The women's tournament started in 1922, the men in 1905. See the full list of Australian Open singles winners:

Trivia

  • The first men's singles winner was Rodney Heath, and the first women's singles winner was Mall Molesworth.
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won the men's singles title a record seven times (up to 2019).
  • Ai Yan and Jie Zheng became the first Chinese players to win a Grand Slam title when they won the women's doubles at Australian Open 2006.
Rafael NadalRafael Nadal won the Australian Open in 2009