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What is the Australian Open tennis tournament?
- The first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year in Melbourne in January
- An invitational tournament held in Sydney for professional players
- A national tennis competition for amateur players
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Held every January in Melbourne, the Australian Open is one of tennis's four Grand Slam tournaments and is consistently the world's most-attended annual sporting event. Grand Slam status places it alongside the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open at the pinnacle of professional tennis.