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 * Introduction: **

The Australian Open, is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. the tournament is held at Melbourne park during January each year. This event was first held in 1904, and was played on grass until 1987, at Kooyong Tennis Club, on Glenferrie Road, Kooyong. From 1988 the location was moved to the purpose built Melbourne Park, with retractable roof, on Batman Ave, Melbourne, and surface was changed to Rebound Ace. Mats Wilander was the only player to win the tournament on both grass and hard courts. Like all other Grand Slam tournaments, there are men's and women's singles competitions, and doubles competitions.

The two main courts used in the tournament are Rod Laver Arena and Hi-sense Arena, which have retractable rooves which shut during extreme heat and or if it rains.


 * Entry Fees: **

• Children aged 3-16 as at 1 January 2011 are entitled to purchase a Childs reserved seat ticket. • Children aged 2 and under as at 1 January 2011 are entitled to enter the events at no charge; however they must not occupy a reserved seat. • Persons aged 17 and over as at 1 January 2011 are classified as an adult, unless they hold valid Concession identification.


 * About: **

The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, known as the Lawn Tennis Association (LTTA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in 1905. This facility is know known as Albert Reserve Tennis Center. The Australian Open has been staged in five Australian and two New Zealand cities as follows: Melbourne (54 times), Sydney (17 times ), Ad﻿el﻿aide (14 times), Brisbane (7 times), Perth (3 times), Christchurch (in 1906), and Hastings (in 1912).

Melbourne Park was constructed for the 1988 tournament, to improve and gain the seating capacity. the previous tennis club was formely known as Kooyong's lawn tennis park. The move from Kooyong to Melbourne Park, was a immediate success, with a 90 percent increase in attendance in 1988 (266,436), in the previous year the number of attendace was (140,000).