For every tennis professional and fan, the arrival of mid-January means one thing: the start of the new round of the Grand Slam events. Every year, the Australian Open launches at Melbourne Park, Melbourne and lasts for two weeks packed with spectacular, fast paced games from some of the planet’s best tennis players.
This year the qualifying rounds were conducted between 6 and 9 January, with the main tournament kicking off the following Sunday, 12 January. Like any Grand Slam event, the Australian Open lasted for two weeks, from 12 January to 26 January, traditionally finishing with the men’s singles final.
Other Grand Slam events to follow this year are as follows (in chronological order): French Open (starting in late May), the oldest tennis tournament in the world, Wimbledon Championships (starting in late June or early July), and the US Open (starting on the last Monday of August).
The tournament has been based in Melbourne since 1972 and at the Melbourne Park since 1988. Same as its two out of three Grand Slam counterparts, the Australian Open is played on a hardcourt. Known for its fast paced matches and nicknamed “the happy slam”, it is also the Grand Slam event with the highest attendance.
Apart from men’s and women’s singles and men’s and women’s doubles, the Australian Open also includes mixed doubles, juniors’ singles and doubles, wheelchair, as well as exhibition and legend matches.
2025 Australian Open: A Full Guide
This year the Australian Open celebrated its 113th edition. Held between 12 and 26 January, the tournament took place across the courts of the Melbourne Park sports venue. Three main courts are the Rod Laver Arena (15,000 seats), the John Cairn Arena (10,500 seats), and the Margaret Court Arena (7,500 seats).
Italian Jannik Sinner and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka entered the tournament to defend their titles as the men’s singles champion and the two-time women’s singles champion correspondingly.
All spectators held their breath during Novak Djokovic’s games. Had the Serbian tennis player won the tournament, he would have extended his record for the most Grand Slam events titles and most Australian Open titles. Currently, Djokovic holds 24 Grand Slam and 10 Australian Open champion titles. However, due to an injury in the semifinals he retired from the game, leading his opponent, German player Alexander Zverev, to play in the final against Jannik Sinner.
2025 Australian Open: Men’s Singles
For Jannik Sinner, his win at the 2025 Australian Open became his third Grand Slam champion title and second Australian Open champion title. He won the final against Alexander Zverev with 6–3, 7–6 (7–4), 6–3. He is now the youngest player to defend the title since the US player Jim Courier in 1993.
The full list of seeds participating the tournament was as follows:
| Number | Name | Country | Played till |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | Italy | Champion |
| 2 | Alexander Zverev | Germany | Final |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz | Spain | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Taylor Fritz | United States | Third round |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | Second round | |
| 6 | Casper Ruud | Norway | Second round |
| 7 | Novak Djokovic | Serbia | Semifinals, retired |
| 8 | Alex de Minaur | Australia | Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Andrey Rublev | First round | |
| 10 | Grigor Dimitrov | Bulgaria | First round, retired |
| 11 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | Greece | First round |
| 12 | Tommy Paul | United States | Quarterfinals |
| 13 | Holger Rune | Denmark | Fourth round |
| 14 | Ugo Humbert | France | Fourth round |
| 15 | Jack Draper | United Kingdom | Fourth round, retired |
| 16 | Lorenzo Musetti | Italy | Third round |
| 17 | Frances Tiafoe | United States | Second round |
| 18 | Hubert Hurkacz | Poland | Second round |
| 19 | Karen Khachanov | Third round | |
| 20 | Arthur Fils | France | Third round, retired |
| 21 | Ben Shelton | United States | Semifinals |
| 22 | Sebastian Korda | United States | Second round |
| 23 | Alejandro Tabilo | Chile | First round |
| 24 | Jiří Lehečka | Czech Republic | Fourth round |
| 25 | Alexei Popyrin | Australia | First round |
| 26 | Tomáš Macháč | Czech Republic | Third round |
| 27 | Jordan Thompson | Australia | Second round |
| 28 | Sebastián Báez | Argentina | First round |
| 29 | Félix Auger-Aliassime | Canada | Second round |
| 30 | Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | France | First round |
| 31 | Francisco Cerúndolo | Argentina | Third round |
| 32 | Flavio Cobolli | Italy | First round |
Other categories included 16 qualifiers, 6 protected rankings, 8 wild cards, and one lucky loser.
Three withdrawals took place, two from the entry list and one from the main draw:
- Sebastian Ofner (Austria) was replaced by Jacob Fearnley (United Kingdom)
- Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) was replaced by Federico Coria (Argentina)
- Fabio Fognini (Italy) was replaced by Francesco Passaro (Italy)
2025 Australian Open: Women’s Singles
The defending women’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka wasn’t as lucky as Jannik Sinner. She won in the semifinals against the Spanish player Paula Badosa but was defeated in the final by the American Madison Keys. Sabalenka’s Grand Slam statistics currently remain at three champion titles: two for the Australian Open (2023, 2024) and one for the US Open (2024).
For the current champion Madison Keys, this is her first Australian Open and first Grand Slam title. Until this year’s tournament she had reached the semifinals in all Grand Slam events except Wimbledon several times, and played in the finals in the US Open in 2017 but lost to Sloane Stephens. In the 2025 edition of Australian Open she won against Aryna Sabalenka with 6–3, 2–6, 7–5.
The full list of seeds participating the tournament was as follows:
| Number | Name | Country | Played till |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | Final | |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | Poland | Semifinals |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | United States | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | Italy | Third round |
| 5 | Zheng Qinwen | China | Second round |
| 6 | Elena Rybakina | Kazakhstan | Fourth round |
| 7 | Jessica Pegula | United States | Third round |
| 8 | Emma Navarro | United States | Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Daria Kasatkina | Fourth round | |
| 10 | Danielle Collins | United States | Third round |
| 11 | Paula Badosa | Spain | Semifinals |
| 12 | Diana Shnaider | Third round | |
| 13 | Anna Kalinskaya | Withdrew | |
| 14 | Mirra Andreeva | Fourth round | |
| 15 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Brazil | Third round |
| 16 | Jeļena Ostapenko | Latvia | First round |
| 17 | Marta Kostyuk | Ukraine | Third round |
| 18 | Donna Vekić | Croatia | Fourth round |
| 19 | Madison Keys | United States | Champion |
| 20 | Karolína Muchová | Czech Republic | Second round |
| 21 | Victoria Azarenka | First round | |
| 22 | Katie Boulter | United Kingdom | Second round |
| 23 | Magdalena Fręch | Poland | Third round |
| 24 | Yulia Putintseva | Kazakhstan | Third round |
| 25 | Liudmila Samsonova | Second round | |
| 26 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | First round | |
| 27 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Quarterfinals | |
| 28 | Elina Svitolina | Ukraine | Quarterfinals |
| 29 | Linda Nosková | Czech Republic | First round |
| 30 | Leylah Fernandez | Canada | Third round |
| 31 | Maria Sakkari | Greece | First round |
| 32 | Dayana Yastremska | Ukraine | Third round |
Other categories included 16 qualifiers, 6 protected rankings, 8 wild cards, and three lucky losers.
Six withdrawals took place, four from the entry list and two from the main draw:
- Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic ) was replaced by Nuria Párrizas Díaz (Spain)
- Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) was replaced by Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine)
- Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) was replaced by Rebecca Marino (Canada)
- Clara Burel (France) was replaced by Petra Martić (Croatia)
- Markéta Vondroušová (Czech Republic) was replaced by Harriet Dart (United Kingdom)
- Anna Kalinskaya was replaced by Eva Lys (Germany)
2025 Australian Open Winners
Below you will find a full list of the 2025 Australian Open winners.
Men’s singles
Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Women’s singles
Madison Keys (United States)
Men’s doubles
Harri Heliövaara (Finland)/ Henry Patten (United Kingdom)
Women’s doubles
Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic )/ Taylor Townsend (United States)
Mixed doubles
Olivia Gadecki (Australia)/ John Peers (Australia)
Wheelchair men’s singles
Alfie Hewett (United Kingdom)
Wheelchair women’s singles
Yui Kamiji (Japan)
Wheelchair quad singles
Sam Schröder (Netherlands)
Wheelchair men’s doubles
Alfie Hewett (United Kingdom)/ Gordon Reid (United Kingdom)
Wheelchair women’s doubles
Li Xiaohui (China)/ Wang Ziying (China)
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andy Lapthorne (United Kingdom)/ Sam Schröder (Netherlands)
Boys’ singles
Henry Bernet (Switzerland)
Girls’ singles
Wakana Sonobe (Japan)
Boys’ doubles
Maxwell Exsted (United States)/ Jan Kumstát (Czech Republic)
Girls’ doubles
Annika Penickova (United States)/ Kristina Penickova (United States)
Wheelchair boys’ singles
Charlie Cooper (United States)
Wheelchair girls’ singles
Vitória Miranda (Brazil)
Wheelchair boys’ doubles
Luiz Calixto (Brazil)/ Charlie Cooper (United States)
Wheelchair girls’ doubles
Luna Gryp (Belgium)/ Vitória Miranda (Brazil)
2025 Australian Open: Media Controversies
The 2025 Australian Open was not without its media controversies. First it was the Australian presenter Tony Jones who got in hot water with Novak Djokovic after his public comments on Djokovic’s relevancy and future in tennis. This took place during a public broadcast on Friday, 17 January. An official apology, demanded by Djokovic, was issued next Monday by Jones and the Nine Network.
On 22 January American tennis player Ben Shelton made criticizing comments regarding the style of on-court interviews. He specifically focused on Learner Tien’s interview after the latter defeated Daniil Medvedev, as well as two questions Shelton himself had been asked. Many tennis players, including Chris Evert, Boris Becker, and Jiří Lehečka, agreed with Shelton.
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