Australian Open in Melbourne

January, Melbourne

Traditionally, court tennis season is opened during the Australian Open. It is included in a series of the Grand Slam tournaments. The Australian Open usually takes place in January with Melbourne courts as the place for teams’ meetings. Single male and female, pair male and pair female, pair mixed, junior and veteran – all these competitions are included in this particular tennis tournament.

The first tournament

If you are curious about the history of the Australian Open then ausopen.club is exactly what you need. There you will find lots of information regarding the upcoming events, latest news, results, winners and losers, predictions, tips, etc as well as its history that dates back in 1905.

The very first championship was held in 1905. Starting from that year, the tournament was regularly held, thus changing cities and format. In 1972 it was decided to held the Australian Open only in at the outskirts of Melbourne. Later, in 1988 the tournament was finally moved to the Melbourne Park which was specially built for this occasion. Nowadays, Rod Laver Arena is considered to be the main court of this particular sporting event. It was constructed in line with all standards and is therefore, considered to be one of the best tennis arenas in the world. The roof that can be moved apart lets held the matches even when the temperature is very high.

The most popular winner

Lots of teams take part in this competition, battling for the main prize. Nevertheless, the most popular winner of this tournament was Norman Brookes – the male tournament was called in his honour. It was he, who contributed a lot in the history of the Australian Open. The best female player was Daphne Akhurst – she managed to win this competition the whole 5 times.