Australian Open

E30104

Grand Slam tournament tennis tournament

The Australian Open is one of tennis's four Grand Slam tournaments, held annually in Melbourne and known for its hard courts and intense summer conditions.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
1978 Australian Open – men’s singles	1
Australasian Championships	1
Australian Championships	1
Australian Open in next calendar year	1
Australian Open men's wheelchair singles 2016	1
Australian Open men’s doubles finals	1
Australian Open men’s singles finals	1
Australian Open mixed doubles finals	1
Australian Open wheelchair doubles	1
Australian Open wheelchair singles	1
Australian Open women’s doubles finals	1
Australian Open women’s singles finals	1
Australian Open – Women’s Singles	1
Australian Open – singles	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Slam tournament ⓘ tennis tournament ⓘ
broadcastGlobally	true ⓘ
category	hard-court Grand Slam ⓘ
centerCourt	Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
cityState	Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Melbourne, Victoria
climateCharacteristic	hot summer conditions ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
courtType	outdoor ⓘ
drawSizeMenDoubles	64 ⓘ
drawSizeMenSingles	128 ⓘ
drawSizeWomenDoubles	64 ⓘ
drawSizeWomenSingles	128 ⓘ
extremeHeatPolicy	true ⓘ
firstHeld	1905 ⓘ
formerName	Australian Open self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australasian Championships Australian Open self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australian Championships
governingBody	Tennis Australia ⓘ
hasNightSessions	true ⓘ
hasQualifyingTournament	true ⓘ
hasRoof	John Cain Arena ⓘ Margaret Court Arena ⓘ Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
heldAnnually	true ⓘ
introducedNightFinals	1988 ⓘ
juniorEventsIncluded	true ⓘ
location	Melbourne ⓘ
mixedDoublesIncluded	true ⓘ
movedToMelbournePark	1988 ⓘ
nickName	The Happy Slam ⓘ
oneOf	four Grand Slam tournaments ⓘ
otherGrandSlams	French Open ⓘ US Open (tennis) ⓘ surface form: US Open Wimbledon ⓘ
partOf	ATP Tour ⓘ Women’s Tennis Association ⓘ surface form: WTA Tour
previousVenue	Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club ⓘ
prizeMoneyCurrency	Australian dollar ⓘ
showCourt	John Cain Arena ⓘ Rod Laver Arena ⓘ surface form: Margaret Court Arena
sport	tennis ⓘ
surface	hard court ⓘ
surfaceMaterial	GreenSet ⓘ Plexicushion ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+10 ⓘ
tourLevel	Grand Slam tennis tournaments ⓘ surface form: Grand Slam
usualMonth	January ⓘ
venue	Melbourne Park ⓘ
wheelchairEventsIncluded	true ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Slam tennis tournaments → consistsOf → Australian Open ⓘ

US Open (tennis) → followedBy → Australian Open ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Open in next calendar year

Australian Open → formerName → Australian Open self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australasian Championships

Australian Open → formerName → Australian Open self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Championships

Melbourne → hasMajorEvent → Australian Open ⓘ

Gordon Reid → hasWonEvent → Australian Open ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Open men's wheelchair singles 2016

Gordon Reid → hasWonTournament → Australian Open ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Open wheelchair singles

Gordon Reid → hasWonTournament → Australian Open ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Open wheelchair doubles

Rod Laver Arena → homeTournament → Australian Open ⓘ