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	Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many notable Australians worked pseudonymously as presenters on the show, including poet A.D. Hope ("Antony Inkwell"), future ABC General Manager Talbot Duckmanton ("Tal") who hosted a weekly sports segment, actors Leonard Teale ("Chris") and John Ewart ("Jimmy") and future "Mr Sqiggle" host and film producer Patricia Lovell.
		The six orchestras are: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Queensland Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
		There is a persistent urban legend that '9994' is in memory of the life-time test cricket batting average of the Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman (he scored 6996 runs in 70 completed innings, an average of 99.94 runs per innings).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation (5063 words)

	Australian Open - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Open tennis tournament is one of four Grand Slams held annually in Melbourne, Australia.
		The Australian Open is now managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
		The 1998 Australian Open saw two of the five senior titles won by wildcards - Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lucic in the women's doubles and Justin Gimelstob and Venus Williams in the mixed doubles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Open (1510 words)

	Monica Seles
		She won her first major tournament, the French Open, in 1990, at the age of 16 and soon dominated women's tennis.
		In 1991 and 1992 she won the Australian, French, and U.S. opens.
		In 1993 she won the Australian Open again before she was stabbed in the back during a tournament in Hamburg, Germany, by a self-described fan of Steffi
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0844351.html (215 words)

	2006 Australian Open - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2006 Australian Open was played between January 16 and January 29, 2006.
		In addition, six of these eight players attained the #1 ranking, with five of them having already won a Grand Slam title (incidentally, Amélie Mauresmo was the one who didn't, she would go on to win the Australian Open).
		Amélie Mauresmo's victory marked the second time in the Open Era (and the first in women's singles) that a Grand Slam final was won when a competitor retired.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2006_Australian_Open (397 words)

	Australian Open History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1969 the Open era was born and the event's name changed again to the Australian Open.
		By 1972, the authorities decided that the Australian Open deserved a settled home, and the honour fell to the city that had attracted the greatest patronage - Melbourne.
		The Australian Open is perhaps the most adaptive of the Grand Slams, and as it enters its second century there are sure to be many new additions and memories created at one of the world's most special sporting events.
	australian.open-tennis.com /history (417 words)

	The U.S. Open '97
		The truth is, the U.S. Open, the year's fourth and final Grand Slam, has long constituted a command performance for the tennis elite because it meant suffering through two weeks of jostling and injustices inside a broken-down Flushing Meadows facility.
		Everybody including the U.S. Open's four-time champion, Pete Sampras, couldn't help referring to it as a dump on occasion, particularly on those days when the sun was stunning, the wind was swirling, the El was shrieking, the aroma from the Food Court was stultifying and nearby La Guardia Airport was deploying the dreaded Runway 13.
		Second-seeded Monica Seles, twice a U.S. Open champion and its runner-up in 1995 and 1996, pulled off the equivalent of a full-court press in her mid-summer efforts to overtake Novotna in the ranking and thereby avoid a potential Open semifinal against top-seeded Martina Hingis.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/sports/082597ten-us-open.html (864 words)

	BBC News \| TENNIS \| Sampras hoping to re-write history
		He holds a 7-2 career record against Philippoussis, but lost to him at the 1996 Australian Open and was in trouble last year at Wimbledon before the Aussie quit with an injury.
		Seles won the Italian Open title in Rome earlier this month and is redicovering her best form at the age of 26.
		Williams' younger sister Serena, the US Open champion, withdrew before Friday's draw was made, citing a knee injury that has kept her on the sidelines for the past six weeks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/sport/tennis/767698.stm (743 words)

	Amanda Coetzer Homepage
		Amanda Coetzer thrashed Steffi Graf at The Australian Open this morning (Jan. 19) 6-2, 7-5.
		Amanda reached her first-ever Grand Slam semifinal at the 1996 Australian Open, becoming the first South African woman in the open era to reach the semi's of a Grand Slam.
		At the 1996 Oklahoma City, Amanda upset top seed and 10th-ranked Chanda Rubin in semifinals for her first victory over Rubin in five matches.
	www.geocities.com /RodeoDrive/3600/coetzer.htm (848 words)

	rediff.com sports: Woods dream in tatters as Els moves clear
		Tiger Woods's grand slam hopes disappeared in driving wind and rain at the British Open on Saturday as he slumped to a 10-over-par 81, the worst round of his professional career.
		"It was either this or the Australian Open when it was blowing like this but obviously the course wasn't set up like this," he said after going through more than 12 gloves on the day.
		The twice U.S. Open champion then birdied the 546-yard 17th and, with Smyth bogeying the last two holes, the South African forged two clear of the field.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/jul/21open.htm (925 words)

	Profiles of top men at Wimbledon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Runner-up to Petr Korda in the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Rios went on to depose Sampras from the number one spot for four weeks.
		Reaching the final of the U.S. Open last year has given Rusedski a massive confidence boost and, as long as his fitness holds out, this year represents his best chance of success on home soil.
		One of the next generation snapping at Sampras's heels, Moya is a natural baseliner who started 1997 by dumping Boris Becker in the Australian Open first round before reaching the final.
	www.fresnobee.com /man/sports/tennis/98slam/content/062198/frb.21937.html (693 words)

	Pgatour Australasia > News Display
		The face of Australian Golf for decades, Norman who was born in Mount Isa in Queensland, began playing golf aged 16 caddying for his mother.
		His initial ambition of becoming a pilot in the Australian Airforce was interrupted by his golfing talent and he opted to take to the course and ply his trade.a decision that saw him take just four tournaments to record the first of more than 86 titles worldwide.
		In 1999 he was third at The Masters and sixth at The Open Championship.
	www.pgatour.com.au /?s=newsdisplay&aid=4077 (563 words)

	Aussie golfers opt for China, not Open - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
		As the cream of Australian golf prepares to tee off in the national Open at Moonah Links on Thursday, 14 countrymen are competing in China instead.
		The Australians are looking to finish among the top 60 on the Asian Tour money list to be assured of retaining their playing card - and full employment - for 2006.
		Pilkardis, who played alongside Tiger Woods on the final day of the 1996 Australian Open, lies fourth on the Order of Merit with $US213,000 ($A289,285) earnings this year and is competing in Shenzhen a week after missing out last week at the second stage of the US PGA Tour qualifying school.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Sport/Aussie-golfers-opt-for-China-not-Open/2005/11/23/1132703225906.html (564 words)

	rediff.com: sports channel - Fatherhood may end Agassi's Grand Slam dreams
		While Agassi and his partner Steffi Graf, the former world number one, eagerly await the arrival of their first child, Agassi should worry about his own career as history is not on his side.
		Australian Evonne Goolagong may be the only mother to have won a Grand Slam in the open era at Wimbledon in 1980 but since then only six men have managed to win a major title after experiencing the joys of fatherhood.
		Their divorce two years later in early 1999 was followed by an astonishing run that won him the French and U.S. Open crowns and a place in the Wimbledon final.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2001/oct/17ten1.htm (862 words)

	Newport, RI - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She captured an astounding 22 Grand Slam singles titles: 4 Australian Open Championships (1988, í89, í90, í94); 6 French Open Titles (1987, í88, í93, í95, í96, í99); 7 Wimbledon Championships (1988, í89, í91, í92, í93, í95, í96); and 5 US Open Championships (1988, í89, í93, í95, í96).
		At the conclusion of the 1995 US Open, she became the first player to win each of the four major singles titles at least 4 times.
		She is also the Founder and active Chairperson of Children for Tomorrow, a non-profit foundation with the goal of implementing and developing projects to support children who have been traumatized by war or other crises.
	www.gonewport.com /mediaroom/prcategories/press86.htm (1258 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: The 1997 Australian Open
		With her overwhelming victory at the Australian Open, it's obvious that 16-year-old Martina Hingis has arrived on the scene.
		Hometown favorite Mark Philippoussis, who knocked Pete Sampras out of the Australian Open last year, joined the long list of big names who will skip this year's event, as he withdrew Sunday because of an injury to his forearm.
		At the 1996 Australian Open, Seles won her first title since being stabbed in 1993 by topping Germany's Anke Huber, 6-4, 6-1.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/tennis/ausopen.htm (333 words)

	Australian Open Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I attended the 1996 Ford Australian Open while I was on vacation there.
		This is one of the four "grand slam" tennis tournaments (along with the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open) and is held in Flinders Park in Melbourne.
		He ended up losing his next match to another Australian, Mark Woodforde, who made it all the way to the semifinals.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /bartell/oz/tennis.html (299 words)

	ESPN.com - Australian Open 2002 - Venus perseveres; Hingis, Seles cruise
		Hingis, Australian Open champion from 1997-99, is playing her first big tournament since tearing ligaments in her right ankle in Filderstadt last October.
		Seles, Australian Open champion four times between 1991 and 1996, hardly put a foot wrong as she coasted to victory in 53 minutes.
		The only hiccup the Yugoslav-born American made was in the second set when she failed to serve out the match at 5-0, but she quickly made amends by breaking Black's next service game to seal an easy victory.
	sports.espn.go.com /tennis/aus02/s/2002/0115/1312103.html (946 words)

	WTAworld.com - Anyone Know what happened in the 1996 Australian Open Semifinal Rubin vs. Seles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After the Australian Open in 96, she got to the Lipton final.
		They quickly forget that, when she was first injured in 1996, she was considered the "next one".
		RAA I think shes 25 so she was what 19 or 20 at the 96 australian open.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=20126 (1944 words)

	if... Stockholm Open
		Agassi is up 3-0 in the head-to-head statistics, but Björkman had his chances in two of the matches.
		At the Olympics 1996, Björkman was a break up both in the first and second set, but lost to the eventual champion.
		In the round of last 16 at the Australian Open 1996, Björkman was up 2-1 and lost in five sets.
	www.stockholmopen.se /t3.asp?p=39340&x=1&a=137574 (279 words)

	Monica Seles @ monica-seles.com - biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After winning the French Open, Monica knew she had a chance to become the youngest player ever to win the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year.
		After winning again the Australian Open at the beginning of 1993, Monica was outlasted in the finals of the French Open.
		During the duMaurier Open, she didn't lose a single set and had beaten all her opponents in less than an hour.
	www.monica-seles.com /en/biography.asp (3592 words)

	Dwight´s Little Pot - Stefan Edberg
		In that time he appeared in 11 finals, winning Wimbledon (1990-91), the U.S. (1991-92), and the Australian Open twice (1985, 1987) and losing in 1989 at Roland Garros to 17-year-old Michael Chang in the final.
		He won 42 singles and 18 doubles, including three major titles, at the Australian and U.S. Open in 1987, with Jarryd, and the 1996 Australian open swansong with Petr Korda.
		Upon his retirement in 1996, Edberg had been awarded the Adidas Sportsmanship Award five times (1988-90, 1992, 1995) and served as the ATP Tour Charities chairman in 1991.
	estadium.ya.com /daviscup/Stefan_Edberg.htm (343 words)

	tennisreporters.net
		and San Antonio in an attempt to raise his ranking high enough to be straight into the Australian Open main draw in January, is a religious and spiritual kind of guy.
		At the 1995 French Open final, he fell to Austrian Thomas Muster, lost to Boris Becker in the 1996 Australian Open championship match, and then surrendered to Pete Sampras in the 1996 US Open final.
		Interestingly, when Chang was practically ruling the world in 1996 with his No. 2 – "Avis, We Try Harder" ranking – he was of the notion that doing some heavy duty training off the court would catapult him into the top position.
	www.tennisreporters.net /news_101102.html (1198 words)

	Charleston Area Convention & Visitor Bureau - Charleston, SC
		She has won seven WTA Tour singles, and ten doubles titles, including a Grand Slam doubles crown at the 1996 Australian Open.
		In singles competition, she has won singles titles on all four surfaces, and her best Grand Slam result came in 1996 at the Australian Open when she reached the semifinals.
		She made headlines in the tennis world at the 2000 U.S. Open when she advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal becoming the first Russian woman to accomplish that feat at the U.S. Open.
	www.charlestoncvb.com /media/news_article.html?id=208 (472 words)

	Info on Boris Becker
		1996: 6 1993: 11 1990: 2 1987: 5 1984: 65 1995: 5 1992: 5 1989: 2 1986: 2 1983: 563 1994: 3 1991: 3 1988: 4 1985: 6
		The active career titles leader (48) on the ATP Tour won four titles, including his sixth career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open (d.
		Chang)...It was his first Slam title since the Œ91 Australian Open...Withdrew from the French Open because of a torn thigh muscle in his right leg...Came back at the Queen's Club in London and won his seventh career grasscourt title without dropping a set (d.
	yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au /~dezman/info.htm (279 words)

	Shark Wins Fifth Australian Open
		SYDNEY -- In the end, it was a walk in the park as Greg Norman took out his fifth Australian Open Championship at the Australian Golf Club in Sydney this afternoon.
		American Tiger Woods, who was unable to recover from his opening 79, finished in a four-way tie for fifth at 4-over 292.
		The Australian Open was once referred to as the "fifth major" by six times winner Jack Nicklaus.
	www.shark.com /sharkwatch/sharkive/sharkive7.php (1048 words)

	Sports: Capriati defies weather
		French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne started her fourth-round match before 10:30 p.m., and she was off the court quickly, beating Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 in 57 minutes to make the Open's round of eight for the first time.
		Chang played for 16 years and was the youngest winner of a Grand Slam when he won the French Open in 1989 at 17.
		Chang won 34 singles titles and was runner-up in three Slams: the 1995 French Open, 1996 Australian Open and 1996 U.S. Open.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/09/02/Sports/Capriati_defies_weath.shtml (754 words)

	Sports: Rude end for Roddick
		The last time both men's semifinals lasted only three sets was in 1982, when the winners were a couple of guys named Connors and McEnroe.
		Still only 20, Roddick was in his second major semifinal of 2003 (Australian Open) and his career.
		He rebounded impressively from a first-round loss at the French Open, teaming with Andre Agassi's former coach, Brad Gilbert, to win a grass-court title at Queen's Club and displaying more maturity as a person and player at Wimbledon.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/07/05/news_pf/Sports/Rude_end_for_Roddick.shtml (723 words)

	Higdon's Net Game
		Don't expect her to cop a major in 1996, but she looks like someone ready to stay around deep into the second week at many future Slams.
		The 1989 French Open champion has worked relentlessly on his game, but one has to wonder if he'll ever be able to hoist a second Grand Slam trophy over his head again.
		From last year's Australian Open through the 1995 Davis Cup final, Sampras was going petal to the metal.
	www.tennisserver.com /netgame/netgame_1_29_96.html (1281 words)

	Tennis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Despite dropping the open set, Davenport improved to 13-0 lifetime against unseeded Lisa Raymond with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory.
		Seles advanced to the championship match in her first event since the earliest Australian Open exit of her career.
		Raymond, who reached the Australian Open doubles semifinals with Davenport, has captured just one set in their lifetime singles series.
	www.allsports.com /network/content?site=1277&story=38615 (470 words)

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