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About Tennis Australia
and our Annual Report
The Australian Open
is Tennis Australia’s
marquee event.
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About Tennis Australia
Tennis Australia (TA) is the governing body of tennis within Australia. The Company was
established by the Victorian, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South
Australia and Tasmanian Tennis Associations and the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association
in late 1904 to allow for the staging of the first Australasian Men’s Championships in 1905.
Today TA has eight Member Associations (MAs) – state/territory–based governing bodies
responsible for implementing TA initiatives.
In 2005 TA celebrated its centenary, and that of its first event – the Australian Open (AO).
During more than a century of history TA has developed into a AUD$100 million business
operating as a one-team Company with a nine-person Board of Directors, 14 Member
Delegates (representing the MAs), 145 full-time employees and several thousand casual
employees. p66, 70
Melbourne Park is the home of TA and the AO. The venue is situated along the Yarra River on
Batman Ave and has 22 outdoor courts including three show courts and seven indoor courts.
The Company’s responsibilities include promoting and facilitating participation in tennis
at all levels, staging tennis events including the AO, developing future stars, growing
business revenues and honouring the sport’s heritage. These responsibilities are refl ected
in TA’s Purpose Pyramid. p2
Tennis on top
The latest Sweeney Sports Report, which among other things conducts a multi-faceted
measure of the Australian public’s interest in sport, has placed tennis at number one.
The survey period was from October 2007 to April 2008 and tennis topped the poll for
the second survey in a row, ahead of swimming, cricket, Australian Rules, soccer and
other sports. p18
Introducing the TA 2007–2008 Annual Report
The financial year 2007–2008 saw the restructure of the Company’s focus and strategic
priorities with the overall purpose for TA refined to ‘Making Australia the greatest tennis
nation on the planet.’ p2
This year’s report will feature some of the staff comments submitted during an employee
communications session on 13 March 2008. These will be identified through the ‘post-it
note’ image shown below. Based on Our Formula for Success in the Purpose Pyramid, p2
the comments show how staff will endeavour to work to this paradigm to achieve the
Company’s overall objective.
The ‘Half Canadian’ cover allows readers to open the report out fl at and can be folded to
reveal our past champions as they have been honoured through the Australian Tennis Hall
of Fame. This section will also highlight the highest international honour – the Philippe
Chatrier Award – bestowed on Australian great Neale Fraser.
The TA 2007–2008 Annual Report is a concise summary of the Company’s performance
and aims to provide ease of navigation between the various business units.
Look out
for the
new staff
comments.
About Tennis Australia and our Annual Report
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