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Australian Open order of play and tournament schedule

Former champions Jannik Sinner, Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka are all in action on the third day of the tournament on Monday

The Australian Open holds the opening grand slam of the year
The Australian Open holds the opening grand slam of the year (Getty Images)

Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka return to action at the Australian Open on Wednesday while Emma Raducanu also bids to reach the third round.

Alcaraz continues his bid for a first Australian Open title and the career grand slam against Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann on the Rod Laver Arena, before two-time champion Sabalenka takes on Bai Zhuoxuan.

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.

Britain’s Cameron Norrie and qualifier Arthur Fery will also hope to reach the third round, against Emilio Nava and Tomas Martin Etcheverry respectively.

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

Australian Open order of play

Day Four - Wednesday 21 January

Rod Laver Arena

12:30 AM GMT

  1. Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs. Bai Zhuoxuan (CHN)
  2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [1] vs. Yannick Hanfmann (GER)

8:00 AM GMT

  1. Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs. Alex De Minaur (AUS) [6]
  2. Iva Jovic (USA) [29] vs. Priscilla Hon (AUS)

Margaret Court Arena

12:30 AM GMT

  1. Jaime Faria (POR) vs. Andrey Rublev [13]
  2. Coco Gauff (USA) [3] vs. Olga Danilovic (SRB)

8:00 AM GMT

  1. Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Mirra Andreeva [8]
  2. Frances Tiafoe (USA) [29] vs. Francisco Comesana (ARG)

John Cain Arena

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Elina Svitolina (UKR) [12] vs. Linda Klimovicova (POL)
  2. Daniil Medvedev [11] vs. Quentin Halys (FRA)

6:00 AM GMT

  1. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
  2. Alexander Zverev (GER) [3] vs. Alexandre Muller (FRA)

KIA Arena

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Talia Gibson (AUS) vs. Diana Shnaider [23]
  2. Reilly Opelka (USA) vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [14]
  3. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) [10] vs. Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
  4. Magdalena Frech (POL) vs. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [7]

1573 Arena

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Tommy Paul (USA) [19] vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG)
  2. Victoria Mboko (CAN) [17] vs. Caty McNally (USA)
  3. Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs. Nuno Borges (POR)
  4. Karolina Muchova (CZE) [19] vs. Alycia Parks (USA)

ANZ Arena

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) [18] vs. Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
  2. Storm Hunter (AUS) vs. Hailey Baptiste (USA)
  3. Anastasia Potapova vs. Emma Raducanu (GBR) [28]
  4. Learner Tien (USA) [25] vs. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ)

Court 5

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Cabrera / Preston vs. Wang / Zheng
  2. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
  3. Piter / Tjen vs. Kasatkina / Rodionova
  4. Cash / Tracy [14] vs. Frantzen / Haase

Court 6

12:00 AM GMT

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

Court 7

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) vs. Anna Bondar (HUN)
  2. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs. Arthur Fery (GBR)
  3. Hsieh / Ostapenko [3] vs. Gadecki / Krawczyk
  4. Emilio Nava (USA) vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR) [26]

Court 8

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Maria / Waltert vs. Kozyreva / Santamaria
  2. Siniakova / Townsend [1] vs. Kempen / Siskova
  3. McCabe / Tu vs. Bergs / Collignon
  4. Xu / Yang vs. Ruzic / Zarazua

Court 12

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Arribage / Olivetti vs. Mannarino / Martin
  2. Darderi / Garin vs. Krajicek / Mektic [16]
  3. Muhammad / Routliffe [6] vs. Noskova / Sramkova
  4. Cirstea / Kalinskaya vs. Mertens / Zhang [4]

Court 13

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Pavlasek / Smith vs. Harper / Walton
  2. Bucsa / Melichar-Martinez [9] vs. Babos / Fernandez
  3. Duckworth / Hewitt vs. Bhambri / Goransson [10]
  4. Olmos / Sutjiadi vs. Aiava / Inglis
  5. Harrison / Skupski [6] vs. Schnaitter / Wallner

Court 14

12:00 AM GMT

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

Court 15

12:00 AM GMT

  1. Kessler / Pegula vs. Dabrowski / Stefani [5]
  2. Griekspoor / Van de Zandschulp vs. Andreozzi / Guinard [11]
  3. Perez / Schuurs [8] vs. Haverlag / Kartal
  4. De Jong / Verbeek vs. Luz / Matos

Australian Open tournament schedule

Sunday 18 January

  • 16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | first round

Monday 19 January

  • 28 x men’s singles and 28 x women’s singles | first round

Tuesday 20 January

  • 20 x men’s singles and 20 x women’s singles | first round
  • 8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles| first round

Wednesday 21 January

  • 16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | second round
  • 12 x men’s doubles and12 x women’s doubles| first round

Thursday 22 January

  • 16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | second round
  • 12 x men’s doubles and12 x women’s doubles| first round

Friday 23 January

  • 8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round
  • 8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round
  • 6 x mixed doubles | first round

Saturday 24 January

  • 8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round
  • 8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round
  • 6 x mixed doubles | first round
  • 16 x boys’ singles and 16 x girls’ singles | first round

Sunday 25 January

  • 4 x men’s singles and 4 x women’s singles | fourth round
  • 4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round
  • 4 x mixed doubles | second round
  • 16 x boys’ singles and 16 x girls’ singles | first round

Monday 26 January

  • 4 x men’s singles and 4 x women’s singles | fourth round
  • 4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round
  • 4 x mixed doubles | second round
  • 8 x boys’ singles and 8 x girls’ singles | second round

Tuesday 27 January

  • 2 x men’s singles and 2 x women’s singles | Quarter-finals
  • 2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals
  • 4 x mixed doubles | Quarter-finals
  • 8 x men’s and 8 x women’s wheelchair singles | first round
  • 8 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | second round

Wednesday 28 January

  • 2 x men’s singles and 2 x women’s singles | Quarter-finals
  • 2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals
  • 2 x mixed doubles | Semi-finals
  • 4 x men’s and 4 x women’s wheelchair singles | Quarter-finals
  • 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | third round

Thursday 29 January

  • 2 x women’s singles | Semi-finals
  • 2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Semi-finals
  • 2 x men’s and 2 x women’s wheelchair singles | Semi-finals
  • 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | third round

Friday 30 January

  • 2 x men’s singles | Semi-finals
  • Mixed doubles final 🏆
  • Men’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆
  • Women’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆
  • 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | quarter-finals

Saturday 31 January

  • Women’s singles final 🏆
  • Men’s doubles final 🏆
  • Women’s doubles final 🏆
  • Men’s wheelchair singles final 🏆
  • Women’s wheelchair singles final 🏆
  • 2 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | semi-finals

Sunday 1 February

  • Men’s singles final 🏆
  • Boys’ singles final 🏆
  • Girls’ singles final 🏆

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