It puts an end to 40 years of scarcity for Australian players at the Australian Open, since the victory of Chris O’Neil in 1978. Ashleigh Barty, the world number 1 won in the final this Saturday January 29 against the 30th in the world, the American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (7/2 in the tie-break). She thus won her third Grand Slam title.
The Australian thus won her third major title at the age of 25 after Roland-Garros in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2021, the first at home. She becomes the only active player with Serena Williams to have won Majors on all surfaces (hard, grass and clay).
Barty was participating in his 9th Australian Open and had never made it past the semi-finals (2020).
To win the title on Saturday, she defeated four Americans in her last four matches: Amanda Anisimova in the round of 16, Jessica Pegula in the quarters, Madison Keys in the semis and Collins in the final.
To win her first Major in 2019 at Roland-Garros, the Australian had beaten the same four players: Pegula in the 1st round, Collins in the 2nd, Keys in the quarters and Anisimova in the semis.