The third round of the Australian Open kicks off on Day Six with the bottom half of the men’s draw – led by Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, and Alexander Zverev – and the top half of the women’s draw, headlined by 2-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. Exciting matches include Coco Gauff facing Leylah Fernandez and Naomi Osaka taking on Belinda Bencic, among others.
Rod Laver Arena
Aryna Sabalenka takes on Danish player Clara Tauson (World No. 39), who is in excellent form at the start of the season after claiming the title at the ASB Classic and achieving a seven-match winning streak. The 2-time defending champion is also on a seven-match winning streak this season (16 consecutive wins at Melbourne Park, considering her 2023 and 2024 titles).
Third seed Carlos Alcaraz seeks another dominant performance as he faces Portugal’s Nuno Borges (World No. 33). The Spaniard has been flawless at the start of the tournament, defeating Alexander Shevchenko (World No. 77) 6-1, 7-5, 6-1 in the opening round and crushing Yoshihito Nishioka (World No. 65) 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 in the second. This will be his second encounter with Borges, though their first on hard courts, as the Portuguese player surprises in the third round after eliminating 26th seed Jordan Thompson.
Novak Djokovic (World No. 7) faces his first major test against 26th seed Tomas Machac, one of the young players making waves on the Tour. The current Czech No. 1 has seen a meteoric rise over the past year, including victories over Novak Djokovic (World No. 1) in Geneva and Carlos Alcaraz (World No. 2) at the Shanghai Masters, where he reached his first Masters 1000 final. He also won the Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles alongside women’s doubles World No. 1 Katerina Siniakova. Machac was the last player to beat Andy Murray on hard courts, and now, Murray will be on the opposite side as Djokovic’s coach.
Jessica Pegula looks to secure a spot in the second week of the Australian Open for the fourth time in her career as she faces Serbian Olga Danilovic (World No. 55), who has been on fire in Melbourne, notably defeating 25th seed Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-2.
Margaret Court Arena
Silver singles medalist Donna Vekic (World No. 19) faces her first major challenge against 12th seed Diana Shnaider (World No. 13). The Russian sensation dominated Alja Tomljanovic with a 6-4, 7-5 victory, continuing her impressive rise on the Tour and edging closer to her first top-10 breakthrough. Now ranked 11th in the live rankings, she faces a tough test against the Croatian. The recent elimination of World No. 5 Zheng Qinwen eases the potential fourth-round clash for the winner.
World No. 2 Alexander Zverev takes on Brit Jabo Fearnley (World No. 92), who eliminated Nick Kyrgios in the opening round. The 23-year-old Scotsman is making his Grand Slam main draw debut and has reached the third round for the first time in his career. Fearnley, with limited experience at the Tour level, will be a largely unknown opponent for Zverev, who remains the heavy favourite to advance.
One of the standout matches of the day will be World No. 3 Coco Gauff against 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez (World No. 25). The American has been in impressive form with dominant victories over Sofia Kenin and Jodie Burrage, proving why she’s a top contender for the title. This matchup offers Gauff an opportunity to demonstrate her consistency against a high-profile rival like Fernandez, who, at just 22, has already made her mark by upsetting big names in Grand Slams.
15th seed Jack Draper will face home favourite Aleksandar Vukic (World No. 68) following a gruelling five-set win over Thanasi Kokkinakis. The Brit prevailed in one of the second round’s best matches, coming from behind to defeat the local star. Draper has already spent over 8.5 hours on court in the last few days, including his five-set clash against Mariano Navone. Meanwhile, Vukic advanced by ousting Sebastian Korda.
Key clashes outside the spotlight
At the 1573 Arena, Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva is aiming for a fourth-round appearance for the second consecutive year. After surviving a remarkable battle against Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (World No. 63), securing a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) victory, the 17-year-old will now face 23rd seed Magdalena Frech, who is seeking her second career fourth-round berth at a major.
The John Cain Arena will host another intriguing duel, a clash of French players between Ugo Humbert (World No. 14) and Arthur Fils (World No. 20) to close out the day. Earlier, two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka will return to the court for her third-round match. The Japanese star has already overcome former WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia (World No. 67) and 2023 French Open finalist Karolina Muchova (World No. 20) on her path. The four-time Grand Slam champion won both matches in hard-fought three-set battles and now faces a compelling test against Belinda Bencic (World No. 294). Bencic, also 27, is making her comeback after maternity leave and aiming to reclaim her spot at the top of the game.
2025 Australian Open (01-15)
Court 3
| Round 2 - Final |
 Hady Habib |
3 4 4 |
 14Ugo Humbert |
6 6 6 |
| Round 2 - Final |
 Camila Osorio |
5 3 |
 Ons Jabeur |
7 6 |
| Round 2 - Final |
 16Lorenzo Musetti |
7 7 6 |
 Denis Shapovalov |
6 6 2 |
| Round 2 - 1st |
 James McCabe |
0 |
 Alex Michelsen |
1 |
| Round 2 - 1/16 - 1:00 AM EST |
 22Katie Boulter |
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 Veronika Kudermetova |
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Court 5
| Round 2 - Final |
 17Marta Kostyuk |
6 6 |
 Jule Niemeier |
3 0 |
| Round 1 - Final |
 Sebastian Baez-Francisco Comesana |
6 4 |
| 10Joe Salisbury-10Neal Skupski |
7 6 |
| Round 1 - Final |
 Julia Grabher-Tara Moore |
4 6 4 |
| Bernarda Pera-Sabrina Santamaria |
6 2 6 |
| Round 1 - 2nd |
 Victor Vlad Cornea-Mariano Navone |
6 4 |
Christian Harrison- David Pel |
4 5 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:15 AM EST |
| Rinky Hijikata-Jason Kubler |
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 1Marcelo Arevalo- 1Mate Pavic |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 1:00 AM EST |
| Sander Arends-Luke Johnson |
2 |
 Pablo Carreno Busta-Sergio Martos Gornes |
2 |
Court 6
| Round 1 - Final |
5Nikola Mektic- 5Michael Venus |
6 3 |
 Nuno Borges-Francisco Cabral |
7 6 |
| Round 2 - Retired |
| Facundo Diaz Acosta |
2 0 |
| 31Francisco Cerundolo |
6 1 |
| Round 2 - 2nd |
| Varvara Gracheva |
2 3 |
| 13Eva Lys |
6 2 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:30 AM EST |
| Jaimee Fourlis-Petra Hule |
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 6Elise Mertens-6Ellen Perez |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 2:00 AM EST |
 Fernando Romboli-Marcelo Zormann |
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| Jakob Schnaitter-Mark Wallner |
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Court 7
| Round 2 - Final |
| 29Felix Auger-Aliassime |
7 7 4 1 3 |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina |
6 6 6 6 6 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| 8Maximo Gonzalez-8Andres Molteni |
3 4 |
| Luke Saville-Li Tu |
6 6 |
| Round 2 - Final |
 Zhang Shuai |
2 1 |
 24Yulia Putintseva |
6 6 |
| Round 2 - 3rd |
| Mitchell Krueger |
6 4 2 |
| Corentin Moutet |
4 6 3 |
| Round 2 - 1/16 - 12:30 AM EST |
| Caroline Dolehide |
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| 28Elina Svitolina |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 1:30 AM EST |
 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan-Vijay Prashanth |
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| Gregoire Jacq-Orlando Luz |
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Court 8
| Round 1 - Final |
| 12Guo Hanyu-12Alexandra Panova |
6 7 |
| Lizette Cabrera-Taylah Preston |
4 6 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Guido Andreozzi-Theo Arribage |
5 4 |
 Tomas Machac-Zhang Zhizhen |
7 6 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Alexandra Panova-Lloyd Glasspool |
6 1 1 |
| Cristina Bucsa-Joran Vliegen |
4 6 0 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:10 AM EST |
| Rafael Matos-Marcelo Melo |
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 15Hugo Nys-15Edouard Roger-Vasselin |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 1:30 AM EST |
| Lucia Bronzetti-Anhelina Kalinina |
6 0 |
 Magda Linette- Giuliana Olmos |
4 2 |
Court 11
| Round 1 - Final |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova-Yuan Yue |
6 6 |
| Katarzyna Kawa-Kimberley Zimmermann |
2 1 |
| Round 1 - Final |
 3Su-Wei Hsieh- 3Jelena Ostapenko |
7 6 |
 Tereza Mihalikova-Olivia Nicholls |
5 2 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Bu Yunchaokete-Roberto Carballes Baena |
1 2 |
| 13Sander Gille-13Jan Zielinski |
6 6 |
| Round 1 - 1st |
 Seita Watanabe-Takeru Yuzuki |
1 |
| Santiago Gonzalez-Lucas Miedler |
1 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:30 AM EST |
| Priscilla Hon-Alex Bolt |
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| Bethanie Mattek-Sands-Jamie Murray |
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Court 12
| Round 1 - Final |
| 4Kevin Krawietz-4Tim Puetz |
6 6 |
| David Goffin-Alexandre Muller |
3 1 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Peyton Stearns-Luisa Stefani |
6 7 |
| Irina-Camelia Begu-Ingrid Gamarra Martins |
2 6 |
| Round 1 - 3rd |
| Anirudh Chandrasekar-Karol Drzewiecki |
6 6 1 |
 Damir Dzumhur- Petros Tsitsipas |
7 2 1 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:15 AM EST |
 Anna Bondar-Moyuka Uchijima |
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| Elisabetta Cocciaretto-Liudmila Samsonova |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 1:00 AM EST |
| 16Sadio Doumbia-16Fabien Reboul |
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| Petr Nouza-Patrik Rikl |
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Court 13
| Round 2 - Final |
| 32Dayana Yastremska |
6 6 |
 Danka Kovinic |
0 1 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| 19Karen Khachanov |
7 4 6 6 |
| Gabriel Diallo |
6 6 3 3 |
| Round 2 - 1st |
| Lucia Bronzetti |
0 |
| Jaqueline Cristian |
1 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:30 AM EST |
| Harriet Dart-Diane Parry |
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| Linda Noskova-Heather Watson |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 2:00 AM EST |
| Alexander Erler-Andreas Mies |
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 Andre Goransson-Sem Verbeek |
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Court 14
| Round 2 - Final |
| 18Donna Vekic |
4 6 6 |
| Harriet Dart |
6 0 2 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Kimberly Birrell-Olivia Gadecki |
6 7 |
 Aleksandra Krunic-Nina Stojanovic |
2 5 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Blake Ellis-Thomas Fancutt |
2 5 |
| Ivan Dodig-Skander Mansouri |
6 7 |
| Round 2 - 2nd |
| Tomas Martin Etcheverry |
5 1 |
| Marcos Giron |
7 1 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:15 AM EST |
| Wang Xinyu-Zheng Saisai |
1 |
| Yulia Putintseva-Wang Xiyu |
1 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 1:30 AM EST |
| Alycia Parks-Tang Qianhui |
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| Xu Yifan-Yang Zhaoxuan |
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Court 15
| Round 1 - Final |
| Jessica Bouzas Maneiro-Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers |
3 2 |
| 7Asia Muhammad-7Demi Schuurs |
6 6 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| 14Marie Bouzkova-14Bethanie Mattek-Sands |
6 4 |
 Ulrikke Eikeri-Makoto Ninomiya |
7 6 |
| Round 1 - Final |
| Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli-Ryan Seggerman |
6 1 |
 6Harri Heliovaara-6Henry Patten |
7 6 |
| Round 1 - 1/16 - 12:15 AM EST |
| Robin Haase-Aleksandr Nedovyesov |
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| N.Sriram Balaji-Miguel Angel Reyes Varela |
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| Round 1 - 1/16 - 1:00 AM EST |
| Gabriela Dabrowski-Sander Gille |
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| Anna Danilina-Harri Heliovaara |
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John Cain Arena
| Round 2 - Final |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis |
7 3 6 5 3 |
| 15Jack Draper |
6 6 3 7 6 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| Miomir Kecmanovic |
6 6 6 |
| 18Hubert Hurkacz |
4 4 2 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| Iva Jovic |
0 3 |
| 6Elena Rybakina |
6 6 |
| Round 2 - 1/16 - 1:00 AM EST |
 13Holger Rune |
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| Matteo Berrettini |
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KIA Arena
| Round 2 - Final |
| Amanda Anisimova |
3 5 |
| Emma Raducanu |
6 7 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| Pablo Carreno Busta |
3 3 7 4 |
| 21Ben Shelton |
6 6 6 6 |
| Round 2 - 1/16 - 12:10 AM EST |
| 17Frances Tiafoe |
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| Fabian Marozsan |
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| Round 2 - 1/16 - 1:00 AM EST |
| 10Danielle Collins |
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| Destanee Aiava |
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Margaret Court Arena
| Round 2 - Final |
| Jakub Mensik |
6 3 6 6 |
| 6Casper Ruud |
2 6 1 4 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| Talia Gibson |
1 0 |
| 11Paula Badosa |
6 6 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| Wang Xiyu |
3 6 4 |
| 8Emma Navarro |
6 3 6 |
| Round 2 - Final |
 Cristian Garin |
2 1 0 |
| 4Taylor Fritz |
6 6 6 |
Rod Laver Arena
| Round 2 - Final |
| Jodie Burrage |
3 5 |
| 3Coco Gauff |
6 7 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| 2Alexander Zverev |
6 6 6 |
| Pedro Martinez Portero |
1 4 1 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| 2Iga Swiatek |
6 6 |
| Rebecca Sramkova |
0 2 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| 8Alex De Minaur |
6 6 6 |
| Tristan Boyer |
2 4 3 |
1573 Arena
| Round 2 - Final |
| 12Tommy Paul |
6 6 6 6 |
| Kei Nishikori |
7 0 3 1 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| 9Daria Kasatkina |
6 6 |
| Wang Yafan |
2 0 |
| Round 2 - Final |
| Gael Monfils |
7 6 7 |
| Daniel Altmaier |
5 3 6 |
| Round 2 - 1st |
| Erika Andreeva |
2 |
| 15Beatriz Haddad Maia |
6 |
| Round 2 - 1/16 - 12:30 AM EST |
| Lorenzo Sonego |
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| Joao Fonseca |
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