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The complete Australian Open TV programming schedule
ESPN and the Tennis Channel will provide in-depth coverage of the Australian Open. (Lucas Dawson/Getty Images)
In the tennis world, January means it's time to stock your pantry with midnight snacks, program the coffee maker and give your boss a heads up that you might be a little red-eyed during morning meetings. It's no secret that the Australian Open is the toughest Grand Slam for Americans to follow, given that Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of the East Coast. However, ESPN and Tennis Channel have tennis fans covered.
ESPN2 and ESPN will feature more than 100 hours of live tennis. For those who don't like having to rely on ESPN's programming decisions, the network's online arm, ESPN3, will carry the action on all seven televised courts -- Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena, Margaret Court Arena and Courts 2, 3, 6 and 8 -- for the first 11 days of the tournament. ESPN2 will also re-air some of its coverage during normal waking hours in the United States.
Meanwhile, Tennis Channel will supplement ESPN with its own live coverage. It will also run its highlight-and-encore show, Australian Open Today, in the morning daily from Jan. 13 through Jan. 22.
Here's ESPN's live programming schedule for the Australian Open. Coverage begins Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network | -- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sun, Jan. 12 | 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. | Early Round Action | ESPN2 | Live |
Mon, Jan. 13 | 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. | Early Round Action | ESPN2 | Live |
Tue, Jan. 14 | 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. | Early Round Action | ESPN2 | Live |
Wed, Jan. 15 | 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. | Early Round Action | ESPN2 | Live |
Thurs, Jan. 16 | 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. | Early Round Action | ESPN2 | Live |
Fri, Jan. 17 | 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. | Early Round Action | ESPN2 | Live |
Sat, Jan. 18 | 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. | Round of 16 | ESPN2 | Live |
Sun, Jan. 19 | 3 a.m - 6 a.m. | Round of 16 | ESPN2 | Live |
9 p.m. - 2 a.m. | Round of 16 | ESPN2 | Live | |
Mon, Jan. 20 | 3 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. | Round of 16 | ESPN2 | Live |
9 p.m - 2 a.m. | Quarterfinals | ESPN2 | Live | |
Tue, Jan. 21 | 3 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. | Quarterfinals | ESPN2 | Live |
9 p.m. - 2 a.m. | Quarterfinals | ESPN2 | Live | |
Wed, Jan. 22 | 3:30 a.m. - 6 a.m. | Quarterfinals | ESPN2 | Live |
9:30 p.m - 2 a.m. | Women's Semifinals | ESPN2 | Live | |
Thurs, Jan. 23 | 3:30 a.m. - 6 a.m. | Men's Semifinal No. 1 | ESPN | Live |
Fri, Jan. 24 | 3:30 a.m. - 6 a.m. | Men's Semifinal No. 2 | ESPN | Live |
Sat, Jan. 25 | 3 a.m. - 5:30 a.m | Women's Final | ESPN | Live |
Sun, Jan. 26 | 3 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. | Men's Final | ESPN | Live |
And here's Tennis Channel's live programming schedule for the Australian Open. Coverage begins Monday at 7 p.m. ET.
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network | -- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mon, Jan. 13 | 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. | First-round play | Tennis Channel | Live |
Tues, Jan. 14 | 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Second-round play | Tennis Channel | Live |
Weds, Jan. 15 | 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Second-round play | Tennis Channel | Live |
Thurs, Jan. 16 | 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. | Third-round play | Tennis Channel | Live |
Fri, Jan. 17 | 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Third-round play | Tennis Channel | Live |
Sat, Jan. 18 | 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Round of 16 | Tennis Channel | Live |
Sun, Jan. 19 | 7 p.m - 9 p.m. | Round of 16 | Tennis Channel | Live |
Mon, Jan. 20 | 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Round of 16/Quarterfinals | Tennis Channel | Live |
Tues, Jan. 21 | 3 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. | Quarterfinals | Tennis Channel | Live |
Weds, Jan. 22 | 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Quarterfinals/Men's doubles semis | Tennis Channel | Live |
Thurs, Jan. 23 | 11 p.m. - 3 a.m. | Mixed doubles semis/Women's doubles final | Tennis Channel | Live |
Sat, Jan. 25 | 5:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m | Men's doubles final | Tennis Channel | Live |
Sun, Jan. 26 | 12 a.m. - 2 a.m. | Mixed doubles final | Tennis Channel | Live |
Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.