2018 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

The 2018 Australian Open described in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.

Day 1 (15 January) Seeds out: Men's Singles: Jack Sock , Kevin Anderson , John Isner , Lucas Pouille , Philipp Kohlschreiber Women's Singles: Venus Williams , CoCo Vandeweghe , Sloane Stephens , Dominika Cibulková , Peng Shuai , Ekaterina Makarova Schedule of Play

Matches on Rod Laver Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 1st Round Jeļena Ostapenko Francesca Schiavone6–1, 6–4Women's Singles 1st Round Belinda Bencic Venus Williams 6–3, 7–5Men's Singles 1st Round Grigor Dimitrov Dennis Novak [Q] 6–3, 6–2, 6–1Men's Singles 1st Round Rafael Nadal Víctor Estrella Burgos6–1, 6–1, 6–1Women's Singles 1st Round Daria Gavrilova Irina Falconi [Q]6–1, 6–1Matches on Margaret Court Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 1st Round Zhang Shuai Sloane Stephens 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2Men's Singles 1st Round Matthew Ebden John Isner 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Women's Singles 1st Round Monica Puig Samantha Stosur4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4Women's Singles 1st Round Caroline Wozniacki Mihaela Buzărnescu6–2, 6–3Men's Singles 1st Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Kevin King [Q]6–4, 6–4, 6–1Matches on Melbourne Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 1st Round Julia Görges Sofia Kenin6–4, 6–4Women's Singles 1st Round Tímea Babos CoCo Vandeweghe 7–6(7–4), 6–2Men's Singles 1st Round Marin Čilić Vasek Pospisil [Q]6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Men's Singles 1st Round Nick Kyrgios Rogério Dutra Silva6–1, 6–2, 6–4Coloured background indicates a night match Day matches began at 11 am, whilst night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Day 2 (16 January) Seeds out: Men's Singles: Roberto Bautista Agut , Milos Raonic , Mischa Zverev Women's Singles: Kristina Mladenovic , Petra Kvitová Schedule of Play

Matches on Rod Laver Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 1st Round Karolína Plíšková Verónica Cepede Royg6–3, 6–4Men's Singles 1st Round Alexander Zverev Thomas Fabbiano6–1, 7–6(7–5), 7–5Women's Singles 1st Round Simona Halep Destanee Aiava [WC]7–6(7–5), 6–1Men's Singles 1st Round Roger Federer Aljaž Bedene6–3, 6–4, 6–3Women's Singles 1st Round Ashleigh Barty Aryna Sabalenka6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4Matches on Margaret Court Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 1st Round Caroline Garcia Carina Witthöft7–5, 6–3Women's Singles 1st Round Maria Sharapova Tatjana Maria6–1, 6–4Men's Singles 1st Round Novak Djokovic Donald Young6–1, 6–2, 6–4Women's Singles 1st Round Garbiñe Muguruza Jessika Ponchet [WC]6–4, 6–3Men's Singles 1st Round Juan Martín del Potro Frances Tiafoe6–3, 6–4, 6–3Matches on Melbourne Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 1st Round Johanna Konta Madison Brengle6–3, 6–1Women's Singles 1st Round Angelique Kerber Anna-Lena Friedsam [PR]6–0, 6–4Men's Singles 1st Round Stan Wawrinka Ričardas Berankis [PR]6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–2)Men's Singles 1st Round Tomáš Berdych Alex de Minaur [WC]6–3, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1Coloured background indicates a night match Day matches began at 11 am, whilst night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Day 3 (17 January) 15 year old Marta Kostyuk become the youngest player to reach a grand slam third round since Mirjana Lučić-Baroni at the 1997 US Open.

The second round match between Daria Gavrilova and Elise Mertens began at 11.59pm became the latest match to begin at in Australian Open history. This surpassing the previous record of 11.58pm set by Grigor Dimitrov and Richard Gasquet in 2017.

Seeds out: Men's Singles: Pablo Cuevas Women's Singles: Julia Görges , Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova , Daria Kasatkina , Daria Gavrilova Men's Doubles: Santiago González / Julio Peralta , Ivan Dodig / Fernando Verdasco Women's Doubles: Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez Schedule of Play

Matches on Rod Laver Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 2nd Round Elina Svitolina Kateřina Siniaková4–6, 6–2, 6–1Women's Singles 2nd Round Caroline Wozniacki Jana Fett3–6, 6–2, 7–5Men's Singles 2nd Round Rafael Nadal Leonardo Mayer6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)Men's Singles 2nd Round Grigor Dimitrov Mackenzie McDonald [Q]4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 8–6Women's Singles 2nd Round Elise Mertens Daria Gavrilova 7–5, 6–3Matches on Margaret Court Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 2nd Round Marta Kostyuk [Q] Olivia Rogowska [WC]6–3, 7–5Men's Singles 2nd Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Denis Shapovalov3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5Women's Singles 2nd Round Jeļena Ostapenko Duan Yingying6–3, 3–6, 6–4Women's Singles 2nd Round Alizé Cornet Julia Görges 6–4, 6–3Men's Singles 2nd Round Alexandr Dolgopolov Matthew Ebden7–6(7–0), 6–3, 6–4Matches on Melbourne Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 2nd Round Kateryna Bondarenko6–2, 6–4Women's Singles 2nd Round Luksika Kumkhum [Q] Belinda Bencic6–1, 6–3Men's Singles 2nd Round Marin Čilić João Sousa6–1, 7–5, 6–2Men's Singles 2nd Round Nick Kyrgios Viktor Troicki7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Coloured background indicates a night match Day matches began at 11 am, whilst night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Day 4 (18 January) Seeds out: Men's Singles: David Goffin , Stan Wawrinka , Sam Querrey Women's Singles: Garbiñe Muguruza , Johanna Konta , Anastasija Sevastova , Elena Vesnina , Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Men's Doubles: Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus , Pablo Cuevas / Horacio Zeballos Women's Doubles: Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson Schedule of Play

Matches on Rod Laver Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 2nd Round Maria Sharapova Anastasija Sevastova 6–1, 7–6(7–4)Women's Singles 2nd Round Hsieh Su-wei Garbiñe Muguruza 7–6(7–1), 6–4Men's Singles 2nd Round Novak Djokovic Gaël Monfils4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3Women's Singles 2nd Round Ashleigh Barty Camila Giorgi5–7, 6–4, 6–1Men's Singles 2nd Round Roger Federer Jan-Lennard Struff6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)Matches on Margaret Court Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreMen's Singles 2nd Round Dominic Thiem Denis Kudla [Q]6–7(6–8), 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3Women's Singles 2nd Round Angelique Kerber Donna Vekić6–4, 6–1Women's Singles 2nd Round Madison Keys Ekaterina Alexandrova6–0, 6–1Women's Singles 2nd Round Simona Halep Eugenie Bouchard6–2, 6–2Men's Singles 2nd Round Tennys Sandgren Stan Wawrinka 6–2, 6–1, 6–4Matches on Melbourne Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 2nd Round Caroline Garcia Markéta Vondroušová6–7(3–7), 6–2, 8–6Women's Singles 2nd Round Karolína Plíšková Beatriz Haddad Maia6–1, 6–1Men's Singles 2nd Round Juan Martín del Potro Karen Khachanov6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(0–7), 6–4Men's Singles 2nd Round Alexander Zverev Peter Gojowczyk6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3Coloured background indicates a night match Day matches began at 11 am, whilst night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Day 5 (19 January) Seeds out: Men's Singles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , Gilles Müller , Damir Džumhur , Andrey Rublev Women's Singles: Jeļena Ostapenko , Kiki Bertens Men's Doubles: Henri Kontinen / John Peers , Feliciano López / Marc López Schedule of Play

Matches on Rod Laver Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 3rd Round Petra Martić Luksika Kumkhum [Q]6–3, 3–6, 7–5Women's Singles 3rd Round Elina Svitolina Marta Kostyuk [Q]6–2, 6–2Men's Singles 3rd Round Grigor Dimitrov Andrey Rublev 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Men's Singles 3rd Round Nick Kyrgios Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)Women's Singles 3rd Round Caroline Wozniacki Kiki Bertens 6–4, 6–3Matches on Margaret Court Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 3rd Round Denisa Allertová [Q] Magda Linette6–1, 6–4Men's Singles 3rd Round Pablo Carreño Busta Gilles Müller 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–5, 7–5Women's Singles 3rd Round Magdaléna Rybáriková Kateryna Bondarenko7–5, 3–6, 6–1Men's Singles 3rd Round Rafael Nadal Damir Džumhur 6–1, 6–3, 6–1Women's Singles 3rd Round Anett Kontaveit Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 1–6, 6–3Matches on Melbourne Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreMen's Doubles 2nd Round Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4Women's Singles 3rd Round Elise Mertens Alizé Cornet7–5, 6–4Men's Singles 3rd Round Andreas Seppi Ivo KarlovićMen's Singles 3rd Round Marin Čilić Ryan Harrison7–6(7–4), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)Coloured background indicates a night match Day matches began at 11 am, whilst night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Day 6 (20 January) The Simona Halep/Lauren Davis match lasted three hours and 45 minutes, equalling the Australian Open's record for most games played in a women's match at 48. The 142-minute third set lasted longer than all but six female singles matches to date in the tournament. Chung Hyeon became the first South Korean player (male or female) to reach the fourth round at the Grand Slam. Seeds out: Men's Singles: Alexander Zverev , Juan Martín del Potro , Albert Ramos Viñolas , Adrian Mannarino , Richard Gasquet Women's Singles: Ashleigh Barty , Agnieszka Radwańska , Lucie Šafářová Men's Doubles: Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău , Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut , Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares Women's Doubles: Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua , Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears Schedule of Play

Matches on Rod Laver Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 3rd Round Simona Halep Lauren Davis4–6, 6–4, 15–13Men's Singles 3rd Round Chung Hyeon Alexander Zverev 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3, 6–0Women's Singles 3rd Round Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova6–1, 6–3Men's Singles 3rd Round Roger Federer Richard Gasquet 6–2, 7–5, 6–4Matches on Margaret Court Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreWomen's Singles 3rd Round Madison Keys Ana Bogdan6–3, 6–4Women's Singles 3rd Round Karolína Plíšková Lucie Šafářová 7–6(8–6), 7–5Men's Singles 3rd Round Dominic Thiem Adrian Mannarino 6–4, 6–2, 7–5Women's Singles 3rd Round Naomi Osaka Ashleigh Barty 6–4, 6–2Men's Singles 3rd Round Novak Djokovic Albert Ramos Viñolas 6–2, 6–3, 6–3Women's Singles 3rd Round Hsieh Su-wei Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 7–5Matches on Melbourne Arena Event Winner Loser ScoreMen's Legends' Doubles Round Robin Thomas Johansson Mats Wilander John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe4–3(5–3), 1–4, 4–2Women's Singles 3rd Round Caroline Garcia Aliaksandra Sasnovich6–3, 5–7, 6–2Men's Singles 3rd Round Fabio Fognini Julien Benneteau3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3Men's Singles 3rd Round Tomáš Berdych Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–3, 6–2Coloured background indicates a night match Day matches began at 11 am, whilst night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Day 7 (21 January) Seeds out: Men's Singles: Pablo Carreño Busta , Nick Kyrgios , Diego Schwartzman Women's Singles: Magdaléna Rybáriková , Anett Kontaveit Women's Doubles: Raquel Atawo / Anna-Lena Grönefeld , Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke Schedule of Play