TENNIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN – All stats about Australian players’ performance in Melbourne and at Majors. Courtesy of Andras Ruszanov
AO2015: Interviews, Results, Order of Play, Draws
With Bernard TOMIC and Nick KYRGIOS, again 2 Australian players advanced into the last 16 at the Aussie Open. Let’s see when happened the same thing and/or whether it was better performances from 2 Aussie players both at their home major and at the all-time Grand Slam history.
LAST time at HOME (Aussie Open):
• when it was an Aussie, domestic final, it was in 1976:
Mark Edmondson – John Newcombe (6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1)
• when 2 Aussie players advanced into the semifinal, it was in 1987:
Pat Cash (advanced into the final, lost vs Edberg)
Wally Masur (lost in the semi vs Edberg)
• when 2 Aussie players were in the QFs, it was in 1987:
Pat Cash (advanced into the semi)
Wally Masur (advanced into the semi)
• when 2 Aussie players reached the last 16, it was in 2012:
Lleyton Hewitt (lost vs Djokovic)
Bernard Tomic (lost vs Federer)
LAST TIME at a Grand Slam:
• when 2 Australian played in a major final, it was in 1998:
Pat Rafter – Mark Philippoussis (6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0)
• when 2 Australian advanced into the semmis, it was in 1998:
Pat Rafter (defeated Sampras advancing into the final)
Mark Philippoussis (beat Moya advancing into the final)
• when 2 Aussie advanced into the last 8 in Wimbledon in 2000
P.Rafter (advanced into the semi), M.Philippoussis (lost vs. Agassi)
• 2 Aussie reached the last 16 in 2012 at Melbourne:
L.Hewitt (lost vs. Djokovic), B. Tomic (lost vs. Federer)
