DATE: January 13 - 26, 2025
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: A$86,500,000
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Aryna Sabalenka
SEEDS [based on current Top 32 players; will change as needed]:
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Iga Swiatek
3. Coco Gauff
4. Jasmine Paolini
5. Zheng Qinwen
6. Elena Rybakina
7. Jessica Pegula
8. Emma Navarro
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Barbora Krejcikova
11. Danielle Collins
12. Paula Badosa
13. Diana Shnaider
14. Anna Kalinskaya
15. Mirra Andreeva
16. Beatriz Haddad Maia
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Marta Kostyuk
19. Donna Vekic
20. Madison Keys
21. Karolina Muchova
22. Victoria Azarenka
23. Katie Boulter
24. Magdalena Frech
25. Yulia Putintseva
26. Liudmila Samsonova
27. Ekaterina Alexandrova
28. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
29. Elina Svitolina
30. Linda Noskova
31. Leylah Fernandez
32. Maria Sakkari
The Tournament:
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Until 1987, it was played on grass courts, but since then two types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and blue Plexicushion since 2008.
First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicknamed "the happy slam", the Australian Open is the highest attended Grand Slam event, with more than 902,000 people attending the 2023 tournament. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped with retractable roofs.
About Melbourne:
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi) metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians".
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: A$86,500,000
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Aryna Sabalenka
SEEDS [based on current Top 32 players; will change as needed]:
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Iga Swiatek
3. Coco Gauff
4. Jasmine Paolini
5. Zheng Qinwen
6. Elena Rybakina
7. Jessica Pegula
8. Emma Navarro
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Barbora Krejcikova
11. Danielle Collins
12. Paula Badosa
13. Diana Shnaider
14. Anna Kalinskaya
15. Mirra Andreeva
16. Beatriz Haddad Maia
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Marta Kostyuk
19. Donna Vekic
20. Madison Keys
21. Karolina Muchova
22. Victoria Azarenka
23. Katie Boulter
24. Magdalena Frech
25. Yulia Putintseva
26. Liudmila Samsonova
27. Ekaterina Alexandrova
28. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
29. Elina Svitolina
30. Linda Noskova
31. Leylah Fernandez
32. Maria Sakkari
The Tournament:
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Until 1987, it was played on grass courts, but since then two types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and blue Plexicushion since 2008.
First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicknamed "the happy slam", the Australian Open is the highest attended Grand Slam event, with more than 902,000 people attending the 2023 tournament. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped with retractable roofs.
About Melbourne:
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi) metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians".
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