The blue planet that is Melbourne Park has never teemed with so much life as it has this year. Total attendance at the Australian Open reached 1.1 million, including qualifying week, and the 99-acre grounds were full of fresh experiments such as the child-friendly Topcourt area near the Yarra River.

It took a few years of planning for four Polish university friends living on four different continents but the dream of getting together at the Australian Open finally came true this month. Karolina Minczuk and her friends represent a growing wave of tennis enthusiasts,

Sinner successfully defended his title and tightened his stranglehold on men’s tennis, while Keys finally fulfilled her teenage promise.

Henry Patten is hoping his second grand slam final has the same outcome as the first – but without the stress. Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara produced one of the more remarkable Wimbledon victories of recent years last summer in a nail-biting men’s doubles final against Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.

The grandest stage on the tennis calendar’s first spectacle each year—Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open— has both a public-facing persona and one known only to the players and their teams.

Goran Ivanisevic's brief stint as 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina's coach is over now that she is out of the Australian Open. Ivanisevic, a Wimbledon winner himself in 2001, posted a brief statement on social media Tuesday,

Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara produced one of the more remarkable Wimbledon victories ... while he won the junior title at Melbourne Park in 2007 alongside Scot Graeme Dyce.

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Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open for the second consecutive year Sunday, defeating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

The award is given to former WTA players who’ve made a significant contribution to the culture and emotional life of the WTA family -- improving the sport and helping those less fortunate in the wider community.

An inspired Madison Keys ripped up the script with a bold and brilliant performance to end Aryna Sabalenka's Australian Open reign and win her maiden Grand Slam trophy on Saturday. Keys' 6-3 2-6 7-5 v