The courts at the Australian Open are made of a manufactured surface called Rebound Ace. It is an acrylic surface because irrespective of what's beneath it, what the players stand on is made of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Umpire Kerrilyn Cramer dropped a furry yellow tennis ball ... lifted part of the surface. Sharapova, the 2008 Australian Open champion, left the court as officials ...

"An acrylic material lets the moisture come through a lot better," Hubbard says. Hubbard says the cushion court surface required by the Australian Open - as well as many private tennis courts in ...

In 1982, the Open finally settled in a firm location, the Kooyong Lawn Tennis ... type of court. In Melbourne Park, the Australian Open was held on Rebound Ace, a cushioned, hard surface.

Indian Wells has traditionally been one of the slowest of the big hard-court events, and has remained so across a general ...

Sinner picks or 2025 Australian Open predictions, you need to see what tennis ... court events he has entered since the beginning of the 2024 season, losing just three matches on this surface ...