The 2024

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between January 2–9, 2024 and was organised by the Australian Real Tennis Association, forming part of the qualifying series for the

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. It was held concurrently with the 2024 Boomerang Cup. The women's event was held at the Hobart Real Tennis Club between March 18–23, 2024. The women's event was held at a later time to align with the 2024 Bathurst Cup, hosted at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club in March. The men's draw was the first

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event of the year. The men's singles draw was won by John Lumley for the second time, having previously won the 2022 edition. Lumley also won the men's doubles draw alongside

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, their first Open title as a pairing. The women's singles draw was won by incumbent World Champion Claire Fahey, her ninth Australian Open singles victory and her first since 2019. She also won the doubles draw with Tara Lumley, the pairing having previously won the 2019 edition. The event featured the debut of women's world number 2 Lea van der Zwalmen at the Australian Open.

Draw and results

''Amateur players are marked as (A)''

Men's Singles Qualifying

First Qualifier

Second Qualifier

Men's Singles

Men's Doubles

Women's Singles

''Note: all players are

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except Claire Fahey''

Women's Doubles