Queensland Tennis Centre

Location	Tennyson, Queensland, Brisbane Australia
Coordinates	27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.525°S 153.00722°E / -27.525; 153.00722Coordinates: 27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.525°S 153.00722°E / -27.525; 153.00722
Broke ground	2007
Built	December 2008
Opened	January 2009
Owner	Queensland Government
Surface	Hard, Outdoors
Construction cost	AUD $ 82 million[1][2]
Architect	Populous[3]
Capacity	5,500 (extra temporary 7,000)
Tenants
Brisbane International

Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre^[4], is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia. It is a (AUD)$82 million state-of-the-art tennis facility opened on 2 January 2009.^[5]

It was designed by internationally recognised stadium designers HOK Sport Venue Event and The Mirvac Group's in-house architectural practice, HPA Pty Ltd^[6] and constructed by Mirvac as part of the Tennyson Riverside development.^[7]

It has twenty three International Tennis Federation standard tennis courts, including the centre court and two showcase courts, representing all playing surfaces (hardcourt, clay and grass).

The centre court, Pat Rafter Arena^[8], named in honour of the Australian tennis hero Patrick Rafter, has a seating capacity of 5,500 (with an extra temporary seating of 1500 bringing total capacity to 7,000).

Since January 2009 the Queensland Tennis Centre is the host for combined men and women's international tennis tournament entitled the 'Brisbane International', a combination of the former Next Generation Adelaide International event in Adelaide and the Mondial Gold Coast Women's championships.^[9]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official webpage of Queensland Tennis Centre
• View of Centre Court
• Details of Development
• Where is the Queensland Tennis Centre
• Queensland Tennis Centre at Austadiums
• Interior image 1
• Interior image 2

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