Australian Open 2024 Order of Play – schedule & times as defending champions Djokovic and Sabalenka feature on Day 1

THE Australian Open returns on Sunday morning with defending champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka in action on Day 1.

And SunSport has all the details you need ahead of the opening day in Melbourne.

Novak Djokovic claimed a record tenth Australian Open title last yearREUTERS

Aryna Sabalenka beat Elena Rybakina to win the women’s singles at the 2023 Australian OpenGETTY

Australian Open Order of Play – Sunday, January 14th

All times GMT/ET

Rod Laver Arena

From 1am GMT/8pm ET: (4) Jannik Sinner (Ita) vs Botic van de Zandschulp (Ned), (8) Maria Sakkari (Gre) vs Nao Hibino (Jpn)

From 8am/3am ET: (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) vs Dino Prizmic (Cro), Ella Seidel (Ger) vs (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr)

Margaret Court Arena

From 1am/8pm: Mai Hontama (Jpn) vs (9) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze), Thiago Seyboth Wild (Bra) vs (5) Andrey Rublev (Rus)

From 8am/3am ET: (20) Magda Linette (Pol) vs Caroline Wozniacki (Den), (17) Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Borna Coric (Cro)

John Cain Arena

From 12am/7pm ET: (32) Leylah Fernandez (Can) vs Sara Bejlek (Cze), Dane Sweeny (Aus) vs (22) Francisco Cerundolo (Arg)

From 5am/12am ET: (12) Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Facundo Diaz Acosta (Arg)

1573 Arena

12am/7pm ET: (28) Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) vs Lucia Bronzetti (Ita), Fabian Marozsan (Hun) vs Marin Cilic (Cro), JJ Wolf (USA) vs (26) Sebastian Baez (Arg)

Kia Arena

12am/7pm ET: Matteo Arnaldi (Ita) vs Adam Walton (Aus), Alize Cornet (Fra) vs Maria Timofeeva (Rus), (13) Laura Samsonova (Cze) vs Amanda Anisimova (USA)

From 6am/1am ET: Daniel Elahi Galan (Col) vs Jason Kubler (Aus)

Court 3

12am/7pm ET: Alexander Shevchenko (Rus) vs Jaume Munar (Spa), Alycia Parks (USA) vs Daria Snigur (Ukr)

From 3.30am/10:30pm ET: Christopher O’Connell (Aus) vs Christian Garin (Chi)

Court 6

12am/7pm ET: Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus) vs Emina Bektas (USA), Pavel Kotov (Rus) vs Arthur Rinderknech (Fra), Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) vs Alina Korneeva (Rus)

Court 7

2am/9pm ET: Zhuoxuan Bai (Chi) vs Elina Avanesyan (Rus), Diane Parry (Fra) vs (30) Xin Yu Wang (Chn), Quentin Halys (Fra) vs Lloyd Harris (Rsa)

Court 13

2am/9pm ET: Tamara Korpatsch (Ger) vs Jodie Burrage (Gbr), Tomas Machac (Cze) vs Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn), Caroline Dolehide (USA) vs Leolia Jeanjean (Fra)

Court 17

3am/10pm ET: Ana Bogdan (Rom) vs Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze), Jesper De Jong (Ned) vs Pedro Cachin (Arg)

Australian Open 2024 schedule

Here is the full schedule for the Australian Open 2024:

Monday, January 8 – Thursday, January 11: Qualifying

Sunday, January 14: Men’s and women’s first round singles

Monday, January 15: Men’s and women’s first round singles

Tuesday, January 16: Men’s and women’s first round singles

Wednesday, January 17: Men’s and women’s second round singles

Thursday, January 18: Men’s and women’s second round singles

Friday, January 19: Men’s and women’s third round singles

Saturday, January 20: Men’s and women’s third round singles

Sunday, January 21: Men’s and women’s fourth round singles

Monday, January 22: Men’s and women’s fourth round singles

Tuesday, January 23: Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals

Wednesday, January 24: Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals

Thursday, January 25: Women’s singles semi-finals

Friday, January 26: Men’s singles semi-finals

Saturday, January 27: Women’s singles final, men’s doubles final

Sunday, January 28: Men’s singles final, women’s doubles final

How to watch Australian Open 2024

Australian Open 2024 will be broadcast LIVE on Eurosport in the UK while fans in the US can catch all the action on ESPN.

For online access, tennis lovers can head to discovery+, which will have of all the matches on show via their website.

Alternatively, SunSport will have set-by-set coverage of several games throughout the iconic competition