Australian Open: Full list of men's singles title winners in open era

Novak Djokovic has won the tennis tournament most number of times.

The Australian Open is a racket sports tennis tournament that has undergone several name changes since its inception in 1905. The competition was held on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, for two weeks beginning in mid-January as of 1988, and it was the first among the four Grand Slam competitions since 1987.

The Australian Open was known as The Australasian (Australia and New Zealand) Championships in 1905. Historically, top tennis players did not attend the competition due to its geographic isolation. However, starting in 1924, it became one of the major tennis tournaments (designated by the International Tennis Federation). Because New Zealand tennis officials released their responsibilities to the tournament in 1927, it became known as the Australian Championships.

The men’s singles rules have changed numerous times since the first edition. However, this event has always been played in a knockout format, with all matches being best-of-five sets except for in 1970, 1973, and 1974, when the opening round was best-of-three sets, and in 1982, when the third and fourth rounds were best-of-three sets. 

Since 1905, all sets have been concluded in the advantage format. The slow death best-of-twelve-points tie-break was established in 1971 and used for the first four sets, except for 1980 to 1982, when the tie-break was also played in fifth sets.

The Open Era began in 1968 when Grand Slam tournaments agreed to allow professional and amateur players to compete against each other. However, prior to 1968, only amateurs could compete in Grand Slam tournaments and other ITF-organized or sanctioned events such as the Davis Cup.

With the addition of professional tennis players in 1969, the competition entered the Open Era, in which Novak Djokovic (2008, 2011-2013, 2015-2016, 2019-2021) holds the record for the most titles with nine. In addition, Djokovic holds the record for the most consecutive Open Era titles, with three (2011–2013 and 2019–2021). During the Open Era, Rosewall won without dropping a set in 1971, and Federer won without dropping a set in 2007.

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Full list of Australian Open men’s singles champions

YEAR	CHAMPIONS	COUNTRY
1969	Rod Laver	Australia (AUS)
1970	Arthur Ashe	America (USA)
1971	Ken Rosewall	Australia (AUS)
1972	Ken Rosewall	Australia (AUS)
1973	John Newcombe	Australia (AUS)
1974	Jimmy Connors	America (USA)
1975	John Newcombe	Australia (AUS)
1976	Mark Edmondson	Australia (AUS)
1977	Roscoe Tanner	America (USA)
1976	Vitas Gerulaitis	America  (USA)
1978	Guillermo Vilas	Argentina (ARG)
1979	Guillermo Vilas	Argentina (ARG)
1980	Brian Teacher	America (USA)
1981	Johan Kriek	South Africa ( RSA)
1982	Johan Kriek	America (USA)
1983	Mats Wilander	Sweden (SWE)
1984	Mats Wilander	Sweden (SWE)
1985	Stefan Edberg	Sweden (SWE)
1986	No tournament due to date change
1987	Stefan Edberg	Sweden (SWE)
1988	Mats Wilander	Sweden (SWE)
1989	Ivan Lendl	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
1990	Ivan Lendl	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
1991	Boris Becker	Germany (GER)
1992	Jim Courier	America (USA)
1993	Jim Courier	America (USA)
1994	Pete Sampras	America (USA)
1995	Andre Agassi	America (USA)
1996	Boris Becker	Germany (GER)
1997	Pete Sampras	America (USA)
1998	Petr Korda	Czech Republic  (CZE)
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Russia (RUS)
2000	Andre Agassi	America (USA)
2001	Andre Agassi	America (USA)
2002	Thomas Johansson	Sweden (SWE)
2003	Andre Agassi	America (USA)
2004	Roger Federer	Switzerland  (SUI)
2005	Marat Safin	Russia (RUS)
2006	Roger Federer	Switzerland  (SUI)
2007	Roger Federer	Switzerland  (SUI)
2008	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2009	Rafael Nadal	Spain  (ESP)
2010	Roger Federer	Switzerland  (SUI)
2011	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2012	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2013	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2014	Stan Wawrinka	Switzerland  (SUI)
2015	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2016	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2017	Roger Federer	Switzerland  (SUI)
2018	Roger Federer	Switzerland  (SUI)
2019	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2020	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2021	Novak Djokovic	Serbia  (SRB)
2022	Rafael Nadal	Spain  (ESP)
2023	Novak Djokovic	Serbia (SRB)
2024	TBD	TBD