Australian Open 2025: How to watch on TV, betting odds and more to know
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Get caught up on the Australian Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more:
— In the U.S.: ESPN and Tennis Channel.
— Other countries are listed here.
Coco Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, has won all 14 sets she's played this season heading into her third-round match against 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez starting at 7 p.m. local time Friday (3 a.m. EST) on Margaret Court Arena. Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka plays Clara Tauson in the opening match of Day 6 on Rod Laver Arena, scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. local time (7:30 p.m. EST Thursday). No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, who won two of his four Grand Slam titles last year, takes on Nuno Borges in the afternoon. The night session at Laver starts at 7 p.m. local time with 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic against Tomáš Machác. Also, four-time major winner Naomi Osaka faces Belinda Bencic in a late afternoon match at John Cain Arena.
Five-time major winner Iga Swiatek needed just an hour to beat Rebecca Sramkova and move into a third-round match against 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, who held off Amanda Anisimova in straight sets. No. 6 Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion and runner-up in Australia two years ago, also advanced. No. 8 Emma Navarro won another three-setter and will next play three-time Grand Slam runner-up Ons Jabeur. Fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz beat Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 and has dropped just eight games on the way to the third round. The 2024 U.S. Open runner-up next faces 38-year-old Gael Monfils. Also advancing: No. 8 Alex de Minaur, No. 16 Lorenzo Musetti and No. 21 Ben Shelton.
Coco Gauff is listed as a -650 money-line favorite to defeat Leylah Fernandez, two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is listed at -1000 to beat Clara Tauson (+575), and four-time major winner Naomi Osaka is at -145 against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Bencic (+110). Novak Djokovic (-350) is favored to beat Tomáš Machác (+260).
— Friday-Saturday: Third Round (Women and Men)
— Sunday-Monday: Fourth Round (Women and Men)
— Tuesday-Wednesday: Quarterfinals (Women and Men)
— Jan. 23: Women’s Semifinals
— Jan. 24: Men’s Semifinals
— Jan. 25: Women’s Final
— Jan. 26: Men’s Final
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Get caught up:
— Australian Open streaming animated feeds to mimic tennis action
— A Grand Slam innovation — the courtside coaches’ boxes in Melbourne
— The Big Three is down to just Novak Djokovic
— There isn’t really any time off for tennis players during their offseason
— Coco Gauff improved her serve and forehand heading into the Australian Open
— Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner already have a real rivalry atop men's tennis
— Aryna Sabalenka added a U.S. Open trophy in 2024 to the past two Melbourne Park titles
— Jannik Sinner's doping case will have a hearing in April
— Before his 1st Slam in 2 years, Jenson Brooksby spoke to the AP about being autistic
Total prize money at the Australian Open is rising to a tournament-record 96.5 million Australian dollars (about $60 million). The two singles champions each will receive 3.5 million Australian dollars (about $2.15 million), up from 3.15 million Australian dollars (about $1.95 million) a year ago, but still below the pre-pandemic high of 4.12 million Australian dollars ($2.55 million) in 2020.
11.9 — Percentage of Grand Slam sets Iga Swiatek has won by a 6-0 score. That's third on the all-time list, behind Margaret Court and Chris Evert.
8 — Number of games dropped by Taylor Fritz through the first two rounds of the tournament.
“I’m intense, anyway. So even playing one-hour practice, it’s enough for me because I use every minute, and I’m 100% there.” — Iga Swiatek
“I have done what I want, in a way. If I do more, it’s a bonus. Tennis (has given) me everything I can even imagine, so I am already blessed.” — Gael Monfils
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