[3] At 22, Sinner was the youngest Australian Open men's singles champion and finalist since Novak Djokovic in 2008.

Medvedev set an Open Era record for the most time spent playing at a singles major, at 24 hours and 17 minutes.

[6] Medvedev also became the first player in the Open Era to lose two major finals after having a two-set lead.

Also in the semifinals, Medvedev came back from two-sets-to-love down against Alexander Zverev to reach a third Australian Open final.

[9] Medvedev had already played two other five-set matches, against Emil Ruusuvuori in the second round (when he came back from two-sets-to-love down as well) and against Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinals.