Australian Open 2026 TV Schedule, Day-by-Day Listings for Entire Bracket

The opening Grand Slam on the tennis calendar got underway on Sunday with a handful of matches.

The 2026 Australian Open runs for the next two weeks. Most of the top players on the men's and women's side are expected to make deep runs.

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz could meet in the fourth straight Grand Slam final, while on the women's side, Aryna Sabalenka is after her seventh consecutive appearance in a hard-court Grand Slam title match.

Australian Open TV Schedule

Sunday, January 18: 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Monday, January 19: 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Tuesday, January 20: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Wednesday, January 21: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Thursday, January 22: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Friday, January 23: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Saturday, January 24: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Sunday, January 25: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Monday, January 26: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Tuesday, January 27: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Wednesday, January 28: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Thursday, January 29: 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

Friday, January 30: 3:30 a.m. ET, ESPN

Saturday, January 31: 3:30 a.m. ET, ESPN

Sunday, February 1: 3:30 a.m. ET, ESPN

The Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz rivalry could write its latest chapter in Melbourne.

Sinner and Alcaraz are the top two seeds and reside on opposite ends of the men's singles bracket.

No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev is the biggest threat to upset the potential Sinner-Alcaraz final.

Novak Djokovic can never be counted out. The No. 4 seed is one year older, but he's reached the semifinals in his last six appearances in Melbourne.

Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz are the best male hopefuls for the Americans. The pair of top-10 seeds are strong hard-court players, but they both reside in the bottom half of the bracket with Djokovic, Alcaraz and No. 5 seed Lorenzo Musetti.

Aryna Sabalenka must be viewed as the favorite in women's singles. The No. 1 seed has been to three straight finals in Australia. She's made the last six hard-court Grand Slam finals.

Sabalenka also has the benefit of an easier draw to reach the final than most of the top contenders, who are concentrated in the bottom half.

Three of the top American contenders (Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula and Amanda Anisimova), Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina are all in the bottom half of the women's draw.

Sabalenka's biggest threat to reach the final is Coco Gauff. The pair of top-three seeds would not face each other until the semifinals.

Keys is the reigning women's champion, but any one of her, Pegula, Gauff and Anisimova could make deep runs in search of another American Grand Slam title.