1904, Australian and New Zealand tennis officials decided to set up the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, which was responsible for organizing the annual Australasian Championship and participating in the Davis Cup with the team. 1905165438+1October, the first Australasian Championship was held at the Warehouseman Cricket Court in Albert Park, St Kilda Road, Melbourne. At that time, there were 17 male players, and rodney heath finally won the men's singles championship.
The Australasian Championship was initially held alternately between major cities in Australia and New Zealand until 1922, when New Zealand withdrew from the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association and established its own tennis association. In the same year, the women's team and mixed doubles were added, and Margaret Moresworth became the first women's singles champion in the history of the Australian Open. 1927, the event was renamed Australian Championship. 1968 After the professionalization of tennis, the Australian Open was listed as one of the four major open competitions, and 1969 was officially renamed as the Australian Open.
Since the first tournament was held in 1905, Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and New Zealand. Later, due to the growing criticism from all walks of life about the uncertainty of the venue, in 1972, the organizer decided to hold the competition in a city that would attract sponsors and spectators the most. As a result, the Australian Open returned to Melbourne, where it was born, and settled permanently. For the next 16 years, the Australian Open was held at the venue of Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne.
1977, the Australian Open was changed from the usual 65438+ 10 to 65438+February, so two competitions were held that year. However, due to the approach of Christmas, the change of activity time did not achieve the expected effect, so by 1986, the activity originally scheduled for the end of the year was postponed to 65438+ 10 of the following year. Later, this stage has been used ever since.
With the continuous expansion of the scale of the competition, Kuyan's venue can no longer meet the requirements of the competition. 1988, the government invested heavily in the newly-built flinders Park Tennis Center next to the Melbourne Cricket Court in the south of Melbourne Central Business District, and achieved immediate results. The number of spectators has greatly increased, with more than 260,000 people attending the game in person, compared with 6,543,800+0.4 million in Kuyang Tennis Center in the previous year. It was also after the opening of the new stadium that the Australian Open changed from grass to hard ground. 1996, the venue was expanded again and renamed Melbourne Park. In 2000, in order to commemorate the Australian tennis hero, rod laver, who achieved a real Grand Slam twice in history, the central court was named Rod Laval Court. In 2003, the 1 court next to the central court was named margaret court Arena after margaret smith court, the greatest female tennis player in Australian history. The center court of the Australian Open is unique in that it has a movable roof, which can be used in bad weather such as rain or high temperature as needed. This also makes the Australian Open the only one of the four Grand Slams that can be played indoors.
In the history of Australian Open 100 years, Australian players have won most of the championships before 1980. Especially in the golden age of Australian tennis1960s, Rod Lavo, Roy Emerson and margaret smith almost won all the championships on the court. However, since the Australian Open 1988 entered Melbourne Park, no Australian player has won the Australian Open men's singles and women's singles titles.
In 2005, the Australian Open celebrated its centenary. However, this is only the 93rd game in history, in which two world wars were suspended for eight years, two games were at zero 1977, and 1986 was suspended 1 year. The total prize money of the centennial Australian Open reached a record of 65,438+0,965,438+million Australian dollars, of which the prize money for men's and women's singles champion was 654,380+0.2 million Australian dollars.
[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to the venue:
The stadium is located in Melbourne Tennis Center, Australia's second largest city. Melbourne Park-Central Stadium facilities: retractable roof, 1502 1 seat; Stadium 1: 6000 seats; No.2 Stadium: 3,000 seats; No.3 Stadium: 2,000 seats; Stadium No.4: 1 100 seats; Open-air training ground:19; Indoor driving range: 4 yuan. Melbourne, Australia, due to the local midsummer, the climate is extremely hot, the temperature of the competition venue is as high as 60 degrees Celsius, and the players are exhausted, which affects the smooth end of the competition. If these problems cannot be properly solved, it will be difficult to maintain its position in open competition. Because it is a hard court, players who play all-around can have certain advantages. It is not only beneficial to the baseline stroke, but also suitable for serving and netting, not only for topspin and backspin, but also for hanging high balls and putting short balls.
[Edit this paragraph] Previous champions:
The total prize money of the Australian Open is as high as A $6.5438+0.9 million (equivalent to US$ 6.5438+0.52 million). Among them, the prize of the men's singles champion is 6.5438+0.2 million Australian dollars (equivalent to 960,000 US dollars). This is one of the reasons why it occupies a place in the four major open competitions.
Men's singles champion women's singles champion men's doubles champion women's doubles champion mixed doubles champion
In 2008, Djokovic Sharapova Elridge/Ram bondarenko sisters Sun Tiantian/Zemondzic.
In 2007, Federer Serena Williams Bryan Brothers Blake/huber Mirni/A Saranka.
2006 Federer Mauresmo Zheng Jie/YanZi
Safin serena williams in 2005
Federer Henin 2004
Agassi serena williams in 2003
In 2002, Johnson capriati
Agassi capriati
Agassi Davenport in 2000
1999 Ka Fenyko Kov Hingis
1998 Koda Hingis
1997 Sampras Hingis
1996 Baker Seles
1995 Agassi Pierce
1994 Sampras Graf
Kewell Seles
1992 Kewell Seles
Becker Seles
1990 Randall graf
1989 Randall graf
1988 Vallander graf
1987 Edberg Mandelkova
1985 ed bogner Funadinova
1984 Vallander, Vallander
1983 Vallander nafna dinova
Wallander River 1982
198 1 Krenevna Dinova
1980 Tikirmandirkova
1979 Van Les Jordan
1978 Van Lesnell
1977 Turner reed
1976 Emerson Gaolan Pavilion
1975 newcomb Gaolan Pavilion
1974 kaunas Gaolan Pavilion
1973 Margaret Smith of newcomb-court
Wade Roseveare 1972
Margaret smith court
1970 Arthur margaret smith court
1969 lover margaret smith court
1968 bradbury Jianjin
1967 Emerson leach
1966 Emerson margaret smith
1965 Emerson Margaret Smith court
1964 Emerson Margaret Smith court
1963 Emerson Margaret Smith court
1962 Margaret River-Smith-Court
Emerson Margaret Smith Court
1960 Margaret River-Smith-Court
1959 Omde cartel
1958 Cobomot mengle
1957 Cobo Furui
1956 haode cartel
1955 Roseveare Benros
1954 Ross Langer
1953 roswell Kaul
1952 meters can be George Langer.
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