2022 Australian Open

The 2022 Australian Open is a scheduled Grand Slam tennis tournament that will take place at Melbourne Park, from 17–30 January 2022.[1] It will be the 110th edition of the Australian Open, the 54th in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players will compete in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor is Kia.

2022 Australian Open
Date17–30 January 2022
Edition110th
Open Era (54th)
CategoryGrand Slam
SurfaceHard (GreenSet)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
2021 Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Naomi Osaka
Men's Doubles
Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek
Women's Doubles
Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka
Mixed Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Rajeev Ram
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Joachim Gérard
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Diede de Groot
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson
Boys' Singles
Harold Mayot (2020)
Girls' Singles
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (2020)
Boys' Doubles
Nicholas David Ionel / Leandro Riedi (2020)
Girls' Doubles
Alex Eala / Priska Madelyn Nugroho (2020)

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka are the defending champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively.

Tournament
Rod Laver Arena in 2013, where the Finals of the Australian Open take place

The 2022 Australian Open is the 110th edition of the tournament, held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2022 ATP Tour and the 2022 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as the mixed doubles events. There are singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments. The junior competitions will be returned after a year of absence.[2] There are also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament is played on hard courts and is taking place across a series of 25 courts, including the four main show courts of Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena (formerly Melbourne Arena), Margaret Court Arena and 1573 Arena. It is also the debut of Show Court Arena, which now makes five main tennis arenas.

Players

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Protected ranking

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

References
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