The last time any Australian was top seed at a major, it all ended in despair, with Lleyton Hewitt becoming the first defending champion to lose in the opening round at Wimbledon in the professional era after falling to serving monster Ivo Karlovic in 2003.
Ngamhla kugcina ukuthi kube nomdlali  wase-Australia weziga eliphezulu, konke kwaphela ngokuphelelwa yithemba, ngesikhathi uLleyton Hewitt eba ngumpetha wokuqala okuvikela isicoco owehlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala eWimbledon ngesikhathi sezingcweti ngemuva kokwehlulwa u-Ivo Karlovic ngo-2003.