The Australasian Tennis Championship were first held in 1905 at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground, Melbourne, in the same city that it was destined to return to for good. Here is a complete list of previous Australian Open winners, right back to Mr Heath in 1905!
| Year | Men | Ladies |
|
2008
|
Novak Djokovic | Maria Sharapova |
|
2007
|
Roger Federer | Serena Williams |
|
2006
|
Roger Federer | Amélie Mauresmo |
|
2005
|
Marat Safin | Serena Williams |
|
2004
|
Roger Federer | Justine Henin-Hardenne |
|
2003
|
Andre Agassi | Serena Williams |
|
2002
|
Thomas Johansson | Jennifer Capriati |
|
2001
|
Andre Agassi | Jennifer Capriati |
|
2000
|
Andre Agassi | Lindsay Davenport |
|
1999
|
Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Martina Hingis |
|
1998
|
Petr Korda | Martina Hingis |
|
1997
|
Pete Sampras | Martina Hingis |
|
1996
|
Boris Becker | Monica Seles |
|
1995
|
Andre Agassi | Mary Pierce |
|
1994
|
Pete Sampras | Steffi Graf |
|
1993
|
Jim Courier | Monica Seles |
|
1992
|
Jim Courier | Monica Seles |
|
1991
|
Boris Becker | Monica Seles |
|
1990
|
Ivan Lendl | Steffi Graf |
|
1989
|
Ivan Lendl | Steffi Graf |
|
1988
|
Mats Wilander | Steffi Graf |
|
1987
|
Stefan Edberg | Hana Mandlikova |
|
1985
|
Stefan Edberg | Martina Navratilova |
|
1984
|
Mats Wilander | Chris Evert |
|
1983
|
Mats Wilander | Martina Navratilova |
|
1982
|
Johan Kriek | Chris Evert |
|
1981
|
Johan Kriek | Martina Navratilova |
|
1980
|
Brian Teacher | Hana Mandlikova |
|
1979
|
Guillermo Vilas | Barbara Jordan |
|
1978
|
Guillermo Vilas | Chris O'Neil |
|
1977
|
Roscoe Tanner | Kerry Reid |
|
1977
|
Vitas Gerulaitis | Evonne Cawley |
|
1976
|
Mark Edmondson | Evonne Cawley |
|
1975
|
John Newcombe | Evonne Goolagong |
|
1974
|
Jimmy Connors | Evonne Goolagong |
|
1973
|
John Newcombe | Margaret Court |
|
1972
|
Ken Rosewall | Virginia Wade |
|
1971
|
Ken Rosewall | Margaret Court |
|
1970
|
Arthur Ashe | Margaret Court |
|
1969
|
Rod Laver | Margaret Court |
|
1968
|
Bill Bowrey | Billie Jean King |
|
1967
|
Roy Emerson | Nancy Richey |
|
1966
|
Roy Emerson | Margaret Smith |
|
1965
|
Roy Emerson | Margaret Smith |
|
1964
|
Roy Emerson | Margaret Smith |
|
1963
|
Roy Emerson | Margaret Smith |
|
1962
|
Rod Laver | Margaret Smith |
|
1961
|
Roy Emerson | Margaret Smith |
|
1960
|
Rod Laver | Margaret Smith |
|
1959
|
Alex Olmedo | Mary Reitano |
|
1958
|
Ashley Cooper | Angela Mortimer |
|
1957
|
Ashley Cooper | Shirley Fry |
|
1956
|
Lew Hoad | Mary Carter |
|
1955
|
Ken Rosewall | Beryl Penrose |
|
1954
|
Mervyn Rose | Thelma Long |
|
1953
|
Ken Rosewall | Maureen Connolly |
|
1952
|
Ken McGregor | Thelma Long |
|
1951
|
Dick Savitt | Nancye Bolton |
|
1950
|
Frank Sedgman | Louise Brough |
|
1949
|
Frank Sedgman | Doris Hart |
|
1948
|
Adrian Quist | Nancye Bolton |
|
1947
|
Dinny Pails | Nancye Bolton |
|
1946
|
John Bromwich | Nancye Bolton |
|
1940
|
Adrian Quist | Nancye Wynne |
|
1939
|
John Bromwich | Emily Westacott |
|
1938
|
Donald Budge | Dorothy Bundy |
|
1937
|
Vivian McGrath | Nancye Wynne |
|
1936
|
Adrian Quist | Joan Hartigan |
|
1935
|
Jack Crawford | Dorothy Round |
|
1934
|
Fred Perry | Joan Hartigan |
|
1933
|
Jack Crawford | Joan Hartigan |
|
1932
|
Jack Crawford | Coral Buttsworth |
|
1931
|
Jack Crawford | Coral Buttsworth |
|
1930
|
Edgar Moon | Daphne Akhurst |
|
1929
|
John Gregory | Daphne Akhurst |
|
1918
|
Jean Borotra | Daphne Akhurst |
|
1927
|
Gerald Patterson | Esna Boyd |
|
1926
|
John Hawkes | Daphne Akhurst |
|
1925
|
James Anderson | Daphne Akhurst |
|
1924
|
James Anderson | Sylvia Lance |
|
1923
|
Pat O'Hara | Margaret Molesworth |
|
1922
|
James Anderson | Margaret Molesworth |
|
1921
|
Rhys Gemmell | |
|
1920
|
Pat O'Hara | |
|
1919
|
Algernon Kingscote | |
|
1915
|
Gordon Lowe | |
|
1914
|
Arthur O'Hara | |
|
1913
|
Ernie Parker | |
|
1912
|
James Parke | |
|
1911
|
Norman Brookes | |
|
1910
|
Rodney Heath | |
|
1909
|
Tony Wilding | |
|
1908
|
Fred Alexander | |
|
1907
|
Horace Rice | |
|
1906
|
Tony Wilding | |
|
1905
|
Rodney Heath |
