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Jamie Braidwood

Today’s Australian Open order of play, latest results and full schedule

Jack Draper faces Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis on the John Cain Arena - (Getty Images)

The Australian Open continues as Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley look to continue a strong start for British players by reaching the third round.

Wins for Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter on Tuesday mean that six British players have won their opening matches in the Australian Open singles for the first time.

British No 1 Draper faces a blockbuster clash with Australian home favourite Thanasi Kokkinakis, while Fearnley - who beat Nick Kyrgios in his opening match - aims to continue his rise against Arthur Cazaux.

Meanwhile, Jodie Burrage faces a tough test against World No 3 Coco Gauff, while Harriet Dart will also be the underdog when she plays Olympics runner-up and 18th seed Donna Vekic.

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are all also in action on a packed second-round schedule at the Australian Open. Here’s everything you need to know

Order of Play – Wednesday, January 15, 2025 (Times in GMT)

Rod Laver Arena

Aryna Sabalenka [1] bt. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [7] bt. Jaime Faria (POR)

8:00 AM GMT

Coco Gauff (USA) [3] vs. Jodie Burrage (GBR)

Followed by:

Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs. Alexander Zverev (GER) [2]

Margaret Court Arena

Jessica Pegula (USA) [7] bt. Elise Mertens (BEL)

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [3] bt. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)

8:00 AM GMT

Casper Ruud (NOR) [6] vs. Jakub Mensik (CZE)

Followed by:

Paula Badosa (ESP) [11] vs. Talia Gibson (AUS)

John Cain Arena

12:00 AM GMT

Laura Siegemund (GER) bt. Qinwen Zheng (CHN) [5]

Nuno Borges (POR) bt. Jordan Thompson (AUS) [27]

Diana Shnaider [12] bt. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)

Not before 8:00 AM GMT

Jack Draper (GBR) [15] vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)

Kia Arena

12:00 AM GMT

Olga Danilovic (SRB) bt. Liudmila Samsonova [25]

Naomi Osaka (JPN) bt. Karolina Muchova (CZE) [20]

Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs. Sebastian Korda (USA) [22]

Followed by:

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [29]

1573 Arena

Tomas Machac (CZE) [26] bt. Reilly Opelka (USA)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [27] vs. Anastasia Potapova

Followed by:

Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Tommy Paul (USA) [12]

Followed by:

Jule Niemeier (GER) vs. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) [17]

Court 3

Mirra Andreeva [14] vs. Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)

Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs. James Duckworth (AUS)

Followed by:

Ugo Humbert (FRA) [14] vs. Hady Habib (LBN)

Followed by:

Harriet Dart (GBR) vs. Donna Vekic (CRO) [18]

Court 5

Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) [3] bt. Constantin Frantzen (GER) / Hendrik Jebens (GER)

Kamilla Rakhimova / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) bt. Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva [8]

Luciano Darderi (ITA) / Diego Hidalgo (ECU) bt. Marco Bortolotti (ITA) / Flavio Cobolli (ITA)

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP) vs. Sander Arends (NED) / Luke Johnson (GBR)

Followed by:

Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR) [6] vs. Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (IND) / Ryan Seggerman (USA)

Court 6

Belinda Bencic (SUI) bt. Suzan Lamens (NED)

Leylah Fernandez (CAN) [30] bt. Cristina Bucsa (ESP)

Arthur Cazaux (FRA) vs. Jacob Fearnley (GBR)

Veronika Kudermetova / Ena Shibahara (JPN) [11] vs. Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) / Chia Yi Tsao (TPE)

Court 7

Clara Tauson (DEN) bt. Tatjana Maria (GER) v

Jiri Lehecka (CZE) [24] bt. Hugo Gaston (FRA) - ret.

Quentin Halys (FRA) vs. Arthur Fils (FRA) [20]

Not before 4:00 AM GMT

Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) vs. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) [14]

Court 8

Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) [12] bt. Borna Gojo (CRO) / Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)

Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) / Adam Walton (AUS) bt. Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Albano Olivetti (FRA)

Magda Linette (POL) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) vs. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) / Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)

Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs. Julian Cash (GBR) / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) [11]

Followed by:

Petr Nouza (CZE) / Patrik Rikl (CZE) vs. Sadio Doumbia (FRA) / Fabien Reboul (FRA) [16]

Court 12

12:00 AM GMT

Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) vs. Ariel Behar (URU) / Robert Galloway (USA)

Followed by:

Danielle Collins (USA) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) [2]

Followed by:

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) [1] vs. Fanny Stollar (HUN) / Lulu Sun (NZL)

Not before 3:30 AM GMT

Miyu Kato (JPN) / Renata Zarazua (MEX) vs. Sofia Kenin (USA) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) [10]

Followed by:

Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) / Nina Stojanovic (SRB) vs. Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Olivia Gadecki (AUS)

Court 13

12:00 AM GMT

Magdalena Frech (POL) [23] bt. Anna Blinkova

Followed by:

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) bt. Francesco Passaro (ITA)

Followed by:

Marc Polmans (AUS) / Matthew Romios (AUS) vs. Manuel Guinard (FRA) / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)

Not before 4:00 AM GMT

Tallon Griekspoor (NED) / Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) vs. Christopher O’Connell (AUS) / Roman Safiullin

Followed by:

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) [1] vs. Rinky Hijikata (AUS) / Jason Kubler (AUS)

Court 14

12:00 AM GMT

Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) / Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) vs. Xinyu Jiang (CHN) / Yafan Wang (CHN)

Followed by:

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) [9] vs. McCartney Kessler (USA) / Arantxa Rus (NED)

Followed by:

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) / Wang Xiyu (CHN) vs. Wang Xinyu (CHN) / Zheng Saisai (CHN)

Not before 3:30 AM GMT

Sara Errani (ITA) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [4] vs. Priscilla Hon (AUS) / Daria Saville (AUS)

Followed by:

Nathaniel Lammons (USA) / Jackson Withrow (USA) [7] vs. Marcos Giron (USA) / Evan King (USA)

Court 15

12:00 AM GMT

Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Ashlyn Krueger (USA) vs. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Eri Hozumi (JPN)

Followed by:

Timea Babos (HUN) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) [13] vs. Hailey Baptiste (USA) / Caty McNally (USA)

Followed by:

Varvara Gracheva (FRA) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) vs. Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Anna Siskova (CZE)

Not before 3:30 AM GMT

Joe Salisbury (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) [10] vs. Sebastian Baez (ARG) / Francisco Comesana (ARG)

Followed by:

Katarzyna Kawa (POL) / Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yue Yuan (CHN)

Where can I watch the Australian Open?

In the UK, the Australian Open will be broadcast live on Eurosport. Subscribers can also stream the action online on the Eurosport website or with the discovery+ app.

The tournament takes place every day from midnight UK time each day on the outside courts and 1am on the show courts, while night sessions will start at 8am.

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