The 2022 Australian Open,a Grand Slam tennis tournament took place at Melbourne Park, Australia from 17 to 30 January 2022. It was the 110th edition of the Australian Open, the 54th in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year.
The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament’s main sponsor was Kia.
Winners
Rafael Nadal (Spain) won the Men’s Singles title. Nadal claimed his record-breaking 21st major title by defeating Daniil Medvedev (Russia) in the final, coming back from two sets to love down.
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) won the Women’s Singles titles. Barty won the first Australian Open singles title by an Australian in 44 years by defeating Danielle Collins (US) in straight sets in the final.
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Naomi Osaka (Japan) were the 2021 champions in Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles, respectively. Djokovic was unable to participate in the tournament after his visa was cancelled by Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke on the merits of Djokovic being a “high profile unvaccinated individual” whose presence in Melbourne “may foster anti-vaccination sentiment”. Osaka lost in the third round to Amanda Anisimova.
Men’s doubles was won by Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios who defeated Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell, The players who won and lost were all Australian.
In Women’s doubles, Czech players Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Anna Danilina (Kazkhstan) and Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil).