Australian Open 2025 schedule and draw: Dates, seeds, format and favourites for first Grand Slam of year
Australian Open runs from January 12-26, with Emma Raducanu, Jack Draper and Novak Djokovic in action; Andy Murray will coach 10-time winner Djokovic in Melbourne; Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka looking to successfully defend their singles titles
Sunday 19 January 2025 11:51, UK
The first Grand Slam of the year takes place at the Australian Open in Melbourne as Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka look to defend their titles.
There are a number of questions surrounding the fitness of Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper, while Andy Murray is back in Melbourne - but this time in the corner of record-chasing Novak Djokovic.
The top-ranked players in the world enter the tournament automatically at the main draw stage, with 104 ranked players going directly into the singles draws alongside eight wildcard entries and 16 qualifiers.
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When is the 2025 Australian Open?
The main tournament (singles) starts on January 12, with the women's final on January 25 and the men's final on January 26.
Where is the Australian Open 2025 being held?
The Australian Open takes place at Melbourne Park, Melbourne - 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).
Australian Open match schedule
The tournament takes place every day from midnight UK time each day on the outside courts and 1am on the show courts. Night sessions will start at 8am for UK viewers.
Jan 12-14: First round
Jan 15-16: Second round
Jan 17-18: Third round
Jan 19-20: Fourth round
Jan 21-22: Quarter-finals
Jan 23: Women's semi-finals
Jan 24: Men's semi-finals
Jan 25: Women's final (8.30am UK time)
Jan 26: Men's final (8.30am UK time)
The Australian Open schedule also includes:
- Men's and women's doubles: January 14-26
- Mixed doubles: January 16-25
- Wheelchair events: January 21-25
- Junior events: January 18-27
Australian Open top-seeded players
Women's singles
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Iga Swiatek (POL)
3. Coco Gauff (USA)
4. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) - lost in third round ❌
5. Qinwen Zheng (CHN) - lost in second round ❌
6. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
7. Jessica Pegula (USA) - lost in third round ❌
8. Emma Navarro (USA)
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Danielle Collins (USA) - lost in third round ❌
Men's singles
1. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
2. Alexander Zverev (GER)
3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
4. Taylor Fritz (USA) - lost in third round ❌
5. Daniil Medvedev - lost in second round ❌
6. Casper Ruud (NOR) - lost in second round ❌
7. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
8. Alex de Minaur (AUS)
9. Andrey Rublev - lost in first round ❌
10. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - retired in first round ❌
What happened to the British players competing at the Australian Open?
Emma Raducanu made it through to the third round before suffering a heavy defeat against world No 2 Iga Swiatek.
Jodie Burrage was defeated by Coco Gauff in the second round and Katie Boulter fell to Veronika Kudermetova at the same stage, while Sonay Kartal made the main draw for the first time but lost to Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on the opening day.
British No 1 Jack Draper came through a five-set battle in the first round for the second year in a row, before then beating home favourites Thanasi Kokkinakis and Aleksandar Vukic in further five-set classics to make the fourth round for the first time, but he eventually ran out of steam against four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Jacob Fearnley beat home hope Nick Kyrgios with an emphatic display in the first round and then France's Arthur Cazaux in the second, but was defeated in straight sets by second seed Alexander Zverev to end his run in the third.
Cameron Norrie lost his opening match.
Is Andy Murray coaching Novak Djokovic in Melbourne?
The 2024 tennis season had a late plot twist in store when Djokovic announced he had hired one of his biggest rivals to guide him in Melbourne.
Murray and Djokovic spent more than a week together during pre-season and one of the biggest intrigues of the tournament will be how the partnership fares.
Britain's two-time Wimbledon champion Murray ended his playing career following the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in August.
But the 37-year-old decided to take on his first coaching role in Djokovic's team in a blockbuster link-up with the Serb targeting a record-extending 11th Australian Open title and historic 25th Grand Slam crown.
Djokovic failed to win a Grand Slam title last year and dropped out of the top five, so can Murray help him overhaul his young rivals once again? And how will the Scot respond if Djokovic directs on-court frustrations towards him?
What's the Australian Open prize money?
The total prize money for the Australian Open has increased by 11.56 per cent year on year and the singles winners of this year's tournament will go home with a A$3.5m (about £1.74m) cheque.
Full 2025 prize money breakdown:
Champion: A$3,500,000
Runner-up: A$1,900,000
Semi-finalists: A$1,100,000
Quarter-finalists: A$665,000
Fourth round: A$420,000
Third round: A$290,000
Second round: A$200,000
First round: A$132,000
Qualifying
Third round: $72,000
Second round: $49,000
First round: $35,000
Key stats at Melbourne Park
3 - Aryna Sabalenka will be attempting to win a third consecutive women's singles title at Melbourne Park, something last accomplished by Martina Hingis from 1997 to 1999.
24 - The number of Grand Slam singles championships won by Novak Djokovic, tied with Margaret Court for the most by anyone in the history of tennis. One more will give Djokovic sole possession of the record.
