Australian Open Championships Melbourne

Australian Open Championships Melbourne

Australian Open Championships is one of the most prestigious events in the sports calendar of Melbourne and is the first amongst the Grand Slams held at Melbourne Park in early winter. The event was first flagged off in 1905 and was played by novices. However, it was later, rather much later, almost after 65 years that the event came to be known as The Championships. It was only in 1988 that the popularity of the event was revived and it started being held at the Melbourne Park. Since then, there has been no looking back. The popularity of Australian Open Championships, Melbourne has only grown. The event goes on to arrange all types of matches as the other Grand Slams – Men and Women Singles, Doubles and Mixed. It is held every year in January.

Location of Australian Open Championships: The event is held at the Melbourne Park on the two main courts — Rod Laver Arena and Vodafone Arena. However, the uniqueness of the event is that it is held in extreme conditions of both heat and rain and hence the game often has to be shifted indoors, which is also a facility that the park alone offers. The weather conditions often tamper with the arrangement of the game. However, the event has been staged in various cities of Australia like Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. In 2006, almost 5,50,550 people attended the Australian Open Championships, Melbourne.

Highlights of Australian Open Championships, Melbourne: The event has produced numerous Grand Slam champions in all the events like Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and the current favorites Roger Federer, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graff, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport and many more.

Australian Open Tennis Championship 2007: The 2007 event would see a participation of 500 odd players. The prize money has been decided to be a whopping sum of $20 million. Australian Open Championships, Melbourne would also see the introduction of various new features such as the players can have access to unlimited line calls during the whole match and limited line calls during sets. All the winners are expected to win each $1,281,000, both men and women. The event will be organized and sponsored by Kia Motors.

Information on Australian Open Championships, Melbourne: Thousands of avid tennis fans have all bought tickets for the prestigious Australian Open Championships 2007 in Melbourne. Tickets have all been almost sold off. All tickets are franchised by Federal Express. Those interested in watching the matches to be held at Melbourne can go for online buying of the tickets too. Besides, the spectators can also take round trips aboard Qantas Airways from Los Angeles to Melbourne. All those who want to put up at Melbourne for the Championship can choose from an array of hotels readily available at their disposal. Most of the hotels provide luxury services with 24-hour room service, all coming at affordable prices. Most of them are within easy range of the Melbourne Park.

All those wishing to be a part of the Australian Open Championships, Melbourne can pack their bags and arrive at the city, only to relieve the magic!

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