Australian Championship

The Australian Championship is a tennis tournament which is held in Australia. It is usually the last grand slam of the year and is remote from Europeans.

History
The first Australian Championship was played in Melbourne on November 1905 with seventeen tennis players playing in the first tournament which included British player, Randolph Lycett who made it to the semi-finals of the tournament. In the final it was, Rodney Heath who would take out the singles title as he defeated Alfred Dunlop in four sets. The following year would see the tournament go outside of Australia for the only time with Anthony Wilding winning the singles title in New Zealand.