Where to watch
Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia · Jan 17 – Jan 31 · 15 days · 2027 · Grand Slam · Hard
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The main draw runs from Sunday, January 17 to Sunday, January 31, 2027 at Melbourne Park, the fourth straight year with a 15-day Sunday start. Qualifying and Opening Week run from January 11 to 16. The women's final is on Saturday, January 30 and the men's on Sunday, January 31.
Channel 9, 9Gem, 9Go and 9Now carry every session of the Australian Open 2027 free-to-air and free to stream. Stan Sport also streams every court (subscription) with select matches in 4K.
ESPN has exclusive US rights through 2031, with live coverage across ESPN, ESPN2, the ESPN app and Disney+. Every match from every court streams on ESPN Unlimited, including qualifying. Because Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of New York in January, day sessions start the previous evening US time and night sessions around 3 AM ET.
No. Live coverage needs a TNT Sports or HBO Max subscription; there is no free-to-air live coverage. Matches start from midnight UK time, with night sessions on Rod Laver Arena from 8 AM GMT.
Yes. 9Now (Australia, free), ESPN Unlimited (US), HBO Max (UK and much of Europe), Stan Sport (Australia) and TSN+ (Canada) all stream the tournament without a cable subscription.
Day sessions begin at 11:00 AEDT on outside courts and 12:00 AEDT on Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and John Cain Arena. Night sessions on Rod Laver Arena start at 19:00 AEDT. AEDT is UTC+11.
Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the 2026 men's final and Elena Rybakina beat Aryna Sabalenka in the women's final, both winning the Australian Open for the first time.