MELBOURNE, December 12, 2018 Men’s quarterfinals and women’s doubles semifinals have concluded on day three of the Australian Open 2019 Play-off. Semifinals for the men’s field are set after top seed Alex Bolt (SA) defeated [5] Akira Santillan (Qld), third seed James Duckworth (NSW) defeated 17-year-old Rinky Hijikata (NSW), Maverick […]
MELBOURNE, December 12, 2018 (Press Release) The Australian Open and Vegemite revealed the final 2019 Australian Open ballkid squad at Melbourne Park. For the second year in a row Vegemite is on board as official Australian Open ballkids’ partner and will fuel the ballkids throughout their […]
MELBOURNE, December 11, 2018 Top two seeds Arina Rodionova (Vic) and Ellen Perez (NSW) progressed, with AO Play-off 2017 winner Jaimee Fourlis (Vic) also earning a place in the quarterfinals. Abbie Myers (NSW) and Kaylah McPhee (Qld) caused the biggest upsets of the day ousting 2018 champion [7] Destanee Aiava (Vic) and [6] Lizette […]
STARNBERG, December 11, 2018 (Sponsored) Taking place in the last fortnight of January, next year’s Australian Open will be 107th edition of the tournament, and the 51st in the ‘Open Era’. It will also be the first Grand Slam tournament […]
MELBOURNE, December 10, 2018 (Press Release) The Australian Open will host a free concert featuring the cream of Australian music in support of Beyond Blue, the official charity partner of Tennis Australia. The concert will feature Jon Stevens, The Black Sorrows, Mental As Anything and Reece Mastin on the AO […]
MELBOURNE, December 9, 2018 (Press Release) Australia’s top emerging players will compete for a coveted Australian Open 2019 wildcard at the Australian Open Play-off, commencing tomorrow, Monday 10 December and running to Sunday 16 December. A fixture on the tennis calendar, the AO […]
MELBOURNE, December 8, 2018 (Press Release) Attending the Australian Open will be a whole lot easier for families with the launch of AO Kids Club, the first childcare program accessible to the public in Grand Slam tennis. AO Kids Club is […]
MELBOURNE, December 8, 2018 (Press Release) Week one of the December Showdown has come to a close, with Gabriella Da Silva-Fick (NSW) and Rinky Hijikata (NSW) winning the 18/u girls’ and boys’ titles and Talia Gibson (WA) and Derek Pham (WA) the new 14/u national champions. More than 400 of […]
MELBOURNE, December 6, 2018 (Press Release) Thirty-two of Australia’s top tennis stars will battle it out for direct entry to the first Grand Slam of the year at the Australian Open 2019 Play-off, which runs from Monday 10 to Sunday 16 […]
MELBOURNE, December 6, 2018 (Press Release) Queenland’s Jason Kubler and Priscilla Hon have been awarded wildcards into the main draws of the Australian Open and Brisbane International. Unranked as recently as March 2017 following a string of knee surgeries, Kubler made his debut in the world’s top […]
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