Tennis-X Stat Freak: Australian Open


Posted on January 18, 2005

MEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN MULTIPLE WINNERS
Nine singles players and five doubles teams have won twice at the Australian Open, but only two players, Andre Agassi and Mats Wilander, have broken the two-title ceiling in the Open Era. Agassi's record is likely to hold for years to come, with no active player with more than one title:

4--Andre Agassi, USA (2003,'01-00,'95)
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3--Mats Wilander, SWE (1988,'84-83)
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2--Boris Becker, GER (1996,'91)
2--Jim Courier, USA (1993-92)
2--Stefan Edberg, SWE (1987,'85)
2--Mark Edmondson/Kim Warwick, AUS (1981-80)
2--Johan Kriek, USA (1982-81)
2--Rick Leach/Jim Pugh, USA (1989-88)
2--Ivan Lendl, USA (1990-89)
2--Michael Llodra/Fabrice Santoro, FRA (2004-03)
2--John Newcombe, AUS (1975,'73)
2--John Newcombe/Tony Roche, AUS (1976,'71)
2--Ken Rosewall, AUS (1972-71)
2--Pete Sampras, USA (1997,'94)
2--Guillermo Vilas, ARG (1979-78)
2--Mark Woodforde/Todd Woodbridge, AUS (1997,'92)

* Seven players have won both the singles and doubles at the Aussie Open: Petr Korda, Stefan Edberg, Mark Edmondson, John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, Arthur Ashe, and Rod Laver

* Four players have won the singles and doubles titles in the same year: Edberg, Newcombe, Rosewall, Laver

* Jonas Bjorkman and Mark Edmondson won the doubles title with three different partners

* Current No. 1 Roger Federer's coach Tony Roche never won the singles, but won the doubles in 1976 with John Newcombe, and in 1977 with Arthur Ashe


WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN MULTIPLE WINNERS
The seven Australian Open doubles titles of Americans Martina Navratilova/Pam Shriver will likely stand the test of time, with four players tied at four career singles wins:

7--Martina Navratilova/Pam Shriver, USA (1989-87,'85-82)
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4--Margaret Court, AUS (1973,'71-69)
4--Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, AUS (1977-74)
4--Steffi Graf, GER (1994,'90-88)
4--Monica Seles, USA (1996,'93-91)

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3--Martina Hingis, SUI (1999-97)
3--Martina Navratilova, USA (1985,'83,'81)
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2--Jennifer Capriati, USA (2002-01)
2--Margaret Court/Judy Dalton, AUS (1970-69)
2--Chris Evert, USA (1984,'82)
2--Gigi Fernandez/Natasha Zvereva, USA/BLR (1994-93)
2--Evonne Goolagong/Helen Gourlay, AUS (1977-76)
2--Evonne Goolagong/Peggy Michal, AUS/USA (1975-74)
2--Martina Hingis/Anna Kournikova, SUI/RUS (2002,'99)
2--Hana Mandlikova, CZE (1987,'80)
2--Serena Williams/Venus Williams, USA (2003,'01)

* Evonne Goolagong won the doubles four years in a row with two different partners

* Navratilova/Shriver won seven consecutive doubles titles (tournament was not held in 1986)

Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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