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The international tennis tournament held every year in Melbourne Park, Australia, at the start of the entire year is named following the continent in that it occurs. Australian Open is also one of several 4 major tournament in any calendar year for the male and women tennis pro tour. The male tennis tour are arranged by the ATP and the ladies tour is supervised by WTA.

These 4 big competition are called the Grand Slams. And just like all Grand Slams, the Australian Open is has mens individual, double competition, a women individual plus double tournament and a mixed competition. In addition there are also matches for the boys, girls and the legends competition.

Unlike the other Grand Slams that started to exist ahead of the 20th century, the first edition of this tennis tournament was played in 1905, under the known identity of Australasian Championship. It was called in its present identity, the Australian Open commencing in 1965, after for a brief period when the name of the competition was Australian Championships.

The tournament started to open its entrance to any individual in 1969, when all sorts of tennis players, amateur plus pro were asked to join in the contest. Actually, the tournament received really only started to become international back in 1982, considering before which the inconvenient dates and then the low prize cash might only attract local tennis players to get involved in the tournament.

The Australian Open 2012 might turn out to be a decent competition, especially in the mens individual category, where the mighty Rafael Nadal plus US Open champion Roger Federer might try to receive back their domination in the ATP hierarchy. Nadal definitely would love to avenge his previous defeat against Federer in their previous battle, yet Fedex form is good one plus from a head-to-head comparison it is very difficult to anticipate whom usually emerge victorious. Anyhow to emerge champion they still has to have the challenge of tennis idol Novak Djokovic that the defending champion and cannot neglect player like Andy Murray that also the 2011 finalist which just hired tennis legend Ivan Lendl to become his trainer.