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| Former names | Tennyson Tennis Centre |
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| Location | Tennyson, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E |
| Owner | Queensland Government |
| Capacity | 5,500 (extra temporary 7,000) |
| Surface | Hard, outdoors |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2007 |
| Built | December 2008 |
| Opened | 2 January 2009 |
| Construction cost | A$ 82 million[1][2][3] US$ 75 million EUR € 52.5 million |
| Architect | HOK Sport Venue Event (now Populous)[4] |
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Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre,[5] is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia. It is an A$82 million tennis facility opened on 2 January 2009[6] at the site of the demolished Tennyson Power Station.
Since January 2009 the Queensland Tennis Centre has been the host centre for combined men and women's international tennis tournament entitled the Brisbane International, a combination of the former Next Generation Adelaide International event in Adelaide and the Mondial Gold Coast Women's championships.[7]
- ^ Queensland Tennis Centre - A new theatre for top class tennis and community Projects: Queensland Tennis Center
- ^ Queensland State Tennis Centre, Tennyson, Brisbane Projects: Queensland Tennis Center] Web Site: Projdevservices.com
- ^ Queensland Tennis Centre construction cost
- ^ Queensland Tennis Centre architect: Populous
- ^ "Your first view of the Tennyson Tennis Centre". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ "Queensland Tennis Centre". Department of Public Works. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ "Adelaide to merge with Brisbane in '09". Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2009.