Australian Open Winners List (Men’s Singles)

For tennis fans, there’s four major grand slams scheduled each year and it’s the Australian Open that kicks off the action at the start of every year. While there have been different formats and venues and names to this tournament in the past, the Australian Open currently takes places on a hard court at the Melbourne Park in Australia, in January each year.

And while this is how we know of the tournament right now, it has gone through hundreds of changes and seen numerous winners from inception in 1905 till date. While Wimbledon, US Open, and French Open were all founded in the late 19th Century, Australian Open was the last of the four grand slams to begin but it still has a super rich history. Here, we’ll be talking about all past Australian Open men’s winners…

Australian Open winners (men’s singles)

Inaugurated in 1905, the tournament was known as the Australasian Championships until 1926 before it was renamed to the Australian Championships. It was only in 1969 that it got its current name of the Australian Open and that was the first time the event was played in the Open Era as well, while the other three slams had Open Era editions in 1968 itself.

Since we’re going to talk about men’s singles winners at the Australian Open over the years, the first of the lot was local player Rodney Heath while it was only the next year in 1906 that another nationality player went on to win this tournament, with Anthony Wilding from New Zealand taking down the title in straight sets.

Today, the Australian Open is played on hard court, while it was played on a grass court until 1988. Always being contested in the knockout format, Mats Wilander was and will always remain the only player to have won the Australian Open on both grass and hard courts. Check out our complete men’s singles Australian Open winners list (updated 16th January 2023) below:

List of all Australian Open men’s singles winners

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1905	Rodney Heath	Albert Curtis	Australia	4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1906	Anthony Wilding	Francis Fisher	New Zealand	6-0, 6-4, 6-4
1907	Horace Rice	Harry Parker	Australia	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1908	Fred Alexander	Alfred Dunlop	USA	3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0
1909	Anthony Wilding (2)	Ernie Parker	New Zealand	6-1, 7-5, 6-2
1910	Rodney Heath (2)	Horace Rice	Australia	6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1911	Norman Brookes	Horace Rice	Australia	6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1912	James Cecil Parke	Alfred Beamish	Great Britain	3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
1913	Ernie Parker	Harry Parker	Australia	2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
1914	Arthur O’Hara Wood	Gerald Patterson	Australia	6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
1915	Gordon Lowe	Horace Rice	Great Britain	4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1916	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1917	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1918	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1919	Algernon Kingscote	Eric Pockley	Great Britain	6-4, 6-0, 6-3
1920	Pat O’Hara Wood	Ronald Thomas	Australia	6-3, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3
1921	Rhys Gemmell	Alf Hedeman	Australia	7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1922	James Anderson	Gerald Patterson	Australia	6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1923	Pat O’Hara Wood (2)	Bert St. John	Australia	6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1924	James Anderson (2)	Richard Schlesinger	Australia	6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3
1925	James Anderson (3)	Gerald Patterson	Australia	11-9, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
1926	John Hawkes	James Willard	Australia	6-1, 6-3, 6-1

New Zealand’s Anthony Wilding was also the first to win two separate Australian Open titles while the first to three titles here was Australia’s very own James Anderson. Another local player who excelled in world tennis was Rod Laver and he won three titles in the men’s singles competition of this tournament, while also being one of two players to win in both amateur as well as open eras; other was Ken Rosewall.

In terms of the countries to have done well in the men’s singles tournament of the Australian Open till date, the host nation is a leader on this front, having won as many as 50 titles over the decades. However, their dominance is slowly dying on the Australian Open hard courts, with their last title coming way back in Australian Open 1976, when Mark Edmondson won the final in four sets.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1927	Gerald Patterson	John Hawkes	Australia	3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16, 6-3
1928	Jean Borotra	Jack Cummings	France	6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3
1929	John Colin Gregory	Richard Schlesinger	Great Britain	6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
1930	Edgar Moon	Harry Hopman	Australia	6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1931	Jack Crawford	Harry Hopman	Australia	6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
1932	Jack Crawford (2)	Harry Hopman	Australia	4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1933	Jack Crawford (3)	Keith Gledhill	Australia	2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
1934	Fred Perry	Jack Crawford	Great Britain	6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1935	Jack Crawford (4)	Fred Perry	Australia	2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1936	Adrian Quist	Jack Crawford	Australia	6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 9-7
1937	Vivian McGrath	John Bromwich	Australia	6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-1
1938	Don Budge	John Bromwich	USA	6-4, 6-2, 6-1
1939	John Bromwich	Adrian Quist	Australia	6-4, 6-1, 6-3
1940	Adrian Quist (2)	Jack Crawford	Australia	6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1941	World War II	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1942	World War II	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1943	World War II	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1944	World War II	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1945	World War II	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1946	John Bromwich (2)	Dinny Pails	Australia	5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
1947	Dinny Pails	John Bromwich	Australia	4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 8-6
1948	Adrian Quist (3)	John Bromwich	Australia	6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1949	Frank Sedgman	John Bromwich	Australia	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1950	Frank Sedgman (2)	Ken McGregor	Australia	6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1951	Dick Savitt	Ken McGregor	USA	6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
1952	Ken McGregor	Frank Sedgman	Australia	7-5, 12-10, 2-6, 6-2
1953	Ken Rosewall	Mervyn Rose	Australia	6-0, 6-3, 6-4
1954	Mervyn Rose	Rex Hartwig	Australia	6-2, 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
1955	Ken Rosewall (2)	Lew Hoad	Australia	9-7, 6-4, 6-4
1956	Lew Hoad	Ken Rosewall	Australia	6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
1957	Ashley Cooper	Neale Fraser	Australia	6-3, 9-11, 6-4, 6-2
1958	Ashley Cooper (2)	Malcolm Anderson	Australia	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1959	Alex Olmedo	Neale Fraser	USA	6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
1960	Rod Laver	Neale Fraser	Australia	5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 8-6
1961	Roy Emerson	Rod Laver	Australia	1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1962	Rod Laver (2)	Roy Emerson	Australia	8-6, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
1963	Roy Emerson (2)	Ken Fletcher	Australia	6-3, 6-3, 6-1
1964	Roy Emerson (3)	Fred Stolle	Australia	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1965	Roy Emerson (4)	Fred Stolle	Australia	7-9, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
1966	Roy Emerson (5)	Arthur Ashe	Australia	6-4, 6-8, 6-2, 6-3
1967	Roy Emerson (6)	Arthur Ashe	Australia	6-4, 6-1, 6-4
1968	William Bowrey	Juan Gisbert	Australia	7-5, 2-6, 9-7, 6-4

USA is close behind Australia with 18 titles and a record 14 titles in the Open Era so far, updated last at the start of the 2023 Australian Open championships. In terms of individual brilliance, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic leads the charts in terms of the most number of men’s singles titles in this competition, with as many as 9 titles under his belt and still going; he’s also the only Serbian male to have won this tournament.

Australian Open men’s single’s winners list

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1969	Rod Laver (3)	Andrés Gimeno	Australia	6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1970	Arthur Ashe	Dick Crealy	USA	6-4, 9-7, 6-2
1971	Ken Rosewall (3)	Arthur Ashe	Australia	6-1, 7-5, 6-3
1972	Ken Rosewall (4)	Malcolm Anderson	Australia	7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 7-5
1973	John Newcombe	Onny Parun	Australia	6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-1
1974	Jimmy Connors	Phil Dent	USA	7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1975	John Newcombe (2)	Jimmy Connors	Australia	7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
1976	Mark Edmondson	John Newcombe	Australia	6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1
1977 (1)	Roscoe Tanner	Guillermo Vilas	USA	6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1977 (2)	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Lloyd	USA	6-3, 7-6 (7-1), 5-7, 3-6, 6-2
1978	Guillermo Vilas	John Marks	Argentina	6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1979	Guillermo Vilas (2)	John Sadri	Argentina	7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-2
1980	Brian Teacher	Kim Warwick	USA	7-5, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
1981	Johan Kriek	Steve Denton	South Africa	6-2, 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (1-7), 6-4
1982	Johan Kriek (2)	Steve Denton	USA	6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1983	Mats Wilander	Ivan Lendl	Sweden	6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1984	Mats Wilander (2)	Kevin Curren	Sweden	6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
1985	Stefan Edberg	Mats Wilander	Sweden	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1986	No event due to date change	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1987	Stefan Edberg (2)	Pat Cash	Sweden	6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3
1988	Mats Wilander (3)	Pat Cash	Sweden	6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 3-6, 6-1, 8-6
1989	Ivan Lendl	Miloslav Mečíř	Czechoslovakia	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1990	Ivan Lendl (2)	Stefan Edberg	Czechoslovakia	4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 5-2 retired

When it comes to consistency, not many will ever be able to replicate what Roy Emerson did between 1961-1967 in this tournament, winning six out of seven yearly events, including a super impressive streak of five consecutive victories between 1963-1967. This included 7 consecutive finals, one of which he lost to Rod Laver in Australian Open 1962.

In the more recent years, Novak Djokovic has been one of the most successful and consistent in this tournament, having won it three consecutive times between 2011-2013 and then repeating that feat between 2019-2021 as well. Unfortunately, he couldn’t make it four consecutive titles in 2022 because he was not allowed to play because of Covid-19 vaccination protocol.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1991	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl	Germany	1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1992	Jim Courier	Stefan Edberg	USA	6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1993	Jim Courier (2)	Stefan Edberg	USA	6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
1994	Pete Sampras	Todd Martin	USA	7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-4
1995	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	USA	4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
1996	Boris Becker (2)	Michael Chang	Germany	6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1997	Pete Sampras (2)	Carlos Moya	USA	6-2, 6-3, 6-3
1998	Petr Korda	Marcelo Rios	Czechoslovakia	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Thomas Enqvist	Russia	4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1)
2000	Andre Agassi (2)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	USA	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2001	Andre Agassi (3)	Arnaud Clément	USA	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
2002	Thomas Johansson	Marat Safin	Sweden	3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
2003	Andre Agassi (4)	Rainer Schüttler	USA	6-2, 6-2, 6-1
2004	Roger Federer	Marat Safin	Switzerland	7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-2
2005	Marat Safin	Lleyton Hewitt	Russia	1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
2006	Roger Federer (2)	Marcos Baghdatis	Switzerland	5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
2007	Roger Federer (3)	Fernando González	Switzerland	7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4
2008	Novak Djokovic	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Serbia	4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
2009	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	Spain	7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2
2010	Roger Federer (4)	Andy Murray	Switzerland	6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11)
2011	Novak Djokovic (2)	Andy Murray	Serbia	6-4, 6-2, 6-3
2012	Novak Djokovic (3)	Rafael Nadal	Serbia	5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
2013	Novak Djokovic (4)	Andy Murray	Serbia	6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-2
2014	Stan Wawrinka	Rafael Nadal	Switzerland	6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2015	Novak Djokovic (5)	Andy Murray	Serbia	7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0
2016	Novak Djokovic (6)	Andy Murray	Serbia	6-1, 7-5 7-6 (7-3)
2017	Roger Federer (5)	Rafael Nadal	Switzerland	6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2018	Roger Federer (6)	Marin Cilic	Switzerland	6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2019	Novak Djokovic (7)	Rafael Nadal	Serbia	6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2020	Novak Djokovic (8)	Dominic Thiem	Serbia	6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2021	Novak Djokovic (9)	Daniil Medvedev	Serbia	7-5, 6-2, 6-2
2022	Rafael Nadal (2)	Daniil Medvedev	Spain	2-6, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
2023	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2024	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

In the modern era, one of the best players who didn’t manage to secure a single Australian Open men’s singles title is England’s Andy Murray who made as many as five finals between 2010-2016 and had battles with modern-day greats like Federer in one final and Djokovic in four finals, but Murray was never good enough on the day to walk home with the silverware.

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