The Australian Open has announced a five-year agreement with ABC Sport for audio rights at AO 2025.
The agreement continues the partnership formed in 2024 which brought all the highlights from Australia’s Grand Slam to audiences live and ad free across the ABC local radio network and ABC listen.
“The ABC has been a fantastic partner of the Australian Open and we are delighted to extend and expand our collaboration,” Tennis Australia’s Head of Media Business Development John Garcia said.
“Together we look forward to connecting with an even wider fan base across multiple platforms and bringing all the on-court action and human stories to ABC listeners.”
In 2025, the ABC’s roster of expert commentators, including Corbin Middlemas, Andrew Moore, Quentin Hull, Ben Cameron, Lauren Bordin and Catherine Murphy, will be joined by John Alexander and Roger Rasheed to provide play by play commentary of the big matches, with a focus on Australian players across the draw, plus all the big finals.
“The ABC is delighted to continue our partnership with the Australian Open,” ABC Head of Audio Ben Latimer said.
“Audiences across Australia tuned in to the ABC during the Australian Open 2024 across ABC local radio, ABC listen and our ABC Tennis Podcast which was launched to coincide with the event.
“This partnership will allow us to increase our coverage over the next five years and build a deeper connection between the ABC audiences and Australian tennis.”
ABC listen is the best place to hear all the action, where audiences will be able to hear the morning and evening sessions live and uninterrupted each day of the tournament, through a dedicated Australian Open button.
The ABC will support our live coverage with content unpacking the action from the competition across our platforms.
Australian Open 2025 will air on ABC local radio and ABC listen from the 12-26 January. Further details including match schedules and commentary teams will be available closer to the event.
More information can be found here.