Tennis Betting: Australian Open Betting Tips

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Tennis Betting Tips

5 August, 2024

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Tournament Preview

The maiden Grand Slam of 2019 gets underway in Melbourne as the world’s elite tennis players converge on the South Australian city to do battle in the soaring heat.  So, we’ve looked into the tournament and come up with the top Australian Open betting tips.

Tournament History

The Australian Open has been an event on the tennis calendar for 113 years; as such, it is now the largest annual sporting event held in the Southern Hemisphere. The 2018 edition of the tournament saw over 740,000 spectators attend the event. This makes it the largest attended tennis competition on the planet. With over A$60 million distributed as part of the Australian Open prize pot, it is one of the most lucrative tennis tournaments in both the male and female game.

Format

The Australian Open adopts the same format as Wimbledon, the French Open and the US Open. Once the qualifying rounds are completed, 128 players make up both the male and female main draws. The matches take place over a 2 week period.

Venue

Melbourne Park has been the home of the Australian Open since 1988 – having moved from the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. Originally, the event was held on the grass courts at Kooyong; however, the move to Melbourne saw the tournament played on hard courts – the same surface as the US Open – held in New York in late August.

Dates

14^th January 2019 – 27^th January 2019.