Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Feb-19

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that nearly 3.5 million Australians aged 14+ (or 17%) associate the Australian Open’s major sponsor Kia with the year’s first Grand Slam tournament. In addition, nearly 2 million Australians aged 14+ (10%) associate the Australian Open’s associate partner ANZ with the tournament. Leading sports apparel companies Adidas and Nike – which both personally sponsor several leading tennis players – are associated with the Australian Open by 9% and 8% of Australian respectively. Meanwhile, nearly a third of Australians who play tennis (32%) associate Kia with the Australian Open and 19% associate ANZ with the tournament. Once again sports apparel companies Adidas (14% of tennis players) and Nike (13%) are regarded by many tennis-playing Australians as being associated with the tournament, while official sponsors Emirates (7%), Dunlop (4%) and Optus (4%) are also widely associated with the Australian Open by those Australians who play the sport.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, ADIDAS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NIKE INCORPORATED, EMIRATES AIRLINES, DUNLOP TYRES, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD