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Queensland Tennis Centre

Tennis stadium in Brisbane, Australia

Field	Value
name	Queensland Tennis Centre
image	Centre Court, Pat Rafter Arena, Queensland Tennis Centre.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Centre Court (Pat Rafter Arena) in March 2019
location	Tennyson, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
coordinates
broke_ground	2007
built	December 2008
opened	2 January 2009
owner	Queensland Government
surface	Hard, outdoors
construction_cost	A$ 82 million
US$ 75 million
EUR € 52.5 million
architect	HOK Sport Venue Event (now Populous)
former_names	Tennyson Tennis Centre
tenants
seating_capacity	5,500
(extra temporary 7,000)

US$ 75 million EUR € 52.5 million (extra temporary 7,000)

Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre, is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia. It is an A$82 million tennis facility opened on 2 January 2009 at the site of the demolished Tennyson Power Station.

Since January 2009 the Queensland Tennis Centre has been the host centre for combined men and women's international tennis tournament entitled the Brisbane International, a combination of the former Next Generation Adelaide International event in Adelaide and the Mondial Gold Coast Women's championships.

Construction

It was designed by internationally recognised stadium designers HOK Sport Venue Event and The Mirvac Group's in-house architectural practice, HPA Pty Ltd and constructed by Mirvac as part of the Tennyson Riverside development.

The main court was designed to incorporate a PTFE glass fibre fabric roof. This tensile membrane structure allows diffused light through into the arena reducing the need for artificial lighting. The light weight of the fabric also reduced the amount of steel required and saved on building costs. Brisbane-based company MakMax Australia (Taiyo Membrane Corporation) supplied and installed this roof along with other smaller outdoor structures at this venue.

It has twenty-three International Tennis Federation standard tennis courts, including the centre court and two showcase courts, representing all playing surfaces (hardcourt, clay and grass).

The centre court Pat Rafter Arena, named in honour of the Australian tennis player Patrick Rafter, has a seating capacity of 5,500 (with an extra temporary seating of 1,500 bringing total capacity to 7,000).

Davis and Fed Cup fixtures

The Queensland Tennis Centre has hosted several ties in the Davis Cup and Fed Cup representative tournaments.

Tournament	Year	Winning nation	Losing nation
2010	AUS Australia	JPN Japan	5–0
2017	AUS Australia	USA United States	3–2
2014	GER Germany	AUS Australia	3–1
2016	USA United States	AUS Australia	4–0
2019	AUS Australia	Belarus	3–2
2024	AUS Australia		4–0

References

[http://www.populous.com/news/090109_QLDtennis/ Queensland Tennis Centre - A new theatre for top class tennis and community] Projects: Queensland Tennis Center
[http://www.projdevservices.com/projects3.htm Queensland State Tennis Centre, Tennyson, Brisbane] {{Webarchive. link. (14 December 2009 Projects: Queensland Tennis Center] Web Site: Projdevservices.com)
[http://portfolio.populous.com/news/090109_QLDtennis.html Queensland Tennis Centre] {{Webarchive. link. (27 February 2012 construction cost)
[http://portfolio.populous.com/projects/queenslandtennis.html Queensland Tennis Centre] {{Webarchive. link. (27 February 2012 architect: [[Populous (architects)). Populous]]
"Your first view of the Tennyson Tennis Centre". Brisbane Times.
"Queensland Tennis Centre". Department of Public Works.
"Adelaide to merge with Brisbane in '09". Tennis Australia.
"QLD Tennis Centre". Tennis Australia.
[http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2008/10/stadium-named-after-pat-rafter Stadium named after Pat Rafter]

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