March 16, 2026

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

MELBOURNE, Australia – The doubles got under way on Day 3 of the main draw.

And in addition to the teen dream team of Mboko and Stakusic, there was also 45-year-old Venus Williams.

And the Cerundolo brothers played together, which is fun. They haven’t played at anything nearly close to this level before – one Challenger about five years ago, and a bunch of small ITFs in South America before that.

Big moment for the family. And they had a great win.

(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET)

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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: Grand Slam
Dates:
Jan. 18 – Feb. 1, 2026
Prize money: $111,500,000 (AUD)
Draws: S128 – D64

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026
Final results

Women’s doubles, first round

JOVIC, Iva (USA) / MBOKO, Victoria (CAN) def EIKERI, Ulrikke (NOR) / NEEL, Ingrid (EST) 75 63 

[2] ERRANI, Sara / PAOLINI, Jasmine (ITA) def LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) / TANG, Qianhui (CHN) 63 62 

[12] MIHALIKOVA, Tereza (SVK) / NICHOLLS, Olivia (GBR) def BONDAR, Anna (HUN) / CRISTIAN, Jaqueline (ROU) 63 62 

ARANGO, Emiliana (COL) / JACQUEMOT, Elsa (FRA) def [WC] ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina (RUS) / WILLIAMS, Venus (USA) 76 (3) 64

AOYAMA, Shuko (JPN) / LINETTE, Magda (POL) def EALA Alexandra (PHI) / MARTINS, Ingrid (BRA) 76 (3) 26 63

DANILOVIC, Olga (SRB) / POTAPOVA, Anastasia (AUT) def SHYMANOVICH, Iryna / SIERRA, Solana (ARG)  63 36 60 

PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia / TAUSON, Clara (DEN) def KICHENOK, Lyudmyla (UKR) / VOLYNETS, Katie (USA) 67 (6) 64 64 

Men’s doubles, first round

CERUNDOLO, Francisco / CERUNDOLO, Juan Manuel (ARG) def [8] NYS, Hugo (MON) / ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard (FRA) 64 26 63

[5] KRAWIETZ, Kevin  / PUETZ, Tim (GER) def RINDERKNECH, Arthur (FRA) / VACHEROT, Valentin (MON) 64 64

[9] CABRAL, Francisco (POR) / MIEDLER, Lucas (AUT) def. BELLUCCI, Mattia (ITA) / MAROZSAN, Fabian (HUN) 76 (6) 62

Tomas Martin ETCHEVERRY / UGO CARABELLI, Camilo (ARG) def GOLUBEV, Andrey / NEDOVYESOV, Aleksandr (KAZ) 63 64

NOUZA, Petr / RIKL, Patrik (CZE) def ATMANE, Terence / MULLER, Alexandre (FRA) 67 (7) 76 (2) 62

JOHNSON, Luke (GBR) / ZIELINSKI, Jan (POL) def [WC] HIJIKATA, Rinky / SCHOOLKATE, Tristan (AUS) 67 (3) 75 64

MARTINEZ, Pedro / MUNAR, Jaume (ESP) def [WC] SARO, Pruchya (THA) / KALIYANDA POONACHA, Niki (IND) 76 (3) 75

DEMOLINER, Marcelo (BRA) / ROJER, Jean-Julien (NED) def BUBLIK, Alexander / SHEVCHENKO, Alexander (KAZ) 63 62  

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