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The Sport of Tennis The art deco Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros, the centre piece of the French Open. Picture Fotosports International. interest generated by the Olympics played in Paris the previous year. Then it was renamed ‘Championnats Internationaux de France’ and three years later, having alternated between the Racing Club de France and the Stade Francaise, the event was established in the Roland Garros stadium. French tennis was at its height in the twenties with the likes of Suzanne Lenglen and the Four Musketeers, Rene Lacoste, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon, winners of the Davis Cup in 1927. In recognition of that success, the site at Porte d’Auteuil was donated by the Stade Francaise for a suitable stadium to be erected for the defense of the Cup in 1928 on condition it was named after a well known French aviator, a member of the club, who was killed during the Great War. Over time this has become the name of the complex with the main stadium being renamed Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988 in recognition of the work he had done in building up the credibility of the French Open as well as his work in French Tennis and on the international front as President of the International Tennis Federation. With its slow clay court heritage it is now viewed as one of the most physically demanding tennis events in the world. The French is also the only Grand Slam to play over 15 days with the Australia and the US competing over 14 and Wimbldon over 13. It was also the first Grand Slam to include an ‘open’ field in 1968 by welcoming both amateurs and professionals into their draws and, interestingly, between 1945 and 1947, was held after Wimbledon! Originally organised by officials from both Australia and New Zealand, the event was first staged at the Warehouseman’s Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre. It then travelled round Australia and New Zealand as follows: Sydney (17 times), Adelaide (14 times), Brisbane (7 times), Perth (3 times), Christchurch (in 1906), and Hastings (in 1912). Melbourne hosted it 16 times before it became the events permanent home in 1972 at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. In 1922 New Zealand parted company with its Australian counterparts. It was also the year that the event first opened its doors to women. In those early days players were reluctant to travel down under, bearing in mind that, in the twenties, it took 42 days to reach Australia by ship. It wasn’t until air travel became more of the norm, a firm January date was established and prize money levels were improved that their fields started to attract a more truly international field. The Kooyong venue also played a big part in raising the profile of the Australian leg of the Grand Slam but by 1988 it was found to be too small and the Open was moved to a custom made complex on Flinders Park with a very innovative sliding roof over the main show court. The move also saw the end of grass as far as Australia was concerned, and the introduction of Rebound Ace, a cushioned hard court, thereby establishing a different surface from the other three. The surface was eventually changed twenty years later to Plexicushion Prestige to help offset heat retention and make it more akin to the US Open’s conditions. As a consequence of all the improvements and faster methods of travel, the Australian Open, which was always perceived to be the weaker of the four Grand Slams, is no longer the junior partner though there are many who would prefer it not to staged so early in the year. The Australian Open The youngest of the big four, the Australian was held for the first time in 1905 as the Australasian Championships until 1927 when it was rebranded the Australian Championships. It wasn’t until 1969, the year after the sport went ‘Open’, that it became the Australian Open. 10 The Australian Open named their innovative main show court with the first sliding roof, the Rod Laver Arena, in recognition to the Aussie’s achievements, including winning two Grand Slams. Picture Fotosports International
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