Tennis Family Day

Tennis NSW today announced details of its new ?Family Day? initiative, designed to make the Medibank International - held during the school holidays - more accessible and family friendly. Family Day, taking place on January 8, 2006 will feature a range of FREE activities to engage kids of all ages including face painting, Taronga Zoo animals and live music entertainment.

Family Day visitors will also have the opportunity to meet their tennis heroes at ATP FanFest, held from 9am to 5pm Sunday to Friday and have a go at fun and interactive activities such as mini tennis, dive volley and speed serve. As an additional incentive, Tennis NSW has for the first time in the event?s history introduced family-friendly ticket prices, providing discounts of around 20 per cent.

Tournament Director, Craig Watson said, "We are very excited about Family Day, making tennis more accessible to the younger generation through initiatives like discounted family ticket pricing, which runs for the duration of the tournament. For just $80, families can join in the action of Family Day with a broad range of activities to suit any age group."

The Medibank International runs from January 8-14 at the International Tennis Centre, Sydney Olympic Park. The event will ignite the 2006 Australian summer of tennis and will feature a stunning line-up of players including Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal and a number of top ranked women from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour including Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Amelie Mauresmo.

Medibank International Fast Facts:

The Medibank International is one of the oldest sporting events in the world, spanning back to 1885
The Medibank International is the most important event on the ?Road to the Australian Open?
The Medibank International is sanctioned by the ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

For further information log onto www.medibankinternational.com.au
For tickets log onto www.ticketek.com.au or call 13 28 49


Note: Evening sessions commence not before 7:30pm. Admission to grounds from 5pm

For tournament information please call. Tennis NSW: (02) 9763 7644

CONCESSIONS
Valid for children 4-16 years, holders of TPI Pensioner and Seniors Cards, Full time students and unemployed

* A Family ticket consists of either two adults and two children under 16 OR 1 adult and 3 children under 16.

** The schedule of play will be decided the night before at approximately 7:30pm and will be published on the Tennis NSW website and event website as soon as it is available.