The 1995 Australian Open was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard courts

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 at Flinders Park

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 in Melbourne

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 in Victoria

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 in Australia

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. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995.

Men's Singles

  Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...

defeated   Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

 4–6, 6–1, 7–6 (8–6), 6–4

• It was Agassi's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.

Women's Singles

  Mary Pierce

Mary Pierce

Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...

defeated   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

 6–3, 6–2

• It was Pierce's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian Open title.

Men's Doubles

  Jared Palmer

Jared Palmer

Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit...

/   Richey Reneberg

Richey Reneberg

Richey Reneberg was an American professional male tennis player.He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals....

defeated   Mark Knowles

Mark Knowles

Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

 /   Daniel Nestor

Daniel Nestor

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 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

• It was Palmer's 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title. It was Reneberg's 2nd and last career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.

Women's Doubles

  Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...

/   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

defeated   Gigi Fernández

Gigi Fernández

Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...

 /   Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...

 6–3, 6–7 (3–7), 6–4

• It was Novotná's 11th career Grand Slam title and her 4th and last Australian Open title. It was Sánchez Vicario's 10th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title.

Mixed Doubles

  Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...

/   Rick Leach

Rick Leach

----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...

defeated   Gigi Fernández

Gigi Fernández

Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...

 /   Cyril Suk

Cyril Suk

Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....

 7–6 (7–4), 6–7 (3–7), 6–4

• It was Zvereva's 14th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title. It was Leach's 6th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Australian Open title.

Boys' Singles

  Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

defeated   Jong-Min Lee 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

  Siobhan Drake-Brockman defeated   Annabel Ellwood

Annabel Ellwood

Annabel Ellwood is a player of tennis in Australia.She played at the 1998 Australian Open , her best singles in a Grand Slam.* Birth Place - Canberra* ACT Lives - Canberra...

 6–3, 4–6, 7–5

Boys' Doubles

  Luke Bourgeios /   Jong-Min Lee defeated   Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

 /   Ulrich Jasper Seetzen 6–2, 6–1

Girls' Doubles

  Corina Morariu

Corina Morariu

Corina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.Morariu turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the...

/   Ludmila Varmuzova defeated   Saori Obata

Saori Obata

Saori Obata is a female former Japanese tennis player. She turned professional in April 1996, and on February 9, 2004, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 39, and on the same day she reached her career-high doubles ranking of 98....

 /   Nami Urabe 6–1, 6–2

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