Australian Open - The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2010

Where: Melbourne Park
When: 18 - 31 January 2010

The world's best tennis players took centre stage at Melbourne Park for the first Grand Slam of the year. For the tenth consecutive year, Australian Open 2009 attracted more than half a million patrons with an official tournament attendance of 603,160.

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 hte top 32 women. A total of 46 nations were represented in the singles main draws.

American Serena Williams won her fourth Australian Open title and a dream final line up in the men's draw featured the world No.1 Rafael Nadal challenge the world No.2 Roger Federer for the coveted Grand Slam title.

Aussie Jelena Dokic enjoyed a remarkable return to form and a fairytale journey to the quarter finals captivating hearts from all around the world.

Entertaining the crowds were some of Australia's top music acts including Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Vanessa Amorosi, Gabriella Cilmi, The Cat Empire, Daryl Braithwaite and Pete Murray.

The fastest serves of the tournament were recorded by Australia's Sam Groth (230km/h) while Sabine Lisicki topped the women's fastest serves (196km/h).

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