Ques: Who won the men’s and women’s singles title in Australian Open held at Melbourne on January 31, 2016?
(a) Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber
(b) Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams
(c) Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova
(d) Bruno Soares and Lucie Hradecka
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- The 2016 Australian Open took place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia form 18–31 January 2016. It was the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
- The result of the tournament is as follows:
- Men’s Singles
- Winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
- Runner: Andy Murray (United Kingdom)
- Women’s Singles
- Winner: Angelique Kerber (Germany)
- Runner: Serena Williams (United States)
- Men’s Doubles
- Winner: Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) and Bruno Soares ( Brazil)
- Runner:Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
- Women’s Doubles
- Winner: Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and Sania Mirza (India)
- Runner: Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (Both from Czech Republic)
- Mixed Doubles
- Winner:Elena Vesnina (Russia) and Bruno Soares (Brazil)
- Runner: Coco Vandeweghe (United states) and HoriaTecau (Romania)
- This was Djokovic 11th Grand Slam title of his career and his sixth title in Australian Open.
- With this win, Djokovic equaled the world record of six titles won by Australian Roy Emerson, who won these titles between 1961 and 1967.
- This was first Grand Slam title of career for Angelique Kerber and she became the second German player after Steffi Graf to win Australian Open.
- Sania-Hingis’s pair won their 36th consecutive matches, which is a world record.
- This was third consecutive Grand Slam titles for them.
- Before this the pair won the title of Wimbledon and US Open in 2015.
Reference:
http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/index.html
http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/md/index.html
http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/wd/index.html
http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2016-01-31/novak_the_leader_of_the_pack.html