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.
4. Lleyton Hewitt (2005)
The second surprising former world No. 1 to have never won the Australian Open, despite his victories at Wimbledon and the US Open, is Lleyton Hewitt.
His luck at the Australian Open was tough, with Hewitt being knocked out in the round of 16 on six occasions, twice each by Djokovic and Federer.
In 2005, he made a strong run to the final, defeating David Nalbandian in the quarterfinals and Andy Roddick in the semifinals, only to suffer heartbreak in the final against Marat Safin.
Hewitt's illustrious career spanned over two decades, and although he continued competing at the Australian Open for another 11 years after that final, he never reached the same singles heights again.
