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Brian Teacher On this day 04.01.2021

January 4, 1981: The day unheralded Brian Teacher won his first and only Grand Slam title

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at some of the biggest moments in tennis history. In December 1980, the in-form Brian Teacher decided to pull out of the Australian Open but a stroke of luck ensured he got back in and went on to win the title

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Margaret Court at the Australian Open

January 1, 1973: The day Margaret Court won a record 11th Australian Open title and became the first mother to win a major

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1973 to witness how Margaret Court came back to the Tour in style. Having given birth to her first child in 1972, Court won the Australian Open to become the first mother to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Vitas Gerulaitis

December 31, 1977: The day Vitas Gerulaitis won his first and only Grand Slam

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to recall an important moment in tennis history. On this day in tennis history, a flamboyant American player needed five sets to beat a little known Brit to win the Australian Open

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Alexandre Sokolowski
John Lloyd

December 30, 1977: The day John Lloyd became the first British-born man to reach a Grand Slam final since 1938

John Lloyd made the Australian Open final by downing grass-court specialist Bob Giltinan and only narrowly lost the finale to Vitas Gerulaitis

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Dominic Thiem at the 2021 Australian Open

Former runner-up Dominic Thiem gets Australian Open wildcard

Thiem climbed from outside the top 350 to No 102 in the rankings, just missing the direct entry cut-off

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Haresh Ramchandani
Australian Open 2023 expectations
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Australian Open 2023 preview – previous winners and expectations

The Australian Open gets under way next month and kicks off the 2023...
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Ruud on having the chance to be world No 1: “I can be in that position again”

Djokovic and Badio
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Djokovic adds new physio to team ahead of Australian swing

The 21-time Grand Slam champion has tweaked his team ahead of the start...
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Rafael Nadal
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Why United Cup is key for Nadal ahead of Australian Open

Rafael Nadal is part of the Spanish team that will compete in the...
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Tennis 2022
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Swiatek looks untouchable but young guns have the ability to wrest control from Djokovic and Nadal in 2023

While Swiatek has the world at her feet, the young men - led...
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Simon Cambers
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Dates, tickets, Djokovic: Everything you always wanted to know about the 2023 Australian Open (but never had time to find out) – updated with wild cards

The Australian Open kicks off the annual Grand Slam calendar in tennis. Here...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Nick Kyrgios at the 2022 Australian Open
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Kyrgios : “I know how stressful Australian Open is for me…”

The Australian will be the big home favourite after turning in his most...
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Novak Djokovic practices prior to the 2022 Australian Open
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Hopefully I can have a decent reception in Australia – Djokovic

The Serb also reiterates that he plans to continue playing as long as...
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Daniil Medvedev AO 2022
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10 of the best wins from match point down in 2022: No 5: Medvedev beats Auger-Aliassime, Australian Open QF

In part five of our series looking at the best wins from match...
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Simon Cambers
Tsitsipas and Medvedev
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The quotes of 2022, episode 6 – Tsitsipas: “Medvedev is not the most mature person”

To end 2022, Tennis Majors offers you a review, in chronological order and...
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Rafael Nadal
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The quotes of 2022, episode 5 – Nadal: “We didn’t know if I was going to be able to come back on the circuit”

To end 2022, Tennis Majors offers you a review, in chronological order and...
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Alexei Popyrin
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Popyrin leads Aussie wild cards at 2023 Australian Open

The first Grand Slam of the year has announced its homegrown main-draw wild...
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Carrie Dunn
Venus Williams
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25 years on… Venus Williams awarded Australian Open wild card

The former world No 1 returns to action at the Australian Open
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Carrie Dunn
Carlos Alcaraz
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Carlos Alcaraz: I want Novak Djokovic to play every tournament

The new world No 1 is happy to see one of his rivals...
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Netflix’s ATP and WTA behind the scenes documentary series “Break Point” to be released in January, updated with producer comments

ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi hopes the documentary will do for tennis what Drive...
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Robin Wolff