The Australian Open marks the start of the tennis season as the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year. The tournament has always been held in Melbourne since 1987, at Melbourne Park, a 20-hectare area specially designed for the event. The Australian Open, also known as "Happy Slam", is the largest regular sporting event on the Australian continent and with its great popularity has managed to annually attract more than 650,000 spectators. Get your hands on the coveted tennis tickets for the Australian Open here and experience the unique atmosphere there live when tennis history is being written!