The primary Grand Slam match of 2025 is formally underway with the 113th version of the Australian Open. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner can be in search of his second consecutive trophy in Melbourne, whereas Novak Djokovic chases a record-extending eleventh Australian Open title with former rival Andy Murray as his coach.
If he can win this month, Djokovic would earn his twenty fifth Grand Slam trophy and break the tie with Margaret Courtroom for many titles all time. Sinner, who beat him throughout final yr’s semifinals, is on the other aspect of the bracket. Djokovic’s path to satisfy him is something however straightforward as he might face world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz within the quarterfinals, and doubtlessly No. 2 Alexander Zverev within the semifinals.
Djokovic introduced reinforcements with Murray, who retired as a participant final summer season and agreed to educate the Serbian star no less than by means of the Australian Open. They are going to make a extra definitive determination relating to their future after the match.
Though it is solely the primary spherical, American star Frances Tiafoe already gave us a notable match. He gained the primary two units in opposition to Arthur Rinderknech, but it surely took him over 4 hours and a fifth set to advance to the subsequent spherical.
Within the girls’s competitors, Aryna Sabalenka is on a mission to win her third straight Australian Open, and she or he has loads of momentum as she ended 2024 together with her first US Open title. She is sweet on all surfaces, however she is extraordinarily intimidating on hardcore. Sabalenka solely dropped one mixed set within the two main hardcourt tournaments final season.
American star Coco Gauff’s greatest end result final yr was reaching the semifinals on the Australian Open earlier than falling to Sabalenka, and we might doubtlessly see a rematch. Gauff’s first-round match at Melbourne got here in opposition to 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, who upset her within the first spherical of Wimbledon in 2023, however Gauff prevailed in straight units this time round.
Sabalenka and No. 2 Iga Swiatek have been dominating girls’s tennis the previous few years, however Gauff is at present one of many hottest gamers. Since falling to Emma Navarro within the Spherical of 16 on the US Open, Gauff has gained 19 of 21 matches, with wins at Beijing’s China Open, the WTA Finals in Riyadh and the United Cup.
The place to look at the 2025 Australian Open
- Dates: Jan. 11-26
- The place: Melbourne Park, Australia
- Watch: ESPN, Tennis Channel
- Stream: fubo (strive totally free)
Males’s Singles
- Jannik Sinner
- Alexander Zverev
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Taylor Fritz
- Daniil Medvedev
- Casper Ruud
- Novak Djokovic
- Alex de Minaur
- Andrey Rublev
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Tommy Paul
- Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert
- Jack Draper
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Frances Tiafoe
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Karen Khachanov
- Arthur Fils
- Ben Shelton
- Sebastian Korda
- Alejandro Tabilo
- Jiri Lehecka
- Alexei Popyrin
- Tomas Machac
- Jordan Thompson
- Sebastian Baez
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Flavio Cobolli
Ladies’s singles
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Iga Swiatek
- Coco Gauff
- Jasmine Paolini
- Qinwen Zheng
- Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula
- Emma Navarro
- Daria Kasatkina
- Danielle Collins
- Paula Badosa
- Diana Shnaider
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Mirra Andreeva
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Marta Kostyuk
- Donna Vekic
- Madison Keys
- Karolina Muchova
- Victoria Azarenka
- Katie Boulter
- Magdalena Frech
- Yulia Putintseva
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Elina Svitolina
- Linda Noskova
- Leylah Fernandez
- Maria Sakkari
- Dayana Yastremska
Notable males’s first spherical matches
- No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. Nicolas Jarry
- No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- No. 4 Taylor Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby
- No. 5 Daniil Medvedev vs. Kasidit Samrej
- No. 6 Casper Ruud def. Jaume Munar 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
- No. 7 Novak Djokovic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
- No. 8 Alex de Minaur vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- No. 9 Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Fonsesca
- No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Fabio Fognini
- No. 17 Frances Tiafoe def. Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3
- Nick Kyrgios vs. Jacob Fearnley
Notable girls’s first spherical matches
- No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka def. Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2
- No. 2 Iga Świątek def. Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-4
- No. 3 Coco Gauff def. Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-3
- No. 4 Jasmine Paolini vs. Sijia Wei
- No. 5 Qinwen Zheng def. Anca Todoni 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
- No. 6 Elena Rybakina vs. Emerson Jones
- No. 7 Jessica Pegula vs. Maya Joint
- No. 8 Emma Navarro vs. Payton Stearns
- No. 9 Daria Kasatkina vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- No. 10 Danielle Collins vs. Daria Snigur
- Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia
