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| Location | Melbourne Australia |
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| Venue | Melbourne Park | |
| Surface | Plexicushion | |
| Men's Draw | 128S / 128Q / 64D | |
| Women's Draw | 128S / 96Q / 64D | |
| Prize Money | A$20,600,000 [1] | |
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The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments to be held each year. The 2008 Australian Open was a Tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important Tennis events of the year Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Melbourne Park is a sporting arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Plexicushion is a tennis surface system made by Plexipave, a company based in Massachusetts, USA. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important Tennis events of the year The French Open ( Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major Tennis tournament held over The Championships Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest Tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered as the most prestigious The US Open Tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world first contested in 1881 The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important Tennis events of the year Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) A tournament (IPA) is a Competition involving a relatively large number of competitors all participating in a Sport or Game. It is held each January at Melbourne Park. Melbourne Park is a sporting arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The tournament was held for the first time in 1905. Like the other three Grand Slam events, it was contested by top-ranked amateur players and known as the Australasian Championships until 1926 then the Australian Championships until the advent of open era in 1968. Originally based at the grass courts at Kooyong in the city of Melbourne's inner south-east, the tournament was in danger of fading into irrelevance before being revived in 1988 with a shift to Melbourne Park (then called Flinders Park), a new (Rebound Ace) hardcourt venue next to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the southern fringe of the central business district. A tennis court is where the game of Tennis is played It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center Kooyong Stadium, at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club is a Tennis venue located in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Melbourne Park is a sporting arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Rebound Ace is a cushioned Tennis hardcourt comprising layers of Polyurethane Rubber, Fiberglass, and other materials on top of an A tennis court is where the game of Tennis is played It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center Mats Wilander was the only player to win the tournament both on grass and on Rebound Ace. Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No
Like all the Grand Slam tournaments, there are men's and women's singles competitions, men's, women's, and mixed doubles, as well as junior and master's competitions.
The Australian Open was held in December from 1977 through to 1985, returning to its original January date in 1987. In 1986, because of the return to January, no tournament was held.
The two main courts used in the tournament are Rod Laver Arena and Vodafone Arena and feature retractable roofs, which can be shut in case of rain or extreme heat. Rod Laver Arena is a part of the Melbourne Park complex located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and current venue for the Australian It is the only Grand Slam tournament that features indoor play. However, work has already commenced on a retractable roof for Wimbledon's Centre Court, which is expected to be completed by 2009.
Held in the middle of the Australian summer, the Australian Open is famous for its notoriously hot days. An extreme-heat policy is often put into play when temperatures (and humidity) reach dangerous levels. The Extreme Heat Policy is a rule pertaining to the Australian Open ( Tennis)
The Australian Open typically has very high attendance, with the 2008 Australian Open achieving the highest ever day/night attendance record for any Grand Slam tournament of 62,885. [2]
In 2008, the Rebound Ace surface, which had been in place for the past 20 years at Melbourne Park, was replaced by a cushioned acrylic surface known as Plexicushion. Plexicushion is a tennis surface system made by Plexipave, a company based in Massachusetts, USA. The main benefits of the new surface: better consistency and less retention of heat (due to a thinner top layer). This change was accompanied by changes in the surfaces of all lead-up tournaments to the Australian Open. Work began on the removal of the old surface on 4 June 2007. The decision has been met with much controversy, primarily due to the new surface's similarity to DecoTurf, the surface already being utilised by the US Open. DecoTurf is a Tennis hardcourt comprising layers of acrylic, Rubber, Silica, and other materials on top of an Asphalt or The US Open Tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world first contested in 1881
The most recent tournament was held in from 14 January through 27 January 2008. The 2008 Australian Open was a Tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The singles winners were Novak Đoković and Maria Sharapova. ( Serbian: Новак Ђоковић Novak Đoković, ˈnɔvaːk 'ʥɔːkɔviʨ born May 22 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia (part of Yugoslavia at Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( Mariya Yur’evna Sharapova; born April 19 1987 is a Russian professional Tennis player
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History
The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road, Melbourne in 1905. Tennis Australia is the governing body for the sport of Tennis in Australia. St Kilda Road is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is part of the locality of Melbourne which has the postcode of 3004 and [3]
The tournament was first played in 1905 as The Australasian Championships, became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969. [4] Since 1905, the Australian Open has been staged in five different cities as follows: Melbourne (50 times), Sydney (17 times), Adelaide (14 times), Brisbane (8 times), Perth (3 times), as well as in New Zealand, (2 times) in 1906 Christchurch and 1912 Hastings. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand Hastings is the administrative centre of the Hastings District in the Hawke's Bay Region of the North Island of New Zealand. [4] In 1972 it was decided to stage the tournament in the same city each year, the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club was selected due to Melbourne attracting the biggest patronage. [3]
Melbourne Park (formerly Flinders Park) was constructed in time for the 1988 Open to meet the demands of the evolving tournament that had outgrown Kooyong's capacity. Melbourne Park is a sporting arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The move to Melbourne Park was an immediate success, with a 90 per cent increase in attendance in 1988 (266,436) on the previous year at Kooyong (140,000). [5]
Because of its geographic remoteness very few foreign players entered this tournament at the beginning. (In the 1920s it took about 45 days to make the trip by ship from Europe to Australia. ) The first tennis players who came by aircraft were the US Davis Cup players in November 1946. The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's Tennis. [5] Even inside the country many players couldn't travel easily; when the Championships were held in Perth, no Victorians or New South Welshers crossed by train, a distance of approximately 3,000 kilometres between the east and west coasts. In 1906, in Christchurch, New Zealand, of a small field of 10 players, only two Australians attended, and the tournament was won by a New Zealander. [6]
The first tournaments of the Australasian Championships suffered from the competition of the other Australasian tournaments, and before 1905 all of the Australian states and New Zealand had their own championships, the first being organised in 1880 in Melbourne and called the Championship of the Colony of Victoria (later become the Championship of Victoria). [7]. In those years the best two players by far, from "Down Under" the Australian Norman Brookes (whose name is now written on the men's singles cup) and the New Zealander Anthony Wilding, almost didn't play this tournament. Sir Norman Everard Brookes (born 14 November 1877 in Melbourne Victoria &ndash died 28 September 1968 in Melbourne Victoria) was an Australian Tennis Anthony ("Tony" Frederick Wilding (born October 31, 1883 in Christchurch New Zealand – died May 9, 1915 near Brookes came once and won in 1911 and Wilding entered and won the competition twice (1906 and 1909). Their meetings in the Victorian Championships (or at Wimbledon) were the summits that helped to determine the best Australasian players. Even when the Australasian Championships were held in Hastings, New Zealand, in 1912, Wilding, though three times Wimbledon champion, didn't come back to his home country. It was a recurrent problem for all of the players of the era; Brookes went to Europe only three times, where he reached the Wimbledon Challenge Round once and then won Wimbledon twice. Thus many players had never played the Austral(as)ian amateur or open championships: the Renshaws, the Dohertys, William Larned, Maurice McLoughlin, Beals Wright, Bill Johnston, Bill Tilden, René Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer, Ted Schroeder, Pancho Gonzales, Budge Patty, Manuel Santana, Jan Kodes and others, while Brookes, Ellsworth Vines, Jaroslav Drobny, Manuel Orantes, Ilie Năstase at 35 years old, and Bjorn Borg just came once. William "Bill" Augustus Larned ( December 30, 1872 &ndash December 16, 1926) was an American male Tennis player Maurice McLoughlin ( January 7, 1890 in Carson City NV &ndash December 10, 1957 in Hermosa Beach CA) was an American Beals Coleman Wright (born on December 19, 1879 in Boston Massachusetts, United States &ndash died on August 23, 1961 William ("Little Bill" Johnston ( November 2, 1894 in San Francisco California – May 1, 1946 in San Francisco California William Tatem Tilden II ( February 10, 1893 &ndash June 5, 1953) often called "Big Bill", was an American Jean René Lacoste ( July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French Tennis player and businessman nicknamed "the Henri Jean Cochet ( December 14, 1901 – April 1, 1987) was a champion Tennis player one of the famous " Four Musketeers Robert Larimore ("Bobby" Riggs ( February 25, 1918 &ndash October 25, 1995) was a 1930s&ndash40s John Albert Kramer (born August 1, 1921, in Las Vegas, Nevada) was a champion U Frederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder ( July 20, 1921 – May 26, 2006) was an American Tennis player who won the two most prestigious Ricardo Alonso González or Richard Gonzalez, (May 9 1928 &ndash July 3 1995 who was generally known as Pancho Gonzales or less often as Pancho Gonzalez John "Budge" Edward Patty (born February 11, 1924) was an American male Tennis player Manuel Martínez Santana, best known as Manolo Santana, (born May 10, 1938) is a former tennis champion from Spain. Jan Kodes ( Czech: Jan Kodeš; born March 1 1946, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a right-handed Czech former Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr (September 28 1911 – March 17 1994 was an American Tennis champion of the 1930s the World No Jaroslav Drobný ( October 12, 1921, Prague &ndash September 13, 2001, London) was an amateur Tennis champion Manuel Orantes Corral (born February 5, 1949 in Granada, Spain) was a Tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s Ilie Năstase (born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania) is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players (bjœɳ bɔrj born 6 June 1956) is a former World No 1 Tennis player from Sweden who is widely regarded by observers and tennis players
From 1969, when the first Australian Open was held, on the Milton Courts at Brisbane, the tournament was open to all players—including professionals, who weren't allowed to play the traditional circuit. Milton Courts was a tennis venue in Brisbane, Australia. The complex consisted of 19 Hard courts and four Grass courts The main arena seated [8] Nevertheless, except for the 1969 and 1971 tournaments, many of the best players missed this championship until 1982, because of the remoteness, the wrong dates (Christmas and New Year's Day), and the low prize money — in 1970 the National Tennis League (NTL), which employed Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Andres Gimeno, Pancho Gonzales, Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle, prevented its players from entering the tournament because the guarantees were insufficient, and the tournament was ultimately won by Arthur Ashe. For the arena in Melbourne Park used for show matches in the Australian Open, see Rod Laver Arena Rodney George "Rod" Laver Kenneth Robert ("Ken" Rosewall AM MBE (born 2 November 1934, in Sydney, Australia) is a former amateur Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera (born August 3, 1937 in Barcelona, Spain) is a retired Spanish Tennis player whose major achievement Ricardo Alonso González or Richard Gonzalez, (May 9 1928 &ndash July 3 1995 who was generally known as Pancho Gonzales or less often as Pancho Gonzalez Roy Stanley Emerson (born November 3 1936) is a former Australian Tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle ( October 8, 1938) is an Australian male tennis player Arthur Robert Ashe Jr ( July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an African American Tennis player who was born and raised [9]
In 1983, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Mats Wilander all entered the tournament, with Wilander having to play the Davis Cup at Kooyong a few days after the tournament. Ivan Lendl (born March 7, 1960) is a former World No 1 professional Tennis player of Czech origin John Patrick McEnroe Jr (born February 16 1959 is an American former World No Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's Tennis. He would go on to win the Open and the Davis Cup. [10][11] Following the 1983 Open, the International Tennis Federation prompted the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia to change the site of the tournament, because the Kooyong stadium was then inappropriate to serve such a big event, and in 1988 the tournament was first held at Flinders Park (later renamed Melbourne Park) on Rebound Ace. The International Tennis Federation (ITF is the governing body of world Tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations Tennis Australia is the governing body for the sport of Tennis in Australia. Rebound Ace is a cushioned Tennis hardcourt comprising layers of Polyurethane Rubber, Fiberglass, and other materials on top of an [12]
Before the Melbourne Park stadium era, tournament dates fluctuated as well, in particular in the early years because of the climate of each site or exceptional events. For example, just after World War I, the 1919 tournament was held in January 1920 (the 1920 tournament was played in March); the 1923 tournament in Brisbane took place in August when the weather is not too hot and wet. After a first 1977 tournament was held in December 1976 – January 1977, the organisers chose to move the next tournament forward a few days, then a second 1977 tournament was played (ended on 31 December) but this failed to attract the best players. From 1982 to 1985 the tournament was played in mid-December, then it was decided to move the next tournament to mid-January (January 1987), thus there was no tournament in 1986. Since 1987 the Australian Open date has not changed.
Recent attendances
Trophies and prize money
Names of the winners are inscribed on the perpetual trophy Cups. The 2008 Australian Open was a Tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam Tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January The 2006 Australian Open was played between January 16 and January 29, 2006. List of the 2005 Australian Open Champions: Seniors Men's Singles See also 2005 Australian Open - Men's Singles Marat Safin List of the 2004 Australian Open Champions: Seniors Men's Singles See also 2004 Australian Open - Men's Singles Roger Federer ----A trophy is a reward for a specific achievement and usually afterwards serves as proof of merit
- The Women's Singles winner is presented with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup. Daphne Jessie Akhurst Cozens ( April 22, 1903, in Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales – January 9, 1933, in
- The Men's Singles winner is presented with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. Sir Norman Everard Brookes (born 14 November 1877 in Melbourne Victoria &ndash died 28 September 1968 in Melbourne Victoria) was an Australian Tennis
In 2008 the prize money awarded in the Men's and Women's singles tournaments was equal and distributed as follows[16]:
- 1st Round: A$19,400
- 2nd Round: A$30,250
- 3rd Round: A$50,000
- 4th Round: A$85,625
- Quarter finalist: A$171,250
- Semi finalist: A$342,500
- Runners-up: A$685,000
- Winners: A$1,370,000 (US$1,197,739. 20)
Records
| Record | Open Era | Player(s) | Count | Years |
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| Men since 1905 | ||||
| Winner of most Men's Singles titles | Before 1968: | Roy Emerson |
6 | 1961, 1963-67 |
| Jack Crawford Ken Rosewall |
4 | 1931-33, 1935 1953, 1955, 1971-72 |
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| After 1968: |  Andre Agassi |
4 | 1995, 2000-01, 2003 | |
 Mats Wilander Roger Federer |
3 | 1983-84, 1988 2004, 2006-07 |
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| Winner of most consecutive Men's Singles titles | Before 1968: | Roy Emerson |
5 | 1963-67 |
| After 1968: | Ken Rosewall Guillermo Vilas Johan Kriek Mats Wilander Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl Jim Courier Andre Agassi Roger Federer |
2 | 1971-72 1978-79 1981-82 1983-84 1985-87[17] 1989-90 1992-93 2000-01 2006-07 |
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| Winner of most Men's Doubles titles | Before 1968: | Adrian Quist & John Bromwich |
8 | 1938-40, 1946-50 |
| John Newcombe & Tony Roche |
5 | 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976 - 1973 John Newcombe with Mal Anderson, 1976 (December) Tony Roche with Arthur Ashe | ||
| After 1968: | Mark Edmondson |
4 | 1980-81 (with Kim Warwick), 1983 (with Paul McNamee) 1984 (with Sherwood Stewart) | |
| John Newcombe & Tony Roche Kim Warwick Todd Woodbridge Jonas Björkman |
3 | see above 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak), 1980-81 1992, 1996 (with Mark Woodforde, 2001 (with Jonas Björkman) |
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| Winner of most consecutive Men's Doubles titles | Before 1968: | Adrian Quist & John Bromwich |
8 | 1938-40, 1946-50[18] |
| After 1968: | Mark Edmondson & Kim Warwick Mark Edmondson Rick Leach & Jim Pugh |
2 | 1980-81 1983 (with Paul McNamee), 1984 (with Sherwood Stewart), 1988-89 2003-04 2006-07 |
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| Winner of most Mixed Doubles titles - Men | Before 1968: | Colin Long |
4 | 1963, 1965-66, 1968 (with Nancye Wynne Bolton) |
| After 1968: | Owen Davidson |
4 | 1940, 1946-1948 (with Billie Jean King) | |
| Winner of most Championships (total: singles, doubles, mixed) - Men | Before 1968: | Jack Crawford |
11 | 1929-1935 (4 singles, 4 doubles, 3 mixed) |
| After 1968: | Jim Pugh |
5 | 1988-90 (2 doubles, 3 mixed) | |
| Women since 1922 | ||||
| Winner of most Women's Singles titles | Before 1968: | Margaret Court |
7 | 1960-66 |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton |
6 | 1937, 1940, 1946-48, 1951 | ||
| After 1968: | Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong-Cawley Steffi Graf / / Monica Seles |
4 | 1969-71, 1973 1974-76, 1977 1988-90, 1994 1991-93, 1996 |
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| Winner of most consecutive Women's Singles titles | Before 1968: | Margaret Court |
7 | 1960-66 |
| After 1968: | Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong-Cawley Steffi Graf
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3 | 1969-71 1974-76 1988-90 1991-93 1997-99 |
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| Winner of most Women's Doubles titles | Before 1968: | Thelma Coyne Long |
13 | 1936-40, 1947-49, 1951-52 (with Nancye Wynne Bolton), 1954, 1956, 1958 (with Mary Bevis Hawton) |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton |
10 | 1936-40, 1947-49, 1951-52 | ||
| After 1968: | / Martina Navrátilová |
8 | 1980 (with Betsy Nagelsen), 1982-85, 1987-89 (with Pam Shriver) | |
| Winner of most consecutive Women's Doubles titles | Before 1968: | Thelma Coyne Long Nancye Wynne Bolton |
5 | 1936-40 |
| After 1968: | / Martina Navrátilová & Pam Shriver |
7 | 1982-85, 1987-89 | |
| Winner of most Mixed Doubles titles - women | Before 1968: | Daphne Akhurst Cozens Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long Margaret Court |
4 | 1924-25 (with John Willard), 1928 (with Jean Borotra), 1929 (with Gar Moon) 1940, 1946-48 (with Colin Long)
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| After 1968: | Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland |
2 | 1988-89 (with Jim Pugh) 1994 (with Andrei Olhovskiy), 1996 (with Mark Woodforde) |
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| Winner of most Championships (total: singles, doubles, mixed) - women | Before 1968: | Margaret Court |
22 | 1960-1973 (11 singles, 7 doubles, 4 mixed) |
| After 1968: | / Martina Navrátilová |
12 | 1981-2003 (3 singles, 8 doubles, 1 mixed) | |
Champions
Main articles listed by event:
References
- ^ Australian Open - where the world comes to play. Roy Stanley Emerson (born November 3 1936) is a former Australian Tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam John Herbert ("Jack" Crawford ( March 22, 1908 - September 10, 1991) was an Australian tennis player of the 1930s Kenneth Robert ("Ken" Rosewall AM MBE (born 2 November 1934, in Sydney, Australia) is a former amateur Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970 is a former World No 1 professional American Tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No Roger Federer (ˈrɒdʒə ˈfɛdərər born August 8 1981 is a Swiss professional Tennis player who is currently ranked World No Roy Stanley Emerson (born November 3 1936) is a former Australian Tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam Kenneth Robert ("Ken" Rosewall AM MBE (born 2 November 1934, in Sydney, Australia) is a former amateur Guillermo Vilas (born August 17 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former Argentine professional Tennis player Johan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African / American professional male Tennis player and founder of the Global Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No Stefan Bengt Edberg (born 19 January 1966 in Västervik, Sweden) is a former World No Ivan Lendl (born March 7, 1960) is a former World No 1 professional Tennis player of Czech origin James Spencer "Jim" Courier Jr (born August 17 1970 in Sanford Florida) is a former world number one professional Tennis player from the Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970 is a former World No 1 professional American Tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments Roger Federer (ˈrɒdʒə ˈfɛdərər born August 8 1981 is a Swiss professional Tennis player who is currently ranked World No Adrian Karl Quist (4 August 1913 in Medindie, South Australia – 17 November 1991 in Sydney NSW) was an Australian male Tennis player John Edward Bromwich (born November 14, 1918 in Sydney NSW &ndash died October 21, 1999 in John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944 in Sydney Australia) is a former World No See also Tony Roche (writer Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche (born May 17, 1945) is a former professional Australian tennis player John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944 in Sydney Australia) is a former World No Malcolm "Mal" J Anderson (born 3 March 1935 in Theodore, near Rockhampton in Queensland) was a star Australian Tennis player from See also Tony Roche (writer Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche (born May 17, 1945) is a former professional Australian tennis player Arthur Robert Ashe Jr ( July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an African American Tennis player who was born and raised Mark Edmondson (born June 24, 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) was a professional Australian male Tennis player. Kim Warwick (born April 8, 1952 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian pro Male tennis player mostly known for Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian Tennis player and prominent Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional Tennis in the 1960s and 1970s John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944 in Sydney Australia) is a former World No See also Tony Roche (writer Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche (born May 17, 1945) is a former professional Australian tennis player Kim Warwick (born April 8, 1952 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian pro Male tennis player mostly known for Todd Andrew Woodbridge (born 2 April 1971 in Sydney is an Australian former professional Tennis player Jonas Lars Björkman (pronounced YO-nas BYERK-mann (born March 23 1972 Alvesta, Sweden is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No Mark Woodforde (born 23 September 1965 is a retired professional Tennis player from Australia Jonas Lars Björkman (pronounced YO-nas BYERK-mann (born March 23 1972 Alvesta, Sweden is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born August 29, 1970 in Heerde) is a former professional male tennis player and former world number one doubles player from Adrian Karl Quist (4 August 1913 in Medindie, South Australia – 17 November 1991 in Sydney NSW) was an Australian male Tennis player John Edward Bromwich (born November 14, 1918 in Sydney NSW &ndash died October 21, 1999 in Mark Edmondson (born June 24, 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) was a professional Australian male Tennis player. Kim Warwick (born April 8, 1952 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian pro Male tennis player mostly known for Mark Edmondson (born June 24, 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) was a professional Australian male Tennis player. Rick Leach (b December 28 1964, in Arcadia, California) is a professional Tennis player from the United States. Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank, California) is a former professional Tennis player from the United States. Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player known for using both hands for every possible shot Michaël Llodra (born May 18, 1980) is a professional French male Tennis player Bob and Mike Bryan Robert ("Bob" Charles Bryan (born on April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male Bob and Mike Bryan Michael ("Mike" Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American professional Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian Tennis player and prominent Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional Tennis in the 1960s and 1970s Nancye Wynne Bolton (December 2 1916 &ndash November 9 2001 was a female Tennis player from Australia (born October 4, 1943 in Melbourne) was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s Partnering Billie Jean King Billie Jean King ( née Moffitt) (born November 22, 1943, in Long Beach, California) is a retired Tennis John Herbert ("Jack" Crawford ( March 22, 1908 - September 10, 1991) was an Australian tennis player of the 1930s Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank, California) is a former professional Tennis player from the United States. Margaret Jean Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942 also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No Nancye Wynne Bolton (December 2 1916 &ndash November 9 2001 was a female Tennis player from Australia Margaret Jean Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942 also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE (born 31 July 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia is a former World No Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No Monica Seles (Szeles Mónika Serbian: Моника Селеш Monika Seleš, /sɛlɛʃ/ born December 2 1973 is a former World No Margaret Jean Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942 also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No Margaret Jean Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942 also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE (born 31 July 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia is a former World No Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No Monica Seles (Szeles Mónika Serbian: Моника Селеш Monika Seleš, /sɛlɛʃ/ born December 2 1973 is a former World No Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia) is a retired professional Tennis player who spent a total of 209 Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (born in Sydney Australia, October 14, 1918) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s Nancye Wynne Bolton (December 2 1916 &ndash November 9 2001 was a female Tennis player from Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (December 2 1916 &ndash November 9 2001 was a female Tennis player from Australia Martina Navratilova ( Czech: Martina Navrátilová; born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World Betsy Nagelsen McCormack (born October 23, 1956, in St Petersburg Florida) is a retired professional Tennis player from the United States Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby (born July 4 1962, in Baltimore Maryland) is a former professional Tennis player and current sports broadcaster Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (born in Sydney Australia, October 14, 1918) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s Nancye Wynne Bolton (December 2 1916 &ndash November 9 2001 was a female Tennis player from Australia Martina Navratilova ( Czech: Martina Navrátilová; born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby (born July 4 1962, in Baltimore Maryland) is a former professional Tennis player and current sports broadcaster Daphne Jessie Akhurst Cozens ( April 22, 1903, in Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales – January 9, 1933, in Nancye Wynne Bolton (December 2 1916 &ndash November 9 2001 was a female Tennis player from Australia Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (born in Sydney Australia, October 14, 1918) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s Margaret Jean Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942 also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No John Willard, born no later than 1672 was one of the people executed for Witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials of Jean Robert Borotra ( 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French champion Tennis player one of the famous " Edgar "Gar" Moon ( December 3, 1904 in Forest Hill, NSW Australia - May 26 1976) was a former tennis George Worthington ( September 21, 1813 &ndash November 9, 1871) was a 19th century merchant and banker in Cleveland Ohio, Rex Noel Hartwig (born 2 September, 1929, Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia) was an Australian Tennis player Kenneth Norman Fletcher ( June 15 1940 &ndash February 11 2006) was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944 in Sydney Australia) is a former World No Marty Riessen (born December 4, 1941 in Hinsdale Illinois) played amateur and professional Tennis in the 1960s and 1970s Jana Novotna (Jana Novotná (b October 2 1968 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional Tennis player from the Czech Republic Larisa Savchenko Neiland (born Larisa Savchenko July 21, 1966 in Lvov) is a retired Ukrainian -born tennis player who represented Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank, California) is a former professional Tennis player from the United States. Andrei Olhovskiy (born April 15, 1966 in Moscow) is a former Tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989 Mark Woodforde (born 23 September 1965 is a retired professional Tennis player from Australia Margaret Jean Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942 also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No Martina Navratilova ( Czech: Martina Navrátilová; born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World By country See also Australian Open List of Australian Open Women's Singles champions List of French By country See also Australian Open List of Australian Open Men's Singles champions List of French Australian Open (2 October 2007). Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 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- ^ Anthony Frederick Wilding "Tony". International Tennis Hall of Fame. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit Tennis Hall of fame and Museum at the Newport Casino in Newport Rhode Island Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen
- ^ History of Tennis - From humble beginnings. Tennis Australia. Tennis Australia is the governing body for the sport of Tennis in Australia. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate
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- ^ Nikki Tugwell (14 January 2008). Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Hewitt chases amazing slam win. The Daily Telegraph. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. news.com.au. News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979 Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate
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- ^ World Group 1983 Final. Davis Cup. The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's Tennis. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
- ^ Rebound Ace under review. The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph is a Tabloid Newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News news.com.au (29 January 2007). News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979 Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
- ^ The Australian Open - History of Attendance (PDF). Australian Open. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain
- ^ AO 2007: The Final Word. Tennis Australia. Tennis Australia is the governing body for the sport of Tennis in Australia. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate
- ^ Safin credits Lundgren for resurgence. Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. CNN (30 January 2005). Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate
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- ^ In 1986 there was no Australian Open held
- ^ From 1941-1945 there was no Australian Open held because of World War II
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