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HISTORYAustralian Open is the first Grand Slam event to be held each year in

January in melbourne. The first tournament took place in 1905 when it was

contested on the grass courts of Kooyong. Due to the enormous amount of time

it took for the top tennis players in the

world to travel to Australia, the event

virtually faded out into obscurity.

HISTORY With the advent of air travel, the tournament was

revived and in 1988 it moved to a hard court base, called Flinders Park – now better known as Melbourne Park.

The two main venues of the event, the Rod Laver Arena ( centre court ) and Hisense

Arena, have retractable roofs, so that play is not stopped due to rain and hot temperature.

HISTORY 2008 saw a new surface for the courts, with the

Rebound Ace surface being replaced with a faster, acrylic “Plexicushion” surface.

In 2007, the Hawk-eye system was used as a back-up to human linesman.

Players were allowed to challenge a

human line call by having Hawk-eye

confirm or overrule the original call.

GRAND SLAM The four major Grand Slam events: the Australian

Open, the French Open, Wimbledon (England) and the US Open.

All the Grand Slam events have to exhibit very different court surfaces

Australian Open: Acrylic surface ( plexicushion) French Open: Clay Wimbledon: Grass US Open: Hard ( Deco Turf)

PLEXICUSHION

The Australian Open tennis court surfaces had changed for the 2008 event.

The existing Rebound Ace surface was replaced with a cushioned, acrylic rollout known as Plexicushion.

PLEXICUSHION

Plexicushion characteristics: has a lower rubber content leading to firmer

under foot conditions involves applying multiple layers of rubber

that achieves more consistent

bounce on court retains less heat

MELBOURNE PARK

In 1972, Melbourne was selected as the permanent home of the Australian Open.

It has two stadia and several outdoor tennis courts.

Melbourne Park can boast the highest number of show court seats (excluding centre court) of the Grand Slam venues, at over 22,000.

Rod Laver Arena

The first phase, which was completed in 1987, includes a 16 000 seat Centre Court with a retractable roof.

The Australian Open tennis court was aptly named after Australia's greatest

tennis player of all time,Rod Laver, who is still the only person in history to have captured two Grand Slam, in 1962 and 1969.

GETTING TO THE VENUE Trams -- serviced by the no.70 tram, which departs from Flinders Street to Wattle Park Bus -- take the no.605 bus and stop at the

corner of Olympic Boulevard, then take more 500m walk to Hisense Arena

Trains -- Flinders Street, Richmond and Jolimont train stations are all within walking distance of the venue

PRIZE MONEY

PLAYERS CATEGORY

Seniors Men’s Singles Women’s Singles Men’s Doubles Women’s Doubles Mixed Doubles

JuniorsBoys’ SinglesGirls’ SinglesBoys’ DoublesGirls’ Doubles

PLAYERS CATEGORY

Wheelchair tennis Wheelchair Men’s Singles Wheelchair Women’s Singles Wheelchair Quad Singles Wheelchair Men’s Doubles Wheelchair Women’s Doubles Wheelchair Quad Doubles

THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN BY

NUMBERS 1,197,739 -- The prize money in US dollars awarded to the

winners of the Aus Open singles tournaments 62,885 -- The average daily attendance the at the 2008

Australian Open 4000 -- The average number of tennis balls used at each

Australian Open tournament 2007 -- The year the Hawk-Eye system for line call reviews

made its debut at the Australian Open. 1969 -- The year the Australian Open first admitted professional tennis players 1905 -- The year the first Australian Open was played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN BY

NUMBERS 231 -- The fastest serve by a man at the Australian Open

measured in km/h. The serve was struck by Taylor Dent in 2006 194 -- The speed of the fastest serve struck by a woman at the

Australian open in km/h.This record is shared by Venus and Serena Williams 50 -- The temperature in degrees celsius reached during some

center court matches during the Australian Open 6 -- The best record by a mens singles player at the Australian Open, held by Roy Emerson of Australia 2 -- The number of times the Australian Open was

hosted in New Zealand

If you are interested in the Australian Open, welcome to search any information in these websites below.

http://australian.open-tennis.com/australian-open-numbers.html

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html