Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal to win the 100th Edition of the Australian Open at Melbourne

The 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament was played in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from 16 January to 29 January 2012. 2012 marked the 100th edition of The Australian Open which is the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. The host broadcaster of the event was the Seven Network.

Novak Djokovic emerged victorious in the men’s single category while Victoria Azarenka lifted the trophy in the women category .
In the men’s doubles Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek won the title by defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Paes completed a career Grand Slam with the title while Stepanek won his first ever Slam.

In the women’s doubles Svetlana Kuznetsova  and Vera Zvonareva, both from Russia  defeated Sara Errani  and Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 to win the title. The mixed event was won by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău.

Australian Open Men’s Final Winner: Novak Djokovic

The 2012 men’s final went past the 2008 Wimbledon final time record, finishing after 5 hours and 53 minutes of play. It was the longest match in the history of the Australian Open, and in fact, the longest ever singles final in the Open Era in Grand Slam history.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic was the defending champion in the Auatralian Open and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Rafael Nadal of Spani. He thus started the 2012 season as reigning World No. 1 for the first time of his career. It marked the 5th grand slam of his career and his 3rd Australian Open. It also marked the first time that he had defended a grand slam title.

Australian Open Women’s Final Winner: Victoria Azarenka

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova of Russia to win first Grand Slam title. She over took Caroline Wozniacki as the number one ranked player on the WTA Tour. She became the latest World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association from 30 January 2012. It was Azarenka's 2nd title of the year and 10th of her career.

Australian Open Men’s Doubles Winners: Leander Paes (India) and Radek Štěpánek (Czech Republic)

Paes won his first mens doubles title at the Australian Open and in the process completed a long-awaited career Grand Slam in the doubles. Following is the list of Leander Paes Grand Slam mens doubles triumphs:
1999 French Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi)
1999 Wimbledon (with Bhupathi)
2001 French Open (with Bhupathi)
2006 US Open (with Martin Damm)
2009 French Open (with Lukas Dlouhy)
2009 US Open (with Dlouhy)

Paes also won a total of 6 Mixed Doubles titles- 3 Wimbledon,2 Australian Open,1 US Open

Australian Open Women’s Doubles Winners: Svetlana Kuznetsova  and Vera Zvonareva (both from Russia)

Australian Open Mixed Doubles Winners: Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Horia Tecău (Romania)