Australasian Championships (tennis)
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| Founded | 1905 |
| Editions | 106 (2018) |
| Location | Melbourne (since 1972) Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park (since 1988) |
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Grass – outdoors (1905–87) Hard – outdoors(since 1988) |
| Prize money | A$55,000,000 (2018) |
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| Draw | 128S / 128Q / 64D |
| Current champions |
Roger Federer (singles) Oliver Marach Mate Pavić (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 6 Roy Emerson Novak Djokovic Roger Federer |
| Most doubles titles | 10 Adrian Quist |
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| Draw | 128S / 96Q / 64D |
| Current champions |
Caroline Wozniacki (singles) Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 11 Margaret Court |
| Most doubles titles | 12 Thelma Coyne Long |
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| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions |
Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić |
| Most titles (male) | 4 Harry Hopman Colin Long |
| Most titles (female) | 4 Daphne Akhurst Cozens Nell Hall Hopman Nancye Wynne Bolton Thelma Coyne Long |
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The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's and mixed doubles and junior's championships; as well as wheelchair, legends and exhibition events. Prior to 1988 it had been played on grass courts, but since then two types of hardcourt surfaces have been used at Melbourne Park – green coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and, afterwards, blue Plexicushion.
Nicknamed the "Happy Slam" by Roger Federer, the Australian Open is the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere, typically having high attendances that rival and occasionally exceed the historically larger US Open. The Australian Open holds the record for the highest attendance at a Grand Slam event. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, the Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped with retractable roofs.
The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in November 1905. This facility is now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre.
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