{"id":96039,"date":"2026-01-18T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=96039"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:41:32","slug":"australian-open-day-2-match-times-djokovic-gauff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/01\/18\/australian-open-day-2-match-times-djokovic-gauff\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open Day 2: Match Times for Djokovic, Gauff and Swiatek Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second day of the Australian Open is here, with a packed Monday in store as the first Major of the year continues in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Day two features some of the sport\u2019s biggest stars, including 24-time Slam champion Novak Djokovic<\/a>, Coco Gauff<\/a>, and Iga Swiatek<\/a>. Here is when and where you can catch all the action live.<\/p>\n

Australian Open Day 2 Match Times<\/h2>\n

Rod Laver Arena Schedule<\/h3>\n

Rod Laver Arena will host four matches, each featuring a Top 8 player in the world.<\/p>\n

The day session will be headlined by Coco Gauff and top-ranked Australian Alex de Minaur<\/a>. The night session will first see Career Grand Slam aspirant Iga Swiatek take the court, followed by the much-anticipated return of Novak Djokovic to Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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The day session begins at 11:30 AM local time in Melbourne (7:30 PM Sunday EST). The second match of the day session will not start before 1:30 PM local time (9:30 PM Sunday EST).<\/p>\n

The night session will begin at 7:00 PM local time (3:00 AM Monday EST).<\/p>\n

Margaret Court Arena Schedule<\/h3>\n

Margaret Court Arena will also deliver plenty of excitement on Day 2, with a strong lineup of matches scheduled across both sessions.<\/p>\n

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The starting times on Margaret Court Arena are identical to those on Rod Laver Arena. The day session begins at 11:30 AM in Melbourne (7:30 PM Sunday EST), while the night session starts at 7:00 PM local time (3:00 AM Monday EST).<\/p>\n

Full Day 2 Schedule and Viewing Options<\/h3>\n

While the two main courts are packed with big names and players expected to make deep runs at Melbourne Park this year, fans can enjoy a total of 56 matches across the grounds on a jam-packed Monday.<\/p>\n

The full schedule, including what could potentially be the final Australian Open match of Stan Wawrinka\u2019s career, is available on the tournament\u2019s official website<\/a>. Our complete tournament broadcasting guide<\/a> is also available to help you catch the tennis live wherever you are in the world.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey – USA TODAY Sports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second day of the Australian Open is here, with a packed Monday in store as the first Major of the year continues in Melbourne. Day two features some of the sport\u2019s biggest stars, including 24-time Slam champion Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff, and Iga Swiatek. Here is when and where you can catch all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5608,"featured_media":78262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[564,2746,205,811,2747,498,4315,18273,22],"class_list":["post-96039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australian-open","category-news","tag-alex-de-minaur","tag-amanda-anisimova","tag-australian-open","tag-casper-ruud","tag-coco-gauff","tag-daniil-medvedev","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-mirra-andreeva","tag-novak-djokovic"],"modified_by":"Shane Black","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96158,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96039\/revisions\/96158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}