query: who won the 2017 australian men 's singles title

pos: 2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles 2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to the 117th ranked Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan. It was the first time since the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to Marat Safin, that Djokovic failed to make it past the second round of a major and the first time since the 2006 Australian Open that he failed to make it to the third round in Melbourne. Roger Federer won his fifth Australian Open title, and 18th Major title overall, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in five sets. With

pos: Mats Wilander makes Wilander one of only six men (along with Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic) to have won Grand Slam singles titles on grass courts, hard courts, and clay courts. He and Rafael Nadal are the only men in tennis history to have won at least two Grand Slam singles titles on each of the three surfaces (2 Australian when it was played on grass prior to 1988, 1 Australian and 1 US on hard and 3 French on clay). Wilander won his fourth Grand Slam singles title at the age of 20, the youngest

pos: 2017 Wimbledon Championships 2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times. Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title. The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam

pos: 2017 Australian Open 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

pos: Pete Sampras with William Renshaw until Roger Federer won his 8th title in 2017. Sampras also won five US Open titles, a joint Open-era record shared by Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors, and two Australian Open titles. His 14 Grand Slam titles were a record, surpassed only when Federer won his 15th Grand Slam title in Wimbledon 2009 and when Rafael Nadal won his own 15th title at the 2017 French Open. Sampras also won 64 singles titles. He first reached world No. 1 in 1993, and held that position for a total of 286 weeks, including a record six consecutive year-end

pos: 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final The 2017 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2017 Australian Open. It was contested between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, ranked 17th and 9th in the world respectively. It was their record ninth meeting in a Grand Slam final in their rivalry, and their 1st meeting in a Grand Slam final since the 2011 French Open. In a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in 5 sets, Roger Federer won the duel in 5 sets, beating Nadal for

pos: 2017 Australian Open allow him to successfully serve out the match in the final ninth game. This was Roger Federer's 18th Grand Slam singles title, the most ever by a man in the history of tennis, and it was his fifth Australian Open title, just one shy of the record co-held by Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson. Federer would go on to equal this record by defending his title successfully the next year. This was a rematch of the 2003 Australian Open final, where Serena Williams completed the first "Serena Slam" and her career Grand Slam, whilst Serena won five more Australian Open

pos: 2017 Australian Open Series defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began due to a back injury. Elise Mertens won her first WTA singles title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Mertens had come through the qualifying tournament and thus became only the third qualifier to win the Hobart International, following Mona Barthel in 2012 and Garbiñe Muguruza in 2014. Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to the 117th ranked Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan. Roger Federer won his fifth Australian Open title, and 18th Major title overall, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in five

pos: William Renshaw epileptic convulsions. William Renshaw William Charles Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 12 August 1904) was a British tennis player active during the late 19th century who was ranked world No. 1. He won 12 Major titles during his career and was one of the most successful male players in the history of the Wimbledon Championships, winning the singles title seven times; this stood as a record in the Gentleman's singles along with Pete Sampras until 2017 when Roger Federer won his 8th title . He won a record six times consecutively from (1881–86). Additionally he won the doubles title five

pos: William Renshaw William Renshaw William Charles Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 12 August 1904) was a British tennis player active during the late 19th century who was ranked world No. 1. He won 12 Major titles during his career and was one of the most successful male players in the history of the Wimbledon Championships, winning the singles title seven times; this stood as a record in the Gentleman's singles along with Pete Sampras until 2017 when Roger Federer won his 8th title . He won a record six times consecutively from (1881–86). Additionally he won the doubles title five times together

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final Open and his last appearance in the Australian Open men's singles final was against Stan Wawrinka in 2014, which Wawrinka won in four sets. Nadal, however, won the Monte-Carlo Masters title in 2016, while Federer, for the first time since 2000, did not win a tournament title. Prior to the 2017 Australian Open, Nadal had reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Brisbane International, losing to Milos Raonic, while Federer had played in the 2017 Hopman Cup in singles and mixed round robins with Belinda Bencic, winning two and losing one match in both singles and mixed doubles (the Swiss team

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles from Kerber. Serena's victory was her 23rd Grand Slam title in singles, surpassing Steffi Graf as the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles in the Open era. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni reached her second Grand Slam semifinal 18 years after reaching her first one at Wimbledon. Angelique Kerber "(Fourth round)" 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Coco Vandeweghe. Serena Williams won the title her 7th Australian title overall and first Australian Open where she did not lose a set during the tournament defeating her sister Venus Williams in

neg: Diede de Groot De Groot won her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open. In doubles, De Groot was a runner up in the 2017 Australian, French and Wimbledon championships. After winning her first doubles title at the 2017 US Open, she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co-won the doubles event at the 2018 French Open. De Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events at Wimbledon in July 2018. She won her second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji. Outside of the

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Coco Vandeweghe. Serena Williams won the title her 7th Australian title overall and first Australian Open where she did not lose a set during the tournament defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4. This marks the first time the Williams sisters met in a Grand Slam final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and the first time they met in the Australian Open final since 2003. With Serena's win, she also regained the WTA singles No. 1 ranking

neg: Beryl Penrose the German Championships. She was rated as high as 5th in the world in the 1955 tennis rankings. In 2017, she was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame. Her grandson, James Duckworth is an Australian tennis professional. Beryl Penrose Beryl Penrose (born 22 December 1930) is an Australian former international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open eight times, from 1950 to 1957. Penrose won the singles title in 1955 defeating compatriot Thelma Coyne Long in the final in straight sets. In January 1948 she won the Australian girls singles title. In July 1952 she won the

neg: 1979 Australian Open – Women's Singles 1979 Australian Open – Women's Singles Fifth-seeded Barbara Jordan defeated Sharon Walsh 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1979 Australian Open. This was Jordan's first tour-level title; the next time that a woman would score her first tour win at a Grand Slam event would not come until Jeļena Ostapenko won the 2017 French Open. This was the last time where two first time Slam finalists meet each other until the 2004 French Open. Until the 2017 French Open, this would be the last Grand Slam event that none of the former Grand

neg: Marta Kostyuk tour, Kostyuk has a career-high ranking of No. 2, achieved on 30 October 2017. She won the 2016 Petits As and 2017 Australian Open girls' singles championships. In May 2017, she won a ITF tournament in Dunakeszi (Hungary), becoming the youngest Ukrainian to win a professional title in singles-player category. In the whole tournament, Marta did not lose a single set. In October 2017, she won the year-end junior girls tournament, the ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu, China. Kostyuk made her main draw tour-level debut at the Australian Open. Having received a wildcard-entry into the qualifying tournament, she defeated Arina

neg: Roger Federer the 2017 Australian Open. Federer has won a men's record eight Wimbledon titles, a joint-record six Australian Open titles, a record five consecutive US Open titles, and one French Open title. He is one of eight men to have achieved a career Grand Slam. Federer has reached a record 30 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 in a row from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open. Federer has also won a record six ATP Finals, 27 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, and a record 21 ATP World Tour 500 titles. Federer's all-court game and versatile

neg: Coral Buttsworth Coral Buttsworth Coral Annabell Buttsworth ("née" McInnes; 7 June 1900 – 20 December 1985) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932. In 1933 she again made the final of the Australian Championships but was defeated in straight sets by first-seeded Joan Hartigan. Buttsworth was the only multiple winner of the singles title at the Australian Championships who never won a state singles title. A strong, thick-set woman from Sydney, she was addicted to chopping the ball, with an excellent

neg: 2017 French Open – Women's Singles 2017 French Open – Women's Singles Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, having won the tournament in 2016, but she was defeated in the fourth round by Kristina Mladenovic. This was the first time at the French Open since 1977, and any Grand Slam event since the 1979 Australian Open that no former Grand Slam champion have reached the quarterfinals. Jeļena Ostapenko won the title, defeating Simona Halep in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. This was Ostapenko's first WTA Tour-level singles title. She became the first Latvian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, the youngest

neg: Mervyn Rose Mervyn Rose Mervyn Gordon Rose AM (23 January 1930 – 23 July 2017) was an Australian male tennis player who won 7 Grand Slam titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Rose was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959. He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 throughout much of his tennis career and represented Australia in the Davis Cup from 1951 to 1957. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1958 by Lance Tingay of "The Daily Telegraph". Rose won the singles title at the 1954 Australian Championships in Sydney, defeating compatriot Rex Hartwig

neg: 2018 Carrom World Cup League title after defeating defending Swiss League champion Chamil Cooray of Sri Lanka in the final. Both men and women carrom players representing India won the singles and doubles titles at the World Cup. India's Prashant More won the men's singles world title and India's S. Apoorva claimed the women's singles title defeating the Swiss League winner Kajal Kumari. Sri Lanka sent 8 players including four men and four women for the event including former carrom world champion Nishantha Fernando (2012) and 2 time Swiss League winner Chamil Cooray. This is the first World Cup appearance for Sri Lanka since

neg: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles Shingo Kunieda was the defending champion, but did not return to defend his title. Maikel Scheffers won the title, by defeating Nicolas Peifer 3–6, 7–6, 6–0. 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open men's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on

neg: Diede de Groot the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 in singles and doubles. The following year, she won the 2014 Junior Masters in doubles. De Groot made her first Grand Slam at the 2017 Australian Open. After appearing in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open, de Groot won her first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. At her last Grand Slam appearance of 2017, de Groot was a finalist at the 2017 US Open. At the start of 2018, she won the 2018 Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open.

neg: Vancouver Open Sela (2005, 2008 and 2010 singles), who claimed his second VanOpen title, and 2006 Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis (2009 singles), who won in Vancouver his first title since February 2007. Vancouver Open The VanOpen, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown VanOpen, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It is held at Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was hosted continuously from 2002 to 2015, but returned in 2017 after a

neg: 1979 Australian Open – Women's Singles Slam champions would reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal. The seeded players are listed below. They are ordered by the round in which they were knocked out. Note: The sixth seed withdrew and was replaced by Cathy Griffiths. 1979 Australian Open – Women's Singles Fifth-seeded Barbara Jordan defeated Sharon Walsh 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1979 Australian Open. This was Jordan's first tour-level title; the next time that a woman would score her first tour win at a Grand Slam event would not come until Jeļena Ostapenko won the 2017 French Open. This

neg: South Eastern Tasmania Eightball Association Chris Forsyth (Foreshore) "Australian Titles" 2017 Australian Masters Champion - Greg Lawry (Midway Point Tavern) 2011 Australian Junior Team Champions - Tasmania - Manager Cyrill Triffett (Beltana) 2010 Australian Under 18 Singles Champion - Anthony Adams(Beltana/Tasmania) Australian Junior Team Champions - Tasmania - Manager Cyrill Triffett(Beltana), Anthony Adams(Beltana), Alexander Pace(ESRUFC) "Tasmanian Titles" "Singles Title" 2015 Tasmanian State Singles Title - Jeremy McGuire(Midway Point Tavern) 2015 R/U Tasmanian State Singles Title - Alexander Pace(ESRUFC) 2013 Tasmanian State Singles Title - Anthony Adams (Beltana) 2011 Tasmanian State Singles Title - Anthony Adams (Beltana) 1999 Tasmanian State Singles Title - Jeremy McGuire 1994

neg: Zoe Hives and based in Melbourne, Australia. Zoe Hives Zoe Hives (born 24 October 1996) is a professional Australian tennis player. Hives has a career high WTA singles ranking of 259, achieved on 30 April 2018. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 408, achieved on 19 February 2018. Hives so far has won three ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles. In November 2017, Hives won the biggest doubles career title to date at the 2017 Bendigo Women's International, partnering Alison Bai. This resulted in them being awarded a wildcard into the Australian Open doubles event. Hives

neg: Zoe Hives Zoe Hives Zoe Hives (born 24 October 1996) is a professional Australian tennis player. Hives has a career high WTA singles ranking of 259, achieved on 30 April 2018. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 408, achieved on 19 February 2018. Hives so far has won three ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles. In November 2017, Hives won the biggest doubles career title to date at the 2017 Bendigo Women's International, partnering Alison Bai. This resulted in them being awarded a wildcard into the Australian Open doubles event. Hives is coached by Michael Logarzo

neg: 2007 Australian Open – Women's Singles Williams was too good and prevailed 6–1, 6–2 to win her eighth Grand Slam title and her third Australian Open title. At the trophy presentation, Williams dedicated her win to Yetunde Price, her elder half-sister who was shot in September 2003. Williams became the third-lowest-ranked major titlist since 1975, after Evonne Goolagong and Chris O'Neil who won here in 1977 and 1978 respectively. 2007 Australian Open – Women's Singles Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but was defeated by unseeded Lucie Šafářová in the fourth round. Serena Williams won her third Australian Open title in the final defeating Maria Sharapova.

neg: Daria Gavrilova Daria Gavrilova Daria Alexeyevna Gavrilova (; born 5 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player of Russian descent. She represented Russia until 2015, before emigrating to Australia. Nicknamed Dasha, Gavrilova has won one singles and one doubles WTA title, and has additionally won four singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 August 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 20. On 25 September 2017, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings. Gavrilova was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2010 US Open, also

neg: Hsu Yu-hsiou Hsu Yu-hsiou Hsu Yu-hsiou (; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. Hsu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1027 achieved on 19 June 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 484 achieved on 23 April 2018. On the junior tour, Hsu has a career high ranking of no.5 achieved on 12 June 2017. In 2017, Hsu won the 2017 Australian Open boys' doubles championships title alongside Zhao Lingxi. He then won the 2017 Wimbledon boys' doubles championships title with Axel Geller and the 2017 US Open boys' doubles championships title with

neg: Jiske Griffioen Griffioen reached the final undefeated, including a win over van Koot, who she lost to in three sets in the championship match. At the 2015 Australian Open Griffioen won her maiden Grand Slam singles title; defeating Buis, van Koot and Yui Kamiji in straight sets to win the championship. She won again the tournament in 2016. In October 2017 she retired stating that she did not have the fire anymore to complete. Griffioen stated that she would take up a role in the media. During Griffioen's career she won 59 singles titles and 106 doubles titles and held the World

neg: Peter Doohan Doohan died on 21 July 2017 from motor neurone disease. Peter Doohan Peter Doohan (2 May 1961 – 21 July 2017) was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive Australian Hard Court Championships singles titles (1984, 1985, 1986) which remains an open era record for that tournament. He won a further two singles titles at the South Australian Open in 1984 and San Louis Potisi tournament in Italy in 1988. He also won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of World No. 43 in August 1987. At

neg: Horace Rice Horace Rice Horace "Horrie" Rice (1872 – 1950) was an Australian tennis player. The left-handed Rice, who played in knickerbockers and long black socks, won the Men's Singles title at the 1907 Australasian Championships, beating Harry Parker in the final. He was also runner-up 3 times (in 1910, 1911 and 1915). He won the Men's Doubles title at the 1915 Championships, partnering Clarence Todd. At the time of winning his last Grand Slam title and his only one mixed doubles title (on 18 August 1923), he was 50 years and 347 days, which is the all-time record for men in

neg: Arthur Ashe age of 35. However, after undergoing heart surgery in December 1979, Ashe officially retired in April 1980, at age 36. His career record was 818 wins, 260 losses and 51 titles. Ashe remains the only black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, or Australian Open. He is one of only two men of black African ancestry to win any Grand Slam singles title, the other being France's Yannick Noah, who won the French Open in 1983. He also led the United States to victory for three consecutive years (1968–70) in the Davis Cup. In his

neg: Jarmila Wolfe in the second, in her first-round match against Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova after sustaining a back injury during the warm-up. In January 2017, Wolfe announced her retirement from professional tennis. Jarmila Wolfe Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. She won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. She won her first WTA title in 2006 emerging as the Nordea Nordic Light Open doubles champion, her first singles title came in

neg: Alison Riske Alison Riske Alison Riske (born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She has won one WTA title, six singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour. She reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2014, the third round at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2014 and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. She reached her career high singles ranking of world number 36 on May 15, 2017 and she won her first WTA tour title on October 12, 2014, when she won the Tianjin Open. The daughter of Al and Carol Riske,

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final victory from being down 1–3 in the final set against Nadal in the 2017 Australian Open men's singles final is considered by some to be the biggest win in his career. Federer's 5th Australian Open title win marked a tournament record 7 year-long gap between a player's successive Australian Open titles and also established an Open-era Slam record of a 13+ year-long span of winning men's singles Grand Slam titles since his maiden 2003 Wimbledon title win. Winning another Australian Open title also saw Federer increase his all-time record count of hard court singles majors to 10, two ahead of

neg: Ashley Cooper (tennis) Ashley Cooper (tennis) Ashley John Cooper AO (born 15 September 1936) is a former tennis player from Australia who was recognised as the world's best amateur player during the years of 1957 and 1958. Cooper won four singles and four doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments. Cooper won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 1957 Australian Championships where he defeated compatriot Neale Fraser in the final in four sets. Cooper played his best year in 1958, becoming one of only eleven men to win three of the four Grand Slam events in the same year. He successfully defended

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final men's singles Grand Slam defeating four top 10 players for the title was 35 years ago, accomplished by the unseeded 17 year-old Mats Wilander at the 1982 French Open - Men's Singles. The 2017 Australian Open men's singles final also marked Federer's 100th Australian Open match. Winning the 2017 Australian Open catapulted Federer back into the top 10 rankings at No. 10. Nadal's runner-up position advanced his rank from No. 9 to No. 6. Nadal and Federer would continue their resurgent form throughout the season, each winning two of the four majors (Federer winning a record eighth Wimbledon title, Nadal

neg: Alison Riske Open in January before losing in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska. "Current through 2015 US Open. Alison Riske Alison Riske (born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She has won one WTA title, six singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour. She reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2014, the third round at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2014 and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. She reached her career high singles ranking of world number 36 on May 15, 2017 and she won her first WTA tour title on

neg: Maja Chwalińska Maja Chwalińska Maja Chwalińska (; born October 11, 2001) is a Polish tennis player. She won the European 14 and Under girls' doubles title in 2015, and the 16 and Under doubles title in 2016. She was a member of the Polish team which won the Junior Fed Cup title in 2016, and made the final of the 2017 Australian Open junior doubles before completing a trio of European junior titles by winning the 16 and Under singles title six months later. Her highest junior ranking is 6 in August 2017, having reached number 5 in the under 14 rankings

neg: Kristy Pigeon as the men. Our competition was stimulating to watch and we could pull the people in. For me, that's a more powerful way of establishing equality." Kristy Pigeon Kristy Pigeon (born August 12, 1950) is an American retired tennis player who was active at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. Pigeon won the Junior Wimbledon title in July 1968, defeating Australian Lesley Hunt in two sets. Directly following Wimbledon she gained the singles title at the Welsh Open Championships in Newport with a victory in the final over Fay Moore. In August 1968 she won the

neg: Martin Legner Martin Legner Martin Legner (born December 17, 1961 in Tyrol) is a professional Austrian wheelchair tennis player who has been ranked number one for wheelchair doubles. Legner has won the Australian Open doubles title four times with Robin Ammerlaan since 2000, and has won eight doubles titles. Six of them are Australian Open Titles, the other two being French Open titles. He has won one French Open and one Australian Open singles title. He has represented his country at every Summer Paralympics since 1992, and has competed in both singles and doubles at all of those Games. His favorite surfaces

neg: Sylvia Lance Harper Sylvia Lance Harper Sylvia Harper (née Lance, born October 1895) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the 1924 Australian Championships. She reached the singles final there two other times, in 1927, losing to Esna Boyd, and in 1930, losing to Daphne Akhurst. Harper won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships three consecutive years. In 1923, her partner was Boyd, and in 1924 and 1925, her partner was Akhurst. She reached the final an additional three times with three different partners, in 1927, 1929, and 1930. Harper won the mixed doubles title

neg: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final the ATP Rankings) at 302 weeks. It was Federer's last major title for four and a half years, when he won his 18th grand slam at the 2017 Australian Open. For Murray, it was his fourth grand slam final defeat without yet achieving a victory, emulating his coach Ivan Lendl. However, four weeks later Murray defeated Federer in three straight sets to win the Olympic men's singles gold for Great Britain, which also took place at Wimbledon. Murray also won his first grand slam title that year at the US Open and his first Wimbledon title the following year. This

neg: Beryl Penrose Beryl Penrose Beryl Penrose (born 22 December 1930) is an Australian former international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open eight times, from 1950 to 1957. Penrose won the singles title in 1955 defeating compatriot Thelma Coyne Long in the final in straight sets. In January 1948 she won the Australian girls singles title. In July 1952 she won the singles title at the Welsh Championship. Her best results came in 1955, aged 24, when in addition to her Australian success, she reached the quarter-finals at the French and Wimbledon Championships. While overseas, Penrose reached four finals including winning

neg: Arina Rodionova Arina Rodionova Arina Ivanovna Rodionova (; born 15 December 1989 in Tambov) is a Russian-born Australian tennis player. Rodionova has won nine singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2007, she won the Australian Open girls' doubles title, partnering Evgeniya Rodina. On 23 October 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 116. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 41 in the doubles rankings. Elder sister Anastasia is also a tennis professional, and the two sisters have intermittently contested doubles tournaments with modest success. Their most notable achievement as a team came

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2011 WTA Tour
 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players). "The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):" "The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):" "The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):" "The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):" The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October.

neg: Mary Carter Reitano Mary Carter Reitano Mary Carter Reitano ("née" Carter; born 29 November 1934) is a former tennis player from Australia. As a junior player she won the girls' singles title at the Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952. Reitano won the singles title at the 1956 Australian Championships, defeating Thelma Long in the final in three sets after surviving a match point in the third set. At the 1959 Australian Championships Reitano won her second singles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Renée Schuurman. Additionally she reached the Australian semifinals eight times. She teamed with Margaret Court to

neg: Abbie Myers Abbie Myers Abbie Jane Myers (born 18 July 1994 in Sydney) is an Australian tennis player. She has won one singles title and fourteen doubles titles on the ITF tour. Myers has a WTA career high singles ranking of 316 achieved on 11 June 2018. She also has a WTA career high doubles ranking of 182 achieved on 20 July 2015. On the junior circuit, Myers notably represented Australia at the World Junior Competition at the age of 14 years. Myers reached her career high ranking of 52 on 2 January 2012. She won the 2012 Optus Australian 18's Championships.

neg: Jiske Griffioen the Masters after losing in the semifinals. In doubles competitions with Vergeer, Griffioen won in Sydney, Melbourne, Boca Raton, Paris, Nottingham, Utrecht, Atlanta, San Diego and the Masters. Griffioen also won the Wheelchair Classic 8's at the Australian Open and the US Open with Vergeer. Playing alongside Maaike Smit Griffioen was the champion in Fukuoka and with Sharon Walraven she took the title in Prostejov. Inadditon with Ameryckx she won in Nottingham. Griffioen was part of the Netherlands' World Team Cup squad who won the competition for a nineteenth time. During singles competitions in the 2007 season Griffioen won titles

neg: Dick Savitt and won the Italian doubles and the Canadian singles and doubles championships. Without any coaching, in 1950 Savitt reached the U. S. Tennis Championship semifinals at Forest Hills, losing to Art Larsen. In 1951, at the age of 24, Savitt won the Wimbledon Singles Championship. Along the way he beat Larsen, the # 1 US player, in straight sets, and Herbert Flam, the # 2 US player. He also won the Australian Open Singles title, winning in straight sets in the 61-minute final. He became the first American since Don Budge, 13 years earlier, to win both Wimbledon and the

neg: Peter Doohan Peter Doohan Peter Doohan (2 May 1961 – 21 July 2017) was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive Australian Hard Court Championships singles titles (1984, 1985, 1986) which remains an open era record for that tournament. He won a further two singles titles at the South Australian Open in 1984 and San Louis Potisi tournament in Italy in 1988. He also won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of World No. 43 in August 1987. At the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, he unexpectedly defeated two-time defending champion

neg: Henri Kontinen the same tournament with Heather Watson. His win in the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles with Peers was his first Grand Slam title in men's doubles. Kontinen won the 2008 French Open boys' doubles title with Christopher Rungkat. He reached the final of the 2008 Wimbledon boys' singles which he lost to Grigor Dimitrov having beaten Bernard Tomic in the semi final. He also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' doubles with Rungkat. Subsequently, Kontinen's singles development was hampered by knee injuries, and in 2013 he decided to concentrate on doubles. In 2014 Kontinen won his first

neg: 2017 Australian Open 2017 Australian Open 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 defence; they lost to Denis Istomin and Coco Vandeweghe in

neg: Roy Emerson Roy Emerson Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former World number one tennis player who won 12 Major singles titles and 16 Grand Slam tournament men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have completed a Career Grand Slam (winning titles at all four Grand Slam events) in both singles and doubles. His 28 major titles are an all-time record for a male amateur player. Emerson is the first male player to win each amateur major title at least twice in his career. He is one of only eight men to win all four

neg: Andrew Whittington (tennis) Association "Current through 2018 Australian Open. Andrew Whittington (tennis) Andrew Whittington (born 11 August 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made the world's top 200 in August 2016 following a semi-final run at the 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships. His best performance came by reaching the quarter finals of the 2014 Australian Open with Alex Bolt. In May 2014, Whittington and Bolt won the China International Challenger, which was both players' first Challenger doubles title. He'll make his singles grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after being given a wild card. Whittington made his first singles

neg: Masa Jovanovic Masa Jovanovic Masa Jovanovic (; born 23 November 1994 in Serbia) is an Australian tennis player. Jovanovic has a WTA singles career high ranking of 583 achieved on 29 January 2018. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 650 achieved 26 February 2018. Jovanovic has won one ITF doubles title on the tour. Jovanovic alongside Samuel Thompson won the mixed doubles wildcard playoff into the 2015 Australian Open where they faced off against Martina Hingis and Leander Paes in the main draw, losing 2–6, 6–7. In 2017, Jovanovic achieved a career-best singles result when she reached the

neg: Masa Jovanovic Niš, Serbia. Masa Jovanovic Masa Jovanovic (; born 23 November 1994 in Serbia) is an Australian tennis player. Jovanovic has a WTA singles career high ranking of 583 achieved on 29 January 2018. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 650 achieved 26 February 2018. Jovanovic has won one ITF doubles title on the tour. Jovanovic alongside Samuel Thompson won the mixed doubles wildcard playoff into the 2015 Australian Open where they faced off against Martina Hingis and Leander Paes in the main draw, losing 2–6, 6–7. In 2017, Jovanovic achieved a career-best singles result when she

neg: Nancy Richey but withdrew from the tournament before it began. Nancy Richey Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two Grand Slam singles titles (1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1965 U.S. Championships and 1966 Australian, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships). She was ranked World No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 69 singles titles during her career and helped the U.S. win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record

neg: Nancy Richey Nancy Richey Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two Grand Slam singles titles (1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1965 U.S. Championships and 1966 Australian, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships). She was ranked World No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 69 singles titles during her career and helped the U.S. win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years, from 1963 through 1968. Richey

neg: 2017 ATP World Tour distribute ranking points. This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar. These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2017 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by: The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles or mixed doubles: The following players defended

neg: Edgar Moon Crawford. He played in two Davis Cup ties for the Australia Davis Cup team in 1930, against Switzerland and Ireland, and won all four of his singles matches. Moon enlisted in the Australian Army on 17 March 1942 and reached the rank of corporal. He was discharged on 12 November 1945. Edgar Moon Edgar "Gar" Moon (3 December 1904 – 26 May 1976) was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men's Singles title. He also won the 1932 Men's Doubles title with Jack Crawford. He won all three Men's titles

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final to win the Australian Open title, Nadal was also denied, for the second time after the 2014 Australian Open men's singles final, from becoming the first man to achieve a double career Grand Slam in the Open Era. Furthermore, Federer's victory over Nadal in the Australian Open 2017 final was his first Grand Slam match win over Nadal since the 2007 Wimbledon final nearly a decade earlier, and also marked Federer's first ever win over Nadal in a Grand Slam match outside of the grass courts of Wimbledon. Most importantly, Federer's 2017 Australian Open title victory marked the culmination of

neg: Caroline Wozniacki Clijsters, and at the 2014 US Open to Serena Williams. She won the 2006 Wimbledon Girls' Singles title and also holds two WTA titles in doubles. In 2008, Wozniacki won the title of WTA Newcomer of the Year. In 2017, Wozniacki won the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time in her career. Wozniacki won her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open and returned to the No. 1 ranking on 29 January 2018. Wozniacki was born in Odense, Denmark, the daughter of Polish immigrants, Piotr Woźniacki and Anna. Anna played on the Polish women's national

neg: Marin Čilić career statistics Marin Čilić career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Croatian professional tennis player Marin Čilić. To date, Čilić has won 18 ATP singles titles including one grand slam singles title at the 2014 US Open, one ATP Masters 1000 title at the 2016 Western & Southern Open and a record four titles at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors. Other highlights of Čilić's career thus far include finals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. Čilić achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 3 on 29 January 2018. In August 2008, Čilić reached

neg: Jana Fett Jana Fett Jana Fett (; born 2 November 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. On 2 October 2017, Fett reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97, and on 30 Octcber 2017, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 357. Fett has won five singles and four doubles titles ITF Women's Circuit. In the Juniors' Circuit, Fett had a career-high ranking of No. 12, which she achieved on 24 February 2014. She was the runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open girls' singles event, wherein she fell to Elizaveta Kulichkova in the final. Fett's biggest title to date was

neg: Markéta Vondroušová Markéta Vondroušová Markéta Vondroušová (, born 28 June 1999) is a Czech tennis player. Vondroušová has won one singles title on the WTA Tour as well as seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 March 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50 and was the youngest player in the top 100. On 17 July 2017, she peaked at No. 152 in the doubles rankings, having reached the Wimbledon quarterfinal. In 2015, Vondroušová won the girls' doubles event at the Australian Open with fellow Czech Miriam Kolodziejová, defeating Katharina Hobgarski and

neg: Akira Santillan Open and doubles finals at the 2014 French Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia. He returned to playing under the Australian flag in 2017. Santillan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 160 achieved on 24 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 265 achieved also on 17 July 2017. Santillan has won 6 ITF Futures singles titles and 1 ITF Futures doubles title. Santillan made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016

neg: Andrew Whittington (tennis) Andrew Whittington (tennis) Andrew Whittington (born 11 August 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made the world's top 200 in August 2016 following a semi-final run at the 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships. His best performance came by reaching the quarter finals of the 2014 Australian Open with Alex Bolt. In May 2014, Whittington and Bolt won the China International Challenger, which was both players' first Challenger doubles title. He'll make his singles grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after being given a wild card. Whittington made his first singles appearance in April 2010 at the

neg: Marc Polmans October, Polmans partnered Jeremy Beale to win his first doubles challenger title at Traralgon. Marc Polmans Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Polmans won the 2015 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final, 0–6, 6–2, [10–8]. He reached the semi-final of the 2017 Australian Open – Men's Doubles with Andrew Whittington. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of 161 achieved in October 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 68 achieved on 16

neg: Marc Polmans Marc Polmans Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Polmans won the 2015 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final, 0–6, 6–2, [10–8]. He reached the semi-final of the 2017 Australian Open – Men's Doubles with Andrew Whittington. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of 161 achieved in October 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 68 achieved on 16 October 2017. Polmans is coached by former Top 100 player, Peter Luczak, at the

neg: 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles final 2017 Australian Open men's singles final would either see Federer breaking his historic all-time record of 17 men's Grand Slam singles titles, or, Nadal with 15 Grand Slam singles titles that would break the tie between himself and Sampras' Grand Slam title count and subsequently narrow the Grand Slam title count gap between himself and Federer. Furthermore, should Nadal win, he would become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam, winning each of the Grand Slams at least twice in men's singles. Numerous tennis players and legends fielded their opinions on the match

neg: Janine Thompson and won competitions in Nashville in 1988. Janine Thompson Janine G. Thompson Tremelling ("née" Thompson; born 12 September 1967) is an Australian former tennis player who won the Girls' Doubles in the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, with Louise Field. She is currently playing on the seniors tour. As both a singles and doubles player, she featured in the Australian and US Opens, Wimbledon and Roland Garros between 1985 and 1990. She has a career singles win/loss record of 39–58, and a doubles record of 110–78. Thompson won the 1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania singles title, and won doubles titles in Wellington,

neg: Debbie Freeman Debbie Freeman Debbie Freeman (born 5 June 1962) is an Australian former tennis player who won Junior Wimbledon in 1980. In 1978, Freeman won the Australian Open Girls' Doubles title with Kathy Mantle. In 1980, Freeman became the first Australian to win Girls' Singles title at Wimbledon. At the moment she is the only Australian to win the Junior Girls Wimbledon title. Freeman received a telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, congratulating her on her win. Freeman however failed to capitalise on her Junior titles, losing first-round matches at the US Open, Wimbledon and the French Open

neg: Debbie Freeman in the following year. She retired from professional tennis soon after. Debbie Freeman Debbie Freeman (born 5 June 1962) is an Australian former tennis player who won Junior Wimbledon in 1980. In 1978, Freeman won the Australian Open Girls' Doubles title with Kathy Mantle. In 1980, Freeman became the first Australian to win Girls' Singles title at Wimbledon. At the moment she is the only Australian to win the Junior Girls Wimbledon title. Freeman received a telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, congratulating her on her win. Freeman however failed to capitalise on her Junior titles, losing

neg: Filippo Baldi appearance as a qualifier at the Rome Masters, losing to Nikoloz Basilashvili. Paired with Andrea Pellegrino, he won the double title in the 2018 Internazionali di Tennis Città dell'Aquila. His first singles title on the ATP Challenger Tour was at the 2018 Wolffkran Open. Filippo Baldi Filippo Baldi (born 10 January 1996) is an Italian tennis who was single semifinalist at the 2013 Australian Open Junior and single quarterfinalist at the 2014 Wimbledon Junior in the Singles competition. With Gianluigi Quinzi he won the 2012 Junior Davis Cup defeating the Australian team: it was the first time ever for an

neg: Sylvia Lance Harper through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year. Sylvia Lance Harper Sylvia Harper (née Lance, born October 1895) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the 1924 Australian Championships. She reached the singles final there two other times, in 1927, losing to Esna Boyd, and in 1930, losing to Daphne Akhurst. Harper won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships three consecutive years. In 1923,

neg: Billy Knight (tennis) Billy Knight (tennis) William Arthur Knight (born 12 November 1935) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who competed on the amateur tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Before focusing on tennis Knight also played table tennis and won the English singles title in 1951. As a tennis junior he won both the 1953 Wimbledon and 1954 Australian Championships Boys' Singles tournaments. Knight's best slam performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1959 French Championships. He won the mixed doubles at the same tournament, partnering Yola Ramírez. He won the singles title at the German Championships in Hamburg in

neg: Sport in Denmark of 1 March 2017, she held this position for 71 weeks. She was the first Scandinavian woman to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall. She has won The Australian Open 2018 and 27 WTA singles titles incl 2017 WTA Finals (and made 52 finals) as of March 2018, and is currently ranked number 2 in the WTA rankings. Frederik Løchte Nielsen became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon championship title in 2012. Nielsen and his partner Marray, who had only played three tournaments together previously, also became the first wild card ever to win the Wimbledon

neg: Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open, and the 1987 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events, including the Wimbledon finals of 1981 and 1986, and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, at the 1989 US Open with Martina Navratilova. Mandlikova had a career-high singles ranking of No. 3, and was ranked in the world top 50 for 12

neg: Sport in Latvia 2017, Jeļena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to win a Grand Slam title when she won the Women's Singles Title at the 2017 French Open . In March 2018 she reached a career high singles ranking of no. 5 and she has a career high doubles ranking of no. 32 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Another WTA Player is Anastasija Sevastova who reached a career high ranking of no. 15 in 2017 and has reached three US Open quarterfinals, including one semifinal, and has won three WTA titles. In the Fed Cup, the Latvian team reached World Group II

neg: 2016 Australian Open 2016 Australian Open The 2016 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 18–31 January 2016. It was the 104th 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. Novak Djokovic successfully defended the men's singles title and thus won a record-equaling sixth Australian Open title. Serena Williams was the defending champion in the women's singles but failed to defend her title, losing to Angelique

neg: 2017–18 Japan Figure Skating Championships 2017–18 Japan Figure Skating Championships The 2017–18 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Tokyo, in December 2017. It was the 86th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The senior competitions took place on 20–24 December 2017 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, Tokyo. Shoma Uno won his second consecutive national title. Miyahara won the national title for the fourth year in a row. The junior men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing competitions took place on 24–26 November 2017 in Gunma. The Japan Skating Federation

neg: Janine Thompson Janine Thompson Janine G. Thompson Tremelling ("née" Thompson; born 12 September 1967) is an Australian former tennis player who won the Girls' Doubles in the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, with Louise Field. She is currently playing on the seniors tour. As both a singles and doubles player, she featured in the Australian and US Opens, Wimbledon and Roland Garros between 1985 and 1990. She has a career singles win/loss record of 39–58, and a doubles record of 110–78. Thompson won the 1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania singles title, and won doubles titles in Wellington, Rome and the German Open in 1989,

neg: Pat Cash Australian rules football player for , Cash first came to the tennis world's attention as a prominent and promising junior player in the early 1980s. He was awarded a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. He was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world in 1981. In June 1982, Cash won the junior doubles title at the French Open partnering John Frawley. In July he won the junior singles title at Wimbledon, and while partnering Frawley, he also won the junior doubles title at the same tournament. In September, he won the junior singles title at the

neg: Hsu Yu-hsiou Wu Yibing. In 2018, we won his first doubles title on the ITF Men's Circuit. In the same year, he gave his debut for the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team. Hsu Yu-hsiou Hsu Yu-hsiou (; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. Hsu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1027 achieved on 19 June 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 484 achieved on 23 April 2018. On the junior tour, Hsu has a career high ranking of no.5 achieved on 12 June 2017. In 2017, Hsu won the 2017 Australian Open

neg: Kristy Pigeon Kristy Pigeon Kristy Pigeon (born August 12, 1950) is an American retired tennis player who was active at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. Pigeon won the Junior Wimbledon title in July 1968, defeating Australian Lesley Hunt in two sets. Directly following Wimbledon she gained the singles title at the Welsh Open Championships in Newport with a victory in the final over Fay Moore. In August 1968 she won the singles title at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships in Haverford. Later that month she won the United States girls lawn tennis championship in Philadelphia after a

neg: Peter Doohan and top-seeded Boris Becker in the second round, earning himself the nickname "The Becker Wrecker" at home in Australia. Doohan played collegiately in the US with the University of Arkansas, where he won the NCAA doubles title in 1982. . Also a successful singles player he won three Australian Hard Court Championships consecutively from (1984-1986). In 1984 he the South Australian Open singles title .In 1988 he won the San Louis Potosi singles title on clay in San Luis Potosí, Italy. He also coached high school tennis at Donoho High School in Anniston, Alabama, for several years in the mid-1990s.

neg: 2017 Australian Open first. She would get broken again during the seventh game of the set, which eventually surrendered the match to sister Serena. This was Serena Williams' 23 Grand Slam singles title and seventh Australian Open title for her career, both being Open era records, whilst being one shy of Margaret Court's record of 24 in the history of tennis. The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 9 January 2017, while ranking and "points before" are as of 16 January 2017. The rankings afterwards comes

neg: Ana Konjuh at the 2015 Nottingham Open, becoming the youngest player to win a main-tour event since 2006. She has also won one title on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20. Aged 14, Konjuh was the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in girls' doubles. In December 2012, Konjuh won two prestigious junior tennis tournaments, Eddie Herr and the Orange Bowl. In January 2013, she won the singles and doubles events at the Australian Open, and became the No. 1 junior in the world. She also received a call up

neg: Paul Ferreri 2006. He died on 14 July 2017 at the age of 69. Paul Ferreri Paolo Ferreri (2 January 1948 – 14 July 2017), known as Paul Ferreri, was an Italian/Australian professional super fly/bantam/super bantam/feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the Australian bantamweight title, Australian featherweight title, Australian super featherweight title, holding all three Australian titles simultaneously, Commonwealth bantamweight title (twice), and inaugural Commonwealth super bantamweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title against Carlos Zárate, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super flyweight to , i.e. super featherweight.

neg: Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; , ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 164 on November 3, 2014 and her highest doubles ranking of No. 7 on March 19, 2018. She won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles title with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a senior Grand Slam title. With Mate Pavić, she also won the 2018 Australian Open mixed doubles title. She played in her first provincial tournament when she was 8. Her first big victory was at the provincial

neg: Fred Gil career statistics Fred Gil career statistics Fred Gil is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who currently competes in the ITF Men's Circuit. He has won one doubles title at the ATP World Tour and reached a singles final at the same level. A former world no. 62, he is ranked no. 433 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), as of 3 April 2017. "Current through 2017 Australian Open. Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present. Gil has a career 1–8 against ATP ranked top-10 players. This section contains Gil's win-loss record against

neg: Łukasz Kubot Łukasz Kubot Łukasz Kubot (; born 16 May 1982) is a Polish professional tennis player. Kubot is a doubles specialist and won the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles title with Robert Lindstedt as well as the 2017 Wimbledon men's doubles title with Marcelo Melo. On January 8, 2018 he achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 1. He has also had success in singles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 41 in April 2010 and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. In 2013 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronisław

neg: Mats Wilander Mats Wilander Mats Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one Grand Slam men's doubles title (at Wimbledon). In 1988, Wilander won three of the four Grand Slam singles events and finished that year ranked World No. 1. Although he never won the singles title at Wimbledon, Wilander twice won the Australian Open when that tournament was still played on grass courts. This

neg: James Baily satellite tournaments, before retiring in 1994. James Baily James Baily (born 1 February 1975) is a British former professional tennis player who won the boys' singles title at the 1993 Australian Open. Born in Portsmouth, Baily is originally from Curbridge, a village in Hampshire. At the 1993 Australian Open, a day before his 18th birthday, Baily defeated New Zealander Steven Downs in the boys' singles final. This made him the first British player in 28 years to win a junior grand slam title, since Gerald Battrick in 1965. Bailey, who was coached by Steve Shaw, couldn't make the transition to

neg: James Baily James Baily James Baily (born 1 February 1975) is a British former professional tennis player who won the boys' singles title at the 1993 Australian Open. Born in Portsmouth, Baily is originally from Curbridge, a village in Hampshire. At the 1993 Australian Open, a day before his 18th birthday, Baily defeated New Zealander Steven Downs in the boys' singles final. This made him the first British player in 28 years to win a junior grand slam title, since Gerald Battrick in 1965. Bailey, who was coached by Steve Shaw, couldn't make the transition to professional tennis and appeared only in