 | |
| Official website | |
| Founded | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 112 (2024) |
| Location | Melbourne (since 1972) Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park (since 1988) |
| Surface | Hard – outdoors[a][b] (since 1988) Grass – outdoors (1905–1987) |
| Prize money | A$86,500,000 (2024) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q)[c] |
| Current champions | Jannik Sinner (singles) Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Novak Djokovic (10) |
| Most doubles titles | Adrian Quist (10) |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) |
| Current champions | Aryna Sabalenka (singles) Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Margaret Court (11) |
| Most doubles titles | Thelma Coyne Long (12) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Hsieh Su-wei Jan Zieliński |
| Most titles (male) | 4 Harry Hopman |
| Most titles (female) | 4 Thelma Coyne Long |
| Grand Slam | |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 Australian Open | |
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament organized by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events every year, held before the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks, coinciding with the Australia Day holiday.[d] It features men's and women's singles, men's, women's, and mixed doubles, juniors’ championships, wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events.
Until 1987, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019. Since 2020, it has been played on blue GreenSet.[1]
First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere.[2] Nicknamed "the happy slam",[3] the Australian Open is the highest attended Grand Slam event, with more than 1,100,000 people attending the 2024 tournament, including qualifying. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped with retractable roofs.
The Australian Open is known for its fast-paced and aggressive style of play. The tournament has been held at the Melbourne Park complex since 1988 and is a major contributor to the Victorian economy; the 2020 Australian Open injected $387.7 million into the state's economy, while over the preceding decade, the Australian Open had contributed more than $2.71 billion in economic benefits to Victoria and generated 1775 jobs for the state, with these jobs being predominantly in the accommodation, hotels, cafés and trade services sectors.[4]
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The Australian Open 2019 is the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere and the biggest sporting event in the world in January.
- ^ Williams, Jacqueline (26 January 2018). "By Looking to Asia, the Australian Open Found Itself". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "AO 2020 delivers record benefits to Victoria". Australian Open. Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.