The City of Melbourne will again play host to the first Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar, the 2009 Australian Open tennis tournament.
From the 19th of January to the 1st of February all the top ranked players in world tennis will pit their skills and temperaments against each other for one of the foremost prizes of the game – a Grand Slam victory.
The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam Tournaments. It is without doubt the largest single sporting event in Australia attracting more than 500,000 people over the 2 week period.