2007-07-06 11:32:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Tennis
The Australian Open is played on a hard surface known as Rebound Ace. In 2008, the Rebound Ace surface which has been in place for the past 20 years at Melbourne Park, will be replaced by a cushioned acrylic surface known as Plexicushion. The main benefit of the new surface is a better consistency and it will also retain less heat due to the thinner top layer. The decision has been met with much controversy, primarily due to the new surface's similarity to DecoTurf, the surface already being utilized by the U.S. Open.
Note to the previous submission about the U.S. Open
The US Open was originally played on grass until Forest Hills switched to Har-Tru clay courts in 1975. In 1978, the event moved from Forest Hills to its current home at Flushing Meadows, and the surface changed again, to the current DecoTurf hard courts. (Jimmy Connors is the only man to have won the US Open on more than one surface, and in fact he won it on all three surfaces.)
2007-07-06 16:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by Coach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hard court made up of rubber, just like many US indoor
tournaments are played. Wimbledon is the only played on Grass (aka Lawn Tennis), French on Clay (Red Clay) and Australian on Hard Court, just like the US Open.
BTW, US Open has been played in the past on Clay and Grass.
I forget the year when they switched to Hard Courts.
2007-07-06 11:51:57 · answer #2 · answered by JustDoit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Australia Open court is a hard court but spongy like!
The French Open is clay!
Wimbledon Championships is Grass!
The U.S. Open is hard court!
2007-07-06 11:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by Valente G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Australian Open is played on a hard court but isn't played on the same kind of hard court as the U.S. Open.
2007-07-06 14:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been a rubberized compound called "Rebound Ace", but they're changing it now so that by next year's Australian Open, it will be a similar but less rubbery surface. Technically, it is not a hardcourt, though it does certainly play very similar to one.
The link to the article describing it is below.
http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/30/sports/AS-SPT-TEN-Australian-Open-Surface.php
2007-07-06 11:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by North tennis guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hard court, but I forget exactly what it's called. I think it's made out of recycled tires or something. But that might be all wrong.
2007-07-06 11:37:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really sure????? I'm not sure but i thought it was clay!!!
2007-07-06 11:36:36 · answer #7 · answered by Lexie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hard
2007-07-06 15:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by Tennis lova 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋