14/01/2023
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐
๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป
The 2023 the Australian Open tournament begins Monday Jan 16th, with 256 of the world's best tennis players descending on Melbourne Park to compete for this year's titles.
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament that is held annually in January as the year's first Grand Slam. It precedes the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ!
Yes, you heard it right! The first-ever match of the Australian Open was played on a cricket field in the year 1905. It was called the Warehousemanโs Cricket Ground which is now named Albert Tennis Centre.
๐ฎ. ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐-๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐.
Australian Open was initially a grass-court event until 1987. Later, when hard courts hit the market the management switched to green and blue synthetic courts. Currently, the blue Greenset courts are used for this event.
๐ฏ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
The players restring their racquets for every match and the stingers use a total of 60 km long string through the event. The management used around 50,000 balls and has 300 ball boy and girl volunteers from across the world.
Yes, the numbers are jaw-dropping!
๐ฐ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต.
Australian Open holds the record of highest single day attendance of 90,000 people for a single match.
๐ฑ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐
Of all the grand slams that happen each year, Australian Open is the youngest. While French Open(1891), US Open(1881), Wimbledon(1877), were started in the 19th century Australian Open(1905) is the only one that was started in the 20th century.
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๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป
This Grand Slam is conducted during the summer month of January in Australia. The country usually records high temperatures these months and the players find it very difficult to play long hours of the game. Hence the management has come up with a policy which allows them to call of the match if the temperature go higher than 40 degree Celcius.
๐ณ. ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐.
Martina Hingis is the youngest tennis player to win a Grand Slam. She won the Australian Open at the age of 16. No other grand slam has this record.
๐ด. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. Australian Open witnessed the longest ever grand slam final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. They played for 5 hrs and 53 mins straight and Djokovic came out as the winner!
๐ต. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ๐.
๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐$๐ณ๐ฒ.๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป (a 3.4% increase compared to 2022), with men's and women's champions pocketing AU$2.975 million, while a first-round loss will net AU$106,250.
SINGLES (all A$)
Winner $2,975,000
Runner-up $1,625,000
Semifinalists $925,000
Quarterfinalists $555,250
Round of 16 $338,250
Round of 32 $227,925
Round of 64 $158,850
First Round $106,250
QUALIFYING SINGLES
Round of 32 $55,150
Round of 64 $36,575
First Round $26,000
DOUBLES (per team)
Winner $695,000
Runner-up $370,000
Semifinalists $210,000
Quarterfinalists $116,500
Round of 16 $67,250
Round of 32 $46,500
First Round $30,975
MIXED DOUBLES (per team)
Winner $157,750
Runner-up $89,450
Semifinalists $47,500
Quarterfinalists $25,250
Round of 16 $12,650
First Round $6,600
