elina svitolina won the 2017 australian open womens single title.
elina svitolina won the 2017 australian open womens single title.
who won the 2017 australian open womens single title?
elina svitolina
serena williams grabbed her 7th australian title overall and first australian open where she did not lose a set during the tournament, defeating her sister venus williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 australian open. this marks the first time the williams sisters met in a grand slam final since the 2009 wimbledon championships and the first time they met in the australian open final since 2003. with serena's win, she also regained the wta singles no. 1 ranking from kerber. serena was roughly 8-weeks pregnant with her first daughter, alexis olympia ohanian jr., at the end of this tournament.
2017 australian open – women's singles
winning his 5th australian open men's singles title, roger federer extended his all-time record of grand slam titles to 18, pulling four ahead of the second all-time count of 14 held by rafael nadal and pete sampras. federer also became the first man ever to win at least 5 singles majors at 3 different grand slams each (australian open, wimbledon, and us open). in addition to being denied his third effort to win the australian open title, nadal was also denied, for the second time after the 2014 australian open men's singles final, from becoming the first man to achieve a double career grand slam in the open era. furthermore, federer's victory over nadal in the australian open 2017 final was his first grand slam match win over nadal since the 2007 wimbledon final nearly a decade earlier, and also marked federer's first ever win over nadal in a grand slam match outside of the grass courts of wimbledon. most importantly, federer's 2017 australian open title victory marked the culmination of his years-long quest since his 2012 wimbledon title win for his 18th grand slam singles title, which previously saw three finals appearances and losses all to then-reigning no. 1 novak djokovic at the 2014 wimbledon, 2015 wimbledon and the 2015 us open. at 35 years and 174 days of age, federer became the second-oldest winner of a grand slam after ken rosewall since 1972. considered altogether along with his return from his six-month injury layoff, his 2017 australian open run seeing three 5-set match wins over top 10 players, and his grand slam match history of losses against nadal, federer's victory from being down 1–3 in the final set against nadal in the 2017 australian open men's singles final is considered by some to be the biggest win in his career.
2017 australian open – men's singles final