Australian Open is the first of the four annual Grand Slam events among the world’s major tennis championships. The grand slam Australian Open is held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian Open was started in 1905 in only Men Singles category, by the the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia (Now Australia). The first Australian Open having the category “Women’s Singles” was held in 1922.
In Australian Open 2020, Novak Djokovic defeated Dominic Thiem to win the Men’s Singles title while Sofia Kenin defeated Garbiñe Muguruza to win the Women’s Singles title.
Here is the complete list of winners:
S.No. | Category | Winner | Runner Up |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Men’s Singles | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | Dominic Thiem (Austria) |
2 | Women’s Singles | Sofia Kenin (USA) | Garbine Muguruza (Spain) |
3 | Mixed Doubles | Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) & Nikola Mektic (Croatia) | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) |
4 | Men’s Doubles | Rajeev Ram (United States of America) & Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom) | Max Purcell (Australia) & Luke Saville (Australia) |
5 | Women’s Doubles | Timea Babos (Hungary) & Kristina Mladenovic (France) | Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) & Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) |
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