the 56 men have been from the United States, and eleven have been from Australia. Other countries well represented include Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany, France, Czechoslovakia, and Chile.[5]

  • * = Champion
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Novak Djokovic, a ten-time finalist (all wins).
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Roger Federer, a seven-time finalist (six wins).
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Stefan Edberg, a five-time finalist (two wins).
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Rafael Nadal, a six-time finalist two wins).
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Andy Murray, a five-time finalist (no wins).
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Andre Agassi, a four-time finalist (four wins).
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Mats Wilander, a four-time finalist (three wins).
A man in a red hat and red shirt
Ivan Lendl, a four-time finalist (two wins).
Country Player Finals Win–Loss Year(s)
File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Script error: No such module "Sort". 10 10–0 2008*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2015*, 2016*, 2019*, 2020*, 2021*, 2023*
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Script error: No such module "Sort". 7 6–1 2004*, 2006*, 2007*, 2009, 2010*, 2017*, 2018*
File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 2–4 2009*, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022*
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 2–3 1985*, 1987*, 1990, 1992, 1993
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 0–5 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 4–0 1995*, 2000*, 2001*, 2003*
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 3–1 1983*, 1984*, 1985, 1988*
Template:Country data CZS Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 2–2 1983, 1989*, 1990*, 1991
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 2–1 1973*, 1975*, 1976
File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 2–1 1977(Jan), 1978*, 1979*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 2–1 1994*, 1995, 1997*
File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 1–2 2002, 2004, 2005*
File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 0–3 2021, 2022, 2024
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 1971*, 1972*
File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg RSA<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA 		Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 1981*, 1982*
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 1991*, 1996*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 1992*, 1993*
File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 2024*, 2025*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 1970*, 1971
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 1974*, 1975
File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 1999*, 2000
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 0–2 1981, 1982
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 0–2 1987, 1988
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1969*
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1976*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1977(Jan)*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1977(Dec)*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1980*
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1998*
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 2002*
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 2014*
File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1969
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1970
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1972
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1973
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1974
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1977(Dec)
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1978
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1979
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1980
File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg RSA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1984
Template:Country data CZS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1989
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1994
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1996
File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1997
File:Flag of Chile.svg CHI Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1998
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1999
File:Flag of France.svg FRA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2001
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2003
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2005
File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg CYP Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2006
File:Flag of Chile.svg CHI Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2007
File:Flag of France.svg FRA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2008
File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2018
File:Flag of Austria.svg AUT Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2020
File:Flag of Greece.svg GRE Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2023
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2025

Most recent final

Year Country Champion Country Runner-up
2025 File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Jannik Sinner File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Alexander Zverev

Multiple-time opponents in the Open Era

In 2016, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray reached the same final for an unprecedented fourth time in six years; no other pair of players have contested more than two Australian Open finals in the Open era, and only the four finals between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the French Open matches the record in any of the other Slams during the Open era.

Opponents Record Finals meetings
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek Template:Flagicon Steve Denton 2–0 1981, 1982
Template:Flagicon Jim Courier Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg 2–0 1992, 1993
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal 1–1 2009 (Nadal), 2017 (Federer)
Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 4–0 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal 2–0 2012, 2019

Most consecutive finals in the Open Era

Player Number Years Results
Won Lost
Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander 3 1983–85 2 1
Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl 3 1989–91 2 1
Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 3 2011–13 3 0
Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 3 2019–21 3 0
Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe 2 1970–71 1 1
Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall 2 1971–72 2 0
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors 2 1974–75 1 1
Template:Flagicon John Newcombe 2 1975–76 1 1
Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas 2 1978–79 2 0
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek 2 1981–82 2 0
Template:Flagicon Steve Denton 2 1981–82 0 2
Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg 2 1985–87[6] 2 0
Template:Flagicon Pat Cash 2 1987–88 0 2
Template:Flagicon Jim Courier 2 1992–93 2 0
Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg 2 1992–93 0 2
Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras 2 1994–95 1 1
Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 1999–2000 1 1
Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 2 2000–01 2 0
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 2 2006–07 2 0
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 2 2009–10 1 1
Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 2 2010–11 0 2
Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 2 2015–16 2 0
Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 2 2015–16 0 2
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 2 2017–18 2 0
Template:Flagicon Daniil Medvedev 2 2021–22 0 2
Template:Flagicon Jannik Sinner 2 2024–25 2 0

Bolded years^ indicates active or current streak

Women

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". During the 56 times that this tournament has been held in the Open Era, 51 women have reached the Australian Open women's singles final. The final has included women from 20 different nationalities. Fifteen of the 48 women have been from the United States, and seven have been from Australia. Other countries well represented include Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Russia, Spain, Belgium, China, and Belarus.[7]

  • * = Champion
File:Serena Williams Australian Open 2009 5.jpg
Serena Williams, an eight-time finalist (seven wins).
File:Martina Hingis 2013 Rogers Cup practice.jpg
Martina Hingis, a six-time finalist (three wins).
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Martina Navratilova, a six-time finalist (three wins).
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Chris Evert, a six-time finalist (two wins).
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Steffi Graf, a five-time finalist (four wins).
File:Monica Seles 1991.jpg
Monica Seles, a four-time finalist (four wins).
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Maria Sharapova, a four-time finalist (one win).
Country Player Finals Win–Loss Year(s)
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 8 7–1 2003*, 2005*, 2007*, 2009*, 2010*, 2015*, 2016, 2017*
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 7 4–3 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977(Dec)*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 3–3 1975, 1981*, 1982, 1983*, 1985*, 1987
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 3–3 1997*, 1998*, 1999*, 2000, 2001, 2002
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 2–4 1974, 1981, 1982*, 1984*, 1985, 1988
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 4–1 1988*, 1989*, 1990*, 1993, 1994*
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 4–0 1969*, 1970*, 1971*, 1973*
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File:Flag of the United States.svg USA<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[c] 		Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 4–0 1991*, 1992*, 1993*, 1996*
File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 1–3 2007, 2008*, 2012, 2015
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 1–2 2004*, 2006, 2010
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 1–2 2011, 2013, 2014*
Template:Country data CZS Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 1980*, 1987*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 2001*, 2002*
File:Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 2012*, 2013*
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 2019*, 2021*
File:Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 2–0 2023*, 2024*
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 1970, 1977(Jan)*
File:Flag of France.svg FRA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 1995*, 1997
File:Flag of France.svg FRA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 1999, 2006*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 2000*, 2005
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1–1 2004, 2011*
Template:Country data CZS Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 0–2 1984, 1989
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 0–2 1990, 1992
File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 0–2 1994, 1995
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 0–2 2003, 2017
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1972*
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1978*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 1979*
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 2016*
File:Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 2018*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 2020*
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1–0 2022*
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1969
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1976
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1977(Jan)
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File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1978
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1979
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1980
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1983
Template:Country data CZS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1991
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1996
File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 1998
File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2008
File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2009
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2014
File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2018
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2019
File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2020
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2021
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2022
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2023
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0–1 2024

Most recent final

Year Country Winner Country Runner-up
2024 Template:Country data Aryna Sabalenka File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Zheng Qinwen

Multiple-time opponents in the Open Era

Opponents Record Finals meetings
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Chris Evert 2–1 1981 (Navratilova), 1982 (Evert), 1985 (Navratilova)
Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2–0 1971, 1973
Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis 2–0 2001, 2002
Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Venus Williams 2–0 2003, 2017
Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 2–0 2007, 2015

Most consecutive finals in the Open Era

Player Number Years Results
Won Lost
Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6 1971–76 3 3
Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis 6 1997–2002 3 3
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 3 1981–83 2 1
Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf 3 1988–90 3 0
Template:Flagicon Margaret Court 3 1969–71 3 0
Template:Flagicon Monica Seles 3 1991–93 3 0
Template:Flagicon Serena Williams 3 2015–17 2 1
Template:Flagicon Chris Evert 2 1981–82 1 1
Template:Flagicon Chris Evert 2 1984–85 1 1
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 2 1985–87[6] 1 1
Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf 2 1993–94 1 1
Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 1994–95 0 2
Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati 2 2001–02 2 0
Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 2 2007–08 1 1
Template:Flagicon Serena Williams 2 2009–10 2 0
Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka 2 2012–13 2 0
Template:Flagicon Li Na 2 2013–14 1 1
Template:Flagicon Aryna Sabalenka 2 2023–24 2 0

Bolded years^ indicates active or current streak

See also

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Notes

References

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