the 1936 australian championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at the memorial drive, adelaide, australia from 18 to 27 january (no matches were scheduled on tuesday 21 january after the death of king george v). it was the 29th edition of the australian championships (now known as the australian open), the 6th held in adelaide, and the first grand slam tournament of the year. the singles titles were won by australians adrian quist and joan hartigan.