Australian Open Tennis 2017 Schedule and Venue Map

Australian Open, one of the first Grand Slam tennis tournaments of the world, was held for the first time in 1905 in the Warehouseman’s Cricket House in Melbourne.

It is the first grand slam to be held every year as the championship takes place in the month of January. Though the tournament was originally a grass court one, yet it shifted to a hard court at the Flinders Park, currently called the Melbourne Park, in the year 1988. The tournament has five sections- the men’s singles and doubles championship, championship for women in singles as well asdoubles category and also a mixed doubles competition. The tournament also boasts of sections for the junior tennis players and the retired tennis greats.

The tournament which started as the Australasian Championship in 1905 and took the form of Australian Championship in 1927 was changed to Australian Open in the year 1968 with the advent of open tennis.

The two courts mainly used in the tournament are the Rod Laver Arena and the Vodafone Arena, both of which have movable roofs to use according to the weather. Some of the significant names among the champions in the men’s section are Jimmy Connors, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Roger Federer. Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Serena Williams and Jeniffer Capriati have been among the greats of women’s tennis who have experienced the feelings of winning the Australian Open. The men’s and women’s doubles category of the tournament have seen a number of famous pairs as the champions.

Australian Open is among the four most coveted tournaments of the year. It attracts a large number of spectators every year and the tournament is sure to take one of the major places among the ATP tours very soon.

Australian Open 2017 Schedule

Date	Session	Rod Laver	Margaret Court	Outside Courts	Public Gates	Featured Matches
Mon, Jan 16, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00 AM	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	1st singles round
Tue, Jan 17, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00 AM	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	1st singles round
Wed, Jan 18, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00 AM	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	2nd singles round
Thu, Jan 19, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00 AM	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	2nd singles round
Fri, Jan 20, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	3rd singles round
Sat, Jan 21, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00am & 7:30pm	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	3rd singles round
Sun, Jan 22, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	11:00am	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	4th singles round
Mon, Jan 23, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:30pm	11:00am	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	4th singles round
Tue, Jan 24, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:00pm	no play	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	Quarterfinal Singles
Wed, Jan 25, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:30pm	no play	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	Quarterfinal Singles
Thu, Jan 26, 17	Day Night	11:00am & 7:30pm	no play	11:00 AM	10:00am & 5:00pm	2 x Women’s Singles Semifinal & 1 x Men’s Singles Semifinal
Fri, Jan 27, 17	Twilight	3:00pm & 7:30pm	no play	3:00pm	2:00pm	Women’s Doubles Final & 1 x Men’s Singles Semifinal
Sat, Jan 28, 17	Twilight	1:00pm & 7:30pm	no play	1:00pm	12:00pm	Men’s Doubles Final & Women’s Final
Sun, Jan 29, 17	Twilight	4:30pm & 7:00pm	no play	no play	03:00 PM	Mixed Doubles Final & Men’s Singles Final

 

Australian Open Men’s Singles Winners

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the Final
2017	SUI	Roger Federer	ESP	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2016	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2015	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0
2014	SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	ESP	Rafael Nadal	6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2013	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	6-7(2-7), 7-6(7-3), 6-3, 6-2
2012	SRB	Novak Djokovic	ESP	Rafael Nadal	5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5-7), 7-5
2011	SRB	Novak Djokovic	GBR	Andy Murray	6-4, 6-2, 6-3
2010	SUI	Roger Federer	GBR	Andy Murray	6-3, 6-4, 7-6(13-11)
2009	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SUI	Roger Federer	7-5, 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 3-6, 6-2
2008	SRB	Novak Djokovic	FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(7-2)
2007	SUI	Roger Federer	CHI	Fernando González	7-6(7-2), 6-4, 6-4
2006	SUI	Roger Federer	CYP	Marcos Baghdatis	5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
2005	RUS	Marat Safin	AUS	Lleyton Hewitt	1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
2004	SUI	Roger Federer	RUS	Marat Safin	7-6(7-3), 6-4, 6-2
2003	USA	Andre Agassi	GER	Rainer Schüttler	6-2, 6-2, 6-1
2002	SWE	Thomas Johansson	RUS	Marat Safin	3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(7-4)
2001	USA	Andre Agassi	FRA	Arnaud Clément	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
2000	USA	Andre Agassi	RUS	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

 

Australian Open Women’s Singles Winners

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in Final
2017	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4
2016	Germany	Angelique Kerber	USA	Serena Williams	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
2015	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6-3, 7-6
2014	BLR	Victoria Azarenka	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6-3, 6-0
2012	BLR	Victoria Azarenka	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6-3, 6-0
2011	BEL	Kim Clijsters	CHN	Li Na	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2010	USA	Serena Williams	BEL	Justine Henin	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
2009	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Dinara Safina	6-0, 6-3
2008	RUS	Maria Sharapova	SRB	Ana Ivanović	7-5, 6-3
2007	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6-1, 6-2
2006	FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	BEL	Justine Henin	6-1, 2-0 retired
2005	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Lindsay Davenport	2-6, 6-3, 6-0
2004	BEL	Justine Henin	BEL	Kim Clijsters	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2003	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	7-6(7-4), 3-6, 6-4
2002	USA	Jennifer Capriati	SUI	Martina Hingis	4-6, 7-6(9-7), 6-2
2001	USA	Jennifer Capriati	SUI	Martina Hingis	6-4, 6-3
2000	USA	Lindsay Davenport	SUI	Martina Hingis	6-2, 7-5

 

Australian Open Men’s Doubles Winners

Year	Champions	Country	Runners-up	Country	Score
2017	Henri Kontinen	Finland	Bob Bryan	United States	7–5, 7–5
	John Peers	Australia	Mike Bryan	United States	7–5, 7–5
2016	Jamie Murray	United Kingdom	Daniel Nestor	Yugoslavia	2-6, 6-4, 7-5
	Bruno Soares	Brazil	Radek Štěpánek	Czech Republic
2015	S. Bolelli	Italy	P. Herbert	France	6-4, 6-4
	F. Fognini	Italy	N. Mahut	France
2014	Łukasz Kubot	Poland	Eric Butorac	United States	6-3, 6-3
	Robert Lindstedt	Sweden	Raven Klaasen	South Africa
2013	Mike Bryan	United States	Robin Haase	Netherlands	6-3, 6-4
	Bob Bryan	United States	Igor Sijsling	Netherlands
2012	Leander Paes	India	Mike Bryan	United States	7-6(7-1), 6-2
	Radek Štěpánek	Czech Republic	Bob Bryan	United States
2011	Mike Bryan	United States	Mahesh Bhupathi	India	6-3, 6-4
	Bob Bryan	United States	Leander Paes	India
2010	Mike Bryan	United States	Daniel Nestor	Canada	6-3, 6-7(5-7), 6-3
	Bob Bryan	United States	Nenad Zimonjić	Serbia
2009	Mike Bryan	United States	Mahesh Bhupathi	India	2-6, 7-5, 6-0
	Bob Bryan	United States	Mark Knowles	The Bahamas
2008	Jonathan Erlich	Israel	Arnaud Clément	France	7-5, 7-6(7-4)
	Andy Ram	Israel	Michaël Llodra	France
2007	Mike Bryan	United States	Max Mirnyi	Belarus	7-5, 7-5
	Bob Bryan	United States	Jonas Björkman	Sweden
2006	Mike Bryan	United States	Martin Damm	Czech Republic	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
	Bob Bryan	United States	Leander Paes	India

 

Australian Open Women’s Doubles Winners

Year	Champions	Country	Runners-up	Country	Score
2017	United States	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Czech Republic	Andrea Hlaváčková	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
	Czech Republic	Peng Shuai	China	Peng Shuai	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
2016	Switzerland	Martina Hingis	Czech Republic	Andrea Hlaváčkov	7-6(7-1), 6-3
	India	Sania Mirza	Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká
2015	USA	B. Mattek-Sands	Taiwan	Y. Chan	6-4, 7-6
	Czech Republic	L. Safarova	China	J. Zheng
2014	Italy	Sara Errani	Russia	Ekaterina Makarova	6-4, 3-6, 7-5
	Italy	Roberta Vinci	Russia	Elena Vesnina
2013	Italy	Sara Errani	Australia	Ashleigh Barty	6-2, 3-6, 6-2
	Italy	Roberta Vinci	Australia	Casey Dellacqua
2012	Russia	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Italy	Sara Errani	5-7, 6-4, 6-3
	Russia	Vera Zvonareva	Italy	Roberta Vinci
2011	Argentina	Gisela Dulko	Belarus	Victoria Azarenka	2-6, 7-5, 6-1
	Italy	Flavia Pennetta	Russia	Maria Kirilenko
2010	United States	Serena Williams	Zimbabwe	Cara Black	6-4, 6-3
	United States	Venus Williams	United States	Liezel Huber
2009	United States	Serena Williams	Slovakia	Daniela Hantuchová	6-3, 6-3
	United States	Venus Williams	Japan	Ai Sugiyama
2008	Ukraine	Alona Bondarenko	Belarus	Victoria Azarenka	2-6, 6-1, 6-4
	Ukraine	Kateryna Bondarenko	Israel	Shahar Pe’er
2007	Zimbabwe	Cara Black	Chinese Taipei	Chan Yung-jan	6-4, 6-7(4-7), 6-1
	South Africa	Liezel Huber	Chinese Taipei	Chuang Chia-jung