What California is to America, Australia has often been for tennis — the lab where new stuff goes for a test drive ...

The Australian tennis star was paid to play in the unofficial event, which was backed by a state-owned energy company ...

At the “spiritual home of Australian tennis”, the Kooyong Lawn Tennis ... put Kooyong’s troubled past behind it. Credit: Getty Images There was the disastrous $2.4 million “accounting ...

Overzealous fans at the Australian Open’s so-called “Party Court” — a venue equipped with a bar — grew so loud that a nearby match was moved to a different arena.

Record crowds roamed Melbourne Park, new stars emerged, and old ones wound back the clock. Revellers had fun at the party court, but the same conduct was not welcomed by the players as it bled into ...

Loading Players or officials will commonly be approached by a third party to ... Getty Images Media reports have often exposed the alarming extent of the problems in tennis. In 2003, UK newspaper ...

(Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images ... While former tennis star Daniela Hantuchova was dumbfounded by the level of noise coming out of the party court during the clash between Cazaux and ...

Since the introduction of a party-themed Court 6 and its rooftop ... battling for a $290,000 third-round payday, hundreds of tennis fans nestled in court side to what is truly a unique space ...