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Australian Open 2022
- The 2022 Australian Open was the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year that took place at Melbourne Park, Australia from 17 to 30 January 2022.
- Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka were the 2021 champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively.
- Djokovic was unable to participate in the tournament after his visa was cancelled by Australian Immigration Ministry.
Major Title Winners
Men’s Singles
- Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Daniil Medvedev (Russia) to win the Grand Slam season opener - Australian Open title 2022.
- Rafael Nadal broke a three-way tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic by claiming his 21st Grand Slam title.
- Nadal has now won all four major titles twice, something only Djokovic had previously accomplished in the Open era.
Women’s Singles
- Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Danielle Collins (USA) to win the Australian Open title 2022.
- It was her third Grand Slam title.
- Barty became the first Australian to win the event since Chris O’Neil captured the women’s title in 1978.
Men's Doubles: Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios (both Australia) beat Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell (both Australia)
Women's Doubles: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (both Czech Republic) beat the pair of Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Mixed Doubles: Kristina Mladenovic (France) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Jaimee Fourlis / Jason Kubler (both Australia)
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