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MELBOURNE, Australia – The first final of the 2026 Australian Open is upon us on Friday, when the fact that a wild card Aussie team wais taking part is less surprising than the fact that … Kristina Mladenovic is taking part. And the Aussies repeated.

Later, the top four seeds on the men’s side fought it out in the semifinals.

It was complete insanity.

(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

Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
Final results

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Mixed doubles final

[WC] Olivia Gadecki / John Peers (AUS) def Kristina Mladenovic / Manuel Guinard (FRA) 46 63 [10-8]

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Men’s singles semifinals

[1] Carlos ALCARAZ (ESP) def. [3] Alexander ZVEREV (GER) 64 76 (5) 67 (3) 67 (4) 75

[4] Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) def. [2] Jannik SINNER (ITA) 36 63 46 64 64

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Legends

Samantha Stosur / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) def Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 62 57 [10-4]

Storm Hunter / Pat Rafter (AUS) def Angelique Kerber (GER) / Marat Safin (RUS) 64 62

Andrea Petkovic / Tommy Haas (GER) def Casey Dellacqua / Mark Philippoussis (AUS) 63 57 [10-4]

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