Tennis Melbourne : Australian Open Tennis 2017 Intercontinental Melbourne The Rialto - In its infant years the melbourne cricket club controlled the game and in 1892 the kooyong lawn tennis club, known as the lawn tennis association of victoria, was formed to take over administration of tennis in the colony of victoria.

Within a year of the first wimbledon championships in 1877, the citizens of melbourne enthusiastically embraced the new sport of lawn tennis. This wwos tennis collection page is designe…