sentences:  In 1972, it was decided to stage the tournament in Melbourne each year because it attracted the biggest patronage of any Australian city.The tournament was played at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club from 1972 until its move to the new Melbourne Park complex in 1988.The new facilities at Melbourne Park (formerly Flinders Park) were envisaged to meet the demands of a tournament that had outgrown Kooyong's capacity.