“I'll make you an omelette for breakfast!”: when Tsonga alone sums up the scorching hell of Melbourne

In Melbourne, the extreme heat regularly exceeds 40 degrees and becomes a full-fledged opponent, symbol of a climatic hell summed up by a famous phrase from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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Jules Hypolite

le 05/01/2026 à 21h29

1 min to read

Extraits de Dossiers Hurkacz Hubert Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Zverev Alexander

Every year, the tennis season opens with an unmissable appointment: the Australian Open, held in Melbourne.

However, despite modern facilities and a tournament widely appreciated by the circuit's players, a major opponent imposes itself every year: the heat. In Melbourne, under the watchful eye of numerous media, the climatic conditions attract all the criticism. The minimum temperatures regularly approach 30 degrees and can, on certain days, far exceed 40 degrees.

“I'll make you an omelette for breakfast!”

In January 2009, Melbourne records three consecutive days above 43 degrees, a record. Just a few days after the end of the Australian Open, on February 7, the mercury even climbs to 46.4 degrees.

A similar scenario repeats in 2014, marked by this ironic remark from the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: “With two eggs, I could make you a little omelette calmly for breakfast!”.

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