4 Grand Slam trophies named after tennis legends

# Norman Brookes Challenge Cup

Federer with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup

The Norman Brookes Challenge Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the Australian Open men's Singles tennis tournament. It is a reduced silver version of the Warwick Vase, one of the most famous antiquities from the 18th century. The original Warwick Vase is composed of marble, and is a colossal scale, standing three metres high.

A former Australian champion and president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia from 1926 to 1955, Brookes made history in 1907 becoming the first non-British male to win Wimbledon. Nicknamed 'The Wizard', Sir Norman Brookes won his first Australian Open Singles trophy in 1911 at the age of 34.

The large silver trophy bearing his name was made in England and financed by the state tennis associations in Australia, following the retirement of two previous trophies awarded to the Australian champion – the Slazenger and Sun Cup.

The design for the Sir Norman Brookes Challenge Cup was based on a large Roman marble vase from the secondary AD belonging to the Roman Emperor Hadrian.