The Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre is a tennis and multi-purpose sports facility located within the

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, near

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. The centre was built in 1999 and hosted the tennis events for the

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. The venue hosted the

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tournament from 2000 to 2019 and has hosted the

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since 2020. The main stadium in the centre is the Ken Rosewall Arena, which has a seating capacity of 10,500, and is capable of hosting multiple sports, including

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and

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Facilities

In December 2008, the centre court was renamed Ken Rosewall Arena, named in honour of the Sydney-born tennis player and multiple Grand Slam winner

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. The stadium holds 10,500 people. There are also two other show courts in the precinct seating 4,000 and 2,000 spectators respectively, as well as ten other match courts and six practice courts.

Refurbishment

In January 2019, the

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announced a $50.5 million upgrade of the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, to improve facilities for players and spectators ahead of the

multi-nation tennis tournament, which began being held at the venue in 2020. The biggest change to the venue was the construction of a large permanent roof over Ken Rosewall Arena, allowing play to continue on the arena irrespective of the weather conditions. In addition a hardwood playing surface was added to the floor of Ken Rosewall Arena, giving the venue the capability to host sports such as

and

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. The arena was chosen to host the finals matches of the first three editions of the ATP Cup, from 2020 until 2022. The upgrade was completed in time for the

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in January. Super Netball clubs the

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and

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were to have moved all home matches to Ken Rosewall Arena ahead of the 2020 season. However, only three days before the 2020 season commenced,

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announced that the border between her state and New South Wales would be shut, forcing both the Swifts and Giants out of the state and into a Queensland hub; subsequently, neither club played a single home match at the venue in 2020.

References

Sources
2000 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 375.

External links

* * Sports venues in Sydney Tennis venues in Australia Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis venues Sports venues completed in 1999 1999 establishments in Australia

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Facilities

Refurbishment

See also

References

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