United Cup 2026 schedule: All matches, tickets and dates for tennis tournament in Australia<\/a><\/p>\nWhat is the AO 1 Point Slam? Format explained<\/p>\n
A coin toss will determine who serves and receives at the beginning of each match.<\/p>\n
Amateurs get two serve attempts, but professionals only get one.<\/p>\n
Whichever player wins the point will progress to the next round, while the loser will be eliminated.\\<\/p>\n
How many players will be in the AO 1 Point Slam Final?<\/p>\n
After a qualifying process (explained below), 48 players will compete in the AO 1 Point Slam Final.<\/p>\n
It will feature:<\/p>\n
Up to 12 current ATP Tour Professional PlayersUp to 12 current WTA Tour Professional PlayersUp to 8 Wildcards8 State Championship winners8 QualifiersWhen is the AO 1 Point Slam Final?<\/p>\n
The AO 1 Point Slam Final will be held at 7:00pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, January 14\u00a0at Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
It will be held in primetime in 2026 after being staged during the day in 2025.<\/p>\n
Who will compete in the AO 1 Point Slam? What is the qualifying process?<\/p>\n
The 48-person final is broken down in player category above.<\/p>\n
32 players will be chosen for the final as either ATP, WTA or wildcard entrants.<\/p>\n
Eight players reach the final as champion of their state – with that qualifier decided state by state.<\/p>\n
Eight players will qualify via a knockout competition that will occur on January 12 and 13.<\/p>\n
That qualifying competition will feature amateurs, professional players, wildcards and civilians attending the tennis.<\/p>\n
Which stars are confirmed for the AO 1 Point Slam?<\/p>\n
Five professional tennis stars have committed to playing in the AO 1 Point Slam final.<\/p>\n
Any other professionals or wildcards will be confirmed closer to the final.<\/p>\n
Daniil MedvedevNaomi OsakaZheng QinwenFelix Auger-AliassimeJasmine PaoliniWhat is the AO 1 Point Slam prizemoney?<\/p>\n
The prizemoney for the AO 1 Point Slam is yet to be made public by the Tennis Australia.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the winner received AUD$60,000.<\/p>\n
How to watch AO 1 Point Slam: TV channel, live stream<\/p>\n
Tennis Australia haven’t revealed if the AO 1 Point Slam will be broadcast in 2026.<\/p>\n
Who won the 2025 AO 1 Point Slam?<\/p>\n
Australia men’s tour player Omar Jasika defeated Aussie women’s star Priscilla Hon in the final.<\/p>\n
He collected an impressive AUD$60k in prizemoney.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the success of the inaugural AO 1 Point Slam – the event is being rolled out bigger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-381610","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\/381610","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=381610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}