— Published March 17, 2025

Tennis to be relocated to Melbourne for the 2032 Olympic Games?

Brisbane 2032

The puzzle begins. The Olympic and Paralympic tennis tournaments are to be held in Queensland Tennis Centre, Tennyson, south of Brisbane, in 2032. The site is used to hosting an ATP 250 tournament and a WTA 500 each year, between the end of December and the beginning of January. However, the Australian Tennis Federation hopes an envelope of 113 million dollars to be able to modernize it including, among other things, a new 3.000-seat arena and eight additional courts. According to a Tennis Australia spokesperson, quoted by Wide World of Sports, the Queensland Tennis Centre "does not currently meet the necessary standards. This is why Tennis Queensland is advocating for additional government funding". If this request was not heard, "we would consider organizing the Games in Melbourne ». In another State, therefore, some 1.600 kilometers from Brisbane.Queensland authorities are due to vote on all infrastructure issues on March 25 to definitively determine the site map.