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Will AI draw the lines at the 2025 Australian Open?
It’s not necessarily AI, but electronic linesmen will be used again at Melbourne Park. In 2021, the Australian Open became the first Grand Slam to employ technology on every court to mark the lines and eliminate human linesmen forever.
Each match will continue to have the usual chair umpire, while players will continue to have three challenges per set (plus a fourth in the event of a tiebreaker) to dispute a controversial decision, using Hawk-Eye technology.
When does the order of play arrive each day?
Set your clocks to 6pm AEDT / 2am ET / 11pm PT (-1 day) / 7am GMT for details of the next day’s game schedule.
Remember that there is no set time limit for a tennis match, so you will have to keep an eye on how the matches progress before your favorite player hits the court.
Where is the Australian Open 2025 played?
Melbourne Park will host the Australian Open again in 2025, as it has done since the venue first opened for the 1988 tournament.
The Australian Open, previously played on grass, has been a hard-court tournament since its move to Melbourne Park 37 years ago. The Rod Laver Arena, the largest stadium there and home to each day’s biggest matches, seats 15,000, while the John Cain and Margaret Court stadiums seat 10,500 and 7,500 respectively. Each has retractable roofs.
Who won last year’s Australian Open?
Jannik Sinner won the first major of what promises to be a historic run 12 months ago, coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in the final. Sinner became the first Italian, male or female, to win the Australian Open.
Aryna Sabalenka retained her women’s singles title, edging out Zheng Qinwen by losing just five games in the final. Both Sabalenka and Sinner won the US Open and took both Grand Slam titles held on hard courts last season.
