World No. 1 and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka faces former US Open winner Sloane Stephens on the opening day of Australian Open 2025 in Melbourne on Sunday.
China’s Zheng Qinwen, who lost to Sabalenka in last year’s final, is seeded fifth and faces Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni.
In men’s singles, second seed Alexander Zverev opens his campaign against French wildcard Lucas Pouille.
Here’s the full list of first-round fixtures for day one of Australian Open 2025:
Rod Laver Arena
Women’s Singles – [Q] Anca Todoni (ROU) vs [5] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) – 6AM IST
Men’s Singles – [6] Casper Ruud [NOR] vs Jaume Munar (ESP)
Women’s Singles – [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Sloane Stephens (USA) – 1:30PM IST
Men’s Singles – [WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs [2] Alexander Zverev (GER)
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Margaret Court Arena
Men’s Singles – Otto Virtanen (FIN) vs [20] Arthur Fils (FRA) – 6AM IST
Women’s Singles – Diane Parry (FRA) vs [18] Donna Vekic (CRO)
Men’s Singles – [24] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) vs [WC] Li Tu (AUS) – 1:30PM IST
Women’s Singles – Anna Blinkova vs [WC] Daria Saville (AUS)
John Cain Arena
Women’s Singles – Marie Bouzkova (CZE) vs [14] Mirra Andreeva – 5:30AM IST
Men’s Singles – Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA)
Women’s Singles – [11] Paula Badosa (ESP) vs Xinyu Wang (CHN) – 11:30AM IST
Men’s Singles – [14] Ugo Humbert (FRA) vs [Q] Matteo Gigante (ITA)
Kia Arena
Women’s Singles – Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) vs [30] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) – 5:30AM IST
Men’s Singles – [Q] Gauthier Onclin (BEL) vs Reilly Opelka (USA)
Men’s Singles – Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) – Not before 10AM IST
Women’s Singles – [Q] Nao Hibino (JPN) vs [17] Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
1573 Arena
Women’s Singles – Bernarda Pera (USA) vs Tatjana Maria (GER) – 5:30AM IST
Women’s Singles – Clara Tauson (DEN) vs [29] Linda Noskova (CZE)
Men’s Singles – Sumit Nagal (IND) vs [26] Tomas Machac (CZE)
Court 3
Men’s Singles – Hugo Gaston (FRA) vs [WC] Omar Jasika (AUS) – 5:30AM IST
Men’s Singles – Adam Walton (AUS) vs Quentin Halys (FRA)
Women’s Singles – Cristina Bucsa (ESP) vs [WC] Chloe Paquet (FRA)
Women’s Singles – [27] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Yue Yuan (CHN) – Not before 11:30AM IST
Court 5
Women’s Singles – Sonay Kartal (GBR) vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) – 8:30AM IST
Men’s Singles – Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs [Q] Aziz Dougaz (TUN)
Court 6
Women’s Singles – [Q] Veronika Erjavec (SLO) vs Suzan Lamens (NED) – 5:30AM IST
Men’s Singles – [Q] Hady Habib (LBN) vs Yunchaokete Bu (CHN)
Men’s Singles – Juncheng Shang (CHN) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
Court 7
Men’s Singles – [Q] Jamie Faria (POR) vs Pavel Kotov – 7:30AM IST
Women’s Singles – Jule Niemeier (GER) vs [Q] Maja Chwalinska (POL)
Court 13
Women’s Singles – [Q] Tamara Zidansek (SLO) vs Anastasia Potapova
Men’s Singles – Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs Luciano Darderi (ITA)
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