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The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne Park, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The 2018 Australian Open was the 107th edition of the tournament. The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Novak Djokovic from Serbia won the Men’s Singles event and Naomi Osaka of Japanwon the Women’s singles event. Roger Federer was the defending champion. Here is the complete list of winners of Australian Open 2019:

Sl. No. Event Winner Runner-Up 1. Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 2. Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3. Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France) Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers (Australia) 4. Women’s Doubles Samantha Stosur (Australia) and Zhang Shuai (China) Tímea Babos  (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) 5. Mix Doubles Barbora Krej?íková (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram (United States) Astra Sharma (Australia) and John-Patrick Smith (Australia)       Source- The Indian Express