Australian Open

Melbourne is the Slam that the 19-times champion has found the hardest to win, with his only triumph coming in 2009

Serena Williams can make history at the Australian Open as she pursues a 24th Grand Slam singles title

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have won 13 of the last 16 tournaments at Melbourne Park

The world number two was in fine touch at the ATP Cup, leading Serbia to victory over 23 other nations

US Open champion opts out due to a knee injury she sustained at the end of last season

32-year-old Briton withdrew from this month's Australian Open with a pelvic injury sustained playing at the Davis Cup

32-year-old has slipped down the rankings to 147, outside automatic qualification

24-year-old said the tennis world now had the chance to do "something special"

World number ones Nadal, Barty lead field at 115th edition of tournament

Dane says she has accomplished everything she could on tennis court

Body however hits out at legend too for her ‘demeaning’ personal views

The championship, which will take place from January 3-12 in the lead-up to the year's first Grand Slam

Adelaide International, a combined ATP and WTA event, replaces the Sydney International

The German guided the Japanese star to back-to-back Grand Slam titles as well as to the summit of the WTA rankings

28-year-old suffered a knife attack that almost ended her career but made an incredible comeback to reach the finals

The Serbian demolished Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-3 to clinch his 15th Grand Slam title

All the next generation favourites have been forced out of the Australian Open

The victory also means this is the Japanese second Grand Slam

The Serbian reached an astonishing level to bully Pouille all night in his 6-0 6-2 6-2 win

21-year-old Japanese star will also become the new world number one if she beats seventh seed in the final

31-year-old Briton has struggled to regain form since undergoing a hip operation last January

24-year-old had never won a match at Melbourne Park before this year

Williams squandered four match points and blew a 5-1 lead in the decider to Karolina Pliskova

Spanish number two seed sprints through in 107 minutes and will face 20-year-old Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas

20-year-old Greek defeated favourite Roger Federer and Roberto Bautista to continue his fairytale run

The 6-7 (8/10), 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) win over the 23rd seeded Spaniard took a draining 5hr 5min

37-year-old American beat the Romanian top seed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in an epic three-setter

20-year-old Tsitsipas overhauled Federer 6-7(11) 7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(5) under the lights of Rod Laver Arena

Video circulating Twitter shows Swiss double defending champion stalled at the entrance for lacking accreditation

World number one beat Venus 6-2, 6-3, will face Serena in last-16

25-year-old's previous match against Briton Johanna Konta set a record for the latest start in tournament's history

Win guarantees the Serb will remain number one in the world when the new rankings are released on January 28

World number one ground her way through the first two rounds with tough three-set wins

Spaniard ruthlessly drags the 19-year-old Australian over every inch of Rod Laver Arena in his 2hr 22min victory

20-year-old beat Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) 6-4 on Friday to reach the last 16

Serbian star went on to win that memorable match in 2008 for the first of his 14 Grand Slam trophies

The top three seeds at Melbourne Park raffled all four of the majors between them last year

20-time Grand Slam champion is gunning for a record seventh Melbourne Park title and third in a row

World number one had reached the Australian Open second round for 13 consecutive years

World number four sails past Aljaz Bedene 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 in 1hr 55min on Rod Laver Arena

The 17-time Grand Slam champion is bidding to become the first man to win each Grand Slam on two or more occasions

US Open winner Osaka says most in the locker room believed the 23 Grand-Slam winner veteran remains the one to beat

17-time grand slam champion confirms he had made changes to his serve ahead of the year's first major

Briton breaks down at press conference, saying he isn’t enjoying competing

American may have to beat Pliskova, Halep on her way to glory

Romanian heads to Melbourne Park for the opening Grand Slam of the year with just one game under her belt

Nadal has not played a main tour event since a knee problem forced him to retire during his US Open semi-final

Injury-plagued Spaniard has withdrawn from his season-opening tournament in Brisbane

Injury-plagued 30-year-old hobbled out of the Shanghai Masters two months ago after an awkward fall

23-time major champion will be chasing history once again at the Australian Open in January