Category
|
Winner
|
Runner
|
Men’s Singles
|
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
|
Andy Murray
(Great Britain)
|
Women’s Singles
|
Serena Williams
(USA)
|
Maria Sharapova
(Russia)
|
Men’s Doubles
|
Simone Bolelli
(Italy)
|
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France)
|
Fabio Fognini
(Italy)
|
Nicolas Mahut
(France)
|
|
Women’s Doubles
|
Bthanie Mattek-Sands
(USA)
|
Chan Yung-Jan
(Chinese Taipei)
|
Lucie Safarova
(Czech)
|
Zheng Jie
(China)
|
|
Mixed Doubles
|
Leander Paes
(India)
|
Daniel Nestor
(Canada)
|
Martina Hingis
(Switzerland)
|
Kristina Mladenovic
(France)
|
Serena
Williams: In the final she defeated Maria Sharapova
of Russia for the sixteenth consecutive time to claim her 6th Australian Open
singles title and 19th career Grand Slam singles title. With 19 titles, she is
third player to have more number of Grand Slam singles title (Maragret Court –
24 titles; Steffi Graf – 22 titles; Serena Williams and Helen Wills Moody – 19
titles)
Grand Slam won by Serena Williams
|
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Australian
Open
|
French
Open
|
Wimbledon
|
US
Open
|
|
Women’s
Singles
|
2003,
2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015
|
2002,
2013
|
2002,
2003, 2009, 2010, 2012
|
1999,
2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014
|
Women’s
Doubles
|
2001,
2003, 2009, 2010
|
1999,
2010
|
2000,
2002, 2008, 2009, 2012
|
1999,
2009
|
Mixed
Doubles
|
----
|
-----
|
1998
|
1998
|
Won
Gold medal (singles) in 2012 Olympics
Won
Gold medal (women doubles) in 2000, 2008 & 2012 Olympics
Currently
ranked world No. 1 (in Women Singles) by the Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP).
|
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Novak
Djokovic: If it is the Australian Open, it is
inevitably Novak Djokovic. With 5 wins (includes 2015 too) in as many finals,
the Serbian is just one short of Roy Emerson’s record.
Grand Slam won by Novak Djokovic
|
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Australian
Open
|
French
Open
|
Wimbledon
|
US
Open
|
|
Men’s
Singles
|
2008,
2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
|
----
|
2011,
2014
|
2011
|
Won
Bronze medal in 2008 Olympics
Currently
ranked world No. 1 (in Men Singles) by the Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP).
He
is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time
|
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Leander
Paes: By winning the Australian Open 2015, he won
the 15th Grand Slam title. He won 7 Grand Slams in Mixed Doubles and 8 Grand
Slams in Men’s Doubles.
Grand Slam won by Leander Paes
|
||||
Australian
Open
|
French
Open
|
Wimbledon
|
US
Open
|
|
Men’s
Doubles
|
2012
|
1999,
2001, 2009
|
1999
|
2006,
2009, 2013
|
Mixed
Doubles
|
2003,
2010, 2015
|
---
|
1999,
2003, 2010
|
2008
|
Currently
ranked world No. 7 (in Doubles) by the Association of Tennis Professionals
(ATP).
|
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Most
wins per event & discipline
Grand
Slam
|
Men’s
Singles
|
Women’s
Singles
|
||
Player
|
No
of times won
|
Player
|
No
of times won
|
|
Australian Open
|
Roy Emerson
|
06
|
Margaret Court
|
11
|
French Open
|
Rafael Nadal
|
09
|
Chris Evert
|
07
|
Wimbledon
|
Roger Federer
|
07
|
Martina Navratilova
|
09
|
Pete Sampras
|
||||
William Renshaw
|
||||
US Open
|
Bill Tilden
|
07
|
Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory
|
08
|
Bill Larned
|
||||
Richard Sears
|
||||
Top
Grand Slam winners:
Player
|
No
of G.S.
|
Australian
Open
|
French
Open
|
Wimbledon
|
US
Open
|
Margaret Court
|
24
|
11
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
Steffi Graf
|
22
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
Serena Williams
|
19
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
Helen Wills
|
19
|
N.P
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
Chris Evert
|
18
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
|
Martina Navratilova
|
18
|
3
|
2
|
9
|
4
|
Roger Federer
|
17
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
Rafael Nadal
|
14
|
1
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
Pete Sampras
|
14
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
Roy Emerson
|
12
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
G.S. à Grand Slam; N.P.
à
Not Participated
|
|||||
Grand
Slam and the Surface
|
|
Australian Open
|
Hard
|
French Open
|
Clay
|
Wimbledon
|
Grass
|
US Open
|
Hard
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