Overview
, being played at Milton Courts Milton Courts (now Frew Park) was a tennis venue located in Milton, Brisbane, Australia. The complex consisted of 19 hard courts and four grass courts. The main arena seated 7,000 people and opened in 1915. Robert Dickson Alison Frew was the president of the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association (later Tennis Queensland) from 1910 to 1930. He was the driving force behind the creation of the tennis centre. The venue closed in 1999 because of heavy financial losses by Tennis Queensland. The land was sold in 2002, and the complex demolished. In 2014, the site was redeveloped by the Brisbane City Council as Frew Park, a combined park and tennis centre. Frew Park was opened on 29 November 2014, and it is named after Robert Frew. Frew Park is made up of Roy Emerson Tennis Courts, Wendy Turnbull Green, and the Fay Muller Rebound Wall.
It is a key part of the Brisbane Tennis Trail. Brisbane hairdresser Stefan Ackerie had rescued his tennis racquet icon (based on the Aldila brand) that was originally over the Milton Tennis Centre when it was demolished (he had sponsored the Queensland Tennis Open competition at that site), and 15 years later in June 2014, he had it re-erected over Frew Park.
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