2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final The 2012 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2012 Australian Open between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, at the time ranked the number 1 and 2 player in the world, respectively. In the final, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5 to win the tournament. It was the longest Grand Slam final match (by duration) in history, lasting 5 hours 53 minutes, overtaking the record previously set by the 1988 US Open Final between Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl.
1989 US Open – Women's Singles 1989 US Open – Women's Singles Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Martina Navratilova 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles title at the 1989 US Open. Notably this was the final Grand Slam of six-time US Open champion Chris Evert and her final tournament. She lost to Zina Garrison in the quarterfinals. It was her 54th quarterfinal at a Grand Slam tournament (in her 56th Grand Slam played), an Open Era record. She made the quarterfinals in all 19 US Opens she entered, 17 times going to the semi-finals or better. The seeded players