MELBOURNE， Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following is a list of the Australian Open men's champions:
2017 - Roger Federer
2016 - Novak Djokovic
2015 - Novak Djokovic
2014 - Stan Wawrinka
2013 - Novak Djokovic
2012 - Novak Djokovic
2011 - Novak Djokovic
2010 - Roger Federer
2009 - Rafael Nadal
2008 - Novak Djokovic
2007 - Roger Federer
2006 - Roger Federer
2005 - Marat Safin
2004 - Roger Federer
2003 - Andre Agassi
2002 - Thomas Johansson
2001 - Andre Agassi
2000 - Andre Agassi
1999 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov
1998 - Petr Korda
1997 - Pete Sampras
1996 - Boris Becker
1995 - Andre Agassi
1994 - Pete Sampras
1993 - Jim Courier
1992 - Jim Courier
1991 - Boris Becker
1990 - Ivan Lendl
1989 - Ivan Lendl
1988 - Mats Wilander
1987 - Stefan Edberg
1986 - Not held， moved to January 1987
1985 - Stefan Edberg
1984 - Mats Wilander
1983 - Mats Wilander
1982 - Johan Kriek
1981 - Johan Kriek
1980 - Brian Teacher
1979 - Guillermo Vilas
1978 - Guillermo Vilas
1977-Dec. - Vitas Gerulaitis
1977-Jan. - Roscoe Tanner
1976 - Mark Edmondson
1975 - John Newcombe
1974 - Jimmy Connors
1973 - John Newcombe
1972 - Ken Rosewall
1971 - Ken Rosewall
1970 - Arthur Ashe
1969 - Rod Laver
1968 - Bill Bowrey
1967 - Roy Emerson
1966 - Roy Emerson
1965 - Roy Emerson
1964 - Roy Emerson
1963 - Roy Emerson
1962 - Rod Laver
1961 - Roy Emerson
1960 - Rod Laver
1959 - Alex Olmedo
1958 - Ashley Cooper
1957 - Ashley Cooper
1956 - Lew Hoad
1955 - Ken Rosewall
1954 - Mervyn Rose
1953 - Ken Rosewall
1952 - Ken McGregor
1951 - Dick Savitt
1950 - Frank Sedgman
1949 - Frank Sedgman
1948 - Adrian Quist
1947 - Dinny Pails
1946 - John Bromwich
1941-45 - No Competition
1940 - Adrian Quist
1939 - John Bromwich
1938 - Don Budge
1937 - Vivian McGrath
1936 - Adrian Quist
1935 - Jack Crawford
1934 - Fred Perry
1933 - Jack Crawford
1932 - Jack Crawford
1931 - Jack Crawford
1930 - Gar Moon
1929 - Colin Gregory
1928 - Jean Borotra
1927 - Gerald Patterson
1926 - John Hawkes
1925 - James Anderson
1924 - James Anderson
1923 - Pat O'Hara Wood
1922 - James Anderson
1921 - Rhys Gemmell
1920 - Pat O'Hara Wood
1919 - Algernon Kingscote
1916-18 - No Competition
1915 - Gordon Lowe
1914 - Arthur O'Hara Wood
1913 - Ernie Parker
1912 - James Parke
1911 - Norman Brookes
1910 - Rodney Heath
1909 - Tony Wilding
1908 - Fred Alexander
1907 - Horace Rice
1906 - Tony Wilding
1905 - Rodney Heath
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