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- The Australian Open holds the record for the highest attendance of any tennis tournament ever staged with 812,174 people attending the 2020 edition
- The AO has been staged twice in New Zealand – 1906 & 1912
- Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most Men’s Singles titles with 7 wins
- Margaret Court holds the record for the most Women’s Singles Titles with 11 wins
- The Australian Open was the last of the four majors opened to professionals in 1969
- Out of the four Grand Slams, Melbourne Park (Australian Open Venue) is the only venue to have three stadium courts covered by a retractable roof
- The Australian Open holds the record for the latest ever match conclusion with the Lleyton Hewitt vs Marcos Baghdatis match in 2008 concluding at 4:33am
- The first Australian Open in 1905 was played on a cricket ground which is today known as Albert Reserve Tennis Centre
- After winning both his Australian Open Singles titles Jim Courier jumped into the Yarra River for a swim
- Ken Rosewall is the youngest and oldest winner of the Men’s Singles title
- Martina Hingis is the youngest winner of the Women’s Singles Title at the age of 16
- The Australian Open was a Grass Court Event until 1988
- Every year the ball kids who work at the AO are made up of a small contingent of overseas ball kids – 20 from Korea, 6 from China, 10 from India and 2 from France
- Over 100 Press Conferences take place over the two weeks of the AO
- The Australian Open is shown live in more than 220 Countries and Territories around the world
- The Australian Open stringers restring over 5000 racquets throughout the tournament using more than 60km’s of string
- The highest single-day attendance at the Australian Open is 93,709 at the 2020 edition
- Over 700 Journalists and Photographers cover the Australian Open
- Close to 50,000 Tennis Balls are used during the tournament
- Since 1905 the Australian Open has been staged in January, March, August and December with the Ja middle of January start time being in place since 1977
- Kia is the longest-running sponsor of the Australian Open beginning it’s deal in 2002 with the current deal set to expire in 2023
- The revenue generated from the Australian Open is over $330million
- The last Australian female to win the Women’s Singles Title at the Australian Open was Christine O’Neil in 1978
- The last Australian male to win the Men’s Singles Title at the Australian Open was Mark Edmonson in 1976
- From 1905 – 1968 the tournament was called The Australasian Championships and it became known as the Australian Open in 1969
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