The two defending champions, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, enter the 2025 Australian Open as favorites to win in Melbourne again.

Alcaraz is already the youngest man in history to win grand slams on the three different surfaces, and he added a second Wimbledon title to his French Open and US Open triumphs in July. The Australian Open is what is missing, with the opening grand slam of the year the tournament where Alcaraz has had the least success so far in his career.

Coco Gauff and Iga Świątek will look to dethrone the two-time defending champion, who appears to be at the peak of her powers.

Sloane Stephens (No. 84 in the world) takes on Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1) in the Round of 128 at the Australian Open.Sabalenka’s last match was a win, 6-2, 6-2, over Ashlyn Krueger

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will begin her Australian Open title defense by facing former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens.

The Australian Open heralds the start of the Grand Slam season in tennis — and Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are odds-on favourites to begin 2025 with a tournament victory.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal

Novak Djokovic launches his latest bid for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title against US wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal encounter.

Jannik Sinner is the favourite to defend his Australian Open title, but Tim Henman believes he will come up short.