The 2025 Australian Open marks the first Grand Slam of the tennis season. Much has changed since the most recent Slam, the U.S. Open last summer.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, bidding to be the first woman to three-peat in Melbourne since Martina Hingis, is seeded No. 1 at a Slam for the first time. She took the No. 1 ranking from Iga Swiatek of Poland in October.
Sabalenka gets American Madison Keys in Saturday’s final. Keys, going for her first Slam title, took out No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek in the semifinals, denying the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 women’s matchup at a Slam in seven years.
Coco Gauff, the No. 3 seed, changed coaches after the U.S. Open, then won the WTA Finals. But Gauff was upset in the Australian Open quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain.
On the men’s side, Italian Jannik Sinner is the defending champion and No. 1 seed. He gets No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev in the final, with the German bidding for his first Slam title after prior runner-up finishes at the French Open and U.S. Open.
Sinner is playing while awaiting a Court of Arbitration for Sport verdict of a World Anti-Doping Agency appeal of his doping case.
Sinner tested positive twice in March for the anabolic steroid Clostebol but was found by a tribunal to have no fault or negligence. Tennis anti-doping officials accepted Sinner’s explanation that it was unintentional: a physiotherapist used an over-the-counter spray containing the substance to treat his own skin wound, then gave daily massages to Sinner without using gloves.
That news came out six days before the U.S. Open. Sinner then won the tournament Sept. 8. On Sept. 28, WADA announced it was appealing the verdict, seeking a ban between one and two years.
Novak Djokovic announced in November that he hired longtime rival Andy Murray as his new coach. Djokovic, 37, retired from his semifinal with Zverev due to injury after losing the first set. He was bidding for a 25th Grand Slam singles title (to break his tie for the record with Margaret Court) and an 11th title in Australia (to tie Court’s record).
In the quarterfinals, Djokovic ousted No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic ended Alcaraz’s bid to become the youngest man to complete the career Slam. Alcaraz can still achieve the feat in 2026.
2025 Australian Open tournament schedule
The Australian Open main draw singles tournaments run from Jan. 12-26.
Jan. 12-14: First Round
Jan. 15-16: Second Round
Jan. 17-18: Third Round
Jan. 19-20: Fourth Round
Jan. 21-22: Quarterfinals
Jan. 23: Women’s Semifinals
Jan. 24: Men’s Semifinals
Jan. 25: Women’s Final
Jan. 26: Men’s Final
Australian Open Order of Play — Day 14
Rod Laver Arena
Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs. Madison Keys (19) (Saturday, 3:30 a.m. ET)
The full order of play is here.
2025 Australian Open women’s singles draw, bracket
Aryna Sabalenka and American Madison Keys meet in Saturday’s final with Sabalenka eyeing a third consecutive title in Melbourne.
The top seed Sabalenka has won 20 consecutive matches at the two hard-court Slams (Australian Open and U.S. Open) since the start of 2024.
Keys, 29, is trying to become the third-oldest first-time Grand Slam women’s champion. She ousted No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek in the semifinals.
2025 Australian Open men’s singles draw, bracket
No. 1 Jannik Sinner can break his tie with Nicola Pietrangeli for the most Grand Slam singles titles for an Italian.
No. 2 Alexander Zverev has now reached three Grand Slam finals and nine Grand Slam semifinals. Every other man in the professional era who combined to make that many finals and semifinals won a Slam in his career.
No. 4 Taylor Fritz, the U.S. Open runner-up, was upset by 38-year-old Gael Monfils in the third round. Fritz was the highest-seeded American man at a Slam since Andy Roddick was No. 3 at 2007 Wimbledon.
