Post by hellanvodka on Dec 14, 2006 12:38:56 GMT 3
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
15-28 JANUARY 2007
Prize Money: AUS $19,300,000
128 DRAW
SURFACE: REBOUND ACE
BALL: WILSON AUSTRALIAN OPEN BALL
WEB SITE: www.australianopen.com/
MAIN DRAW
Roger Federer SUI (1) vs. Bjorn Phau GER
Jonas Bjorkman SWE vs. Olivier Patience FRA
Simon Greul GER vs. Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Jan Hernych CZE vs. Mikhail Youzhny RUS (25)
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (24) vs. Jan Hajek CZE
Danai Udomchoke THA vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG
Feliciano Lopez ESP vs. QUALIFIER
Nicolas Massu CHI vs. Novak Djokovic SRB (14)
Marcos Baghdatis CYP (11) vs. Rainer Schuettler GER
Gael Monfils FRA vs. Daniele Bracciali ITA
Gilles Simon FRA vs. Amer Delic USA
Filippo Volandri ITA vs. Richard Gasquet FRA (18)
Jose Acasuso ARG (27) vs. Sam Querrey USA (WC)
Florent Serra FRA vs. Nicolas Devilder FRA
Ivo Karlovic CRO vs. Jurgen Melzer AUT
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs. Tommy Robredo ESP (7)
Ivan Ljubicic CRO (4) vs. Mardy Fish USA
Nicolas Mahut FRA vs. Juan Monaco ARG
Stefan Koubek AUT vs. Wayne Arthurs AUS (WC)
QUALIFIER vs. Agustin Calleri ARG (30)
Radek Stepanek CZE (20) vs. Michael Llodra FRA
Lukas Dlouhy CZE vs. QUALIFIER
Thomas Johansson SWE vs. QUALIFIER
Kristian Pless DEN vs. David Ferrer ESP (16)
Mario Ancic CRO (9) vs. Go Soeda JPN (WC)
Joachim Johansson SWE vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Vincent Spadea USA vs. Igor Andreev RUS
Jiri Vanek CZE vs. Dominik Hrbaty SVK (22)
Marat Safin RUS (26) vs. Benjamin Becker GER
QUALIFIER vs. Paradorn Srichaphan THA
Marc Gicquel FRA vs. Alun Jones AUS (WC)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (WC) vs. Andy Roddick USA (6)
David Nalbandian ARG (8) vs. Janko Tipsarevic SRB
QUALIFIER vs. Nicolas Lapentti ECU
Chris Guccione AUS (WC) vs. Olivier Rochus BEL
Christophe Rochus BEL vs. Sebastien Grosjean FRA (28)
Robin Soderling SWE (23) vs. Florian Mayer GER
Andreas Seppi ITA vs. QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
Albert Montanes ESP vs. Tommy Haas GER (12)
Tomas Berdych CZE (13) vs. Hyung-Taik Lee KOR
QUALIFIER vs. Robert Smeets AUS (WC)
Max Mirnyi BLR vs. Luis Horna PER
QUALIFIER vs. Dmitry Tursunov RUS (21)
Xavier Malisse BEL (29) vs. Arnaud Clement FRA
Fabrice Santoro FRA vs. Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Gilles Muller LUX vs. Gaston Gaudio ARG
Sergio Roitman ARG vs. Nikolay Davydenko RUS (3)
James Blake USA (5) vs. Carlos Moya ESP
Peter Luczak AUS (WC) vs. QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
Robby Ginepri USA vs. Nicolas Almagro ESP (32)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (19) vs. QUALIFIER
Frank Dancevic CAN vs. Victor Hanescu ROM
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG vs. Alessio Di Mauro ITA
Evgeny Korolev RUS vs. Fernando Gonzalez CHI (10)
Andy Murray GBR (15) vs. Alberto Martin ESP
Fernando Verdasco ESP vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG vs. Potito Starace ITA
Paul Goldstein USA vs. Jarkko Nieminen FIN (17)
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (31) vs. Kevin Kim USA
Julien Benneteau FRA vs. QUALIFIER
Kristof Vliegen BEL vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
Robert Kendrick USA vs. Rafael Nadal ESP (2)
Entry deadline: December 4, 2006
Seeding: January 8, 2007
1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3
4 Blake, James USA 4
5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5
6 Roddick, Andy USA 6
7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7
8 Nalbandian, David ARG 8
9 Ancic, Mario CRO 9
10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10
11 Haas, Tommy GER 11
12 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12
13 Berdych, Tomas CZE 13
14 Ferrer, David ESP 14
15 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 15
16 Djokovic, Novak SRB 16
17 Murray, Andy GBR 17
18 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18
19 Stepanek, Radek CZE 19
20 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20
21 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 21
22 Johansson, Joachim SWE 21 @ protected ranking
23 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22
24 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
25 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24
26 Soderling, Robin SWE 25
27 Safin, Marat RUS 26
28 Acasuso, Jose ARG 27
29 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 28
30 Calleri, Agustin ARG 29
31 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 30
32 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 31
33 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 32
34 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 33
35 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 34
36 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 35
37 Rochus, Olivier BEL 36
38 Malisse, Xavier BEL 37
39 Volandri, Filippo ITA 38
40 Henman, Tim GBR 39
41 Benneteau, Julien FRA 40
42 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 41
43 Clement, Arnaud FRA 42
44 Moya, Carlos ESP 43
45 Massu, Nicolas CHI 44
46 Verkerk, Martin NED 44 @ protected ranking
47 Simon, Gilles FRA 45
48 Monfils, Gael FRA 46
49 Fish, Mardy USA 47
50 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 48
51 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 49
52 Gicquel, Marc FRA 50
53 Ginepri, Robby USA 51
54 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
55 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 53
56 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 54
57 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 55
58 Mayer, Florian GER 56
59 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 57
60 Becker, Benjamin GER 58
61 Mirnyi, Max BLR 59
62 Serra, Florent FRA 60
63 Martin, Alberto ESP 61
64 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 62
65 Horna, Luis PER 63
66 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 64
67 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 65
68 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 66
69 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 67
70 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 68
71 Monaco, Juan ARG 69
72 Goldstein, Paul USA 70
73 Johansson, Thomas SWE 71
74 Roitman, Sergio ARG 72
75 Spadea, Vincent USA 73
76 Seppi, Andreas ITA 74
77 Hernych, Jan CZE 75
78 Hajek, Jan CZE 76
79 Phau, Bjorn GER 77
80 Rochus, Christophe BEL 78
81 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 79
82 Koubek, Stefan AUT 80
83 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 81
84 Greul, Simon GER 82
85 Starace, Potito ITA 83
86 Pless, Kristian DEN 84
87 Montanes, Albert ESP 85
88 Gimelstob, Justin USA 86
89 Kendrick, Robert USA 87
90 Dancevic, Frank CAN 88
91 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 89
92 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 90
93 Andreev, Igor RUS 91
94 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 92
95 Delic, Amer USA 93
96 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 94
97 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 95
98 Llodra, Michael FRA 96
99 Schuettler, Rainer GER 97
100 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 98
101 Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 99
102 Hanescu, Victor ROM 99 @ protected ranking
103 Patience, Olivier FRA 100
104 Kim, Kevin USA 101
105 (Q)
106 (Q)
107 (Q)
108 (Q)
109 (Q)
110 (Q)
111 (Q)
112 (Q)
113 (Q)
114 (Q)
115 (Q)
116 (Q)
117 (Q)
118 (Q)
119 (Q)
120 (Q)
121 (WC) Alun Jones AUS (Kia Pro Tour leader)
122 (WC) Robert Smeets AUS (TA play-off champion)
123 (WC) TBA (TA)
124 (WC) TBA (TA)
125 (WC) TBA (TA)
126 (WC) Go Soeda JPN (Asian champion)
127 (WC) TBA FRA (FFT)
128 (WC) Sam Querrey USA (USTA)
Alternates
1. Vanek, Jiri CZE 102
2. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 103
3. Udomchoke, Danai THA 104
4. Muller, Gilles LUX 105
5. Alves, Thiago BRA 106
6. Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 107
7. Falla, Alejandro COL 108
8. Waske, Alexander GER 109
9. Galvani, Stefano ITA 110
10. Vicente, Fernando ESP 111
11. Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 112
12. Pavel, Andrei ROM 113
13. Philippoussis, Mark AUS 114
14. Marach, Oliver AUT 115
15. Vik, Robin CZE 117
16. Saretta, Flavio BRA 118
17. Sluiter, Raemon NED 119
18. Economidis, Konstantinos GRE 120
19. Norman, Dick BEL 121
20. Moodie, Wesley RSA 122
ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 1000/200
F: 700/140
SF: 450/90
QF: 250/50
R16: 150/30
R32: 75/15
R64: 35/7
R128: 5/1
Q: +15/+3
I know I am a bit desperate, but Its a big meal ;D-----Australian Open 2007
Since Melbournians haven’t seen our lovely Marat Safin for almost 2 years, we are starving for so long, time to united and welcome our hero!
JUST Some background info about AO and this magical city Melbourne
1) AO Official Websit: www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html
It has English (Of course) , since it is a grand slam of Asia Pacific, it also has Chinese ,Korean and Japanese 3 Asian languages---For all of your benifits. ;D
You can find most information you need there!
2) [About Melbourne
*Melbourne is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3.7 million , *Located in the country's south-east, Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and is home to over 70% of all Victorians.
*Melbourne is a major centre of commerce, industry and cultural activity. Often referred to as both the "cultural capital of Australia" and the "sporting capital of Australia", the city has a rich history and is home to many of Australia's major annual sporting and cultural events. (INCLUDES AUSTRALIAN OPEN
)
*Melbourne has a temperate climate under the Köppen climate classification system.
*Melbourne's climate is notable for its changeable weather conditions---It has a reputation of '' 4 seasons per day' --Its perfectly normal to experience a 40C and 15 C on the same day. 
*It can be as cold as 2-3C in winter (wet)and as hot as 45-46C in Summer(Dry). (Almost impossible to see snow in the city )
*Australian seasons are opposite from the Europe/North America, so AO is in Aussie Summer. ;D 
*Melbourne run Australian Eastern Standard time and during AO, it runs summer time (Day light saving)
*Its best to check www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
to convert Melbourne time to your local time, so you wont miss out your fav. matches ;D
3) For visitors
*Please check on your visa requirement at
www.immi.gov.au
* Visiting Melbourne
www.visitmelbourne.com/
*Visiting Victoria
www.visitvictoria.com/
*Melbourne city search
melbourne.citysearch.com.au/
*CIty of Melbourne
www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=23&pg=966
4) Tips: ;D
*Melbourne is famous for Multicultural, you can find people speak all different languages and lots of information centres have multi-language guide, if English is not your 1st language, pick your language guides if you like.
*Sunscreen, sunblock is a MUST in Melbourne, as ozone (O3)holes that may cause skin cancer, you MUST be sun smart
*Always have a light coat on you, the weather is unpredictable (like Marat's tennis)
*If you have AO ticket/ Grandpass, shuttles from Flinders St City to Melbourne Park is FREE
*Melbournians are extremely friendly,
so dont afraid to ask, we dont bite ;D
*Watch out Aussie accent ;D , Can be funny to those familiar with American or British accents
*If you cant remember someone's name, just call them ''Mate'' Aussies are about ''Mate-ship'' ;D
*Tap water is safe to drink, you can find them free in the street.
I will post more info if anyone needs
MOST OF ALL: ON BEHALF OF MELBOURNIANS
[shadow=red,left,300][glow=red,2,300]WELCOME!!!![/glow][/shadow]
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
15-28 JANUARY 2007
Prize Money: AUS $19,300,000
128 DRAW
SURFACE: REBOUND ACE
BALL: WILSON AUSTRALIAN OPEN BALL
WEB SITE: www.australianopen.com/
MAIN DRAW
Roger Federer SUI (1) vs. Bjorn Phau GER
Jonas Bjorkman SWE vs. Olivier Patience FRA
Simon Greul GER vs. Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Jan Hernych CZE vs. Mikhail Youzhny RUS (25)
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (24) vs. Jan Hajek CZE
Danai Udomchoke THA vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG
Feliciano Lopez ESP vs. QUALIFIER
Nicolas Massu CHI vs. Novak Djokovic SRB (14)
Marcos Baghdatis CYP (11) vs. Rainer Schuettler GER
Gael Monfils FRA vs. Daniele Bracciali ITA
Gilles Simon FRA vs. Amer Delic USA
Filippo Volandri ITA vs. Richard Gasquet FRA (18)
Jose Acasuso ARG (27) vs. Sam Querrey USA (WC)
Florent Serra FRA vs. Nicolas Devilder FRA
Ivo Karlovic CRO vs. Jurgen Melzer AUT
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs. Tommy Robredo ESP (7)
Ivan Ljubicic CRO (4) vs. Mardy Fish USA
Nicolas Mahut FRA vs. Juan Monaco ARG
Stefan Koubek AUT vs. Wayne Arthurs AUS (WC)
QUALIFIER vs. Agustin Calleri ARG (30)
Radek Stepanek CZE (20) vs. Michael Llodra FRA
Lukas Dlouhy CZE vs. QUALIFIER
Thomas Johansson SWE vs. QUALIFIER
Kristian Pless DEN vs. David Ferrer ESP (16)
Mario Ancic CRO (9) vs. Go Soeda JPN (WC)
Joachim Johansson SWE vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Vincent Spadea USA vs. Igor Andreev RUS
Jiri Vanek CZE vs. Dominik Hrbaty SVK (22)
Marat Safin RUS (26) vs. Benjamin Becker GER
QUALIFIER vs. Paradorn Srichaphan THA
Marc Gicquel FRA vs. Alun Jones AUS (WC)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (WC) vs. Andy Roddick USA (6)
David Nalbandian ARG (8) vs. Janko Tipsarevic SRB
QUALIFIER vs. Nicolas Lapentti ECU
Chris Guccione AUS (WC) vs. Olivier Rochus BEL
Christophe Rochus BEL vs. Sebastien Grosjean FRA (28)
Robin Soderling SWE (23) vs. Florian Mayer GER
Andreas Seppi ITA vs. QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
Albert Montanes ESP vs. Tommy Haas GER (12)
Tomas Berdych CZE (13) vs. Hyung-Taik Lee KOR
QUALIFIER vs. Robert Smeets AUS (WC)
Max Mirnyi BLR vs. Luis Horna PER
QUALIFIER vs. Dmitry Tursunov RUS (21)
Xavier Malisse BEL (29) vs. Arnaud Clement FRA
Fabrice Santoro FRA vs. Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Gilles Muller LUX vs. Gaston Gaudio ARG
Sergio Roitman ARG vs. Nikolay Davydenko RUS (3)
James Blake USA (5) vs. Carlos Moya ESP
Peter Luczak AUS (WC) vs. QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
Robby Ginepri USA vs. Nicolas Almagro ESP (32)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (19) vs. QUALIFIER
Frank Dancevic CAN vs. Victor Hanescu ROM
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG vs. Alessio Di Mauro ITA
Evgeny Korolev RUS vs. Fernando Gonzalez CHI (10)
Andy Murray GBR (15) vs. Alberto Martin ESP
Fernando Verdasco ESP vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG vs. Potito Starace ITA
Paul Goldstein USA vs. Jarkko Nieminen FIN (17)
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (31) vs. Kevin Kim USA
Julien Benneteau FRA vs. QUALIFIER
Kristof Vliegen BEL vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
Robert Kendrick USA vs. Rafael Nadal ESP (2)
Entry deadline: December 4, 2006
Seeding: January 8, 2007
1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3
4 Blake, James USA 4
5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5
6 Roddick, Andy USA 6
7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7
8 Nalbandian, David ARG 8
9 Ancic, Mario CRO 9
10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10
11 Haas, Tommy GER 11
12 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12
13 Berdych, Tomas CZE 13
14 Ferrer, David ESP 14
15 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 15
16 Djokovic, Novak SRB 16
17 Murray, Andy GBR 17
18 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18
19 Stepanek, Radek CZE 19
20 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20
21 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 21
22 Johansson, Joachim SWE 21 @ protected ranking
23 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22
24 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
25 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24
26 Soderling, Robin SWE 25
27 Safin, Marat RUS 26
28 Acasuso, Jose ARG 27
29 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 28
30 Calleri, Agustin ARG 29
31 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 30
32 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 31
33 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 32
34 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 33
35 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 34
36 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 35
37 Rochus, Olivier BEL 36
38 Malisse, Xavier BEL 37
39 Volandri, Filippo ITA 38
40 Henman, Tim GBR 39
41 Benneteau, Julien FRA 40
42 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 41
43 Clement, Arnaud FRA 42
44 Moya, Carlos ESP 43
45 Massu, Nicolas CHI 44
46 Verkerk, Martin NED 44 @ protected ranking
47 Simon, Gilles FRA 45
48 Monfils, Gael FRA 46
49 Fish, Mardy USA 47
50 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 48
51 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 49
52 Gicquel, Marc FRA 50
53 Ginepri, Robby USA 51
54 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
55 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 53
56 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 54
57 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 55
58 Mayer, Florian GER 56
59 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 57
60 Becker, Benjamin GER 58
61 Mirnyi, Max BLR 59
62 Serra, Florent FRA 60
63 Martin, Alberto ESP 61
64 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 62
65 Horna, Luis PER 63
66 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 64
67 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 65
68 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 66
69 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 67
70 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 68
71 Monaco, Juan ARG 69
72 Goldstein, Paul USA 70
73 Johansson, Thomas SWE 71
74 Roitman, Sergio ARG 72
75 Spadea, Vincent USA 73
76 Seppi, Andreas ITA 74
77 Hernych, Jan CZE 75
78 Hajek, Jan CZE 76
79 Phau, Bjorn GER 77
80 Rochus, Christophe BEL 78
81 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 79
82 Koubek, Stefan AUT 80
83 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 81
84 Greul, Simon GER 82
85 Starace, Potito ITA 83
86 Pless, Kristian DEN 84
87 Montanes, Albert ESP 85
88 Gimelstob, Justin USA 86
89 Kendrick, Robert USA 87
90 Dancevic, Frank CAN 88
91 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 89
92 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 90
93 Andreev, Igor RUS 91
94 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 92
95 Delic, Amer USA 93
96 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 94
97 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 95
98 Llodra, Michael FRA 96
99 Schuettler, Rainer GER 97
100 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 98
101 Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 99
102 Hanescu, Victor ROM 99 @ protected ranking
103 Patience, Olivier FRA 100
104 Kim, Kevin USA 101
105 (Q)
106 (Q)
107 (Q)
108 (Q)
109 (Q)
110 (Q)
111 (Q)
112 (Q)
113 (Q)
114 (Q)
115 (Q)
116 (Q)
117 (Q)
118 (Q)
119 (Q)
120 (Q)
121 (WC) Alun Jones AUS (Kia Pro Tour leader)
122 (WC) Robert Smeets AUS (TA play-off champion)
123 (WC) TBA (TA)
124 (WC) TBA (TA)
125 (WC) TBA (TA)
126 (WC) Go Soeda JPN (Asian champion)
127 (WC) TBA FRA (FFT)
128 (WC) Sam Querrey USA (USTA)
Alternates
1. Vanek, Jiri CZE 102
2. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 103
3. Udomchoke, Danai THA 104
4. Muller, Gilles LUX 105
5. Alves, Thiago BRA 106
6. Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 107
7. Falla, Alejandro COL 108
8. Waske, Alexander GER 109
9. Galvani, Stefano ITA 110
10. Vicente, Fernando ESP 111
11. Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 112
12. Pavel, Andrei ROM 113
13. Philippoussis, Mark AUS 114
14. Marach, Oliver AUT 115
15. Vik, Robin CZE 117
16. Saretta, Flavio BRA 118
17. Sluiter, Raemon NED 119
18. Economidis, Konstantinos GRE 120
19. Norman, Dick BEL 121
20. Moodie, Wesley RSA 122
ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 1000/200
F: 700/140
SF: 450/90
QF: 250/50
R16: 150/30
R32: 75/15
R64: 35/7
R128: 5/1
Q: +15/+3
I know I am a bit desperate, but Its a big meal ;D-----Australian Open 2007
Since Melbournians haven’t seen our lovely Marat Safin for almost 2 years, we are starving for so long, time to united and welcome our hero! JUST Some background info about AO and this magical city Melbourne
1) AO Official Websit: www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html
It has English (Of course) , since it is a grand slam of Asia Pacific, it also has Chinese ,Korean and Japanese 3 Asian languages---For all of your benifits. ;D
You can find most information you need there!
2) [About Melbourne
*Melbourne is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3.7 million , *Located in the country's south-east, Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and is home to over 70% of all Victorians.
*Melbourne is a major centre of commerce, industry and cultural activity. Often referred to as both the "cultural capital of Australia" and the "sporting capital of Australia", the city has a rich history and is home to many of Australia's major annual sporting and cultural events. (INCLUDES AUSTRALIAN OPEN
)*Melbourne has a temperate climate under the Köppen climate classification system.
*Melbourne's climate is notable for its changeable weather conditions---It has a reputation of '' 4 seasons per day' --Its perfectly normal to experience a 40C and 15 C on the same day.
*It can be as cold as 2-3C in winter (wet)and as hot as 45-46C in Summer(Dry). (Almost impossible to see snow in the city )
*Australian seasons are opposite from the Europe/North America, so AO is in Aussie Summer.
;D 
*Melbourne run Australian Eastern Standard time and during AO, it runs summer time (Day light saving)
*Its best to check www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
to convert Melbourne time to your local time, so you wont miss out your fav. matches ;D
3) For visitors
*Please check on your visa requirement at
www.immi.gov.au
* Visiting Melbourne
www.visitmelbourne.com/
*Visiting Victoria
www.visitvictoria.com/
*Melbourne city search
melbourne.citysearch.com.au/
*CIty of Melbourne
www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=23&pg=966
4) Tips: ;D
*Melbourne is famous for Multicultural, you can find people speak all different languages and lots of information centres have multi-language guide, if English is not your 1st language, pick your language guides if you like.
*Sunscreen, sunblock is a MUST in Melbourne, as ozone (O3)holes that may cause skin cancer, you MUST be sun smart
*Always have a light coat on you, the weather is unpredictable (like Marat's tennis)
*If you have AO ticket/ Grandpass, shuttles from Flinders St City to Melbourne Park is FREE
*Melbournians are extremely friendly,
so dont afraid to ask, we dont bite ;D *Watch out Aussie accent
;D , Can be funny to those familiar with American or British accents*If you cant remember someone's name, just call them ''Mate''
Aussies are about ''Mate-ship'' ;D*Tap water is safe to drink, you can find them free in the street.
I will post more info if anyone needs
MOST OF ALL: ON BEHALF OF MELBOURNIANS
[shadow=red,left,300][glow=red,2,300]WELCOME!!!![/glow][/shadow]
