The 2026 Australian Open is now just a month away, and history is on the line for a number of stars.
Last season’s champion Jannik Sinner will bid to become just the second player in the Open Era to three-peat in Melbourne.
His rival, Carlos Alcaraz, will aim to win the Australian Open for the first time, which would make him the youngest player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam.
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On the women’s side, Iga Swiatek will also be in pursuit of the Career Grand Slam, while world number one Aryna Sabalenka is looking to reclaim the title after suffering a near miss in 2025.
None of the above are close to breaking the record for the most Australian Open titles won in history, however.
5. Daphne Akhurst – 5
Daphne Akhurst won all five of her Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open, winning each of them between 1925 and 1930.
Akhurst went back-to-back in 1925 and 1926, but crashed out in the second round of the tournament in 1927.
The Australian then went on to win three in a row from 1928 to 1930, becoming the first woman in history to three-peat at the event.
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4. Roger Federer, Roy Emerson, Nancye Wynne Bolton – 6
Roger Federer, Roy Emerson and Nancye Wynne Bolton are all tied in fourth place, with six Australian Open titles to their names each.
Federer won his first at Melbourne Park in 2004, and claimed consecutive titles in 2006 and 2007.
The Swiss Maestro then secured his fourth in 2010 and ended his near-five-year Grand Slam drought in 2017 by beating Rafael Nadal in the final to take the crown, which he then defended in 2018.
Emerson picked up his first in 1961 and went on to win five Australian Open titles in a row from 1963 to 1967.
Bolton emerged victorious in 1937, 1940, and three-peated from 1946 to 1948 before winning her sixth in 1951.
3. Serena Williams – 7
The Australian Open was the last major that Serena Williams managed to get her hands on, doing so in 2003, and completing the Career Grand Slam as a result.
After her triumph that year, Williams won the title in 2005 and 2007, and went back-to-back in 2009 and 2010.
The American had some poor results at the competition after that, but made three consecutive finals from 2015 to 2017, winning in two of the championship matches.
2. Novak Djokovic – 10
Novak Djokovic has enjoyed most of his Grand Slam success at the Australian Open, with 10 of his 24 major crowns coming at Melbourne Park.
The Serb hoisted his first Grand Slam trophy at the 2008 edition of the event, and became the first man in the Open Era to win three in a row, which he did from 2011 to 2013.
Djokovic came out on top in both 2015 and 2016, three years before he claimed a second treble of crowns from 2019 to 2021.
His last victory at the Australian Open came in 2023, which was his 22nd major triumph.
1. Margaret Court – 11
Margaret Court, tied with Djokovic for the most Grand Slams of any man or woman in history, is the all-time leader for Australian Open titles.
She won her home Slam 11 times and recorded one of the most incredible streaks when she held the trophy aloft seven consecutive times from 1960 to 1966.
Court did not appear at the Australian Open in 1967, but returned in 1968 and made the final, before three-peating once again in 1969, 1970, and 1971.
In 1973, Court won the title one last time, which marked her 22nd major crown.
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