Australian Open Tennis 2026 Day 1 Results

Day 1 (18 January)

Seeds out:

• Men's singles: Italy Flavio Cobolli [20]
• Women's singles:  Ekaterina Alexandrova [11], Ukraine Marta Kostyuk [20], Ukraine Dayana Yastremska

Matches on Main Courts

Matches on Rod Laver Arena

Event Winner Loser Score

Women's singles 1st Round Italy Jasmine Paolini [7] Aliaksandra Sasnovich [Q] 6–1, 6–2

Men's singles 1st Round Germany Alexander Zverev [3] Canada Gabriel Diallo 6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles 1st Round Aryna Sabalenka [1] France Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah [WC] 6–4, 6–1

Men's singles 1st Round Spain Carlos Alcaraz [1] Australia Adam Walton 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–2

Matches on Margaret Court Arena

Event Winner Loser Score

Women's singles 1st Round Greece Maria Sakkari France Léolia Jeanjean 6–4, 6–2

Men's singles 1st Round Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo [18] China Zhang Zhizhen [PR] 6–3, 7–6(7–0), 6–3

Men's singles 1st Round Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik [10] United States Jenson Brooksby 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles 1st Round United Kingdom Emma Raducanu [28] Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew [PR] 6–4, 6–1

Matches on John Cain Arena

Event Winner Loser Score

Men's singles 1st Round United Kingdom Arthur Fery [Q] Italy Flavio Cobolli [20] 7–6(7–1), 6–4, 6–1

Women's singles 1st Round Ukraine Elina Svitolina [12] Spain Cristina Bucșa 6–4, 6–1

Men's singles 1st Round United States Frances Tiafoe [29] Australia Jason Kubler [Q] 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles 1st Round Serbia Olga Danilović United States Venus Williams [WC] 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4

Matches on Kia Arena

Event Winner Loser Score

Women's singles 1st Round Australia Talia Gibson [WC] Anna Blinkova 6–1, 6–3

Men's singles 1st Round France Corentin Moutet [32] Australia Tristan Schoolkate 6–4, 7–6(7–1), 6–3

Men's singles 1st Round United States Michael Zheng [Q] United States Sebastian Korda 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(0–7), 6–3

Women's singles 1st Round China Bai Zhuoxuan [Q] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(12–10)

Matches on 1573 Arena

Event Winner Loser Score

Men's singles 1st Round Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry Serbia Miomir Kecmanović 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles 1st Round Turkey Zeynep Sönmez [Q] Ekaterina Alexandrova [11] 7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Men's singles 1st Round United Kingdom Cameron Norrie [26] France Benjamin Bonzi 6–0, 6–7(2–7), 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Matches on ANZ Arena

Event Winner Loser Score

Women's singles 1st Round Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Ukraine Dayana Yastremska [26] 6–4, 7–5

Women's singles 1st Round France Elsa Jacquemot Ukraine Marta Kostyuk [20] 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–7)

Men's singles 1st Round Hungary Márton Fucsovics Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7–6(7–5), 6–1, 6–2

Women's singles 1st Round Austria Anastasia Potapova Netherlands Suzan Lamens 3–6, 7–5, 6–2

• Day matches began at 11 am (11:30 am on Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena), whilst Night matches began at 7 pm (5 pm on John Cain Arena) AEDT