The winners of this year’s Australian Open will pocket a record $4.15m after tournament officials announced a staggering prize pool for the first tennis major of 2026. And it won’t just be the winners ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The million-dollar 1 Point Slam is returning to the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2027.

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, a Grand Slam ticketing conundrum, a new title winner ...

Carlos Alcaraz was asked to remove a wearable before his fourth-round match at the Australian Open. David Gray / AFP via Getty Images MELBOURNE, Australia — Aryna Sabalenka, the world No. 1, has urged ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. The Australian Open is reaching higher in 2026. As part of the ...

Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka received the top seeds in the upcoming Australian Open, the first major of 2026 in men's and women's tennis to kick-off a robust schedule. However, four-time grand ...

Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina meet down under once again. Three years after Sabalenka defeated Rybakina in the 2023 Australian Open final to claim the first of her five Grand Slam singles titles, ...

The 2026 Australian Open men's semifinals continue at 3:30 a.m. ET on Friday morning, as 10-time champion Novak Djokovic faces defending champion Jannik Sinner. Djokovic is currently in the longest ...

The 2025 Australian Open will start the tennis calendar off with a bang, as the biggest names in the game converge down under for the first major tournament of the year. In the women's singles ...

ESPN put its streaming coverage of the Australian Open behind a paywall, and American fans are not happy. Alexander Bogatyrev / Lightrocket via Getty Images MELBOURNE, Australia — Tennis fans in the U ...