Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2019 Australian Open. It was his record-breaking seventh Australian Open title and 15th major title overall, surpassing Pete Sampras for third place on the all-time list. Djokovic and Nadal were both in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking; Djokovic retained the top ranking by reaching the fourth round. Nadal was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam, a feat he would achieve three years later.[1]
Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach the semifinals at a singles major,[2] after becoming the first man representing Greece to win a main-draw singles match at the Australian Open.[3]
This was the first Australian Open since 1982 to feature a final set tie-break.[citation needed] Upon reaching 6–6 in the fifth set, a match tie-break is played where the winner is the first to reach ten points and lead by two points.[4] The first men's singles main-draw match to feature the ten-point tiebreak was the first-round match between Jérémy Chardy and Ugo Humbert.
All seedings per ATP rankings.[5]
Novak Djokovic (champion)
Rafael Nadal (final).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Switzerland_(Pantone).svg.png){kind=small}
Roger Federer (fourth round)
Alexander Zverev (fourth round)
Kevin Anderson (second round)
Marin Čilić (fourth round)
Dominic Thiem (second round, retired)
Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals, retired)
John Isner (first round)
Karen Khachanov (third round) Borna Ćorić (fourth round)
Fabio Fognini (third round)
Kyle Edmund (first round)
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Milos Raonic (quarterfinals) Marco Cecchinato (first round)
Diego Schwartzman (third round)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (third round)
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David Goffin (third round) Roberto Bautista Agut (quarterfinals) Pablo Carreño Busta (fourth round)
Chung Hyeon (second round) Denis Shapovalov (third round) Fernando Verdasco (third round).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small}
Alex de Minaur (third round)
Lucas Pouille (semifinals) Gilles Simon (second round) Gaël Monfils (second round) Steve Johnson (first round) Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
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