The ABC is reporting Dubai and Doha, which hosted men's and women's qualifying events ahead of this year's tournament in Melbourne, are among the potential host cities if the year's opening grand slam needs to be relocated.
It's understood players would not be willing to go into hard quarantine in Australia in order to compete, as they did this year.
Players participating in WTA and ATP events around the world are being put in a bubble environment that allows them to train and compete without strict self-isolation.
