One of the highlights of a new tennis season is the Melbourne Grand Slam, which Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka won in 2024.
The Grand Slam tournament will start on January 12 and end on January 26, 2025. In order to qualify, athletes must win three matches during the qualifying rounds, which will run from January 6-11, 2025.
Who are the athletes playing at the 2025 Australian Open?
Alongside defending champion Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and Novak Djokovic are expected to compete for the men’s title while Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will vie for he women’s title currently held by Aeyna Sabalenka.
Novak Djokovic will be trying to capture a record 25th Grand Slam championship with Andy Murray, who recently announced his retirement, as his coach.
Taylor Fritz, the new world No. 4 who advanced to the Nitto ATP Finals final, will also be among the contenders. Furthermore, for the first time in three years, Nick Kyrgios will return to his home Grand Slam. Due to injury, Kyrgios has only played in one match in the past two seasons, but he is making a comeback in Melbourne, where he took home the doubles championship in 2022.
Jack Draper will be the leading British athlete to compete in the tournament.
On the women’s side, Swiatek, Gauff, Paolini, and Rybakina will be top contenders for the title held by Sabalenka. After losing in the 2023 final, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen will be looking to make her comeback as well. Katie Boulter, the top-ranked British player, has never advanced past the second round of the Grand Slam.
Australian Open 2025 schedule
Here is the detailed schedule of the 2025 Australian Open:
- Sunday, January 12: Men’s and women’s singles first round
- Monday, January 13: Men’s and women’s singles first round
- Tuesday, January 14: Men’s and women’s singles first round
- Wednesday, January 15: Men’s and women’s singles second round
- Thursday, January 16: Men’s and women’s singles second round
- Friday, January 17: Men’s and women’s singles third round
- Saturday, January 18: Men’s and women’s singles third round
- Sunday, January 19: Men’s and women’s singles fourth round
- Monday, January 20: Men’s and women’s singles fourth round
- Tuesday, January 21: Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals
- Wednesday, January 22: Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals
- Thursday, January 23: Women’s singles semi-finals
- Friday, January 24: Men’s singles semi-finals
- Saturday, January 25: Women’s singles final, men’s doubles final
- Sunday, January 26: Men’s singles final, women’s doubles final
Source: Eurosport