Elena Rybakina put on a brilliant performance to defeat favourite Aryna Sabalenka 64, 46, 64 and lift her first Australian Open trophy.
Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win on Saturday and pick up her third Grand Slam title.
With the 2011 edition of the prestigious tournament getting underway, Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra takes a look at a few players whose lone claim to fame came at the grass courts of the All England Club.
Barty staved off a fightback from Collins to pick up her third Grand Slam title
Ash Barty has become the first local woman to reach the final of an Australian Open in 42 years.
Stars made their way to the Australian Open to cheer on Rafael Nadal.
Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win.
Barty's athleticism is remarkable.
Barty is primed to become the first local since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win the Australian Open.
The 2011 US Open champion could not wait to join her friend for the 'Barty Party'.
Emma Raducanu says she is not worried about her poor form and will play without pressure at the Australian Open.
Ash Barty's dream of ending her nation's 42-year wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion lay in tatters on Thursday after the world number one crumbled on the big points in a straight-sets semi-final defeat to Sofia Kenin. The 23-year-old Queenslander beat a hasty retreat from Rod Laver Arena after losing her first Melbourne semi-final 7-6(6), 7-5, shaking her head ruefully as she walked down the player's tunnel.
'I felt comfortable knowing that I just needed to change a few things, to adjust, to try and bring the match back in my favour'
Ash Barty carries a nation's hopes of ending the long wait for a home champion into the Australian Open
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 Australian Open
Forty years have passed since Chris O'Neil held the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup aloft as the last Australian women's champion in 1978.
Images from Day 9 of the 2022 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Tuesday.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
The Australian Open has seen many unheralded players punching above their weight. Rediff.com takes a look at a few such unseeded players who went the distance in the new millennium.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
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