Britain's Alfie Hewett missed out on the Australian Open wheelchair singles title for a second consecutive year, beaten 7-5 3-6 6-2 by Shingo Kunieda.
"As much as I'm gutted now I can be proud of the efforts I put in out there," said the 24-year-old.
"I thought it was a great display of wheelchair tennis all round."
He added: "I managed to control some of my emotions in the second set and played some smarter tennis and then in the third set he played one of his best performances."
Japan's Kunieda, who at 37 has now won 26 Grand Slam singles titles, was on the losing side in Wednesday's doubles final with his Argentinian partner Gustavo Fernandez.