Australian Open to allow crowds of 30,000 per day; 50 percent capacity

The Australian Open will have crowds of up to 30,000 people each day for most of the tournament, or around 50 percent of its usual capacity.

The state government of Victoria has announced that the event will spread the total crowd across three separate sections of the grounds until the quarterfinals, and then 25,000 people per day onwards. The total attendance will be around 390,000 spectators for the two weeks of the sporting event.

The final rounds, in Rod Laver Arena, will have 75 percent full stands.

"We'll have an incredible atmosphere, not that different to the atmosphere we've seen," said Martin Pakula, Victoria's Minister for Sport. "It will be the most significant international event with crowds that the world has seen for many, many months."

Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams played to sizable crowd in Adelaide, and lauded the atmosphere. (Getty Images)

Victoria has not recorded any coronavirus positives in the community for 24 days. A player and some player team members tested positive during quarantine in Melbourne.

Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley said that while ticket sales had been lagging prior to an official announcement about crowds, he now expected it to pick up again.

There were no crowds at last year's US Open, and 1,000 spectators per day allowed at Roland Garros.