The Australian Open famously switched court colors from green to blue as part of a brand refresh back in 2008. The Australian Open is one of the first tournaments on the tennis calendar and it has ...

The blue clay is a fait accomplit ... was once the only color combination used for hard courts, and what indoor tennis existed back in the day used wood (as in gym-floor wood) as a surface.

There was one human relic left, a sea of spotless blue tennis courts to mirror the cloudless sky. Hard courts, of course, this being California. Watching the few pros who were up that early to ...