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MELBOURNE, Australia – The remaining matches in the first round were completed on Tuesday, with Jannik Sinner finally making his 2026 debut – not that he had to break a sweat

So did Lorenzo Musetti, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.

And some … seasoned pros in Gaël Monfils (for who it will be the last Australian Open) and Grigor Dimitrov (for whom we cannot say for sure it won’t) were on the sked. But both went out.

So did a clearly less-than-100-per cent Joao Fonseca.

’26 AO – Day 3 Women’s results

’26 AO – Day 3 doubles final results

(Melbourn 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
Men’s singles, first round

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Retirements

[2] SINNER, Jannik (ITA) def  GASTON, Hugo (FRA) 62 61 retd 

[5] MUSETTI, Lorenzo (ITA) def COLLIGNON, Raphael (BEL) 46 76 (3) 75 32 retd

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Upsets

QUINN, Ethan (USA) def [23] GRIEKSPOOR, Tallon (NED) 62 63 62

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Five-setters

[15] KHACHANOV, Karen (RUS) def MICHELSEN, Alex (USA) 46 64 63 57 63

[16] MENSIK, Jakub (CZE) def CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo (ESP) 75 46 26 76 (1) 63

[Q] BASAVAREDDY, Nishesh (USA) def O’CONNELL, Christopher (AUS) 46 76 (7) 67 (3) 62 63

BAEZ, Sebastian (ARG) def MPETSHI PERRICARD, Giovanni (FRA) 64 64 36 57 63

[WC] DUCKWORTH, James (AUS) def [LL] PRIZMIC, Dino (CRO) 76 (4) 36 16 75 63 

KOPRIVA, Vit (CZE) def STRUFF, Jan-Lennard (GER) 46 62 26 63 61 

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Next Gen drama

SPIZZIRRI, Eliot (USA) def [28] FONSECA, Joao (BRA) 64 26 61 62 

[Q] JODAR, Rafael (ESP) def [Q] SAKAMOTO, Rei (JPN) 76 (6) 61 57 46 63 

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Seeds advancing

[8] SHELTON, Ben (USA) def HUMBERT, Ugo (FRA) 63 76 (2) 76 (5)

[9] FRITZ, Taylor (USA) def ROYER, Valentin (FRA) 76 (5) 57 61 63 

[22] DARDERI, Luciano (ITA) def GARIN, Cristian (CHI) 76 (5) 75 76 (3)

[31] TSITSIPAS, Stefanos (GRE) def MOCHIZUKI, Shintaro (JPN) 46 63 62 62 

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Other results (in alphabetical order)

HURKACZ, Hubert (POL) def BERGS, Zizou (BEL) 67 (6) 76 (6) 63 63  

MACHAC, Tomas (CZE) def DIMITROV, Grigor (BUL) 64 64 63  

SONEGO, Lorenzo (ITA) def TABERNER, Carlos (ESP) 64 60 63 

[Q] SWEENY, Dane (AUS) def MONFILS, Gael (FRA) 67 (3) 75 64 75

[Q] WU, Yibing (CHN) def NARDI, Luca (ITA) 75 46 64 62

 

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’26 AO – Day 2 Women’s final results

’26 AO – Day 2 Men’s final results

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