Laptops will be banned courtside as Australian Open officials launched their personal battle against tennis corruption.

In the wake of match-fixing allegations which rocked the men's game during the last half of the 2007 season, officials at the first major of 2008 are hoping to project a squeaky-clean image.

After already putting the event's traditional onsite bookmakers out to pasture in this nation of avid punters, organizers have now said that no laptops - a key tool in online betting - will be allowed courtside.

"We've taken a reasoned, common sense approach to an emerging issue in tennis specifically, but in sport generally," said tennis Australia boss Steve Wood.

Other measures revealed just weeks prior to the start of the January 14 event include a hotline to report suspected corruption and restricted access by other accredited badge holders to players.

"We don't believe our sport has a corruption problem but we do recognize that a threat to the integrity of tennis exists," said Wood.

The event has also established an Anti-Corruption Commission with a fulltime police detective on the payroll and the body headed by a top cop.

Officials have also moved to block access to online gaming sites at computers at the two-week event. Under Victorian state law, anyone found guilty of match-fixing or other corruption could face a jail sentence of up to 15 years.