The Meadowbank Open will be back in 2025!
Your favourite Tasmanian tennis event is back! A celebration of friendship, family and fun, all wrapped up in a mixed doubles tennis tournament.
After a short hiatus in 2024 to prepare for and celebrate the wedding of 2023 winners Gracie and Madison Simmons, we will be back with a bang in 2025. And for those wondering...the specific date will be Saturday the 15th of FEB!
Tickets to go on sale later in the year. Sign up to the Meadowbank mailing list to be the first hear about these limited release tickets.
For now, the basics are below. New balls please...
EVENT DETAILS
When: Saturday 15th February, 2025
Where: The Sue Ellis Arena, Meadowbank.
652 Meadowbank Road, Meadowbank TAS 7140
What: A mixed-doubles tennis tournament, but in true Meadowbank style.
Who: The most inclusive tennis tournament of the year, with no pre-existing level of tennis skill required to compete. The tournament will consist of 16 mixed teams (i.e. 32 people) who compete in a series of knock-out matches (being the best of 3 games). Due to the growing popularity of this competition, all teams will be selected based on a random draw from those who purchase a 'PLAYER' ticket type.
Everyone else will assume the equally as important and varying roles of glamorous spectator, energetic supporter, questionable coach, last-minute substitution, occasional ball-person, vocal cheersquad, paparazzi, and drunk heckler.
The tennis tournament will kick off mid-morning and play through until the Grand Final around 4:30pm. There will be a bar with beer and wine flowing freely, along with plenty of food throughout the day. At around 1:00pm we will take a formal break to celebrate the day, toast one another, and enjoy a long-table lunch with friends.
If you are wondering what to wear, think Wimbledon attire, whether old school or new. The regulated whites of the All-England Club will look great in the gardens of the Sue Ellis Arena (and become a great indicator of whether you have also enjoyed too many red wines...). For inspiration, you can visit our instagram highlights page here.
Tennis rackets will be available to use on the day. But if you’re bringing out an old wooden-framed favourite that you stole from your parents 1970’s collection, kudos to you.
TOURNAMENT RULES
There are two very simple rules…
- You’re not allowed on the court to play unless you are over .05 (while we won’t be checking, no one wants to see you taking things too seriously); and
- Everything…and we mean EVERYTHING…is at the Tournament Director and Umpire's discretion.
PRIZES
- CHAMPION TEAM - the tennis winners take it all! All the glory, a selection of incredible prizes, and of course the much sought after and iconic Meadowbank Open Trophy!
- "SPIRIT OF THE OPEN" AWARD – we'll be looking for the very best spectator/s who combine a fabulous Wimbledon inspired outfit with a positive and enthusiastic Mardi-style attitude. Somebody who embodies the "spirit" of Meadowbank (think fun and frivolity!). We're talking Magnums of wine - big prizes for big love.