April 29, 2026

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

MELBOURNE, Australia – Three Canadian women are in action Wednesday in doubles – none of them paired off, because Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe split up after last season.

Dabrowski and new/old partner Luisa Stefani had a tough opener against the American pair of Kessler and Pegula. But they got through it; it was Dabrowsk’s first match of the season.

Routliffe is playing with American Asia Muhammad. And they’re also through.

And Leylah Fernandez, disappointed in singles on Tuesday, played with Timea Babos of Hungary and will look to the mixed doubles with Nick Kyrgios to try to get a win on the board.

(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

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026
Final results


Women’s doubles, first round

Canadian content

[5] DABROWSKI, Gabriela (CAN) / STEFANI, Luisa (BRA) def KESSLER, McCartney / PEGULA, Jessica (USA) 64 76 (3) 

[6] ROUTLIFFE, Erin (NZL) / MUHAMMAD, Asia (USA) def NOSKOVA, Linda (CZE) / SRAMKOVA, Rebecca (SVK) 64 64

[9] BUCSA, Cristina (ESP) / MELICHAR-MARTINEZ, Nicole (USA) def BABOS, Timea (HUN) / FERNANDEZ, Leylah (CAN) 64 46 63 

Seeds advancing

[1] SINIAKOVA, Katerina (CZE) / TOWNSEND, Taylor (USA) def KEMPEN, Magali (BEL) / SISKOVA, Anna (CZE) 63 64 

[3] HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) / OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT) def GADECKI, Olivia (AUS) / KRAWCZYK, Desirae (USA) 75 62 

[4] MERTENS, Elise (BEL) / ZHANG, Shuai (CHN) def CIRSTEA, Sorana (ROU) / KALINSKAYA, Anna  (RUS) 64 62 

[8] PEREZ, Ellen (AUS) / SCHUURS, Demi (NED) def HAVERLAG, Isabelle (NED) / KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) 62 61

Wild cards rule

[WC] CABRERA, Lizette / PRESTON, Taylah (AUS) def WANG, Xinyu / ZHENG, Saisai (CHN) 63 64

[WC] KASATKINA, Daria / RODIONOVA, Arina (AUS) def PITER, Katarzyna (POL) / TJEN, Janice (INA) 16 64 64 

Other results

KOZYREVA, Mariia (RUS) / SANTAMARIA, Sabrina (USA) def MARIA, Tatjana (GER) / WALTERT, Simona (SUI) 76 (0) 61

XU, Yifan / YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN) def [ALT] RUZIC, Antonia (CRO) / ZARAZUA, Renata (MEX) 64 62 

OLMOS, Giuliana (MEX) / SUTJIADI, Aldila (INA) def [WC] AIAVA, Destanee / INGLIS, Maddison (AUS) 75 63 

MALECKOVA, Jesika / SKOCH, Miriam (CZE) def. [ALT] BEJLEK, Sara (CZE) / PIGOSSI, Laura (BRA) 62 61 

 

 Men’s doubles, first round

Upsets

GRIEKSPOOR, Tallon / VAN DE ZANDSCHULP, Botic (NED) def [11] ANDREOZZI, Guido (ARG) / GUINARD, Manuel (FRA) 16 63 64 

Seeds advancing

[1] CASH, Julian  / GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR) def. BEHAR, Ariel (URU) / VLIEGEN, Joran (BEL) 76 (2) 64

[6] HARRISON, Christian (USA) / SKUPSKI, Neal (GBR) def SCHNAITTER, Jakob / WALLNER, Mark (GER)  46 64 63

[10] BHAMBRI, Yuki (IND) / GORANSSON, Andre (SWE) def [WC] DUCKWORTH, James / HEWITT, Cruz (AUS) 63 64

[13] GONZALEZ, Maximo / MOLTENI, Andres (ARG) def. MACHAC, Tomas / VOCEL, Matej (CZE) 61 64 

[14] CASH, Robert / TRACY, JJ (USA) def FRANTZEN, Constantin (GER) / HAASE, Robin (NED) 64 63

[16] KRAJICEK, Austin (USA) / MEKTIC, Nikola (CRO) def DARDERI, Luciano (ITA) / GARIN, Cristian (CHI) 64 67 (13) 63

Other results

EBDEN, Matthew (AUS) / RAM, Rajeev (USA) def SHANG, Juncheng / ZHANG, Zhizhen (CHN) 36 76 (6) 62

ARRIBAGE, Theo / OLIVETTI, Albano (FRA) def. MANNARINO, Adrian / MARTIN, Fabrice (FRA) 63 76 (2) 

LUZ, Orlando  / MATOS, Rafael (BRA) def DE JONG, Jesper / VERBEEK, Sem (NED)  75 76 (7)

PAVLASEK, Adam (CZE) / SMITH, John-Patrick (AUS) def. [WC] HARPER, Patrick / WALTON, Adam (AUS) 76 (9) 63  

[WC] MCCABE, James / TU, Li (AUS) def BERGS, Zizou / COLLIGNON, Raphael (BEL) 63 61 

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