Thirty-Three Americans Set to Compete in the Singles Main Draws of the 2025 Australian Open
Thirty-three Americans (19 women, 14 men) are set to compete in the singles main draws of the Australian Open beginning this weekend in Melbourne, leading all nations in total main draw singles players.
Play begins on Saturday night ET.
Americans have already had a successful start to the 2025 season, including:
- Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritzled the U.S. to its second United Cup title in three years.
- Jessica Pegulaand Madison Keys play each other tonight in the singles final of the WTA warm-up event in Adelaide, the fifth all-American WTA Tour singles final of this decade.
- Sebastian Kordaand McCartney Kessler are also playing for tour-level singles titles in AO warm-up events tonight, Korda’s ninth ATP final appearance and Kessler’s second.
- Nineteen-year-old Nishesh Basavareddybecame the youngest American to reach an ATP-level hard-court semifinal since 2016 (Reilly Opelka, Atlanta) this week in Auckland, where Tommy Paul also reached the semis to rise to No. 11 in the world.
- Six of the eight quarterfinalists at the WTA event in Auckland last week were American, including Robin Montgomeryand Alycia Parks, who reached the semis.
The full list of American singles players in the Australian Open, with their first-round opponents:
WOMEN
(3) Coco Gauff v. Sofia Kenin
(7) Jessica Pegula v. (WC) Maya Joint (AUS)
(8) Emma Navarro v. Peyton Stearns
(10) Danielle Collins v. (Q) Daria Snigur (UKR)
(19) Madison Keys v. Ann Li
Sloane Stephens v. (1) Aryna Sabalenka
Bernarda Pera v. Tatjana Maria (GER)
Ashlyn Krueger v. (WC) Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
Hailey Baptiste v. Laura Siegemund (GER)
McCartney Kessler v. (WC) Shuai Zhang (CHN)
Caty McNally v. Varvara Gracheva (FRA)
Amanda Anisimova v. Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)
Katie Volynets v. Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)
Caroline Dolehide v. (Q) Sara Bejlek (CZE)
Taylor Townsend v. Renata Zarazua (MEX)
(WC) Iva Jovic v. Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (ESP)
MEN
(4) Taylor Fritz v. (PR) Jenson Brooksby
(12) Tommy Paul v. Christopher O’Connell (AUS)
(17) Frances Tiafoe v. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)
(21) Ben Shelton v. Brandon Nakashima
(22) Sebastian Korda v. (Q) Lukas Klein (SVK)
Marcos Giron v. Yannick Hanfmann (GER)
Alex Michelsen v. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
(PR) Reilly Opelka v. (Q) Gauthier Onclin (BEL)
(Q) Tristan Boyer v. Federico Coria (ARG)
(Q) Mitchell Krueger v. Rinky Hijikata (AUS)
(Q) Learner Tien v. Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG)
(WC) Nishesh Basavareddy v. (7) Novak Djokovic
