Australian Open

Australia Open

Australian Open
For the tenth consecutive year the 2009 Australian Open attracted more than half a million patrons with an official tournament attendance of 603,160 in 2009.

The highest ever day/night attendance in Grand Slam history was recorded three times during the first week of the Australian Open, on Wednesday 21 January, Friday 23 January and Saturday 24 January. The new record of 66,018 was set on Saturday 24 January.


A star-studded men’s and women’s singles draw included eight men’s Grand Slam champions and six women’s Grand Slam champions and 31 of the top 32 men and 29 of the top 32 women. A total of 46 nations were represented in the singles main draws (34 countries in the men’s singles and 38 countries in the women’s singles.)

The tournament saw American Serena Williams win her fourth Australian Open title and a dream final line up in the men’s draw, with the world No.1 Rafael Nadal battling it out with World No.2 Roger Federer for the first Grand Slam title of the year.

Aussie Jelena Dokic enjoyed a remarkable return to form and run at this year’s Australian Open. Having secured her place in the main draw by winning the Australian Open Play-off in December, the former World No.4 put her troubled past behind her to win the hearts of the Australian public and a place in the quarter-finals. Dokic enjoyed wins over two top 20 players en route, before losing in three close sets to World No.3 Dinara Safina, improving her world ranking from No.187 to a projected spot within the top 100.