Australian Open tennis tournament is the first Grand Slam of the year that is played in the last fortnight of January. The Australian Open has gone through numerous changes specifically in the surface context from grass to hard courts.
Famous tennis player Mats Wilander was the only tennis player to have played and won on both the grass and Rebound surfaces. Roger Federer is the only male tennis player of the current era to have won the Australian Open title on Plexicusion and Rebound Ace tennis surfaces.
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Now let’s move on to the winners and runner-ups of Australian open during the period of 1970 – 1979:
Australian Open Tennis – 1970
- Australian Open winner (male): Arthur Ashe
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Dick Crealy
Australian Open Tennis – 1971
- Australian Open winner (male): Ken Rosewall
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Arthur Ashe
Australian Open Tennis – 1972
- Australian Open winner (male): Ken Rosewall
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Mal Anderson
Australian Open Tennis – 1973
- Australian Open winner (male): John Newcombe
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Onnay Parun
Australian Open Tennis – 1974
- Australian Open winner (male): Jimmy Connors
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Phil Dent
Australian Open Tennis – 1975
- Australian Open winner (male): John Newcombe
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Jimmy Connors
Australian Open Tennis – 1976
- Australian Open winner (male): Mark Edmondson
- Australian Open runner-up (male): John Newcombe
Australian Open Tennis – 1977
- Australian Open winner (male): Rosco Tanner
- Australian Open runner-up (male): Guillermo Vilas
Australian Open Tennis – 1978
- Australian Open winner (male): Guillermo Vilas
- Australian Open runner-up (male): John Marks
Australian Open Tennis – 1979
- Australian Open winner (male): Guillermo Vilas
- Australian Open runner-up (male): John Sadri
