USTA Press Release, November 9, 2021 Former UCLA star Robin Anderson clinched a wild card into the 2022 Australian Open over the weekend by finishing first among competing players in the women’s Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. Anderson’s run to […]
USTA Press Release, October 19, 2021 Eighteen-year-old Elvina Kalieva leads the USTA’s Australian Open Wild Card Challenge after Week 1, after qualifying and reaching the singles final of the USTA Pro Circuit ITF World Tennis Tour W60 in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. […]
USTA Press Release, October 9, 2021 The Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court professional tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the Australian Open, is returning this fall and will begin […]
Australian Open Press Release, September 7, 2021 Tennis Australia and Eurosport announced a major milestone in their longstanding relationship today, extending and expanding the Australian Open broadcast partnership through to 2031. “Eurosport has been an outstanding partner for the Australian Open since 1995 and I’m […]
MELBOURNE, February 22, 2020 (Australian Open Press Release) A tournament like no other, played in front of 130,374 fans, has seen Novak Djokovic (SRB) and Naomi Osaka (JPN) crowned the Australian Open singles champions for 2021. AO 2021 champions [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) claimed a record ninth Australian Open men’s […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek won the Australian Open men’s doubles crown for their for Grand Slam title in their sixth major championship together Sunday afternoon at Melbourne Park. Dodig of Croatia and […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic entered the 2021 Australian Open final having won the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup eight times. They accounted for nearly half of his 17 Grand Slam singles titles. For the past decade, he’s […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It’s a tough act for any mixed doubles team to follow, going on Rod Laver Arena, just after Naomi Osaka won her second Australian Open women’s title. However, Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram […]
MELBOURNE, February 20, 2021 (AO Press Release) The second episode of AO on the Road featuring tournament trophies – the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup and Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup – on their journey across regional Victoria has been released. Episode two sees the trophies travel along the Great […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Naomi Osaka has been perfect in Grand Slam finals. For that matter, she’s been perfect on court for the past year. Simply unbeatable, and arguably the best clutch player of her generation. On […]
