Jannik Sinner can become the 11th man in the Open Era to defend the Australian Open men’s singles title if he triumphs at this year’s event.

The Italian star won his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2024 Australian Open, while he secured his second major at the US Open in September.

Here, we look at the 10 men who have won consecutive Australian Open titles since the first Open edition was held in 1969.

Having won his home major twice in the Amateur Era, Ken Rosewall secured his third and fourth crowns Down Under at successive editions.

Is Novak Djokovic the greatest of all time (GOAT) in tennis? If you look at his accomplishments, the answer should be obvious and yet it still seems to be up for debate.

The Serbian star holds 24 grand slam singles titles and needs one more to be clear of Margaret Court, but if he gets to 25, will his critics finally be able to concede that he is the greatest? Don’t count on it.

Tennis fans who’ve been spoiled by the unparalleled success of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic – the so-called Big 3 of the men’s game – over the last 20 years are split, and they are fiercely loyal to the man they each perceive to be the GOAT.

Federer was the original. His Swiss swagger made him virtually untouchable early in his career, effortlessly dismantling the legacy of Pete Sampras’s 14 grand slam singles titles and seducing fans with his elegance on the court and his charm off it.

Djokovic, who is playing his first event of the 2025 season in Brisbane, downed Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the ATP 250 tournament.

After improving his record against Monfils to 20-0,  Djokovic said: “I mean, his game suits me well. To some extent the more you win against someone, the happier you are to play him (smiling).

“Yeah, I mean, we had some really tough battles. He had a couple of matches where he was one point away. I think in Dubai a few years ago he had a couple match points and should have won that match. It just happens. When you are on a bad roll, it is also affecting you mentally.”

Here, we look at the five players who have reached the most quarter-finals on the men’s tour in the Open Era.

The first of the Serbian 24 majors came at Melbourne Park 16 years ago and it would not take long before he became a dominant force in the men’s game.

In the 2000s there was no player who had a hold over the men’s game quite like Roger Federer, who won the majority of his Grand Slam during this decade.

But as the decade came to an end, the likes of Djokovic and of course Rafael Nadal started to make more of an impression, Federer began to find life on tour more challenging.

Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets to win the 2008 Australian Open.