
Can Roger Federer defend his title at the Australian Open? We have all the info you need to follow the tournament, including viewing and streaming info as well as results.
The Big Four aren’t quite done, but men’s tennis may be seeing a shift in the coming years. For now, going into the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, some of the usual suspects are favored to win it, but the field continues to get interesting as Roger Federer gets older and guys like Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are derailed by injuries.
Murray’s injuries are particularly worrisome, as the player himself has suggested that this tournament could be his last, regardless of how badly he wants to make it to Wimbledon this year.
Nadal is playing as well, and says he’s at 100 percent, but he dropped out of a tournament just a few weeks ago. That means Federer, at 37 years old and a six-time winner in Australia, is considered the favorite.
He’s also the two-time defending champion after winning the tournament in 2017 and 2018. Novak Djokovic would be considered Federer’s top competition at this point, but the field contains a slew of young players who are hoping to make that next step, whether that be cracking into the top 20 and doing damage past the third round or guys inside the top 10 still searching for their first Grand Slam title.
Djokovic is coming off winning the last two Grand Slams, lifting the trophy at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2018. Alexander Zverev, the world No. 4, is still searching for his first real opportunity at doing damage in a slam, as success in the big four tournaments has eluded him. He did, however, earn the top prize at the ATP Finals in November.
Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev are two of the young guns to watch, as both are making their way up the rankings and giving the top guys some trouble. Kevin Anders, Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori, Grigor Dimitrov and many other familiar faces will also be in action in Australia.
Below is a full bracket, schedule, and results, which will be updated throughout the tournament.
Viewing information
Not much has changed in watching the Australian Open for those in the United States, though there is the one downside of some matches and courts that used to be free on WatchESPN are now locked behind the ESPN+ paywall. A seven-day free trial of ESPN+ can be found here. Television coverage will primarily be handled by ESPN and ESPN2, while there will be many free matches and courts streaming on WatchESPN and ESPN3.
Unless stated otherwise, times ascribed to dates in the evening which end in the morning are ending the following day.
Through the first three rounds, play will begin around 7 p.m. ET on one day and will end around 7 a.m. the following day. “Monday” at the Australian Open is Monday proper for those in Melbourne, but begins on Sunday evening for those in the United States, with play wrapping up on Monday morning. Did you manage to follow all of that?
How to watch the Australian Open
Schedule
Day 1, Sunday, Jan. 13
No. 2 Rafael Nadal def. James Duckworth, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 Roger Federer def. Denis Istomin, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Kevin Anderson def. Adrian Mannarino, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Marin CIlic def. Bernard Tomic, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(3)
Reilly Opelka def. No. 9 John Isner, 7-6(4), 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 7-6(5)
No. 10 Karen Khachanov def. Peter Gojowczyk, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Tomas Berdych def. No. 13 Kyle Edmund, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5
No. 14 Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Matteo Berrettini, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4)
No. 18 Diego Schwartzman def. Rudolf Molleker, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
No. 19 Nikoloz Basilashvili def. Christopher Eubanks, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3
No. 20 Grigor Dimitrov def. Janko Tipsarevic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
No. 22 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Andy Murray, 6-4, 6-4, 6(5)-7, 6(4)-7, 6-2
No. 26 Fernando Verdasco def Miomir Kecmanovic, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-3
No. 27 Alex de Minaur def. Pedro Sousa, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
No. 30 Gael Monfils def. Damir Dzumhur, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0
Andreas Seppi def. No. 31 Steve Johnson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Matthew Ebden def. Jan-Lennard Struff, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Jordan Thompson def. Feliciano Lopez, 6-1, 7-6(0), 6-3
John Millman def. Federico Delbonis, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Radu Albot def. Michael Mmoh, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Mackenzie McDonald def. Andrey Rublev, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Henri Laaksonen def. Mirza Basic, 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
Taylor Fritz def. Cameron Norrie, 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-2
Thomas Fabbiano def. Jason Kubler, 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-2, 3-6
Robin Haase def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5
Denis Kudla def. Marc Polmans, 5-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Frances Tiafoe def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran, 7-6(7), 6-3, 6-3
Daniel Evans def. Tatsuma Ito, 7-5, 6-1, 7-6(8)
Yoshihito Nishioka def. Tennys Sandgren, 6-4, 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4
Pablo Cuevas def. Dusan Lajovic, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
Stefano Travaglia def. Guido Andreozzi, 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Viktor Troicki def. Roberto Carballes Baena, 6-1, 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
Day 2, Monday, Jan. 14
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Mitchell Krueger
No. 4 Alexander Zverev vs. Aljaz Bedene
No. 7 Dominic Thiem vs. Benoit Paire
No. 8 Kei Nishikori vs. Kamil Majchrzak
No. 11 Borna Coric vs. Steve Darcis
No. 12 Fabio Fognini vs. Jaume Munar
No. 15 Daniil Medvedev vs. Lloyd Harris
No. 16 Milos Raonic vs. Nick Kyrgios
No. 17 Marco Cecchinato vs. Filip Krajinovic
No. 21 David Goffin vs. Christian Garin
No. 24 Hyeon Chung vs. Bradley Klahn
No. 23 Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Luca Vanni
No. 25 Denis Shapovalov vs. Pablo Andujar
No. 28 Lucas Pouille vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
No. 29 Gilles Simon vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
No. 32 Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Zhe Li
Taro Daniel vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
Stan Wawrinka vs. Ernests Gulbis
Ilya Ivashka vs. Malek Jaziri
Jack Sock vs. Alex Bolt
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Martin Klizan
Jeremy Chardy vs. Ugo Humbert
Laslo Djere vs. Evgeny Donskoy
Marcel Granollers vs. Marius Copil
Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Marton Fucsovics
Alexei Popyrin vs. Mischa Zverev
Nicolas Jarry vs. Leonardo Mayer
Maximilian Marterer vs. Gleb Sakharov
Ivo Karlovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz
Sam Querrey vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Jiri Vesely vs. Ryan Harrison
Guido Pella vs. Joao Sousa
Day 3, Tuesday, Jan. 15
Second round
Day 4, Wednesday, Jan. 16
Second round
Day 5, Thursday, Jan. 17
Third round
Day 6, Friday, Jan. 18
Third round
Day 7, Saturday, Jan. 19
Round of 16
Day 8, Sunday, Jan. 20
Round of 16
Day 9, Monday, Jan. 21
Quarterfinals
Day 10, Tuesday, Jan. 22
Quarterfinals
Day 11, Wednesday, Jan. 23
Quarterfinals, women’s semifinals
Day 12, Thursday, Jan. 24
Men’s semifinals
Day 13, Friday, Jan. 25
Men’s semifinals
Day 14, Saturday, Jan. 26
Women’s final
Day 15, Sunday, Jan. 27
Men’s final
Bracket
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Bracket taken from the official Australian Open live draw.