Nowhere was this more true than at Melbourne’s Kooyong Stadium, site of the least-grand of the Slams at the time, the Australian Open. By the early 70s, the sun was setting on that country’s ...

The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club will again host its storied exhibition event in Melbourne to give the world's leading tennis players another warm-up option before the Australian Open.

An event that has been a staple of the build-up to the year’s opening grand slam in Melbourne, the Kooyong Classic will return to the historic Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club from January 13-15.

The Kooyong Classic was missing from the tennis ... towards being able to play at a beautiful club, at a historic stadium, maybe get a little away from the cauldron in Melbourne Park for a period ...