2024 Australian Open (real tennis)

The 2024 Real Tennis Australian Open was the 92nd edition of the Australian Open. The men's event was held at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club in Melbourne between January 2-9, 2024 and was organised by the Australian Real Tennis Association, forming part of the qualifying series for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship.^[1][2] It was held concurrently with the 2024 Boomerang Cup. The women's event was held at the Hobart Real Tennis Club between March 18-23 2024. The women's event was held at a later time to align with the 2024 Bathurst Cup, hosted at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club in March. The men's draw was the first grand slam event of the year.

2024 Australian Open (real tennis)
Date	2-9 January (men) 18-23 March (women)
Edition	92nd (men) 34th (women)
Category	IRTPA (men) None (women)
Draw	16S / 8D (men) 12S / 6D (women)
Location	Melbourne, Victoria (men) Hobart, Tasmania (women)
Venue	Royal Melbourne Tennis Club (men) Hobart Real Tennis Club (women)
Champions
Men's singles
John Lumley
Women's singles
Claire Fahey
Men's doubles
John Lumley / Steve Virgona
Women's doubles
Claire Fahey / Tara Lumley

The men's singles draw was won by John Lumley for the second time, having previously won the 2022 edition. Lumley also won the men's doubles draw alongside Steve Virgona, their first Open title as a pairing. The women's singles draw was won by incumbent World Champion Claire Fahey, her ninth Australian Open singles victory and her first since 2019.^[3] She also won the doubles draw with Tara Lumley, the pairing having previously won the 2019 edition.

The event featured the debut of women's world number 2 Lea van der Zwalmen at the Australian Open.

Draw and results

Amateur players are marked as (A)

Men's Singles Qualifying

First Qualifier

	First Round
	1	D Williams (A)	6	6
		A Fowler	1	2

Second Qualifier

	First Round
		J Pastoor	1	1
	2	P Rosedale (A)	6	6

Men's Singles

	First round									Quarter-finals									Semi-finals									Final
	1	J Lumley	6	6	6
	Q	P Rosedale (A)	0	2	2					1	J Lumley	6	6	6
		L Gale	3	6	6	6					L Gale	1	1	0
		O Pridmore	6	2	1	1													1	J Lumley	3	5	6	6	6
	5	S Virgona	6	6	6														5	S Virgona	6	6	1	0	5
	Q	D Williams (A)	2	1	3					5	S Virgona	6	4	6	6
		J Woods-Casey	2	1	3					4	C Chapman	4	6	5	4
	4	C Chapman	6	6	6																							1	J Lumley	6	5	6	6
	3	B Taylor-Matthews	3	3	3																							2	N Howell	4	6	5	4
		K Booth (A)	6	6	6						K Booth (A)	6	6	6
		D Long	6	6	5	1	6				D Long	3	3	1
	6	L Williams	2	1	6	6	3													K Booth (A)	3	2	3
		C Fahey	6	5	6	6													2	N Howell	6	6	6
		J Smith	4	6	2	5					C Fahey	0	0	0
		N Merola	0	2	4					2	N Howell	6	6	6
	2	N Howell	6	6	6

Men's Doubles

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
	1	J Lumley S Virgona	6	6	6
		K Booth (A) O Pridmore (A)	3	1	2					1	J Lumley S Virgona	6	6	6
		L Gale J Gould (A)	1	2	2					3	B Taylor-Matthews D Long	3	4	1
	3	B Taylor-Matthews D Long	6	6	6														1	J Lumley S Virgona	6	6	6
	4	C Fahey R Fahey	6	6	1	6													2	N Howell C Chapman	2	0	3
		J Woods-Casey J Smith	2	2	6	4				4	C Fahey R Fahey	2	3	0
		N Merola L Williams	5	4	5					2	N Howell C Chapman	6	6	6
	2	N Howell C Chapman	6	6	6

Women's Singles

Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
								1	C Fahey	6	6
		N Doble	6	6					N Doble	0	0
		E Young	4	3											1	C Fahey	6	6
															4	S Bollerman	0	2
								4	S Bollerman	6	6
		JS Tan	6	6					JS Tan	1	2
		A Green	2	3																		1	C Fahey	6	6
																						2	L van der Zwalmen	2	1
								3	T Lumley	6	6
		G Willis	6	6					G Willis	4	3
		J Garside	4	5											3	T Lumley	0	0
															2	L van der Zwalmen	6	6
								2	L van der Zwalmen	6	6
		G Ingham	2	4					E Clyde	1	1
		E Clyde	6	6

Women's Doubles

Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								1	C Fahey T Lumley	6	6
		G Willis N Doble	6	6					G Willis N Doble	1	1
		J Garside G Ingham	0	0											1	C Fahey T Lumley	6	6
															2	S Bollerman L van der Zwalmen	3	4
								2	S Bollerman L van der Zwlamen	6	6
		A Green E Young	6	6					A Green E Young	0	1
		JS Tan E Clyde	5	2

See Also

• Grand Slam (real tennis)

References

1. "2024 Australian Open Singles Draw" (PDF). Royal Melbourne Tennis Club. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. "Australian Open 2024". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
3. "Claire Fahey, Head of Oratory Racquets, retains British & Australian Open Titles". Oratory. Retrieved 22 May 2024.