Little known facts about Australian Open in Open Era

In 1976 the quarter-final stage featured exclusively Australians. That’s eight Australians in the final stages, and no-one else! It also marks the last time the Australian Open has been won by an… Australian!

Incidentally (as of 2015) this very same guy remains the lowest-ranked player ever (he was, like, 212th in the world at the time) to win a Grand Slam!

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