Order of play of the first day of the Australian Open

The first day of the Australian Open will bring the debut of many of the great names of the men's and women's team: Djokovic, Thiem, Osaka, Williams ...

The first Grand Slam of the year finally begins. With almost a month of delay Melbourne Park returns to host the great one that starts all world tennis. For the opening day there will be big names at stake. Novak Djokovic will face Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the second shift in the afternoon at the Rod Laver Arena (not before 10:30 in Spain). In addition, Dominic Thiem will also be in contention against the Kazakh Kurushikin or the German Alexander Zverev, who will meet the American Marco Giron. In the women's draw, Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams or Simona Halep also start their tournament.

Order of play for 8 February Track Rod Laver Arena

From 01: 00

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) vs Naomi Osaka (Japan)

Next

Laura Siegemund (Germany) vs Serena Williams (United States)

Next

Dominic Thiem (Austria) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan)

From 09: 00

Lizette Cabrera (Australia) vs Simona Halep (Romania)

Next

Novak Djokovic vs Jeremy Chardy

Margaret Court Arena Court

From 01: 00

Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) vs Venus Williams (United States)

Next

Bernarda Pera (United States) vs Angelique Kerber (Germany)

No before 04: 30

Marcos Giron (United States) vs Alexander Zverev (Germany)

From 09: 00

Greet Minnen (Belgium) vs Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

Next

Denis Shapovalov (Canada) vs Jannik Sinner (Italy)

Track John Cain Arena

From 02: 00

Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) vs Pedro Sousa (Portugal)

Next

Misaki Doi (Japan) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)

No before 06: 00

Bianca Andreescu (Canada) vs Mihaela Buzarnescu (Romania)

No before 09: 00

Federico Ferreira (Portugal) vs Nick Kyrgios (Australia)

Track 1573 Arena

No before 06: 00

Kei Nishikori (Japan) vs Pablo Carreño (Spain)

Track 6

No before 06:00 (02:00, in Argentina)

Elias Ymer (Sweden) vs Diego Schwartzmann (Argentina)

Track 15

At 01: 00

Albert Ramos (Spain) vs Taylor Fritz (United States)

Track 17

No before 02: 30

Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) vs Pedro Martínez (Spain)

Check all the matches played on the first day of the Australian Open.

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