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MELBOURNE, Australia – The “Special K”s – Kokkinakis and Kyrgios – whose bodies will not allow for singles, tried to make magic happen again in doubles and start on Thursday. They couldn’t quite do it against less-accomplished countrymen.
Also starting is the mixed doubles, with no especially dramatic pairings other than Leylah Fernandez is playing with Kyrgios.
And Vera Zvonareva is back – in both women’s doubles and mixed. She went 1-1 on the day.
(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
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
Final results
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Men’s doubles, second round
UGO CARABELLI, Camilo (ARG) / ETCHEVERRY, Tomas Martin (ARG) def CERUNDOLO, Francisco / CERUNDOLO, Juan Manuel (ARG) 64 46 62
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Men’s doubles, first round
HO, Ray (TPE) / JEBENS, Hendrik (GER) def [7] BOLELLI, Simone / VAVASSORI, Andrea (ITA) 67 (6) 76 (2) 64
PAUL, Jakub (SUI) / WILLIS, Marcus (GBR) def [15] KING, Evan (USA) / PEERS, John (AUS) 76 (4) 63
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[2] HELIOVAARA, Harri (FIN) / PATTEN, Henry (GBR) def HIDALGO, Diego (ECU) / TRHAC, Patrik (USA) 64 76 (2)
[3] GRANOLLERS, Marcel (ESP) / ZEBALLOS, Horacio (ARG) def BAEZ, Sebastian / COMESANA, Francisco (ARG) 62 63
[4] AREVALO, Marcelo (ESA) / PAVIC, Mate (CRO) def [PR] BRKIC, Tomislav / DZUMHUR, Damir (BIH) 62 63
[12] DOUMBIA, Sadio / REBOUL, Fabien (FRA) def ARENDS, Sander (NED) / ARNEODO, Romain (MON) 46 75 75
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[WC] KUBLER, Jason / POLMANS, Marc (AUS) def [WC] KOKKINAKIS, Thanasi (AUS) / KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS) 64 46 76 [10-4]
KIRKOV, Vasil (USA) / STEVENS, Bart (NED) def. ESCOBAR, Gonzalo (ECU) / REYES-VARELA, Miguel (MEX) 61 64
GONZALEZ, Santiago (MEX) / PEL, David (NED) def MELO, Marcelo / ROMBOLI, Fernando (BRA) 64 57 75
ERLER, Alexander (AUT) / GALLOWAY, Robert (USA) def ROMIOS, Matthew (AUS) / SEGGERMAN, Ryan (USA) 62 63
[ALT] BALAJI, N.Sriram (IND) / OBERLEITNER, Neil (AUT) def HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues (FRA) / THOMPSON, Jordan (AUS) 76 (4) 36 76 [10-8]
MOUTET, Corentin / SANCHEZ, Luca (FRA) def [WC] BOLT, Alex / SWEENY, Dane (AUS) 64 36 63
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Women’s doubles, first round
SHIBAHARA, Ena (JPN) / ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) def [10] SAMSONOVA, Liudmila / SHNAIDER, Diana (RUS) 76 (4) 61
HOZUMI, Eri (JPN) / WU, Fang-Hsien (TPE) def [11] KHROMACHEVA, Irina / PANOVA, Alexandra (RUS) 61 46 64
BLINKOVA, Anna / RAKHIMOVA, Kamilla (UZB) def [14] CHAN, Hao-Ching (TPE) / JIANG, Xinyu (CHN) 36 75 76 [10-1]
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[7] DANILINA, Anna (KAZ) / KRUNIC, Aleksandra (SRB) def GLEASON, Quinn (USA) / PRIDANKINA, Elena (RUS) 75 46 60
[13] KENIN, Sofia (USA) / SIEGEMUND, Laura (GER) def MCNALLY, Caty (USA) / OSORIO, Camila (COL) 75 63
[15] KATO, Miyu (JPN) / STOLLAR, Fanny (HUN) def LI, Ann (USA) / GOLUBIC, Viktorija (SUI) 64 63
[16] GUO, Hanyu (CHN) / MLADENOVIC, Kristina (FRA) def PARKS, Alycia (USA) / YASTREMSKA, Dayana (UKR) 64 63
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[WC] BIRRELL, Kimberly / GIBSON, Talia (AUS) def. KOBORI, Momoko / SHIMIZU, Ayano (JPN) 63 76 (3)
KICHENOK, Nadiia (UKR) / NINOMIYA, Makoto (JPN) def. [WC] JONES, Emerson / SHARMA, Astra (AUS) 64 62
HUNTER, Storm / JOINT, Maya (AUS) def HON, Priscilla (AUS) / KRUEGER, Ashlyn (USA) 16 61 63
BAPTISTE, Hailey / STEARNS, Peyton (USA) def BOUZAS MANEIRO, Jessica (ESP) / COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta (ITA) 63 75
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Mixed doubles, first round
[3] SCHUURS, Demi (NED) / CASH, Julian (GBR) def [WC] BIRRELL, Kimberly / SMITH, John-Patrick (AUS) 63 64
[6] ZHANG, Shuai (CHN) / PUETZ, Tim (GER) def MELICHAR-MARTINEZ, Nicole (USA) / BHAMBRI, Yuki (IND) 64 76 (3)
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MUHAMMAD, Asia / KING, Evan (USA) def [WC] DA SILVA FICK, Gabriella / BAYLDON, Blake (AUS) 63 36 [10-6]
[WC] GADECKI, Olivia / PEERS, John (AUS) def ZVONAREVA, Vera / MIEDLER, Lucas (AUT) 63 62
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