{"id":409521,"date":"2026-01-13T04:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409521\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:47:12","slug":"australian-open-2026-launches-10m-bracket-challenge-just-dont-ask-the-chances-of-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409521\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2026 launches $10M Bracket Challenge\u2014just don&#8217;t ask the chances of winning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you think you know tennis, do you?<\/p>\n<p>In 2026 Tennis Australia is giving Australian fans a chance to prove it with the announcement of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/fan-zone\/news\/media-releases\/2026\/01\/13\/ao26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AO26 $10 Million Bracket Challenge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The $10 million prize is on offer for any fan who can correctly predict the perfect bracket for the entire men\u2019s or women\u2019s singles draws\u2014that\u2019s a whopping 127 consecutive matches in case you\u2019re wondering\u2014before the tournament begins.<\/p>\n<p>If no entrant achieves a perfect bracket\u2014highly likely given the chances are astronomically small (1 in 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,728 according to ChatGPT)\u2014consolation prizes will be awarded to the highest-scoring brackets in each draw with\u00a0$10,000\u00a0for the top men\u2019s and women\u2019s entries.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a data-lead-article-link=\"\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/tennis\/news\/gutsy-thanasi-kokkinakis-doubt-australian-open-doubles-nick-kyrgios\/283b0710c0deebb4bff9a62c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gutsy Thanasi Kokkinakis in doubt for Australian Open, doubles with Nick Kyrgios<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a game of skill, not chance,\u201d Tennis Australia Chief Commercial Officer\u00a0Cedric Cornelis\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AO Bracket Challenge is about rewarding tennis knowledge and creating an exciting new way for fans to engage with the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bracket tripping competitions have long been a popular feature of many fantasy sports, but Tennis Australia says the\u00a0AO26 $10M Bracket Challenge\u00a0represents the largest such fan prize ever offered in world tennis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" image_resolution=\"16:9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AO26 Bracket Challenge 011326.jpeg.webp.webp\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\">          Tennis Australia    <\/p>\n<p>How can you enter the AO26 $10M Bracket Challenge?<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Tennis Australia\u00a0entrants must submit their full bracket prediction once the singles draws are published on Thursday 15 January 2026\u00a0via the official AO website or app.<\/p>\n<p>Entries will then close one hour before the first singles matches in the main draw begin on Sunday 18 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck, tennis fans. You\u2019ll need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So you think you know tennis, do you? In 2026 Tennis Australia is giving Australian fans a chance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-409521","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\/409521","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=409521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}