<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2015 </Td> <Td> Australian Open </Td> <Td> 2017 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2015 </Td> <Td> Australian Open </Td> <Td> 2017 → </Td> </Tr> <P> Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Andy Murray, 6--1, 7--5, 7--6 in a rematch of the previous year's final, and the fourth Australian Open final between the pair . Djokovic also equaled Roy Emerson's all - time men's record of six Australian Open singles titles . Murray also became the second man in the Open Era (after Ivan Lendl) to lose five Grand Slam finals at one event, and is the only one to have the distinction without having won the title . </P> <P> Australian Lleyton Hewitt, a 2005 finalist, two - time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, played his last professional singles matches . He lost to David Ferrer in the second round . </P>

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