Question: Roger Federer won the title of the Australian Open Grand Slam, 2018, on 28 January 2018. How many times he won the Australian Open title?
(a) Fourth
(b) Fifth
(c) Sixth
(d) Seventh
Answer- (c)
Related Facts
- ‘Australian Open’, 2018, the first tennis Grand Slam event of year 2018 concluded at Melbourne, Australia. (15-28 January, 2018)
- Competition Results:
- Men’s Singles
Winner-Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Runner up- Marin Cilic (Croatia) - Women’s Singles
winner- Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Runner up- Simona Halep (Romania) - Men’s doubles
winner-Oliver Marche (Austria) and Matt Pewick (Croatia)
Runner up- Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (both Colombia) - Women’s doubles
winner- Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina mladenovic (France)
Runner up- Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (both Russia) - Mixed doubles
winner- Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Matt Pewick (Croatia)
Runner up- Timea Babos (Hungary) and Rohan Bopanna (India) - This was Federer’s 20th Grand Slam title, the highest among men.
- He is behind Germany’s Steffi Graf (22), America’s Serena Williams (23) and Australia’s Margate Court (24) are.
- Federer also equaled the record for winning the Australian Open for the sixth time (Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson).
- Federer has made a place in the final of the record 30 Grand Slam Tournaments.
- Federer became the oldest player (36 years, 5 months, 20 days) to reach the Australian Open final after 1972.
- This is Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) first Grand Slam title.
- Wozniacki became the world’s number one player with this win.
Reference:
https://ausopen.com/tournament-schedule
https://ausopen.com/articles/match-report/federer-makes-it-20-majors
https://ausopen.com/schedules/C14
http://www.espn.com/tennis/history/_/type/women