Tennis in Australia
Tennis in Australia refers to the sport of tennis played in Australia. Tennis in Australia has been administered by Tennis Australia since 1904.
Australia hosts the first of the four Grand Slam events of the year, the Australian Open.
The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia and was first played in Melbourne in 1905. The tournament was first known as the Australasian Championships and then became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969.
History
In the 1950s, Australia became a tennis power, and Australian men won the Davis Cup 15 times from 1950 to 1967, led by outstanding players such as Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Roy Emerson, and Ashley Cooper.Rod Laver has twice achieved the Grand Slam in men's singles, in 1962 and 1969, the only tennis player to have accomplished this feat. Fellow Australian tennis player Margaret Smith Court also achieved the Grand Slam in women's singles in 1970, Smith Court also holds the record for the greatest number of women's singles Grand Slams won and is one of only three players ever to have won a career Grand Slam "boxed sit"
Major tournaments and current champions
Pre- Australian Open
| Tournament | Category | Current Champion | Current Runner-up | Score |
| Hopman Cup | Team Event |  SUI |  GER | 2–1 |
| Brisbane International | Male |  Kei Nishikori |  Daniil Medvedev | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Brisbane International | Female |  Karolína Plíšková |  Lesia Tsurenko | 6–1, 6-1 |
| Hobart International | Female |  Sofia Kenin |  Anna Karolina Schmiedlova | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Sydney International | Male |  Alex de Minaur |  Andreas Seppi | 7-5,7–6 |
| Sydney International | Female | Petra Kvitová | Ashleigh Barty | 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 |
Australian Open
Current champions
| Event | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 2019 Men's Singles |  Novak Djokovic |  Rafael Nadal | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2019 Women's Singles | Naomi Osaka | Petra Kvitová | 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 2019 Men's Doubles |  Nicolas Mahut Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 2019 Women's Doubles | Samantha Stosur  Zhang Shuai |  Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2019 Mixed Doubles | Barbora Krejčíková Rajeev Ram | Astra Sharma John-Patrick Smith | 7–6, 6–1 |
Davis Cup
See: Australian Davis Cup TeamTitles - 28.
Runners-up - 19.
Fed Cup
See: Australia Fed Cup teamTitles - 7
Runners-up - 10