10 lesser known facts about the Australian Open

#7 The Australian Open used to be held in December during the mid-1980s

The Australian Open used to be held in December

Depending on the climate, the dates for the Australian used to be shuffled, and in 1976-77, the competition was played between December 1976 and January 1977. Following this, the organisers proposed a second tournament that year in December. However, many of the top players opted not to compete.

The tournament continued to be played in between December and January till 1981 after which the tournament was played from the last week of November to the first week of December till 1985 after which the tournament was played in mid-January since 1987. As a result, no tournament was held in 1986.