The 1995 Australian Open was a

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in

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in Victoria in Australia. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995.

Seniors

Men's singles

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defeated

Pete Sampras Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...

4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4 * It was Agassi's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.

Women's singles

Mary Pierce defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–2 * It was Pierce's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian Open title.

Men's doubles

Jared Palmer / Richey Reneberg defeated Mark Knowles /

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal ...

6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 * It was Palmer's 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title. It was Reneberg's 2nd and last career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.

Women's doubles

Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated

Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in do ...

/ Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4 * It was Novotná's 11th career Grand Slam title and her 4th and last Australian Open title. It was Sánchez Vicario's 10th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles

Natasha Zvereva /

Rick Leach Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open) ...

defeated

/ Cyril Suk 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), 6–4 * It was Zvereva's 14th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title. It was Leach's 6th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Australian Open title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Nicolas Kiefer Nicolas Kiefer (; born 5 July 1977) is a German former professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of the 2006 Australian Open and won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Kief ...

defeated Lee Jong-min 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Siobhan Drake-Brockman Siobhan Drake-Brockman (born 7 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She won the girls' singles title at the 1995 Australian Open. Biography Drake-Brockman, a right-handed player out of Bunbury, Western Australia, ...

defeated

Annabel Ellwood Annabel Ellwood (born 2 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the sister of former ATP Tour professional Ben Ellwood. Ellwood, a right-handed player, born in Canberra, competed at seven Australian Open t ...

6–3, 4–6, 7–5

Boys' doubles

Luke Bourgeois Luke Bourgeois (born 3 March 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career Bourgeois, who is the youngest of 10 siblings, won the boys' doubles title at the 1995 Australian Open, with Lee Jong-min. They defeated Germans ...

/ Lee Jong-min defeated

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6–2, 6–1

Girls' doubles

Corina Morariu /

Ludmila Varmužová Ludmila Varmužová (also known as Ludmilla Varmuza; born 25 February 1979) is a retired tennis player who represented the Czech Republic as well as San Marino during her career. As a junior, Varmužová appeared at the finals of all four Grand ...

defeated Saori Obata /

Nami Urabe Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Born in Saitama, Urabe was one of Japan's top players in junior tennis, reaching the girls' doubles final of the 1995 Australian Open with partner Saori Obata. He ...

6–1, 6–2

References

External links

Australian Open official website
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