Australian Open organizers have no intention of moving the tennis major from Melbourne despite overtures from other cities in the Asia-Pacific region wanting to bid for the tournament.
Melbourne Park, adjacent to the city's downtown area, has a contract to host the tournament until 2016, although backers of a new facility in Sydney have publicly stated they'll try to poach the event from the southern city.
Other reports suggest that Shanghai, China, among other Asian cities, wants to host one of the sport's four Grand Slam events.
Melbourne Park has hosted the Australian Open since 1988, when the tournament switched to a hardcourt event and moved across town from the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, where it had been held since 1972.
The Australian championship, or Australasian Championship as it began in 1905, has been held predominantly in Melbourne but also in Australia's other mainland state capitals of Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, and twice in New Zealand.
AP
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