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The extra day added to the fortnight in Australia to make it a “quinzaine” means a limited schedule of play on Sunday.
Just 16 matches – 25 per cent of the 64 total first-round matches – will be played on this first day.
If memory serves from a year ago, it was wall-to-wall people. Unbreathable.
In that, two Canadians kickstart the Canuckian contingent, with Gabriel Diallo in tough against No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev – but getting the opportunity to play on Rod Laver Arena.
And qualifier Liam Draxl gets to make his Grand Slam main draw debut.
(Auckland is 18 hours ahead of ET and Adelaide 15 1/2 hours ahead)
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: Grand Slam
Dates: Jan. 18 – Feb. 1, 2026
Prize money: $111,500,000 (AUD)
Draws: S128 – D64
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026
Final results
Men’s singles, first round
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Canadian content
Damir DZUMHUR (BIH) def [Q] Liam DRAXL (CAN) 75 60 64
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Upsets
[Q] Arthur FERY (GBR) def [20] Flavio COBOLLI (ITA) 76 (1) 64 61
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Extra time
Emilio NAVA (USA) def. [WC] Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) 62 75 67 (5) 46 76 [10-6]
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Five-setters
[26] Cameron NORRIE (GBR) def Benjamin BONZI (FRA) 60 67 (2) 46 63 64
[Q] Michael ZHENG (USA) def Sebastian KORDA (USA) 64 64 36 67 (0) 63
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Seeds advancing
[1] Carlos ALCARAZ (ESP) def [WC] Adam WALTON (AUS) 63 76 (2) 62
[10] Alexander BUBLIK (KAZ) def Jenson BROOKSBY (USA) 64 64 64
[18] Francisco CERUNDOLO (ARG) def. ZHANG Zhizhen (CHN) 63 76 (0) 63
[29] Frances TIAFOE (USA) def [Q] Jason KUBLER (AUS) 76 (4) 63 62
[32] Corentin MOUTET (FRA) def Tristan SCHOOLKATE (AUS) 64 76 (1) 63
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Other results (in alphabetical order)
Francisco COMESANA (ARG) def [WC] Patrick KYPSON (USA) 62 63 36 63
Tomas Martin ETCHEVERRY (ARG) def Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) 62 36 46 63 64
[Q] Jaime FARIA (POR) def Arthur CAZAUX (FRA) [LL] Alexander BLOCKX (BEL) 63 36 63 64
Marton FUCSOVICS (HUN) def Camilo UGO CARABELLI (ARG) 76 (5) 61 62
Yannick HANFMANN (GER) def [Q] Zachary SVAJDA (USA) 75 46 64 76 (3)
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