Defending champion
Jannik Sinner
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defeated
Alexander Zverev
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in the final, 6–3, 7–6
(7–4), 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the
2025 Australian Open
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. It was his second
Australian Open
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title and third
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title overall. Sinner was the youngest man to defend the title since
Jim Courier
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in
1993
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, and the youngest to defend their first major title since
Rafael Nadal
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at the
2006 French Open
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.
Novak Djokovic
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retired in his semifinal match against Zverev due to injury. Djokovic's second-round match marked his
430th career major main draw singles match, surpassing
Roger Federer
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's all-time record.
Carlos Alcaraz
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was vying to become the youngest man to complete the
career Grand Slam in singles, but he lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
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was the first teenager to defeat a top-10 opponent on their major debut since
Mario Ančić
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defeated Federer at the
2002 Wimbledon Championships
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Learner Tien
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was the youngest man to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open since Nadal in 2005. With the victories of Fonseca, Tien and
Jakub Menšík
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He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved on 9 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 386, achieved on 3 February 2025. Menšík is current ...
over top-10-ranked opponents, this marked the third occasion in which three different teenagers had accomplished the feat at a major (after the
1990
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and 2006 French Opens).
With his victory over fourth seed
Taylor Fritz
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in the third round,
Gaël Monfils
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at 38 years old, was the oldest man to defeat a top-5 seeded opponent at a major since
Ken Rosewall
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defeated
John Newcombe
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at the
1974 US Open, and the oldest to do so at the Australian Open since the introduction of the ATP rankings.
Hady Habib
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became the first Lebanese player, male or female, to qualify for and win a match in the main draw of a major in the
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.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 6 January 2025. Rankings and points before are as of 13 January 2025.
Other entry information
Wildcards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
Withdrawals
The entry list was released by
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based on the ATP rankings for the week of 2 December 2024.
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw
See also
*
2025 Australian Open – Women's singles
Madison Keys defeated two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2025 Australian Open. It was her first major title. Keys saved a match point en route to the ti ...
References
External links
AO2025 DrawsAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2025 Australian Open Men's Singles drawMen's Singles draw
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Men's Singles
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