Australian
Open 2016
|
Category
|
Winner
|
Runner
|
|
Men’s
Singles
|
Novak
Djokovic
(Serbia)
|
Andy
Murray
(Britain)
|
|
Women’s
Singles
|
Angelique
Kerber
(Germany)
|
Serena
Williams
(USA)
|
|
Men’s
Doubles
|
Jamie
Murray
(Britain)
|
Bruno
Soares
(Brazil)
|
|
Daniel
Nestor
(Canada)
|
Radek
Stepanek
(Czechoslovakia)
|
|
|
Women’s
Doubles
|
Sania
Mirza
(India)
|
Andrea
Hlavackova
(Czechoslovakia)
|
|
Martina
Hingis
(Swtizerland)
|
Lucie
Hradecka
(Czechoslovakia)
|
|
|
Mixed
Doubles
|
Elena
Vesnina
(Russia)
|
Coco
Vandeweghe
(USA)
|
|
Bruno
Soares
(Brazil)
|
Horia
Tecau
(Romania)
|
|
|
Junior
Boys
|
O
Anderson
(Australia)
|
Karimov
(Uzbekistna)
|
|
Junior
Girls
|
V
Lapko
(Belarus)
|
T
Mihalikova
(Slovakia)
|
Sania – Hingis Pair
· For Sania-Hingis pair, it
was their maiden Australian Open title and the third successive Grand Slam
doubles title after their victories in the 2015 Wimbledon and US Open.
· In the 2016 season, it was
their second title. Earlier, they won the 2016 WTA Apia International Sydney
title on 15 January 2016.
· In a semi final of the
tournament, the duo created a world record by winning their 29th women’s
doubles match in a row.
About Sania Mirza: With the Australian
Open 2016, Sania Mirza won 06 Grandslam titles so far.
|
Grand Slam won by Sania Mirza
|
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|
|
Women’s
Doubles
|
Mixed
Doubles
|
|
Australian
Open
|
2016
|
2009
|
|
French
Open
|
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|
2012
|
|
Wimbledon
|
2015
|
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|
|
US
Open
|
2015
|
2014
|
|
Others
|
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|
Mirza
is the most successful female Indian tennis player in history
|
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|
She
is the brand ambassador of the Indian state of Telangana
|
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|
She
was appointed as the UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia during the
event held to mark the International Day To End Violence Against Women
|
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|
Arjuna
Award in 2004
|
||
|
Padma
Shri Award in 2006
|
||
|
Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2014 – 15
|
||
|
Current
Ranking: 01 (in Doubles)
|
||
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
|
|
Novak Djokovic
|
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|
French Open
|
Rafael Nadal
|
09
|
Chris Evert
|
07
|
|
Wimbledon
|
Roger Federer
|
07
|
Martina
Navratilova
|
09
|
|
Pete Sampras
|
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|
William Renshaw
|
||||
|
US Open
|
Bill Tilden
|
07
|
Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory
|
08
|
|
Bill Larned
|
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|
Richard Sears
|
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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
|
21
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
|
Helen Wills
|
19
|
N.P
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
|
Chris Evert
|
18
|
2
|
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
|
|
Novak Djokovic
|
11
|
6
|
--
|
3
|
2
|
|
G.S. à Grand Slam; N.P.
à
Not Participated
|
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|
Grand
Slam and the Surface
|
|
|
Australian Open
|
Hard
|
|
French Open
|
Clay
|
|
Wimbledon
|
Grass
|
|
US Open
|
Hard
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