The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tournament held live from Melbourne for two weeks in January, finishing on Australia Day. Founded in 1905, women have been competing in the Aussie Open since 1922.

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Factbox on Austria's Dominic Thiem, who beat German Alexander Zverev 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6) to win the U.S. Open title on ...

Danielle Collins reached a Grand Slam final for the first time with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open ...

Come for the tennis, stay for the star-spotting. In late January, you’d be hard pressed not to hear the familiar sound of tennis rackets whacking the heck out of tennis balls a-plenty. An annual ...