How to watch the Australian Open on TV — In the U.S.: ESPN and Tennis Channel.
Other countries are listed here .
Who is on Monday's schedule at the Australian Open? Coco Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, is scheduled to face Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion, in the opening match on Rod Laver Arena, scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. local time (7:30 p.m. EST Sunday). That will be followed by defending champion Jannik Sinner against Nicolas Jarry. Novak Djokovic's bid for a 25th Grand Slam title, and an 11th at Melbourne Park, starts with a night match scheduled to start at 7 p.m. local time (3 a.m. EST Monday) against 19-year-old American Nishesh Basavareddy. Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka then meets Caroline Garcia to close the night session in Rod Laver Arena. No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek has an afternoon match in John Cain Arena against Katerina Siniakova. One other match to keep an eye out for: Nick Kyrgios, the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up who played one match in 2023 and 2024 because of injuries, is scheduled to play Jacob Fearnley at night in John Cain Arena sometime after 7 p.m. local time (3 a.m. EST).
What happened Sunday at the Australian Open? On a Day 1 filled with rain and thunder, delaying most contests for hours, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won her first match back on Rod Laver Arena since losing last year's final to Aryna Sabalenka. Mirra Andreeva, the 17-year-old from Russia who is seeded 14th, also reached the second round, as did No. 6 Casper Ruud, No. 20 Arthur Fils and 35-year-old Kei Nishikori.
What are the betting odds for the Australian Open? Coco Gauff was listed as an overwhelming, -2000 money-line favorite to defeat Sofia Kenin (+800) in the first round, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Naomi Osaka (-400) was favored against Caroline Garcia (+290). Novak Djokovic was at -2500 against Nishesh Basavareddy (+900), while Nick Kyrgios is a slight pick (-130) over Jacob Fearnley (+100).
What is the Australian Open singles schedule? — Monday-Tuesday: First Round (Women and Men)
— Wednesday-Thursday: Second Round (Women and Men)
— Friday-Saturday: Third Round (Women and Men)
— Jan. 19-20: Fourth Round (Women and Men)
— Jan. 21-22: Quarterfinals (Women and Men)
— Jan. 23: Women’s Semifinals
— Jan. 24: Men’s Semifinals
— Jan. 25: Women’s Final
— Jan. 26: Men’s Final
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What do I need to know about tennis and the Australian Open? Get caught up:
— The Big Three is down to just Novak Djokovic
— Coco Gauff improved her serve and forehand heading into the Australian Open
— Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner already have a real rivalry atop men's tennis
— Aryna Sabalenka added a U.S. Open trophy in 2024 to the past two Melbourne Park titles
— Jannik Sinner's doping case will have a hearing in April
— There isn't really any time off for tennis players during their offseason
— Doping cases involving Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner hang in the air in Melbourne
— Before his 1st Slam in 2 years, Jenson Brooksby spoke to the AP about being autistic
— Rafael Nadal has joined fellow Big Three member Roger Federer in retirement
How much prize money is there at the 2025 Australian Open? Total prize money at the Australian Open is rising to a tournament-record 96.5 million Australian dollars (about $60 million). The two singles champions each will receive 3.5 million Australian dollars (about $2.15 million), up from 3.15 million Australian dollars (about $1.95 million) a year ago, but still below the pre-pandemic high of 4.12 million Australian dollars ($2.55 million) in 2020.
Key stats at Melbourne Park 29-8 — Kei Nishikori's record in matches that go five sets. That includes 8-1 at the Australian Open.
What was said at the Australian Open? “Now I don’t feel like I’m a new player on the tour. When I was playing Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2024, I was still kind of trying to prove (to) people that I belong here. Now I feel like everyone already knows that." — Mirra Andreeva, a French Open semifinalist last season and now playing in her eighth Grand Slam tournament at age 17.
Players to watch out for:
These are the five potential winners of the first Grand Slam of the year, which begins on Sunday:
Novak Djokovic
He may be 37 but the Serb can never be written off on Melbourne Park's blue hardcourts, where he has enjoyed enormous success.
Ranked seven in the world, Djokovic won Olympic gold in 2024 but failed to collect a major for the first time since 2017, leaving his bid to better Margaret Court's all-time 24 Slam titles unfulfilled.
Jannik Sinner
The Italian won his maiden Grand Slam title in Australia last year, beating Daniil Medvedev in the final, and went on to establish himself as the undisputed world number one.
He won eight titles in 2024, including his second major at the US Open while making the semis at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
Sinner completed a sensational year by leading Italy to a successful defence of the Davis Cup, becoming the first player since Federer in 2005 to go through a season without a defeat in straight sets.
Carlos Alcaraz
Still just 21, the Spaniard already owns four Grand Slam titles -- including the French Open and Wimbledon last year -- since bursting on the scene with victory at the US Open in 2022.
But he is yet to go beyond the quarter-finals in Melbourne on his three previous visits, crashing in the last eight in 2024 to Alexander Zverev.
Already the youngest man to claim majors on all three surfaces -- clay, hard and grass -- he will surpass compatriot Rafael Nadal as the youngest to complete a career Grand Slam should he triumph in Australia.
Alcaraz, who has never lost a Grand Slam final, finished an injury-marred 2024 as the world number three after winning four titles to take his career tally to 16.
Alexander Zverev
The German has been pursuing a Grand Slam breakthrough for nearly a decade, finishing runner-up at the French Open in 2024 and the US Open in 2020 but unable to take the final step.
After suffering an ankle injury in the semi-final of Roland Garros in 2022, his return to the top was slow.
Daniil Medvedev
The feisty Russian failed to win a title last year, but has often done well at the opening Grand Slam of the year, reaching three of the last four finals.
He was outplayed by Djokovic in 2021 before a heart-wrenching defeat to Rafael Nadal a year later, then imploded against Sinner in 2024, crashing in five sets after being two up.
