The 107th Australian Open set a Grand Slam attendance record of 796,435 and introduced final-set tiebreaks for the first time.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 107th Australian Open, 51st in the Open Era
- Dates
- 14–27 January 2019
- Attendance
- 796,435 spectators
- Men's singles champion
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
- Women's singles champion
- Naomi Osaka (Japan)
- Rule innovation
- First Grand Slam with final-set tiebreak at 6–6
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
As the first Grand Slam of 2019, the Australian Open convened the world's top professional tennis players at Melbourne Park. Defending champions Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki entered the tournament but both fell in the early rounds, opening the draw for new champions to emerge.
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets to claim the men's singles title, while Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitová in three sets for the women's title. The tournament drew a record attendance of 796,435 and debuted a final-set match tiebreak to 10 points when a set reached 6–6.
Djokovic's victory continued his dominance of the Australian Open, while Osaka's win confirmed her emergence as a leading force in women's tennis. The final-set tiebreak rule, introduced here for the first time at a Grand Slam, subsequently influenced format discussions across other major tournaments.