This year the Australian Open, renowned as the Happy Slam, celebrated 120 years since it started in 1905. AO 2025 introduced a range of initiatives including Coach Pods, TOPCOURT, live animated feeds ...

As an athlete who spent time within the US college tennis system, Diana Shnaider, surprisingly, was unfamiliar with the term “sophomore slump”. It’s used in both academic and sporting contexts; the ...

Simona Halep has waved goodbye to professional tennis, with the 33-year-old revealing persistent injuries do not allow her to compete at the highest level. The Romanian played her first match of the ...

Petra Kvitova is the latest tennis star to announce a professional tennis comeback after becoming a mother. Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion and Australian Open 2019 finalist, gave birth to baby ...

Greetings from my first tennis tournament and first Grand Slam, Australian Open 2025. I’ve prefaced nearly every conversation I’ve had at Melbourne Park over the past three weeks with “I’m new to ...

From the wise to the wacky, perceptive to profound, players proved they can be as clever with a microphone as they are with a racquet at AO 2025. Here are some of our favourite quotes from Melbourne ...

Glancing at different draws at Australian Open 2025, familiar names found themselves in the final stages. Of the eight semifinalists in singles, for example, seven had already been in the last four, ...

The first major of the year has drawn to a close so let’s look into the crystal ball to forecast what could happen for the rest of the season. Winding back the clock with his biggest-name win at a ...

Jannik Sinner was simply too good at Australian Open 2025. Across his seven matches at Melbourne Park, he dropped just two sets. He did not drop one across his last three matches. In Sunday’s final, ...

January in Melbourne Park guarantees 15 days of sensational tennis from 256 of the world's best singles players. This year, we've been introduced to fresh faces, ridden rollercoasters with established ...

After a fortnight of drama, emotion, theatrics and astonishing milestones, here’s our best from AO 2025. Exactly 10 years after a 19-year-old Madison Keys announced herself with a first Grand Slam ...

In a groundbreaking move for global sport, Tennis Australia’s first venture capital fund, AO Ventures, has completed its first close. The US$30 million fund was established to provide early backing to ...