page_title: List of Australian Open singles finalists during the open era
section_title: Men
hierarchical_section_title: List of Australian Open singles finalists during the open era / Men
caption_attribution_description: Lendl in Miami.
context_page_description: The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne & Olympic Parks grounds. Since 1969, the tournament became open to professionals, so it is now called the Australian Open. The senior men's and women's tournaments are open to any player with a world ranking, although players below number 100 in the world rankings generally have to enter a preliminary qualification tournament or receive a wildcard to gain entry.
  The men who have reached the final at least four times in the open era are Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal. Wilander reached the final four times, three times while the event was held on grass and once on hard courts. He won the title twice on grass and once on the other surface. Lendl also reached the final four times, once on grass and three times on hard courts. Both of his titles were on the latter surface. Edberg made the final five times, twice on grass and three times on hard courts. Both of his titles were on grass. Agassi was undefeated in his four appearances in the final between 1995 and 2003, which all on hard courts.
context_section_description: During the 52 times that this tournament has been held in the open era, 53 men have reached the Australian Open men's singles final. The final has included men from 19 different nationalities. Twelve of the 53 men have been from the United States, and eleven have been from Australia. Other countries well represented include Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany, France, Czechoslovakia, and Chile.
  * = Champion
caption: Ivan Lendl was a four-time finalist (two wins, two losses).
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