The Australian Open 2026 will kickstart with the main draw ceremony scheduled for both the singles and doubles event. The singles draw will be held on Thursday, January 15 in Melbourne, while the doubles draw will be played on Saturday, January 17. Meanwhile, the main event is set to begin from January 18 to February 1 in Melbourne Park.
Where to watch the Australian Open 2026 draw ceremony?
The Australian Open 2026 draw ceremony will be streamed live on the tournament’s official YouTube channel and its Facebook page.
Round-wise details of the ranking points on offer
Singles rankings
· Winner: 2,000 points
· Runner-up: 1,300 points
· Semi-finals: 800 points
· Quarterfinals: 400 points
· Fourth Round: 200 points
· Third Round: 100 points
· Second Round: 50 points
· First Round: 10 points
Doubles rankings (team wise)
· Winner: 2,000 points
· Runner-up: 1,200 points
· Semifinals: 720 points
· Quarterfinals: 360 points
· Third Round: 180 points
· Second Round: 90 points
· First Round: 0 points
Australian Open 2026 Prize Money
The prize money of the Australian Open 2026 is Rs 673.56 crore (AUD 111.5 million), which is a 16 percent increase as compared to last year. Meanwhile, the men’s and women’s singles champions will each get Rs 25.07 crore (AUD 4.15 million), a 19 percent increase from last year’s edition.
Australian Open 2026 defending champions
USA’s Madison Keys is the defending champion in the women’s singles event, while Italy’s Jannik Sinner took the men’s title. Meanwhile, in men’s doubles its Britain’s Henry Patten and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara, while the women’s doubles 2025 champions were the Czech-American duo of Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend.
The mixed doubles title was won by the Australian pair of Olivia Gadecki and John Peers, while Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Japan’s Yui Kamiji were the winners in men’s and women’s wheelchair singles events. Meanwhile, Dutchman Sam Schröder bagged the wheelchair quad singles title.
The wheelchair men’s doubles title was won by Britain’s duo of Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid, while the women’s title was claimed by China’s Li Xiaohui and Wang Ziying. Schroeder and Britain’s Andy Lapthorne were winners in wheelchair quad doubles.
In the junior event, Switzerland’s Henry Bernet and Japan’s Wakana Sonobe won the boys’ and girls’ singles titles respectively, while the American-Czech pair of Maxwell Exsted and Jan Kumstát bagged the boys’ doubles titles, and the American duo of Annika Penickova and Kristina Penickova took the girls’ doubles.
