Up one end of the court will be Novak Djokovic, playing for his 17th Grand Slam singles title. Up the other will be Dominic Thiem, playing for his first.

In an intergenerational battle pitting an established champion against the challenger most likely, will we see the Australian Open status quo maintained, or a new storyline emerge?

Djokovic is the undisputed King of Melbourne Park – Thiem even said as much when describing the prospect of facing the Serb in the AO2020 final. The 32-year-old extended his flawless semifinal record at the tournament to 8-0 with his straight-sets defeat of Roger Federer and takes a daunting 7-0 record in AO finals into his clash with Thiem. Having won his first Australian title in 2008 and his most recent just 12 months ago, this is Djokovic’s best Grand Slam event.

Thiem, on the other hand, has never progressed this deep in Melbourne. The Austrian notched back-to-back fourth-round finishes here in 2017 and 2018, but until this year he had never beaten a top-25 player at the year’s first Grand Slam event. At the 2020 edition, however, he’s recorded three top-10 wins in succession – including his first Grand Slam victory in six attempts over world No.1 Rafael Nadal in a terrific quarterfinal.

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