How to follow Australian Open across the BBC

The Australian Open has entered its final stages - and you can follow the first Grand Slam of 2026 across the BBC.

Two-time defending men's champion Jannik Sinner will not retain his crown after he was beaten in an epic five-set semi-final by Novak Djokovic.

The 38-year-old Serb will go for a standalone record 25th major in Sunday's final against top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who is looking to complete the career Grand Slam.

Madison Keys capped a dream Melbourne run with victory over world number one Aryna Sabalenka in last year's women's final, but fell in the fourth round this year.

Sabalenka, a two-time Melbourne champion, is bidding to reclaim the title and will face Elena Rybakina in Saturday's final.

Cameron Norrie's four-set defeat by Zverev in round three ended British hopes in the singles' draws, but success could yet come in the men's doubles.

There will be comprehensive coverage of the tournament across the BBC - here are the key details.

The Australian Open takes place from Sunday, 18 January to Sunday, 1 February at Melbourne Park.

The women's singles final is on 31 January, with the men's final on 1 February.

Qualifying - where players had to win all three matches to reach the main draw - took place from 12-15 January.

There will be live radio commentary from Melbourne Park across BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.

Tennis Breakfast will be on air every morning from 07:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds for discussion and debate, followed by commentary of the night sessions.

There will also be four BBC Radio 5 Live Tennis programmes across the fortnight, which will run between 21:00 and 22:00 GMT on 19, 23, 26 and 30 January.

Live text commentaries can be found on the BBC Sport website and app, along with match reports, features and all the latest news and analysis from the tournament.

You can also catch up on the day's top stories in a daily podcast, which will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live Sport's 'All About' podcast feed.

The draw for the tournament took place on Thursday, 15 January.

There are no Britons left in the Melbourne singles after Norrie was knocked out in the third round by Zverev on 23 January.

The British number two produced an inspired second set but ultimately fell to a 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-1 defeat by the world number three.

Arthur Fery, who caused an upset against Italian 20th seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round, lost to Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

Emma Raducanu, meanwhile, lost 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 to former top-25 player Anastasia Potapova.

Jacob Fearnley and Francesca Jones exited in the first round on 19 January - Jones retired injured in the second set of her opening contest - while Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal were knocked out of the women's draw a day later.

British number one Jack Draper is not featuring this year because of an arm injury.

In January, Tennis Australia announced a 16% increase in prize money for the Australian Open.

The total prize pot is A$111.5m (£55m), with the men's and women's singles champions each receiving $4.15m (£2.05m) - a 19% increase on the amount 2025 winners Sinner and Keys took home.

All singles and doubles players competing at the season-opening Grand Slam will get a minimum increase of 10%.

This year's rise in total prize money means the Australian Open is offering more than Wimbledon (£53.5m) and the French Open (£47.5m) did in 2025, although it is still behind the US Open (£67.4m).

The prize money available at each round of the men's and women's singles is as follows:

The men's and women's doubles began on Tuesday, 20 January, with the mixed doubles getting under way on Thursday, 22 January.

Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of the UK.

The women's and men's singles finals start at 19:30 (08:30 GMT).

31 January: Women's singles final, men's and women's doubles finals, wheelchair singles finals

1 February: Men's singles final