2017 Australian Open

The 2017 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16 and 29 January 2017. It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's title sponsor was Kia.

2017 Australian Open
Date16–29 January 2017
Edition105th
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S / 64D /
Prize moneyA$ 50,000,000
SurfaceHard (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Attendance728,763
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Henri Kontinen / John Peers
Women's doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
Mixed doubles
Abigail Spears / Juan Sebastián Cabal
Wheelchair men's singles
Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair women's singles
Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Joachim Gérard / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner
Boys' singles
Zsombor Piros
Girls' singles
Marta Kostyuk
Boys' doubles
Hsu Yu-hsiou / Zhao Lingxi
Girls' doubles
Bianca Andreescu / Carson Branstine

Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber were the defending champions and both were unsuccessful in their title defence; they lost to Denis Istomin and CoCo Vandeweghe in the second and fourth rounds, respectively. For the first time since the 2004 French Open, both No. 1 seeds lost before the quarterfinals, with both Andy Murray and Kerber defeated in the fourth round.

Roger Federer won his eighteenth men's singles Grand Slam title by defeating Rafael Nadal in a five-set final. It was his first major title since 2012 Wimbledon and a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in five sets. Serena Williams overcame her sister Venus in the women's singles final, surpassing Steffi Graf to become the player with the most major wins in the women's game in the Open Era.

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