Melbourne should serve up a bold bid to steal tennis from Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games to ensure the world’s greatest players face off on Australia’s best courts, Lord Mayor Nick Reece says.

With Victoria boasting by far the nation’s best tennis precinct at Melbourne Park — home to the Australian Open — calls are mounting for matches to be moved from Queensland to Rod Laver, Margaret Court and John Cain Arenas.

Lord Mayor Nick Reece said moving the tennis from Brisbane to Melbourne during the Olympics was a no-brainer, suggesting Victoria could help the sunshine state “break Olympic attendance records”.

“Melbourne Park is the world’s best tennis complex – I think it would be the perfect venue to host Olympic tennis,’’ he said.

“The recent FIFA World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico showed how you can share a global event across multiple cities and actually create a bigger and better event.

“I have no doubt Brisbane will pull off an incredible Olympic Games, and from a Melbourne perspective, we stand ready to help.’’

MCC chief executive Stuart Fox said the MCG and Melbourne’s iconic sporting precinct were willing and able to host events during the Brisbane Olympics.

All Games organisers need to do is ask.

“We’ve not been asked to be part of the Brisbane Olympics, if we were I’m sure we would have an open conversation,’’ Mr Fox said.

“I’m sure not only us but the whole precinct would be open to supporting any sort of usage or celebration.’’

It is believed leaders at the highest levels in Canberra support Melbourne hosting key tennis matches during Brisbane 2032, including finals, at the expense of Queensland.

There is also a precedent for Melbourne to host Olympics action, with soccer matches played at the MCG at Sydney 2000.

Outgoing Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley agreed Melbourne Park could be used in some capacity during the Games.

“We may have Olympic activations, you never know,’’ he said.

“I will be a spectator in 2032 and I hope when I’m a spectator during the Olympics I come onto the precinct and everything’s happening on every court, in every open space because we’re reactivating it better.’’

But while Melbourne’s tennis precinct was peerless, he said an upgraded Queensland Tennis Centre at Tennyson should stage the sport at Brisbane 2032.

“I think the Olympics in Brisbane are going to be great and the Olympics at the Brisbane Tennis Center and the Pat Rafter Arena are going to be fantastic,’’ he said.

“If we go by any of the plans that I’ve seen so far from a tennis perspective it’s gonna be a magnificent tennis event.

“So I fully support the tennis in Brisbane, the Olympics are in Brisbane, and it’s great for tennis that the facility is going to be upgraded for the long term as well.’’

As Brisbane considers building an Aussie Olympic museum as part of its signature Games stadium, Mr Fox declared Australia already had one — in Melbourne where it belonged.

“The best museum in Australia for sport sits in the MCG and is really well patronised and recognised around the world and we’ve got some of the most incredible memorabilia,’’ he said.

“Within the museum we have the Sport Australia Hall of Fame exhibition and they’ve been with us for many years and we are really proud to have an association with them.

“And the value add to our museum has been incredible with Olympians coming through to talk to kids and show off some of their memorabilia.

“It’s pretty special.

“So we would love for that to continue.’’

He said Brisbane should leave celebrating Australia’s’s Olympic history to the nation’s sporting capital.

“We may get some competitive tension up from Queensland, but I still believe we’ve got the best sports museum in Australia, and if not the world,’’ he said.

“And I think it belongs at the ’G.

“We should never forget that the ’56 Games were held here, as were the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

“So we’ve got a huge amount of heritage and we’re always taking calls from athletes, Olympians to house memorabilia here, which we’re really proud to do.’’