We dive into the important thing insights for the best-performing Australians at Melbourne Park at this yr’s Australian Open.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 26 January 2025 | Patric Ridge
Alex de Minaur’s historic run at Australian Open 2025 may need ended by the hands of eventual champion Jannik Sinner, however the followers have had loads to cheer with regards to supporting their residence hopes within the males’s and ladies’s singles at Melbourne Park.
In reaching the final eight at AO 2025, De Minaur grew to become simply the fifth Australian man within the Open period to make the quarterfinals in 4 successive Grand Slams with out interruption, and the primary since Lleyton Hewitt in 2005.
1 – Alex de Minaur is the primary Australian to achieve the Males’s Singles quarter-final on the Australian Open since Nick Kyrgios in 2015. Star. #AO2025 | @AustralianOpen @atptour pic.twitter.com/TxMALMcJNH
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) January 20, 2025
Nonetheless, De Minaur was not the one Aussie to interrupt new floor.
At AO 2025, 10 homegrown gamers made it via to spherical two – extra Australians to progress via their opening-round ties than at any editions of Roland Garros, Wimbledon or the US Open this century.
We dive into the important thing insights for the best-performing Australians at Melbourne Park at this yr’s Australian Open.
The ladies
Destanee Aiava was a giant story within the opening spherical, as she scored her first AO fundamental draw win – in her fifth such look – by beating Greet Minnen in a 5-7 7-5 7-6(5) thriller.
She went up in opposition to 2022 runner-up Danielle Collins in spherical two, aiming to change into the primary Aussie girl to defeat a top-10 seed on the AO since Ash Barty downed Petra Kvitova in 2020.
She fell simply brief, dropping 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2, however created moments she will be able to ceaselessly cherish.
DESTANEE FULFILLED AT #AO2025
Aiava fights again from the brink to attain her first AO fundamental draw victory! @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/RZbtWLTNMR
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 13, 2025
Aiava and Kimberly Birrell each certified for the primary draw, marking the primary time within the Open period that a couple of Australian girl had efficiently navigated the qualifying rounds on the similar AO.
In her second main-draw look, Talia Gibson had a shot at changing into the primary AO wildcard to achieve the spherical of 32 in three years, however was finally crushed by eventual semifinalist Paula Badosa.
The boys
Jordan Thompson beat qualifier Dominik Koepfer within the first spherical, changing into the oldest Australian seed to win an AO match since Phil Dent in 1982.
He was making his twelfth main-draw look at his residence Grand Slam. Of the gamers within the males’s singles draw at AO 2025, solely Novak Djokovic (20) and Grigor Dimitrov (15) have made extra main-draw appearances on the main than Thompson, who misplaced to Nuno Borges in spherical two.
In the meantime, wildcard James McCabe claimed his first Grand Slam win in what was his second such look, defeating Martin Landaluce in straight units.
Aleksandar Vukic beat Damir Dzumhur and No. 22 seed Sebastian Korda to change into the oldest Australian man to realize a maiden third-round look on the AO; his run was ended by Jack Draper in a five-set epic.
James Duckworth’s first-round win was his fifth AO match victory – extra wins than he has managed at any of the opposite Slams.
Tristan Schoolkate went forward in opposition to Sinner within the second spherical, changing into the primary participant to take a set off the Italian since Tomas Etcheverry October.
With De Minaur subsequently dropping to Sinner, the final Australian to defeat the boys’s world No.1 at a serious was Nick Krygios, when he overcame Daniil Medvedev on the US Open in 2022.
29 and out ❌
Tristan Schoolkate turns into the primary participant to take a set off Sinner since Tomás Etcheverry on October 2nd, 2024 – 106 days in the past!🤯@wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/K6mNzl8EsX
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 16, 2025
De Minaur was the standout Aussie, changing into the 14th Australian participant – male or feminine – to achieve the quarterfinals in any respect 4 of the majors within the Open period, and the primary since Hewitt within the 2000s.
The Sydneysider was additionally the primary Aussie since Hewitt (between US Open 2003 and AO 2005) to achieve the boys’s singles fourth spherical at six successive Slams.