2019 Australian Open

The 2019 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 14 to 27 January 2019. It was the 107th edition of the Australian Open, the 51st in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. The 2019 Australian Open was the first Australian Open to feature final set tie-breaks.

2019 Australian Open
Date14–27 January 2019
Edition107th
Open Era (51st)
CategoryGrand Slam
Prize moneyA$62,500,000
SurfaceHard (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Attendance796,435
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Naomi Osaka
Men's doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai
Mixed doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Rajeev Ram
Wheelchair men's singles
Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair women's singles
Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Joachim Gérard / Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair women's doubles
Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson
Boys' singles
Lorenzo Musetti
Girls' singles
Clara Tauson
Boys' doubles
Jonáš Forejtek / Dalibor Svrčina
Girls' doubles
Natsumi Kawaguchi / Adrienn Nagy
Men's legends doubles
Mansour Bahrami / Mark Philippoussis

Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki were the defending men's and women's singles champions, but were unsuccessful in their respective title defenses; Federer lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round and Wozniacki lost to Maria Sharapova in the third round.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the men's singles title at the 2019 Australian Open, defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in straight sets in the men's final. Naomi Osaka of Japan defeated Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic in three sets to win the women's singles title. The tournament had a record attendance of 796,435 spectators.

This is the most recent Grand Slam where no lucky losers were selected.

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