That's where we'll wrap up our live coverage of the 2026 Australian Open draw announcement.
Thank you for joining myself and Lewis as we unpacked the first round match-ups and looked to the quarterfinals and beyond.
While the Aussie men have incredibly tough first rounds ahead of them, the women have been dealt an easier path through.
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(Australian players in bold)
Men's singles:
Dane Sweeny has qualified for the main draw, but we don't know his opponent yet.
Women's singles:
Storm Hunter has qualified for the main draw, but we don't know her opponent yet.
On the bright side, two of Berettini’s three wins against Alex were on grass!
— Phillip
Very true, Phillip.
I think the only thing we can do now is put positive energy out into the universe for de Minaur and cheer him on as loudly as we can!
Well, with that all done and dusted, when does the first round actually start?
The action at Melbourne Park will start this Sunday, January 18.
The morning session will begin at 10am AEDT and the evening session will start at 5pm AEDT.
Two fan favourites at the Australian Open are retiring this year — Gaël Monfils and Stan Wawrinka.
For the Frenchman, he has been drawn a qualifier and does not yet know his first round opponent.
Wawrinka will come up against Serbian Laslo Djere in his round one match.
The pair are on the same side of the draw, but if you are hoping for an emotional send-off in which they play each other at Melbourne Park, that can only happen in the semifinal.
After switching her allegiance to Australia in March last year, Daria Kasatkina is playing her first home Open.
She doesn't know her opponent for round one just yet, being drawn against a qualifier.
But if she progresses, there is an exciting but difficult potential match in round two.
She will face off against Britain's Katie Boulter (de Minaur's fiancée) or Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, who is the number 10 seed for the tournament.
Former world number three and Australian Open semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov has been given a tough round one draw against Czech Tomáš Macháč.
That match will be challenge enough, but Dimitrov will have his eyes on his likely second round opponent — Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Or maybe it would be fair to say the Greek star and former Aus Open finalist has his eyes on Dimitrov.
Tsitsipas has Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki in the first round.
It's safe to say a juicy second round tie is on the cards in this part of the draw though — the winner of which will likely face one of two Italian Lorenzos, Musetti or Sonego.
We obviously have to talk about who Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz have standing in their way to Australian Open glory.
Sabalenka's path:
Alcaraz's path:
He has won the Australian Open a record 10 times, but what does Novak Djokovic's path to this year's final look like?
It starts with a round one match against Pedro Martínez, a Spaniard who dipped in form during 2025 and fell down the rankings.
In the second round he will face Brandon Nakashima, Botic van de Zandschulp, Juncheng Shang or Roberto Bautista Agut.
Again, for Djokovic, presumably straightforward matches. That being said, van de Zandschulp did beat him last year.
In round four, if still alive in the tournament, Djokovic will likely play Jakub Menšík, the 17th seed, or 23rd seed Tallon Griekspoor.
Quarterfinals could see Djokovic face off against any of Taylor Fritz, Stan Warwrinka, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jiri Lehecka, Grigor Dimitrov or the in-form Italian, Lorenzo Musetti.
If he makes the semifinal, Djokovic is in the same side of the draw as Jannik Sinner. What a match that would be.
And well, if he makes the final, he doesn't ever lose those. 10 from 10 now.
Just a little detour from all the draw drama, but look who is in the house 🥹🥹
Wouldn't it be just fantastic if Roger Federer came back on the circuit...