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, who has won all 16 sets she’s played this year, takes on Belinda Bencic, who advanced when Naomi Osaka retired from their third-round match with an abdominal injury. Gauff vs. Bencic is second on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, preceded at 11:30 a.m. local time (7:30 p.m. Saturday EST) by the match between two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva. No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz plays Jack Draper, who is coming off a trio of five-setters. Novak Djokovic continues his quest for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title when he faces Jiri Lehecka at 7 p.m. local time (3 a.m. EST).
Iga Swiatek won the final 11 games to beat 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-0 to reach the fourth round. No. 8 seed Emma Navarro beat Ons Jabeur 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Others who now will get a chance to play for a quarterfinal berth after victories Saturday include No. 6 Elena Rybakina and No. 9 Daria Kasatkina. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, beat No. 32 Dayana Yastremska 6-3, 6-4, and Kasatkina got past No. 24 Yulia Putintseva 7-5, 6-1. In men's action, 38-year-old Gael Monfils eliminated No. 4 Taylor Fritz, and two young Californians — Learner Tien, 19, and Alex Michelsen, 20 — each earned a debut trip to the fourth round at a major. Michelsen next takes on No. 8 Alex de Minaur of Australia.
Carlos Alcaraz is listed as a -1100 money-line favorite against Jack Draper, who is listed at +600, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Gauff is at -650 against Bencic (+425).
— Sunday-Monday: Fourth Round (Women and Men)
— Tuesday-Wednesday: Quarterfinals (Women and Men)
— Thursday: Women’s Semifinals
— Friday: Men’s Semifinals
— Jan. 25: Women’s Final
— Jan. 26: Men’s Final
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Get caught up:
— I love it! Novak Djokovic backs Danielle Collins in her back-and-forth with Australian Open fans
— Australian Open streaming animated feeds to mimic tennis action
— Hi, Mom! 20-year-old Californian Alex Michelsen beats a second top-20 seed at the Australian Open
— Iga Swiatek is ‘perfect’ in 6-1, 6-0 win over 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu
— A Grand Slam innovation — the courtside coaches’ boxes in Melbourne
— The Big Three is down to just Novak Djokovic
— Carlos Alcaraz wants a career Grand Slam — and a kangaroo tattoo
— Naomi Osaka's Australian Open ends with an abdominal muscle injury
— Learner Tien, 19, upsets Medvedev. He's the youngest US man in Australia’s 3rd round since Sampras
— 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
— Jannik Sinner's doping case will have a hearing in April
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.
Zero — Number of “lucky losers” — players losing in qualifying but moved into the main bracket because someone else withdraws — who had reached the women's fourth round at the Australian Open since the tournament moved to Melbourne Park in 1988, until Eva Lys got that far with a victory Saturday.
38 — The age of Gael Monfils, making the French veteran only the second man at least that old to reach the Australian Open’s fourth round since the field expanded to 128 players in 1988. The other? Roger Federer, who made it to the semifinals at 38 in 2020, his last appearance at Melbourne Park.
“I kind of love the grind of three sets.” — Emma Navarro, who won all three of her Week 1 matches in three sets.
“To be honest with you, (it's) not even a dream to win the tournament. My dream is to be old and with a lot of kids and healthy.” — Gael Monfils
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