The Australian open tennis is one of the most challenging of all the Grand Slam tournaments due to the often extreme hot weather that often descends on Melbourne each January when the tournament is played. Being the first Grand Slam Tennis Tournament on the international tennis calendar the tournament attracts most of the big name players on the international circuit regardless of the heat. The temperature can easily reach, and often exceed, 40 degrees Celsius. Management of the Australian Open Tennis tournament have included various ‘heat clauses’ in the tournament rules as well as installing a retractable roof over the main court that can be closed if the heat becomes to extreme or rain threatens play. The main stadium for the Australian Open is Rod Laver Arena, named after the only person, and an Australian, to have twice won all four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments in one year. The Australian Tennis Open is held in January each year at the Melbourne Tennis Stadium. Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena are the two main courts with other matches played on the outer courts. The other international grand slam tennis tournaments are: the French Open played in Paris, Wimbledon in London and the US Open played in New York.
Apart from being an international tennis tournament that is watched all over the world by tennis lovers eagerly, the men and women tennis players participating in this tournament are the highest ranked in the world. The competition is intense and the atmosphere is electrifying most of the time. The tennis week lasts for 2 weeks with the women’s finals on the Saturday of the second week and the men’s final on the Sunday of the second week. Apart from these two, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
The Australian open tennis tournament brings in not only domestic Australian citizens but tennis lovers from all over the world to visit Melbourne and help make it a major tourist attraction during the month. The Australian open tennis tournament is also accompanied by live entertainment in the Melbourne Park every day to keep the local and international visitors, tennis lovers and the tennis players amused and enthused.
Along with tickets for the Australian Open, people staying in Melbourne for the tennis can also buy concert tickets for the premium park shows and enjoy the varied entertainment and attractions that combine with the great tennis to make this a spectacular two weeks of entertainment. Players that competed during 2009 included Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, the Williams sisters, Dina Safina and many leading players on the world tennis tour. For the 2009 Australian Tennis Open most of the main tickets sold out in advance with average prices ranging from $19 and $174.
Australian Tennis Open 2010 is planned to be held between January 18 and January 31 at Melbourne Park in Melbourne Australia. The total seating capacity of the venues is around 15,000. The major matches will be conducted in Rod Laver Arena and the ticket prices are expected to vary between $60 and $130 for each session. However, for the matches conducted in Hisense Arena, separate tickets have to be purchased, which is $65 for every session. The tickets for quarter finals will be $140, for semi-finals $210 and for the men’s and women’s finals, they are $610 each. These are minimum charges for the tickets for Australian Tennis Open 2010.
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