The 4 men with most Australian Open titles: Novak Djokovic 1st, Roger Federer with 6
Novak Djokovic is the most successful men’s singles champion in Australian Open history, having won the tournament a staggering 10 times.
The Serbian’s success in Melbourne is notable, and even more so when you consider only four men have won the title three times or more in the Open Era.
4) Mats Wilander – Three titles
No man won more Grand Slam singles titles than Wilander in the 1980s, with his haul of seven only matched by Ivan Lendl, and the Swede won three of his majors Down Under.
Wilander won his first Australian Open title and second major overall in 1983, defeating Czech rival Lendl 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to triumph in Melbourne.
Aged 19 years and three months at the time, the former world No 1 became the tournament’s youngest men’s singles champion of the Open Era – a record he still holds over four decades on.
Wilander successfully defended his title in 1983, rallying from a set down to beat Kevin Curren 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2.
After a straight-sets loss to compatriot Stefan Edberg in the 1985 final, he bounced back to win his third title in 1988, battling past Pat Cash 6-3, 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-1, 8-6 in one of Melbourne’s greatest finals.
3) Andre Agassi – Four titles
Agassi won eight Grand Slam titles overall, and half of those triumphs came Down Under.
Extending the early American dominance of the early 1990s, the tennis icon battled past rival and defending champion Pete Sampras 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(6), 6-4 to triumph on his event debut in 1995.
At the peak of his powers, Agassi defeated reigning champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in 2000, and then beat Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to defend his crown in 2001.
He withdrew from the event in 2002 but then returned to win his fourth Australian Open – and last major – in 2003, thrashing Rainer Schuttler 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
Agassi went 4-0 in Australian Open finals, the only major where he was not beaten in a championship match.
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2) Roger Federer – Six titles
Federer’s haul of six Australian Open titles makes the ‘Happy Slam’ his most successful Grand Slam event outside of Wimbledon.
Federer won the title for the first time in 2004, defeating Marat Safin 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-2 to win his second major title – and start a record streak of 237 consecutive weeks as the world No 1.
After a semi-final loss to Safin the following year, the Swiss bounced back to beat Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 in the 2006 final, and then saw off Fernando Gonzalez 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4 in 2007.
Federer was beaten in 2008 and 2009 but bounced back to win his fourth title in 2010, easing past Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(11).
After a seven-year gap, the Swiss famously beat Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to triumph in 2017, before battling past Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win his 20th and final Slam in 2018.
1) Novak Djokovic – 10 titles
Comfortably out in front is former world No 1 Djokovic, who will look to capture his 11th title in 2025.
The Serbian lifted his first major at the tournament in 2008, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, and he then won a second title in 2011 with a victory over his rival turned coach Murray.
That was the first of four Australian Open final wins for Djokovic over Murray, also beating the Brit in 2013, 2015, and 2016, while he overcame Nadal in both the 2012 and 2019 finals.
Djokovic defeated Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev in the 2020 and 2021 finals respectively, before sealing his 10th title in 2023 with victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Novak Djokovic’s 10 Australian Open titles
2008: def Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 7-6(2)
2011: def Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
2012: def Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5
2013: def Murray 6-7(2), 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-2
2015: def Murray 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0
2016: def Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(3)
2019: def Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2020: def Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2021: def Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
2023: def Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-6(5)
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