Australian Open 2013 TV Schedule: Dates and Times for Major Tournament

The 2013 Australian Open—the first Grand Slam tennis event of the year—opens Monday morning in Melbourne.

All the big names are down under with the exception of injured star Rafael Nadal, making for two weeks of high-quality tennis.

Because of the time difference, the tournament actually kicks off Sunday night on the American east coast and that leads to some great overnight television to watch.

ESPN2 is the primary place to catch the Aussie Open. They will have live daily coverage generally starting at 9 p.m. ET and going through the night until conclusion of play around 7 a.m. ET.

Chris Fowler and Patrick McEnroe will be the lead team with Cliff Drysdale, Chris Evert, Brad Gilbert, Pam Shriver and Tom Rinaldi all mixing and matching to call the action.

ESPN2 will offer replays every day during mornings and afternoons, wrapping around First Take and their other later-afternoon chat shows.

The Tennis Channel will also have live daily coverage starting Monday night in the United States.

Bill Macatee and Martina Navratilova are the lead crew with Brett Haber, Lindsay Davenport and Justin Gimelstob also calling the action.

The Tennis Channel’s live windows are early evenings here in the U.S. while ESPN2 shows college basketball. When the game ends on ESPN2, the coverage should switch from one to the other.

Canadian viewers can watch the entire tournament on TSN and TSN2. Their coverage will go through the night after their other live game programming concludes.

Watch ESPN and TSN.ca will have comprehensive coverage online and on your cellphone. Watch ESPN will offer the ESPN2 feed and the world feed from each of the television courts along with on-demand access.

Here is the live television schedule here in the United States (all times Eastern):

 

DATE	NETWORK	TIMES	ROUND
Sunday, January 13	ESPN2	6:30 p.m.- 7:00 a.m	First
Monday, January 14	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	First
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m
Tuesday, January 15	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	First and Second
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 16	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.	Second
	ESPN2	11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
Thursday, January 17	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.	Second and Third
	ESPN2	11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
Friday, January 18	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Third
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m
Saturday, January 19	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m	Fourth
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m - 2:00 a.m.
Sunday, January 20	ESPN2	3:30 a.m - 6:00 a.m	Fourth
	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Monday, January 21	ESPN2	3:30 a.m - 6:00 a.m	Fourth
	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m	Quarterfinals
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Tuesday, January 22	ESPN2	3:30 a.m. - 6:00 a.m	Quarterfinals
	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
	ESPN2	9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 23	ESPN2	3:30 a.m. - 6:00 a.m
	Tennis Channel	7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	Doubles
	ESPN2	9:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.	Women's semi
Thursday, January 24	ESPN2	3:30 a.m - 6:00 a.m.	Men's semi
	Tennis Channel	11:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m	Doubles
Friday, January 25	ESPN2	3:30 a.m. - 6:00 a.m	Men's semi
Saturday, January 26	ESPN2	3:00 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.	Women's final
	Tennis Channel	5:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.	Men's doubles
Sunday, January 27	Tennis Channel	12:30 a.m. - 2:30 a.m.	Mixed doubles
	ESPN2	3:00 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.	Men's final