2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, and 2nd Major title overall. Rafael Nadal, the 2009 champion, had the chance to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slam tournaments at once, having won the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open in 2010, but he lost in the quarter-finals against compatriot David Ferrer.
2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final for everybody who has watched the match that both of us, physically, we took the last drop of energy that we had from our bodies, we made history tonight and unfortunately there couldn't be two winners"". Rafael Nadal: ""This one was very special,"" he said. ""But I really understand that was a really special match, and probably a match that's going to be in my mind not because I lost, no, because the way that we played."" 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