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2017 Australian Open

2017 Australian Open
Australian Open Logo 2017.png
Date 16–29 January
Edition 105th
Category Grand Slam
Draw 128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money A$ 50,000,000
Surface Hard (Plexicushion)
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Attendance 728,763
Champions
Men's Singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's Singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Finland Henri Kontinen / Australia John Peers
Women's Doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Mixed Doubles
United States Abigail Spears / Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Boys' Singles
Hungary Zsombor Piros
Girls' Singles
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Boys' Doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou / China Zhao Lingxi
Girls' Doubles
Canada Bianca Andreescu / United States Carson Branstine
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Japan Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Belgium Joachim Gérard / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United States David Wagner
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The 2017 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16–29 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.

Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber were the defending champions and both were unsuccessful in their title defense; 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.

The 2017 Australian Open was the 105th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


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