Talk:2009 Australian Open

> The coolest Australian Open was in 1986, when the maximum temperature averaged just 22.5 degrees Celsius, 3.5 degrees below normal.[5][6]

There was no Australian open in 1986, please correct.

Proposed new structure

Almost all tournament articles to date employ day-by-day structure. Though this structure is informative while tournament is in progress, it suffers from several problems including WP:SUMMARY and WP:LENGTH once details on all the days are expanded and detailed. There is also unnecessary details on matches held every day in the tournament which, albeit significant in terms of all the matches held that day, are not significant in terms of perspective of whole tournament. In light of these issues I am proposing a new structure to be applied at the end of the tournament wherein the article presents a more systematic and concise view of the tournament and is drives away the monotonous approach seen in case of day-by day summaries. I believe that this new structure would also help in promoting article to GA/FA status.

A significant part of this structure relies on expansion of sub-articles as well. Information on list of seeds, individual seeds departure/defeat should be included only in these sub-articles and not the main article. The main article, to the maximum extent possible, should be free from statistics or other such details.

Proposed structure

Tournament Details about the tournament itself such as: edition, venue, details about stadiums, details on type of court, number of fields (i.e Singles, Doubles etc.) Players Details on structure of tournament, number of players entered, direct entries, qualifiers, wild cards, seeds etc. Plus information on major withdrawals prior to the tournament. Events Men's singles Link to sub-article Detailing information on Men's singles section of tournament. Emphasis given more towards late round matches i.e. Quarters, Semis, Final etc. Emphasis also on noted matches based on length (e.g. Muller vs. Lopez in first round), past winners/top seeds (Hewitt vs. Gonzalez), etc. Length limited to three paragraphs. Details on seed defeats etc. to be left for the sub-article. Women's singles Link to sub-article Structure same as that of Men's singles. Men's doubles Link to sub-article Primary structure similar to that of Men's singles. Length reduced to maximum two paragraphs. Women's doubles Link to sub-article Structure same as Men's doubles Mixed doubles Link to sub-article Structure same as Men's doubles Boy's singles Link to sub-article Primary structure same as that of Men's singles. Length reduced to one paragraph. Girls' singles Link to sub-article Structure same as Boy's singles. Boy's doubles Link to sub-article Structure same as Boy's singles Girls' doubles Link to sub-article Structure same as Boy's singles Wheelchair events Link to sub-article Only information detailing winners. Limit to one paragraph Other notable details Post-tournament reactions

I'd like to hear thoughts on this proposed change. ^LeaveSleaves 16:15, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree with this new structure, and think it should be used for all tournaments especially the Grand Slams, where it seems like it can do the most good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alonsornunez (talk • contribs) 19:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Na Li?

Shouldn't it be "Li Na"? We don't call Yao Ming "Ming Yao". –Howard the Duck 08:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Serena Williams

It should be noted that Serena Williams did not "retain" her title, as the article says. She was not the defending women's singles champion. Last year's champion was Maria Sharapova. Serena was the champion in 2003, 2005, and 2007. This sentence should be edited to reflect this. Possible choices could be "regained" or "recaptured". "Retain" implies that she kept her title from last year, which is not the case. Thank you! Raffy85 (talk) 10:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Article needs to be rewritten to be more encyclopedic

There is way too much uncited and unencyclopedic commentary, e.g., "breezed" through his match. Tennis expert (talk) 11:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Template to Use!

Day # (# January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles:
  • Women's Singles:
  • Men’s Doubles:
  • Women’s Doubles:
  • Mixed Doubles:

• Schedule of Play

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