India’s 43-year-old Rohan Bopanna has today become the oldest man to win a Grand Slam, after winning the Australian Open 2024 men’s doubles title.
Pairing with Matthew Ebden, the second-seeded duo clinched the Australian Open 2024 men’s doubles title with a 7-6 (7/0), 7-5 victory over the unseeded Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori on Rod Laver Arena.
This marked their maiden title as a team and Bopanna’s first in men’s doubles after 60 previous Grand Slams, a record for most attempts before winning.
Bopanna, who turns 44 in March this year, joins an exclusive club as only the third Indian to claim a men’s doubles Grand Slam title.
In a high-voltage game of tennis, Bopanna and Ebden won the final that lasted one hour and 39 minutes.
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