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[[Roger Federer]] and [[Caroline Wozniacki]] were the defending men's and women's singles champions, but were unsuccessful in their respective title defenses; Federer lost to [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] in the fourth round and Wozniacki lost to [[Maria Sharapova]] in the third round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/20/australian-open-stefanos-tsitsipas-beats-roger-federer |title =Stefanos Tsitsipas stuns Roger Federer in four-set Australian Open thriller|date=20 January 2019|work=Guardian|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/18/maria-sharapova-ends-caroline-wozniacki-australian-open-defence |title =Maria Sharapova ends Caroline Wozniacki's Australian Open defence|date=18 January 2019|work=Guardian|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>
[[Novak Djokovic]] of Serbia won the men's singles title at the 2019 Australian Open, defeating [[Rafael Nadal]] of Spain in straight sets in the men's final.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jonathan Jurejko |title=Australian Open 2019: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to win record seventh title |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/47019140 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Djokovic masterclass seals record seventh Australian Open crown |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-nadal-australian-open-2019-final |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) |date=27 January 2019}}</ref> [[Naomi Osaka]] of Japan defeated [[Petra Kvitová]] of the Czech Republic in three sets to win the women's singles title.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Francesca Paris |title=Naomi Osaka of Japan secures her second Grand Slam title with Australian Open victory |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/01/26/689031962/naomi-osaka-of-japan-secures-her-second-grand-slam-title-with-australian-open-vi?t=1602413671986 |publisher=NPR |date=26 January 2020}}</ref> The tournament had a record attendance of 796,435 spectators. This is the most recent Grand Slam where no [[lucky loser]]s were selected.
==Tournament==
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