{"id":381376,"date":"2026-01-21T01:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381376\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:52:08","slug":"australian-open-order-of-play-and-schedule-for-2026-tournament-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381376\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open order of play and schedule for 2026 tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> return to action at the Australian Open<\/a> on Wednesday while Emma Raducanu<\/a> also bids to reach the third round. <\/p>\n

Alcaraz continues his bid for a first Australian Open title<\/a> and the career grand slam against Germany\u2019s Yannick Hanfmann on the Rod Laver Arena, before two-time champion Sabalenka takes on Bai Zhuoxuan. <\/p>\n

A win for Sabalenka would set up a third-round match with either Raducanu, the 28th seed, or Anastasia Potapova, who meet in the third match on the ANZ Arena<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Cameron Norrie and qualifier Arthur Fery<\/a> will also hope to reach the third round, against Emilio Nava and Tomas Martin Etcheverry respectively. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere, as the second round of the tournament begins, home favourite Alex de Minaur<\/a> takes to the night session against Hamad Medjedovic, and Coco Gauff<\/a> plays Olga Danilovic, who defeated Venus Williams on Sunday<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Australian Open order of play<\/p>\n

Day Four – Wednesday 21 January <\/p>\n

Rod Laver Arena<\/p>\n

12:30 AM GMT<\/p>\n

8:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs. Alex De Minaur<\/a> (AUS) [6] Iva Jovic (USA) [29] vs. Priscilla Hon (AUS) <\/p>\n

Margaret Court Arena<\/p>\n

12:30 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Jaime Faria (POR) vs. Andrey Rublev [13] Coco Gauff<\/a> (USA) [3] vs. Olga Danilovic (SRB) <\/p>\n

8:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Mirra Andreeva [8] Frances Tiafoe (USA) [29] vs. Francisco Comesana (ARG) <\/p>\n

John Cain Arena<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Elina Svitolina (UKR) [12] vs. Linda Klimovicova (POL) Daniil Medvedev [11] vs. Quentin Halys (FRA) <\/p>\n

6:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) Alexander Zverev (GER) [3] vs. Alexandre Muller (FRA) <\/p>\n

KIA Arena<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Talia Gibson (AUS) vs. Diana Shnaider [23] Reilly Opelka (USA) vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [14] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) [10] vs. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) Magdalena Frech (POL) vs. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [7] <\/p>\n

1573 Arena<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Tommy Paul (USA) [19] vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) Victoria Mboko (CAN) [17] vs. Caty McNally (USA) Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs. Nuno Borges (POR) Karolina Muchova (CZE) [19] vs. Alycia Parks (USA) <\/p>\n

ANZ Arena<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) [18] vs. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Storm Hunter (AUS) vs. Hailey Baptiste (USA) Anastasia Potapova vs. Emma Raducanu<\/a> (GBR) [28] Learner Tien (USA) [25] vs. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) <\/p>\n

Court 5<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Cabrera \/ Preston vs. Wang \/ Zheng Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) Piter \/ Tjen vs. Kasatkina \/ Rodionova Cash \/ Tracy [14] vs. Frantzen \/ Haase <\/p>\n

Court 6<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Kamil Majchrzak (POL) vs. Fabian Marozsan (HUN) followed by Not before: 2:00 AM GMT Polina Kudermetova (UZB) vs. Clara Tauson (DEN) [14] Michael Zheng (USA) vs. Corentin Moutet (FRA) [32] Ann Li (USA) vs. Magda Linette (POL) <\/p>\n

Court 7<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) vs. Anna Bondar (HUN) Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs. Arthur Fery (GBR) Hsieh \/ Ostapenko [3] vs. Gadecki \/ Krawczyk Emilio Nava (USA) vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR) [26] <\/p>\n

Court 8<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Maria \/ Waltert vs. Kozyreva \/ Santamaria Siniakova \/ Townsend [1] vs. Kempen \/ Siskova McCabe \/ Tu vs. Bergs \/ Collignon Xu \/ Yang vs. Ruzic \/ Zarazua <\/p>\n

Court 12<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Arribage \/ Olivetti vs. Mannarino \/ Martin Darderi \/ Garin vs. Krajicek \/ Mektic [16] Muhammad \/ Routliffe [6] vs. Noskova \/ Sramkova Cirstea \/ Kalinskaya vs. Mertens \/ Zhang [4] <\/p>\n

Court 13<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Pavlasek \/ Smith vs. Harper \/ Walton Bucsa \/ Melichar-Martinez [9] vs. Babos \/ Fernandez Duckworth \/ Hewitt vs. Bhambri \/ Goransson [10] Olmos \/ Sutjiadi vs. Aiava \/ Inglis Harrison \/ Skupski [6] vs. Schnaitter \/ Wallner <\/p>\n

Court 14<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Maleckova \/ Skoch vs. Bejlek \/ Pigossi Cash \/ Glasspool [1] vs. Behar \/ Vliegen Not before: 3:00 AM GMT Shang \/ Zhang vs. Ebden \/ Ram Gonzalez \/ Molteni [13] vs. Machac \/ Vocel <\/p>\n

Court 15<\/p>\n

12:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Kessler \/ Pegula vs. Dabrowski \/ Stefani [5] Griekspoor \/ Van de Zandschulp vs. Andreozzi \/ Guinard [11] Perez \/ Schuurs [8] vs. Haverlag \/ Kartal De Jong \/ Verbeek vs. Luz \/ Matos <\/p>\n

Australian Open tournament schedule <\/p>\n

Sunday 18 January <\/p>\n

16 x men\u2019s singles and 16 x women\u2019s singles | first round <\/p>\n

Monday 19 January <\/p>\n

28 x men\u2019s singles and 28 x women\u2019s singles | first round <\/p>\n

Tuesday 20 January <\/p>\n

20 x men\u2019s singles and 20 x women\u2019s singles | first round8 x men\u2019s doubles and 8 x women\u2019s doubles| first round<\/p>\n

Wednesday 21 January <\/p>\n

16 x men\u2019s singles and 16 x women\u2019s singles | second round12 x men\u2019s doubles and12 x women\u2019s doubles| first round<\/p>\n

Thursday 22 January <\/p>\n

16 x men\u2019s singles and 16 x women\u2019s singles | second round12 x men\u2019s doubles and12 x women\u2019s doubles| first round<\/p>\n

Friday 23 January <\/p>\n

8 x men\u2019s singles and 8 x women\u2019s singles | third round8 x men\u2019s doubles and 8 x women\u2019s doubles | second round6 x mixed doubles | first round <\/p>\n

Saturday 24 January <\/p>\n

8 x men\u2019s singles and 8 x women\u2019s singles | third round8 x men\u2019s doubles and 8 x women\u2019s doubles | second round6 x mixed doubles | first round 16 x boys\u2019 singles and 16 x girls\u2019 singles | first round <\/p>\n

Sunday 25 January <\/p>\n

4 x men\u2019s singles and 4 x women\u2019s singles | fourth round4 x men\u2019s doubles and 4 x women\u2019s doubles | third round4 x mixed doubles | second round 16 x boys\u2019 singles and 16 x girls\u2019 singles | first round <\/p>\n

Monday 26 January <\/p>\n

4 x men\u2019s singles and 4 x women\u2019s singles | fourth round4 x men\u2019s doubles and 4 x women\u2019s doubles | third round4 x mixed doubles | second round 8 x boys\u2019 singles and 8 x girls\u2019 singles | second round <\/p>\n

Tuesday 27 January <\/p>\n

2 x men\u2019s singles and 2 x women\u2019s singles | Quarter-finals2 x men\u2019s doubles and 2 x women\u2019s doubles | Quarter-finals 4 x mixed doubles | Quarter-finals8 x men\u2019s and 8 x women\u2019s wheelchair singles | first round 8 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | second round<\/p>\n

Wednesday 28 January <\/p>\n

2 x men\u2019s singles and 2 x women\u2019s singles | Quarter-finals2 x men\u2019s doubles and 2 x women\u2019s doubles | Quarter-finals 2 x mixed doubles | Semi-finals 4 x men\u2019s and 4 x women\u2019s wheelchair singles | Quarter-finals 4 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | third round<\/p>\n

Thursday 29 January <\/p>\n

2 x women\u2019s singles | Semi-finals2 x men\u2019s doubles and 2 x women\u2019s doubles | Semi-finals 2 x men\u2019s and 2 x women\u2019s wheelchair singles | Semi-finals 4 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | third round<\/p>\n

Friday 30 January <\/p>\n

2 x men\u2019s singles | Semi-finalsMixed doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Men\u2019s wheelchair doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Women\u2019s wheelchair doubles final \ud83c\udfc64 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | quarter-finals <\/p>\n

Saturday 31 January <\/p>\n

Women\u2019s singles final \ud83c\udfc6Men\u2019s doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Women\u2019s doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Men\u2019s wheelchair singles final \ud83c\udfc6Women\u2019s wheelchair singles final \ud83c\udfc62 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | semi-finals <\/p>\n

Sunday 1 February <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s singles final \ud83c\udfc6Boys\u2019 singles final \ud83c\udfc6Girls\u2019 singles final \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-381376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}