Sunday start in Melbourne: Day 1 draw

HISTORY will the made today as the Australian Open first round matches get under way on Sunday for the first time in the tournament’s history.

The Open is starting a day early in an attempt to avoid late night/early morning finishes.

And No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic is the draw card, facing Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic, who at 18, won the French Open boys’ title last year.

Rod Laver Arena

(4) Jannik Sinner vs Botic van de Zandschulp
(8) Maria Sakkari vs Nao Hibino
(1) Novak Djokovic vs Dino Prizmic
Ella Seidel vs (2) Aryna Sabalenka

Margaret Court Arena

Mai Hontama vs (9) Barbora Krejcikova
Thiago Seyboth Wild vs (5) Andrey Rublev
(20) Magda Linette vs Caroline Wozniacki
(17) Frances Tiafoe vs Borna Coric

John Cain Arena

(32) Leylah Fernandez vs Sara Bejlek
Dane Sweeny vs (22) Francisco Cerundolo
(12) Taylor Fritz vs Facundo Diaz Acosta
1573 Arena

(28) Lesia Tsurenko vs Lucia Bronzetti
Fabian Marozsan vs Marin Cilic
Jeffrey John Wolf vs (26) Sebastian Baez

Kia Arena

Matteo Arnaldi vs Adam Walton
Alize Cornet vs Maria Timofeeva
(13) Laura Samsonova vs Amanda Anisimova
Daniel Elahi Galan vs Jason Kubler

Court 3

Alexander Shevchenko vs Jaume Munar
Alycia Parks vs Daria Snigur
Christopher O’Connell vs Christian Garin

Court 6

Kamilla Rakhimova vs Emina Bektas
Pavel Kotov vs Arthur Rinderknech
Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Alina Korneeva

Court 7

Zhuoxuan Bai vs Elina Avanesyan
Diane Parry vs (30) Xin Yu Wang
Quentin Halys vs Lloyd Harris

Court 13

Tamara Korpatsch vs Jodie Burrage
Tomas Machac vs Shintaro Mochizuki
Caroline Dolehide vs Leolia Jeanjean

Court 17

Ana Bogdan vs Brenda Fruhvirtova
Jesper De Jong vs Pedro Cachin