Yearly Logistics (2011)

Yearly Grand Slam (tennis) Calendar- the dates that each tournament takes place

Australian Open
Tournament Dates: 17 January – 30 January
Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Current Men's Single Champion: Novak Djokovic
Current Women's Single Champion: Kim Clijsters

French Open
Tournament Dates: 17 May – 5 June
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris
Current Men's Single Champion: Rafael Nadal
Current Women's Single Champion: Francesca Schiavone

Wimbledon Championship
Tournament Dates: 20 June – 3 July
Venue: All England Tennis Club, London
Current Men's Single Champion: Rafael Nadal
Current Women's Single Champion: Serena Williams

US Open
Tournament Dates: 29 August - 11 September
Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York
Current Men's Single Champion: Rafael Nadal
Current Women's Single Champion: Kim Clijsters

Types of tennis courts

There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface: clay
courts, hard courts, grass courts and carpet courts. Each playing surface has its own
characteristics which affect the playing style of the game.

Of the Grand Slam tournaments, the U.S. Open and Australian Open use hardcourts (though both
used grass courts in the past, and the U.S. Open also used clay courts from 1975 through 1977),
the French Open is played on clay (though it too was played on grass before 1928), and
Wimbledon has always been played on grass