Australian Open 2024 Preview

Last Updated on January 12, 2024 3:06 pm by Erwin Noguera

The Australian Open 2024 edition is currently going on, as both the Men and Women’s Singles make their way to wrap up the first stage of competition.

This time, the event is a Grand Slam to be held at Melbourne Park, from 14–28 January 2024. As you can see, the qualification matches in the first round are already on their way, but the main event, taking place on the 14th, is right around the corner.

It is the 112th edition of the competition, the 56th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consists of matches for professional players in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. 

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Australian Open 2024 – Event Preview

The tournament will feature the following changes from previous tournaments:

• First-round matches will take place over three days, instead of two.
•  The daytime sessions on the central courts, Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena, will feature a maximum of two matches instead of three to avoid games lasting into the early hours of the morning, such as the duel between Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis in 2023, which ended at 4:05 am local time. The John Cain Arena schedule remains the same.
•  The number of game sessions for the event has increased from 47 to 52 with the extra day of competition.

For the Men’s Singles, Novak Djokovic is the defending champion.

Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev are in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking.

When we take a look at the Women’s Singles, we can see that Aryna Sabalenka is the defending champion.

Also, for the first time in the tournament’s history, there are six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, and Victoria Azarenka.

Four of the former champions (Osaka, Wozniacki, Kerber, and Azarenka) are also mothers.

Australian Open 2024 – Seeds:

Male:

1. Novak Djokovic 

2. Carlos Alcaraz 

3. Daniil Medvedev 

4. Jannik Sinner 

5. Andrey Rublev 

6. Alexander Zverev 

7. Stefanos Tsitsipas 

8. Holger Rune 

9. Hubert Hurkacz 

10. Alex de Minaur 

11. Casper Ruud 

12. Taylor Fritz 

13. Grigor Dimitrov 

14. Tommy Paul 

15. Karen Khachanov 

16. Ben Shelton 

17. Frances Tiafoe 

18. Nicolás Jarry 

19. Cameron Norrie 

20. Adrian Mannarino 

21. Ugo Humbert 

22. Francisco Cerúndolo 

23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 

24. Jan-Lennard Struff 

25. Lorenzo Musetti 

26. Sebastián Báez 

27. Félix Auger-Aliassime 

28. Tallon Griekspoor 

29. Sebastian Korda 

30. Tomás Martín Etcheverry 

31. Alexander Bublik 

32. Jiří Lehečka

Female:

1. Iga Świątek 

2. Aryna Sabalenka 

3. Elena Rybakina 

4. Coco Gauff 

5. Jessica Pegula 

6. Ons Jabeur 

7. Markéta Vondroušová 

8. Maria Sakkari 

9. Barbora Krejčíková 

10. Beatriz Haddad Maia 

11. Jeļena Ostapenko 

12. Zheng Qinwen 

13. Liudmila Samsonova 

14. Daria Kasatkina 

15. Veronika Kudermetova 

16. Caroline Garcia 

17. Ekaterina Alexandrova 

18. Victoria Azarenka 

19. Elina Svitolina 

20. Magda Linette 

21. Donna Vekić 

22. Sorana Cîrstea 

23. Anastasia Potapova 

24. Anhelina Kalinina 

25. Elise Mertens 

26. Jasmine Paolini 

27. Emma Navarro 

28. Lesia Tsurenko 

29. Zhu Lin 

30. Wang Xinyu 

31. Marie Bouzková 

32. Leylah Fernandez

Australian Open 2024 – Tournament Schedule

Sunday 14: Round 1, men’s singles, women’s singles

Monday 15: Round 1, men’s singles, women’s singles

Tuesday 16: Round 1, men’s singles, women’s singles

Wednesday 17: Round 2, men’s singles, women’s singles

Thursday 18: Round 2, men’s singles, women’s singles

Friday 19: Round 3, men’s singles, women’s singles

Saturday 20: Round 3, men’s singles, women’s singles

Sunday 21: Round 4, men’s singles, women’s singles

Monday 22: Round 4, men’s singles, women’s singles

Tuesday 23: Quarter-finals, men’s singles, women’s singles

Wednesday 24: Quarter-finals, men’s singles, women’s singles

Thursday 25: Semi-finals, women’s singles

Friday 26: Semi-finals, men’s singles

Saturday 27: Women’s singles final

Sunday 28: Men’s singles final

• Men’s & women’s doubles: 16-28 January
•  Mixed doubles: 18-27 January
•  Wheelchair events: 23-27 January
•  Junior events: 20-27 January

Where can I watch the Australian Open 2024?

In the US, coverage of the Australian Open will air across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and ABC. The Tennis Channel will also be broadcasting daily highlights, analyses, and replays.