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Tennis in Sydney has scaled the heights of popularity and excellence, so that to the tennis buffs around the world, tennis in Australia now, isn’t synonymous with only the Australian Open held in Melbourne. The Sydney tennis calendar is chock-a-bloc with tournaments held all round the year and these meets attract the top-notch ATP and WTA professionals. About Tennis In Sydney The summer season of tennis in Australia is kicked off by the Medibank International Tennis Tournament, held in the beginning of January at the Sydney International Tennis Centre. It is one of the most prestigious of the various tennis tournaments in Australia and is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world with a lineage that dates back to 1885. Being a run-up to the Australian Open, the draw at the Medibank International sees leading tennis players from around the world, like Lleyton Hewitt and Rafael Nadal in the recent past. The Sydney Open tennis is another one of the important Sydney tennis tournaments. It is a Tier-1 tournament and sees the best players from Australia in action during the first and the second weeks of February. The tournament is also held at the Sydney International Tennis Centre. The Sydney Open actually kickstarts the Carnival of Tennis in Sydney. This is a tennis extravaganza of sorts, spanning for two weeks and is deemed to be the biggest in Australia, after the major tennis tournaments of course. The Sydney Junior Championships are the next big thing on the Sydney tennis circuit. Eagerly awaited by youngsters with Grand Slam dreams in their eyes, this tournament has thrown up many an Aussie international through the years. About The Tennis Courts In Sydney Sports in Sydney are taken seriously. So are the sports venues in Sydney. When it comes to tennis, you thus have such world-class facilities like the one at the Sydney International Tennis Center, housed within the Sydney Olympic Park. It is host to numerous Sydney tennis tournaments all throughout the year. This 1000-seater premier sporting venue in Sydney has 16 well-illuminated courts including two clay courts and six practice courts for the Samprases and Federers of tomorrow to perfect their lobs and volleys. Tennis in Sydney further gets a boost with the plethora of tennis courts strewn all over the city. There are well-maintained courts at Alexandria Park, Beaconsfield Park, Rushcutters Bay Park and at Kent Street, the latter situated in the Central Business District, among many others. It was probably at one of these parks that Todd Woodbridge (of “The Woodies” doubles tennis team fame and a Sydneyite) practiced. Tennis in Sydney is abuzz with activity.
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