Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Australian Tennis Open 2010

By Jasmine Zahara

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.

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.

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.

The Australian Tennis Open 2010 will be held in Melbourne Australia at the Melbourne Park tennis complex starting on January 18th and finishing with the finals on January 31st 2010. The tennis complex has a total seating capacity of 15,000 people which can also increase depending on the foot traffic. Ticket prices vary considerably with day 1 tickets to matches on Rod Laver Arena starting at $55 and reaching $290 for the finals. Australian Open ticket prices for Hisense Arena start at $50. There are various packages available and corporate tickets all which vary accordingly. Ground passes can be cheaper and start from just $19.

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