TENNIS: OnCourt Advantage

Australian Open 2013 Women’s Schedule of Play

28 January 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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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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Dubai Open Tennis 2012

23 January 2012

The 2012 Dubai Open is one of only two ATP tennis tournaments in the Middle East. The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships are the second major women’s tournament of each year. Dubai is a major WTA tournament because it is one of only five Premier Five category events each year. Dubai is classified an ATP World Tour 500 [...]

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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 [...]

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Australian Open Giveaway: Win a NEW tennis racquet + a FREE Tennis Lesson!

20 January 2012

The Australian Open is underway and you have tennis on your mind. Perhaps you are a seasoned tennis player needing a new tennis racquet and someone to play with? Or perhaps you have always enjoyed watching tennis but never felt confident enough to give it a go? Either way, there is no time like the [...]

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Australian Open 2012 LIVE coverage

20 January 2012

The 2012 Australian Open CAN be seen LIVE, free of charge and even if you are NOT a subscriber to the relevant cable TV service provider. In fact, there are 7 different courts of matches that you can choose to watch i.e. besides being at Melbourne Park live in person…this is your equivalent to tennis heaven! [...]

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Australian Open 2012 Draw: Men

18 January 2012

The 2012 Australian Open men’s main draw singles matches begin on Monday 16 January at 11am local time in Melbourne, Australia. There are 128 main draw spots divided up between 16 Qualifiers (Q), 8 Wild Cards (WC) and 104 Direct Acceptances. The Australian Open schedule works on an alternate day plan, this means because the bottom half [...]