The reason why the first round of the Australian Open will go down in tennis history

If there is something that characterizes Grand Slam tournaments, it is the recurrence of epic comebacks in the men's tournament, with players overturning two-set deficits and thrilling fans. However, this has not been seen in any first-round match of the 2026 Australian Open. Such occurrences are very rare, happening for the first time in the first Grand Slam of the year in 1980 and only the fourth time in all Grand Slam tournaments since then.

For the first time since 1980, there were no wins recovering from 2 sets down at the #AusOpen first round.
In the meanwhile, it happened at

- Roland Garros 1988
- Wimbledon 2000
- Wimbledon 2017

— Luca Brancher (@LucaBeck) January 20, 2026

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