The 2019 Australian Open was the 107th edition of the Australian Open. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as the mixed doubles events. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on hard courts at Melbourne Park, including three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Arena and Margaret Court Arena. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor was Kia.
Final set tie-breaks were introduced for all match formats for the first time at the 2019 Australian Open. If a match reached 6–6 in the final set, the first player to score 10 points and be leading by at least 2 points won the match.6 Katie Boulter and Ekaterina Makarova were the first players in a main draw to compete in the new tie-break format.7
For the first time in the men's singles competition, a 10-minute break due to heat was allowed after the third set when the Australian Open Heat Stress Scale reached 4.0 or higher.8 Hawkeye line-calling technology was extended to be included on all courts. A shot clock was introduced for the first time into the main draw, having been limited to qualifying only in 2018. Women gained parity in the qualifying competition as the draw was increased to 128 players in line with the men's draw.910
In a five-year deal starting at the 2019 tournament, Dunlop took over from Wilson as the suppliers of the tennis balls.111213
Domestically, this was the first Australian Open to be broadcast by the Nine Network, after they secured the rights to televise the tournament from 2019 until 2024. Initially, the broadcast deal was to have started from 2020, however, the Seven Network, which had previously televised the event between 1973 and 2018, agreed to relinquish the rights to the 2019 tournament.1415
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event:
The Australian Open total prize money for 2019 was increased by 14% to a tournament record A$62,500,000.16
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Men's singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Women's singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Men's doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Women's doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Mixed doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Boys' singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Girls' singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Boys' doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Girls' doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Men's legends' doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Women's legends' doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings on 7 January 2019, while ranking and points before are as of 14 January 2019. Points after are as of 28 January 2019.
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying
Main article: 2019 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying
The following players have been accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew due to injuries or other reasons
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