Italy and the United States, reasons for celebration at the Australian Open 2026
Lorenzo Musetti has become the third Italian tennis player in history to reach the quarterfinals in all four Grand Slam tournaments. His advancement to the penultimate round at the 2026 Australian Open makes Italy one of the 8 countries with three or more representatives to achieve this. On the women's side, the United States manages to place four representatives in the quarterfinals (Gauff, Pegula, Jovic, and Anisimova), something that hadn't happened in Melbourne since the 2001 edition.
Countries with at least 3 players in the all men's singles Slam QFs in the Open Era
U.S.A. 9 (+1 ) (Agassi, Ashe, Chang, Connors, Courier, Gerulaitis, Kriek, McEnroe, Sampras + Lendl since 1990);
Australia 8 (De Minar, Emerson, Hewitt, Laver, Newcombe, Rafter, Roche, Rosewall);…— Luca Brancher (@LucaBeck) January 26, 2026
4 - 4+ Americans have made the QFs in Women’s Singles at the Australian Open for the first time since 2001 (Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport). Quartet.#AusOpen | @AustralianOpen @WTA @AnisimovaAmanda @JPegula @CocoGauff pic.twitter.com/HX7nBryB9o
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) January 26, 2026
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