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: