Since the Australian Open moved to Melbourne Park in 1988, only six Australian men have reached the tournament's singles quarterfinals.
Mark Edmondson remains famously remembered as the last Australian man to win the Australian Open in 1976, with no one in the Melbourne Park era able to secure the title.
With Alex de Minaur's 2025 quarterfinal marking the first Australian men's appearance at that stage in a decade, the question arises: Could this signal the start of a successful Australian Open run to rival Ash Barty's recent dominance on the women's side?
Or will the emergence of new tennis stars like Sinner, Alcaraz and Zverev, following the era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, mean we'll have to wait another decade for a resurgence in Australian men's tennis?
Here's a look back at the Australian men who have made it to that tough third-to-last round.
2. Mark Woodforde (1996)
One of the more low-key players on the list, Mark Woodforde is better known as one half of the legendary doubles team, "The Woodies," alongside Todd Woodbridge, than for his singles career.
However, Woodforde did make a notable singles appearance at the 1996 Aus Open quarterfinals, where he defeated Swedish player Thomas Enqvist in straight sets. In the next round, he was knocked out by German Boris Becker, once again in straight sets.
Despite this setback, The Woodies went on to win the Australian Open men's doubles title twice - 1992 and 1997 - making those singles losses a little easier to bear.
