♦ Olivia Gadecki and John Peers became the first team to win consecutive Australian Open mixed doubles titles since 1989 after beating the French pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 on 30 January 2026.  

♦ It was a third Slam mixed-doubles title for Peers, to go with one men’s doubles crown, and the second for Gadecki.

♦ The last team to retain an Australian Open mixed-doubles title was the Czech Jana Novotna and American Jim Pugh.

♦ Their victory also marked the first successful title defence in the discipline at Melbourne Park since Jim Pugh and Jana Novotna completed the double in 1988 and 1989.