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Saturday, January 13, 2018

2018 Australian Open Jan 15-28,2018

The 2018 Australian Open will be the 106st edition of the Australian Open all-time,50th edition of the tournament in the Open Era and the 200th overall Grand Slam event of the Open Era

Defending Champions
  • Men's Singles -Roger Federer(Swiss) who had also won in 2004;2006 ;2007 and 2010
  • Women's Singles -Serena Williams(USA)
  • Men's Doubles - Henri Kontinen (Finland)and John Peers(Australia)
  • Women's Doubles -  Bethanie Mattek Sands(USA) and Lucie Safarova(Czech)
  • Mixed Doubles -Abigail Spears(USA) and Juan Sebastian Cabal(Colombia)

Serena Williams,the Women's Singles Defending Champion is not participating this year as she withdrew a week prior to the tournament starting, stating that she was not "fully 100% fit" after giving birth to her daughter in September 2017

Men's Top 5
  1. Rafael Nadal(Spain)aged 31
  2. Roger Federer(Swiss)aged 36
  3. Grigor Dimitrov(Bulgaria)aged 26
  4. Alexander Zverev(Germany)aged 20
  5. Dominic Thiem (Austria)aged 24

Women's Top 5
  1. Simona Halep(Romania)aged 26
  2. Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark)aged 27
  3. Garbine Muguruza(Spain)aged 24
  4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)aged 23
  5. Venus Williams(USA)aged 37

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