When is the Australian Open 2025?

Qualifying for the Australian Open will take place from Monday 6 January to Thursday 9 January.

The Australian Open main draw will start on Sunday 12 January through to its conclusion on Sunday 26 January.

The Australian Open wheelchair tennis main draws are set for Tuesday 21 January through to Saturday 25 January.

The Australian Open will begin at 0:00 UK time each day on the outside courts and 1:00 on the show courts. The Australian Open night sessions will start at 8:00.

Where is the Australian Open 2025 being held?

The Australian Open takes place at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria – one of the biggest tennis venues in the world and home to the Grand Slam event since 1988.

Melbourne Park has three show courts – the Rod Laver Arena (the second largest indoor sports venue in Australia with a capacity of 15,000), as well as the John Cain Arena (capacity: 10,500) and Margaret Court Arena (capacity: 7,500).

In 2024, the Australian Open welcomed over one million fans for the first time ever.

What is the Australian Open 2025 schedule?

The Australian Open 2025 schedule includes:

• Men’s & women’s singles: 12-26 January
• Men’s & women’s doubles: 14-26 January
• Mixed doubles: 16-25 January
• Wheelchair events: 21-25 January
• Junior events: 18-27 January

Check out the full schedule

Australian Open 2025 draw

More information on the Australian Open draws will be available soon.

Australian Open draws

Australian Open order of play

Get the daily order of play for the Australian Open 2025 via the link below:

Order of play

Where to watch the Australian Open 2025

Watch all of the Australian Open in the UK exclusively online via discovery+ and across Eurosport on your TV.

Which British players will be competing at the Australian Open 2025?

Women’s singles

There are four British players with main draw entry into the women’s singles. Katie Boulter will be seeded in Melbourne this year after her best season to date – winning two WTA titles (San Diego and Nottingham) and making another final in Hong Kong. Boulter got her season off to a positive start in Australia last year at the United Cup and will be hoping to do the same at the Australian Open this time around.

Emma Raducanu has made the second round in each of the last three seasons and will be hoping to push on further in 2025. After making the fourth round at Wimbledon again this year, Raducanu finished her season going unbeaten in Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup run to the semi-finals.

Sonay Kartal is in the main draw for the first time having won her first WTA title in Monastir towards the end of the 2024 season. Meanwhile, Jodie Burrage is in on protected ranking, but is in impressive form having recently won her biggest title at the W100 Dubai.

There will be strong British representation in the women’s singles qualifying draw as well. Harriet Dart is a standout name alongside Heather Watson, who reached the third round back in 2013. They are joined by former Australian Open qualifier Francesca Jones and Lily Miyazaki.

Men’s singles

British No.1 Jack Draper will lead the line-up in the men’s singles off the back of the best campaign of his career. In September, he reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open and has risen up inside the world’s top 15 players. Draper will be seen as a contender for a good run at the Australian Open and comes in this year having also won two ATP titles and reached the final in Adelaide in the last 12 months.

Cam Norrie continues his bounce back from an injury sustained just after Wimbledon last year. The former Indian Wells champion had an impressive end to last year, reaching the final at the Moselle Open. Norrie made the fourth round in Melbourne last year – his best performance at the tournament to date.

Rising star Jacob Fearnley is the final player with direct entry having broken into the top 100 for the first time last year. In only his first six months full-time on the tour, Fearnley has won four ATP Challenger singles titles – the joint most of any British player alongside Draper in 2022.

There are four British men set to compete in qualifying from 6 January – including former top 25-star Dan Evans, alongside Billy Harris, Jan Choinski and Paul Jubb.

Doubles and wheelchair players will be announced shortly.