The 2010 Australian Tennis Open

The Australian Tennis Open is conducted in every January at the Melbourne Tennis Stadium, which contains the Rod Laver Arena and Vodafone Arena now known as Hisense Arena. The Australian open tennis tournament is one of the four major grand slam tennis tournaments, the other three being the French Open in Paris, the Wimbledon in London and the US Open in New York. However, the Australian open tennis is considered one of the toughest due to the hot weather existing in Melbourne in January. Further, it is considered the first Grand Slam Tennis Tournament of the year, since it is conducted in January. The temperatures will often reach 40o and potentially the heat will be a few degrees higher than that. To help reduce the often crippling impact of the heat on players the Australian open tennis tournament organisers installed retractable roof systems over the playing areas that could be shut if the heat is extreme or if rain occurs. An Australian, Rod Laver, is the only person that had won all the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments in one year, twice so far in the world.

As would be expected during a tournament at this level, competition during the Australian Tennis Open is extreme and the atmosphere on court and within the stadium is electric. The tournament runs for two weeks. The women’s finals are played on the final Saturday in the second week and the men’s final is played on the Sunday of the second week. Men’s doubles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles and juniors are played with as much competition as the head line matches. Matches are broadcast around the world by various networks and watched by many millions of viewers all looking for a glimpse of their favourite male and female tennis players competing in the Australian Tennis Open.

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.

For the Australian open tennis, the tickets are sold much in advance. The ticket prices for the 2009 Australian Open varied between $19 and $174. However, along with the tickets for the Australian Open, you can also buy tickets for the concerts and premium park shows as add-ons and enjoy the entertainment diversions along with the great tennis being played in the arenas by world famous players like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, the Williams sisters, and other great names in current world tennis circuit.

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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