{"id":355566,"date":"2025-12-18T07:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/355566\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T07:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:01:08","slug":"when-is-the-australian-open-2026-start-date-schedule-for-main-draw-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/355566\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the Australian Open 2026? Start date, schedule for main draw singles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis will once again reign in the middle of the Down Under summer with the Australian Open grand slam championships.<\/p>\n

The world’s best tennis players will compete over a three week event to crown the first grand slam champions of the year.<\/p>\n

Can Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys defend their titles?<\/p>\n

The Sporting News explains the key dates of the Australian Open 2026.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Australian Open 2026 wildcards: Which players have secured main draw entry?<\/a><\/p>\n

When does the Australian Open 2026 start? Dates, schedule<\/p>\n

The Australian Open singles main draw matches for men’s and women’s commences on Sunday, January 18 at 11:00 AM (AEDT).<\/p>\n

However, the qualifying for the men’s and women’s singles main draw will start on Monday, January 12 and be completed on Thursday, January 15.<\/p>\n

Australian Open 2026 singles scheduleDaySessionDateTime (AEDT)Feature Matches1DaySun, January 1811:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 1st Round1NightSun, January 187:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 1st Round2DayMon, January 1911:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 1st Round2NightMon, January 197:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 1st Round3DayTues, January 2011:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 1st Round3NightTues, January 207:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 1st Round4DayWed, January 2111:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 2nd Round4NightWed, January 217:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 2nd Round5DayThurs, January 2211:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 2nd Round5NightThurs, January 227:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 2nd Round6DayFri, January 2311:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 3rd Round6NightFri, January 237:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 3rd Round7DaySat, January 2411:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 3rd Round7NightSat, January 247:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 3rd Round8DaySun, January 2511:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 4th Round8NightSun, January 257:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 4th Round9DayMon, January 2611:00 AMMen’s and Women’s 4th Round9NightMon, January 267:00 PMMen’s and Women’s 4th Round10DayTues, January 2711:00 AMMen’s and Women’s Quarterfinals10NightTues, January 277:00 PMMen’s and Women’s Quarterfinals11DayWed, January 2811:00 AMMen’s and Women’s Quarterfinals11NightWed, January 287:00 PMMen’s and Women’s Quarterfinals12TwilightThurs, January 2911:00 AMWomen’s Semifinals13DayFri, January 3012:00 PMMen’s Semifinal13NightFri, January 307:30 PMMen’s Semifinal14TwilightSat, January 317:30 PMWomen’s Final15TwilightSun, February 17:30 PMMen’s Final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis will once again reign in the middle of the Down Under summer with the Australian Open grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-355566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}