The 2014 Australian Open is being played on Outdoor Hard Courts at the Melbourne Park,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia from Jan 13 -26,2014
The tournament will be played on hard courts and will take place over a series of 16 courts, including the three main showcourts-
- Rod Laver Arena
- Hisense Arena and
Defending Champions
Men's Singles -Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
Women's Singles -Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)
Men's Doubles -USA's Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles -Italy's Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci
Mixed Doubles -Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova & Mathew Ebden
Venus and Serena Williams withdraw from the doubles competition
Venus and Serena Williams have withdrawn from the doubles competition at the Australian Open, shortly before their first-round match was scheduled to be played on Friday Jan 17,2014
Tournament officials said the sisters pulled out because of an injury to Venus' lower left leg.
The announcement came shortly after Serena Williams, a five-time singles champion in Australia, won her third-round singles match against Daniela Hantuchova in temperatures of almost 40C (104F).
Venus Williams (DOB June 17,1980)and Serena Williams(DOB Sep 26,1981) have combined for 13 career Grand Slam doubles titles
- Australian Open - 2001,2003,2009 and 2010
- French Open -1999 and 2010
- Wimbledon -2000,2002,2008,2009 and 2012
- US Open -1999 and 2009
Ekaterina Makarova(Russia)beats Venus Williams(USA)
On Tuesday Jan 14,2014, a tennis player and a ball boy fainted in the heat during the tournament. Organisers were criticised for allowing the tournament to continue
The temperature, which reached a peak of 42.2C on Tuesday and 41.5C on Wednesday, hit 43.3C on Thursday Jan 16,2014
The decision to implement the extreme heat policy is at the discretion of tournament referee Wayne McKewen, who uses the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature reading, which takes into account humidity and wind direction as well as heat.
McKewen had been criticised for failing to suspend play on the previous two days.
Play was disrupted for more than four hours at the Australian Open on
Thursday Jan 16,2014 as the temperature exceeded 40C for a third consecutive day.
Play continued on Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena as their roofs were brought across
Note
The Australian Open uses a combination of air temperature, humidity and wind speed (the Wet Bulb Global Temperature reading, or WBGT) - rather than just air temperature - to decide whether conditions are suitable for play.
There is no set number for the WBGT that triggers a halt in play, but a combination of high temperature and high humidity are the conditions that most affect players, spectators and personnel.
Serena Williams(USA)Set Record For Most Wins Friday Jan 17,2014
Serena Williams has now won more matches at the Australian Open than any other woman, notching career win No. 61 in scorching conditions on Friday Jan 17,2014 as she advanced to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Daniela Hantuchova
Serena Williams equaled Margaret Court's Australian Open mark of 60 wins with her second-round victory, and on Friday matched Lindsay Davenport's record of 69 main-draw matches here in the Open era
Ana Ivanovic beats Serena Williams Sunday Jan 19,2014
Serbia's Ana Ivanovic stunned World No 1 Serena Williams at the Australian Open on Sunday Jan 19,2014 with a 4-6 6-3 6-3 fourth-round upset at Rod Laver Arena.
Ana Ivanovic ended the American's 25-match winning streak to reach her first grand slam quarter-final since the 2012 U.S. Open
World no 1 Serena Williams a five-time Australian Open champion, was knocked out in a three-set loss to 14th-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Sunday Jan 19,2014
Third-seeded Maria Sharapova lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to Dominika Cibulkova on Monday Jan 20,2014 struggling with her serve in the second and third sets and making 45 unforced errors
"I was never doubting myself," the No. 20-seeded Dominika Cibulkova said, adding that Ivanovic's win over Williams the previous day had been motivational but not her main inspiration against Sharapova
Dominika Cibulkova has now beaten Maria Sharapova twice at a Grand Slam Event -the other occasion was an even bigger upset, when the Slovakian won 6-0 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the 2009 French Open when she was ranked a lowly No.102 in the world.
The defeat of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova left two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka(Belarus) as the only former Australian Open winner still in contention for the 2014 title.
Eugenie Bouchard became the 1st Canadian to reach Australian Open SF's
Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach the SF's of the Australian Open when she beats former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic 5-7 7-5 6-2 on Tuesday Jan 21,2014
Ana Ivanovic had stunned world number one Serena Williams in the fourth round and looked on course for a first grand slam semi-final since her 2008 Roland Garros triumph
Novak Djokovic's bid for a fourth consecutive Australian Open title ended in a dramatic five-set quarterfinal loss to Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 win on Tuesday Jan 21,2014
In a head-to-head tally count, Djokovic had a 15-2 record against Wawrinka before their quarterfinal clash
Defending Champion Victoria Azarenka loses Wednesday Jan 22,2014
Agnieszka Radwansa(Poland)battled to a 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 win to send Victoria Azarenka(Belarus) packing with the top three seeds now out of the Grand Slam following the defeats of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.
The win also ensures the tournament will have a new champion with none of the semi-finalists -- Radwanska, Cibulkova, Li Na and Eugenie Bouchard -- having won before
Players Who Qualified for the SF's
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal(Spain)Vs Roger Federer(Swiss)
Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer 7-6,6-3,6-3
Tomas Berdyych(Czech)Vs Stanislas Wawrinka(Swiss)
Stanislas Wawrinka beats Tomas Berdych 6-3,7-6,6-7,7-6
Rafael Nadal(Spain)Vs Stanislas Wawrinka(Swiss)
Rafael Nadal(27)will be a strong favourite to claim his 14th Slam, and become only the third man to win all four majors at least twice.
Rafael Nadal Vs Stanislas Wawrinka Head-to-Head Record
- In 12 matches against Nadal since 2007, Wawrinka is yet to seriously threaten, not only losing every single match, but failing to win any of the 26 sets contested.
- On hardcourt, the record is 6-0 in Nadal's favour and in the pair's only grand slam clash, Wawrinka claimed a mere six games (on clay) at last year's French Open.
- Overwhelmingly, Nadal has the upper hand in every single aspect - experience, expertise and standing.
Rod Laver Arena before the start of the men's final between Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka
Until last night,Rafael Nadal,Roger Federer,Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray had between them won 34 of the last 35 Grand Slam tournaments, with Juan Martin del Potro’s 2009 US Open triumph the only exception.
Stanislas Wawrinka became the first man to defeat the Rafael Nadal No. 1 and Novak DjokovicNo. 2 seeds at a Grand Slam since Sergi Bruguera at the 1993 French Open
Li Na(PRC)Vs Eugenie Bouchard(Canada)
Li Na beats Eugenie Bouchard 6-2,6-4
Dominika Cibulkova(Slovakia)Vs Agnieszka Radwanska(Poland)
Dominika Cibulkova beats Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1,6-2
Finals
Li Na(PRC)Vs Dominika Cibulkova(Slovakia)
Li Na's sucess at the Australian Open continues as she reaches her 3rd final in the last 4 years
Li Na beats Cibulkova 7-6,6-0 and claimed her 2nd Grand Slam Title(had Won 2011 French Open)
Men's Doubles
Eric Butorac( USA)& Raven Klaasen(South Africa)Vs Daniel Nestor(Canada)&Nenad Zimonzic(Serbia)
Eric Butorac & Raven Klaasen beats Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonzic 6-2,6-4
Lukasz Kubot(Poland)&Robert Lindstedt(Sweden)Vs France's Michael Llodra&Nicolas Mahut
Lukasz Kubot&Robert Lindstedt beats Michael Llodra&Nicolas Mahut 6-4,6-7,6-3
Finals
Eric Butorac( USA)& Raven Klaasen(South Africa)Vs Lukasz Kubot(Poland)&Robert Lindstedt(Sweden)
Lukasz Kubot &Robert Lindstedt beats Eric Butorac & Raven Klaasen 6-3,6-3
Women's Doubles
Italy's Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci Vs Kveta Peschke(Czech)&Katarina Srebotnik(Slovenia)
Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci beats Kveta Peschke&Katarina Srebotnik 6-1,6-4
Russia's Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina Vs USA's Raquel Kops Jones&Abigail Spears
Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina beats Raquel Kops Jones&Abigail Spears 7-5,3-6,6-3
Finals
Italy's Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci Vs Russia's Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beats Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 and defended their title.
They are the first women’s doubles team to win back-to-back Australian titles since Serena and Venus Williams in 2010.
Mixed Doubles
Jie Zheng(PRC)&Scott Lipsky(USA) Vs Kristina Mladenovic(France)&Daniel Nestor(Canada)
Sania Mirza(India)&Horia Tecau(Romania) Vs Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova & Mathew Ebden
Sania Mirza&Horia Tecau beats Jarmila Gajdosova & Mathew Ebden 2-6, 6-3, 10-2
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