Federer celebrates his 5th Australian Open title in 2017
The Australian Open became the second tournament where both Federer and Djokovic triumphed at least 5 times, when the former beat arch-nemesis Rafael Nadal in a five-set final in 2017.
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Federer was the joint-Open Era title era title leader at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year when he won his 4th Australian Open title in 2010, going level with American Andre Agassi. The Swiss maestro then went level with Djokovic (6) after repeating his title run in 2018.
Djokovic won his first Australian Open title in 2008, and has won further titles in the tournament in 2011-2013, 2015-16 and 2019-20. With his 7th title in 2019, the Serb surpassed Federer for outright lead for most Australian Open titles in the Open Era.
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He then grabbed a record-extending 8th title in 2020 with a 5-set win over Dominic Thiem in the final.
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