Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka & Emma Raducanu Steffi Graf collected the second of her 22 Grand Slam titles at the 1988 Australian Open and she successfully defended her crown in Melbourne in the ...

In 1988, Flinders Park (now called Melbourne ... compared with 140,089 at Kooyong in ’87. The Australian Open had a new home, and permanent new date. From then on, it would lead off the Grand ...

In each of its stops, the Australian Open was played on grass, the predominant surface of the early to mid 20th century. That would change in 1988, when the Open left Kooyong for Melbourne Park.

Titles: 1982, 1984 Finals: 1974, 1981, 1985, 1988 Tennis icon Evert only played the Australian Open six times but reached the final in all of those appearances Down Under. The US great beat chief ...