Lowest-ranked player to win men's major. Earned late entry to 1976 Australian Open. Beat legends Rosewall and Newcombe. Dropped winner's trophy after final ...

In many ways, the 1976 Australian Open was the end of a magical era in Australian tennis that ran from the 1950s to the ‘70s. Newcombe and Roche fight hard during the 1976 Australian Open.

Thirty-seven years ago this month, walked out on court in Melbourne a complete unknown. Two weeks later he had secured a place in tennis history. By the time the 1976 Australian Open opened (the ...

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Australian Open, ... a five-set final and claims the men’s Australian Open title, becoming the first Italian man to win a grand slam since 1976. ...

He was the rank outsider who became the last Australian man to date to win the Australian Open – and he was so stunned that he dropped the trophy.