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Trivia Aussie Open’16: Final – Men’s singles

MISC FOR MEN’S SINGLES FINAL:

Novak Djokovic – Andy Murray
THE STAKE

For Djokovic:
Can Novak Djokovic collect his 6th Australian Open championship (in 8 years)?

If he wins the Aussie Open,

– Novak will tie Roy Emerson with 6 Aussie titles;

– he will join the “6-Club”, the winners of six singles titles at one Grand Slam (all-time): Roy Emerson 6 Aussie and Bjorn Borg 6 Roland Garros titles;

– Serbia will tie the third place with Sweden on the “Aussie Open champions by country” all-time list (1. Australia 50, US 19, Sweden 6, UK-Switzerland-Serbia 5-5-5 titles);

– this will be his 57th won match at the Aussie Open (reaching the 2nd all-time position behind Federer at AO).

Since 2005, Djokovic has 12 consecutive appearances in Melbourne, and every time when he got through the quarterfinals, he always won!

Furthermore, he has a flawless, 100% record in the finals (5-0);

Djokovic tries to equal Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg on the all-time GS titles with 11th Major crowns.

For Murray:

Can Andy Murray finally have a breakthrough in Melbourne where he lost 4 finals? Murray is still chasing his 1st Aussie title.

If he wins the Aussie Open,
– he will be the first player from United Kingdom who wins this championship in the Open-era;

– he will be 6th player from United Kingdom who won the Australian Championships (J.C.Parke, F.G.Lowe, A. Kingscote, J.Gregory, F.Perry);

– he will be on the 5th on the British Grand Slam champions’ all-time list:
1. F.Perry 8 titles
2. W.Renshaw 7 titles
3. Laurie Doherty 6 titles
4. Reginald Doherty 4 titles
5. Wilfred Baddeley, Arthur Gore 3-3 titles
6. John Hartley, Joshua Pim, Andy Murray 2-2 titles;

– United Kingdom will tie the third place with Sweden on the “champions by country” all-time list (1. Australia 50, US 19, Sweden 6, UK-Switzerland-Serbia 5-5-5 titles);

– this will be his 46th won match at the Aussie Open.

Every UK player won the Australian Championships ONLY ONCE!

NOMEN EST OMEN:

1912 James Cecil ParkE *(represented GBR, however he was Irish)
1915 Sir Francis Gordon LowE
1919 Algernon KingscotE
1929 John Colin GregorY
1934 Fred PerrY
2016 Andy MurraY ?

The first 3 UK players’ last letter of their names ended E.
The last 3 UK players’ last letter of their names ended Y.

Mystery in history in Melbourne:

There is the list about the players with negative records (who always lost in the GS finals at minimum 3 appearances in the finals) and never won the referenced major:
AO: Andy Murray 0-4    (Andy Murray is the all-time negative record holder at AO history)
RG: Novak Djokovic 0-3  (Paul Lebreton and Novak Djokovic are the all-time negative record holder 0-3)
W: Andy Roddick 0-3   (Ken Rosewall is the all-time negative record holder in Wimbledon with 0-4)
USO: Bjorn Borg 0-4  (Borg is the all-time negative record holder at USO history).
Some miscellaneous facts:
Gerald Patterson (AUS) lost 3 times and he finally won the title at his 4th try in 1927.
Harry Hopman lost 3 -consecutive- finals and never won neither in Australia nor any other GS.
Neale Fraser lost 3 finals and never won in Australia.