Australian Open 2026: Week One Wins for Homegrown Tennis Stars

Australian Open with 4K on Stan Sport. Every match, live & on demand. Stream now Follow our live coverage of the 2026 Australian Open here. The first week of the 2026 Australian Open is underway and some of our best home-grown athletes have already advanced into the later rounds. Here’s a list of every Australian tennis player in the men’s and women’s singles who won their matches in week one. This story will be updated every morning with the previous night’s results. Men’s singles Alex De Minaur “The Demon” stormed through to the second round with a dominant straight sets win over American Mackenzie McDonald in just under 2 hours on Monday. De Minaur faces Serbian Hamad Medjedovic on Wednesday 21st January with a time for the match yet to be announced. Jordan Thompson The 31-year-old from Sydney dropped the first set to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a tiebreak on Monday, but managed to advance to the second round in subsequent straight sets. Thompson faces Nuno Borges from Portugal on Wednesday, January 21. The match time is yet to be announced. Rinky Hijikata The 24-year-old advanced to the second round with a win in straight sets over France’s Adrian Mannarino on Monday night. Hijikata faces Morocco’s Valentin Vacherot on Wednesday, January 21, with a time for the match yet to be announced. Women’s singles Ajla Tomljanović The 32-year-old mounted a valiant comeback in the first round against Ukrainian Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva at John Cain Arena on Monday night after dropping the first set 6-4. Tomljanovic faces Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse on Wednesday, January 21, with a time for the match yet to be announced. Talia Gibson The 21-year-old wildcard pulled off her career-best win in straight sets against Russia’s Anna Blinkova on Monday in a commanding 6-1, 6-3 performance. Gibson faces another Russian, Diana Shnaider, in the second round on Wednesday, January 21, with a time for the match yet to be announced. Priscilla Hon Hon won her first Australian Open match in six years on Monday in a walkover against Canadian Marina Stakusic, with the final score 1-6, 6-4, 5-3 after two hours of play. In an exceptional display of sportsmanship, Hon helped her injured opponent off Stadium Australia in a wheelchair after Stakusic was suffering with what appeared to be extreme cramps in the final set. Hon faces American Iva Jović in the second round on Wednesday, January 21, with a time for the match yet to be announced. Storm Hunter The 2022 US Open mixed doubles champion defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the second round. Hunter faces American rising star Hailey Baptiste on Wednesday, January 21, with a time for the match yet to be announced. Taylah Preston Wildcard Taylah Preston stunned Kia Arena on Tuesday, dispatching doubles world No.15 Zhang Shuai 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to book a place in the second round. The 20-year-old Aussie looked emotional as she pinched the late break to seal the match, and again when she spoke on court. “I’m just really, really happy to get the win today, my first grand slam win,” she said. Preston will face the Czech Republic’s Linda Nosková on Wednesday, January 21 with a time for the match yet to be announced. Are there any Australian players in action today? World No.182 Dane Sweeny is up two sets against tournament staple Gaël Monfils after dropping the first set in a tiebreak, with the fourth now underway. James Duckworth, another wildcard, is facing Croatian Dino Prizmic (world No.127) on Court 6. On the women’s side, Daria Kasatkina (world No.43) will meet 19-year-old Nikola Bartunkova (world No.126) on ANZ Arena. The match schedule on that court is currently facing significant delays, with O’Connell v Basavareddy now in hour three.