Get ready for the start of another Grand Slam season in 2025 -- as the Australian Open kicks off in Melbourne -- on Sunday January 12, continuing through to the men's final on Sunday, January 26, 2025 (see the full US TV schedule, below).
Watch all the action as defending women's champ Aryna Sabalenka, along with the men's champ, Jannik Sinner, do battle with more top names in tennis at the Margaret Court and Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park.
Tennis great Novak Djokovic will likely be a headline grabber throughout the tournament, followed by top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz. Stay tuned!
Another showdown is in the making between
Novak Djokovic
and Carlos Alcaraz
Meanwhile, it all happens during a hot Australian summer — making the 'The Open Down Under' a true test of speed, strength, and professional cool. As always, the 2024 Australian Open promises more than its fair share of excitement and drama.
Just up ahead, check out the US TV schedule on ESPN along with fun facts, trivia, and related information on the Web about the tennis year's first Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne.
2025 Australian Open TV schedule in the US
Since TV times and broadcast coverage changes little year by year, check out the official schedule just up ahead for this year's first Grand Slam tournament -- including broadcast coverage on ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, Spanish language ESPN Deportes, plus wall-to-wall all-day live streaming available on ESPN+.
Due to the time difference between the US and Australia, most matches will be televised live in the US in the wee hours of the morning with encore broadcasts scheduled for later in the day or following morning.
Tennis fans in Canada can watch complete coverage of the 2025 Australian Open live on TSN and RDS.
DATE
Sat, Jan 11
TIME
TV
ROUND
First Round
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
7 p.m. — 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
10 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN2
Sun, Jan 12
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
3 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
9 a.m.– 12 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
ESPN
7 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
11 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
Mon, Jan 13
First Round
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
3 a.m. – 8 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
11:35 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN2
11:30 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Tue, Jan 14
First Round
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
3 a.m. – 8 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Second Round
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
Wed, Jan 15
Second Round
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
3 a.m. – 8 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
7 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Thu, Jan 16
Second Round
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
3 a.m. – 8 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Third Round
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
Fri, Jan 17
Third Round
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
3 a.m. – 8 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
7 p.m. — 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
Sat, Jan 18
Third Round
3 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2
7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
Round of 16
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
8 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Sun, Jan 19
Round of 16
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN
3 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7:30 p.m. – 3 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
ABC
ABC Highlights Show
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN+
Round of 16
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN2
Mon, Jan 20
Round of 16
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN
3 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 5 a.m.
ESPN+
Doubles & Juniors
7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
ESPN+
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals
7:30 p.m. –11 p.m.
ESPN+ (Spanish)
11:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.
ESPN2, ESPN+
11 p.m. – 1 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Tue, Jan 21
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN2, ESPN+
3 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
1 p.m. – 5p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 5 a.m.
ESPN+
Doubles & Juniors
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
ESPN+
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals
9 p.m. –1 a.m.
ESPN2, ESPN+
7:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Wed, Jan 22
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals
3 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
3 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
7 p.m. – 5 a.m.
ESPN+
Doubles & Juniors
Thu, Jan 23
3:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Women’s Semifinals
3:25 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Women’s Semifinals
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
Women’s Semifinals
8 p.m. – 5 a.m.
ESPN+
Mixed Doubles Championship
Doubles & Juniors
10 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Men’s Semifinals #1 Pre-Show
10:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Men’s Semifinal #1
10:25 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Men’s Semifinal #1
Fri, Jan 24
3:30 a.m. – 6 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Men’s Semifinal #2
3:25 a.m. – 7 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Men’s Semifinal #2
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
ESPN2(Encore Presentation)
Men’s Semifinals
8 p.m. – 2 a.m.
ESPN+
Doubles & Juniors
Sat, Jan 25
3 a.m. – 3:30 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Women’s Championship Pre-Show
3:30 a.m. – 5:30 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Women’s Championship
3 a.m. – 3:30 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Women’s Championship Pre-Show
3:30 a.m. – 6 a.m.
Women’s Championship
5:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
ESPN+
Men’s Doubles Championship
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ESPN2(Encore Presentation)
Women’s Championship
11 p.m. – 1 a.m.
ESPN+
Women’s Doubles Championship
Sun, Jan 26
3 a.m. — 3: 30 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Men’s Championship Pre-Show
3:30 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.
ESPN, ESPN+
Men’s Championship
3 a.m. – 3:30 a.m.
ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
Men’s Championship Pre-Show
3:30 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.
Men’s Championship
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
Men’s Championship
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
ABC
Highlight show
8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
ESPN2 (Encore Presentation)
DID YOU KNOW? Australian Open fun facts
• The Australian Open is covered by more than 1,000 broadcasters worldwide reaching 45 TV channels and up to 900 million households on each day of the tournament.
• The longest tennis match happened during the Australian Open men’s final in 2012.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, the two greatest men's players of the era, did battle on the court for an unbelieable five hours and 53 minutes – including an exhausting 31-shot rally - in what is considered the greatest tennis match of all time. The winner? It was Djokovic for his third straight Grand Slam title.
• Melbourne Park has three courts with retractable roofs. The special feature means that the Rod Laver Arena, the Hisense Arena and the Margaret Court Arena are immune to bad weather and play rarely falls behind schedule.
• Ken Rosewall is both the youngest and oldest man to win the Australian Open men’s championship. He won in 1953 at the age of 18 and took the title again 19 years later in 1972 at 37 years old.
• The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam to have taken place in different cities and countries. It was held in New Zealand in both 1906 and 1912, and later held in all five major Australian cities before Melbourne became its permanent home in 1972.
The Rod Laver arena, with retractable roof, guards against the sometimes-debilitating heat
and strong rain storms
that accompany an Australian summer during the two-week long Open.
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Get ready for the start of another Grand Slam season in 2025 -- as the Australian Open kicks off in Melbourne -- on Sunday January 12, continuing through to the men's final on Sunday, January 26, 2025 (see the 
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