Grand Slams: Australian Open

Australian Open Tennis 2013

22 February 2012

The 2013 Australian Open tennis championships are the first of only 4 Grand Slam tournaments held each year. The Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria since 1972 and at its current location since 1988 when it became the first Grand Slam tournament to have a retractable roof. The Australian Open is also known as “The Aussie Open” [...]

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Australian Open 2013 Women’s Schedule of Play

7 February 2012

The 2013 Australian Open tennis championship is the first Grand Slam singles tournament for the women’s professional tennis tour each year. The 2012 Australian Open marked the 100th time the tournament was played and was certainly an emphatic success with the 2010 attendance record being slammed and 686,006 people attending. Do yourself a favour and join me by [...]

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Australian Open 2013 Men’s Schedule of Play

7 February 2012

The 2013 Australian Open tennis championship is the first Grand Slam singles tournament for the men’s professional tennis tour each year. The 2012 Australian Open marked the 100th time the tournament was played and was certainly an emphatic success with the 2010 attendance record being slammed and 686,006 people attending. Do yourself a favour and join me [...]

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Australian Open 2012 Giveaway

7 February 2012

The winner of the 2012 Australian Open Giveaway held by OnCourt Advantage was judged by a third party who is lives in Melbourne, Australia. That third party is fellow Australian Open FANbassador Mel of Grand Slam Gal. Mel chose a winner based on creativity and/or originality plus a second and third place, just in case [...]

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Australian Open 2012 Men’s Singles Final Preview

29 January 2012

The 100th Australian Open 2012 men’s singles final is being played today at 7:30pm in Melbourne between Novak DJOKOVIC and Rafael NADAL. The current World Number One and defending Australian Open champion, Novak Djokovic served up an emphatic lesson to all by coming through his 5-set semi final to win against a valiant Andy Murray. [...]

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ATP Tour Men’s Tennis Rankings System

26 January 2012

OnCourt Advantage is guest posting today for fellow Official Australian Open FAN-bassador Grand Slam Gal. You can read my explanation of how the men’s ATP Tour world rankings work here -> ATP Men’s Tennis Rankings Explained. The ATP ranking system is really quite complex with a large number of variables that can make the rankings system hard to [...]

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Australian Open 2012 Semi Finals: Women

26 January 2012

The Australian Open 2012 women’s singles quarter final matches have been completed and the women’s semi final match-ups are all set to be played on Thursday 26 January – Australia Day. Three of the Top 4 seeds lived up to their seeding, with defending champion No.11 seed Kim Clijsters joining them after defeating No.1 seed Caroline [...]

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Australian Open 2012 Quarter Finals: Men 2

24 January 2012

The Australian Open 2012 men’s singles round of 16 matches are now complete and the men’s quarter final match-ups all set. Six of the Top 8 seeds lived up to their seeding, with all six of them also having made the 2011 Australian Open quarter finals. To watch the tennis in Singapore click this link-> Australian Open 2012 LIVE [...]

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Australian Open 2012 Quarter Finals: Men

23 January 2012

The Australian Open 2012 men’s singles round of 16 matches are now half way through with the remaining half being played on Monday 23 January. Three of the Top 4 seeds lived up to their seeding, with all three of them also having made the 2011 Australian Open quarter finals. To watch the tennis in Singapore click this [...]

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Australian Open: Tips to enjoy your day at Melbourne Park

22 January 2012

OnCourt Advantage is guest posting over at Tennis and Tourism today, where I share tips and tricks to help you enjoy your trip to this or future Australian Open Grand Slams. You can read more here -> Tennis & Tourism. It would be great if you could show your support for Tennis and Tourism by leaving [...]