Australian Open
Australian Open takes place Jan 11 - 31, 2027 in Melbourne, Australia. The dress code is No spectator dress code; heat-ready casual with a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. Premium suites and the AO members' areas expect smart-casual with closed shoes. Typical cost ranges from 450 to 3200 EUR per person.
The year's first Grand Slam, played on blue hard courts at Melbourne Park across three weeks in the southern-hemisphere summer. It is the most festival-like of the four majors: live music stages, bars and food precincts run alongside the tennis, and roofed arenas keep play going through heat and rain. Ground passes put you within a few metres of seeded players on the outer courts.
- When
- Jan 11 - 31, 2027
- Where
- Melbourne, Australia
- Dress code
- No spectator dress code; heat-ready casual with a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. Premium suites and the AO members' areas expect smart-casual with closed shoes.
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 450 to 3200 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 22 - 33C, hot and dry with occasional 40C spikes
- When to book
- Tickets go on sale from around October, with AO Club pre-sale access earlier. Book CBD or Southbank hotels 4 - 6 months out.
- Getting there
- MEL (Melbourne), 30 min to Melbourne Park
- Where to stay
- Park Hyatt Melbourne, Crown Towers Melbourne, Ovolo South Yarra
- Official site
- https://ausopen.com
How to attend
Open to the public. Ground passes and reserved show-court seats sell through Ticketmaster from around October, with AO Club members getting a pre-sale window first. Ground passes are the cheapest entry and cover every court except Rod Laver, Margaret Court and John Cain arenas; separate cheaper night ground passes are released for evening entry. Melbourne Park is a 15 minute walk or a short tram ride from Federation Square, so no transfers are needed.
Insider tip
A night ground pass costs a fraction of a day ticket and the outer courts stay open late, so you can watch top-20 players under lights for less than the price of lunch inside Rod Laver Arena.
Get inside Australian Open
Booking matters here: tickets go on sale from around October, with AO Club pre-sale access earlier. Book CBD or Southbank hotels 4 - 6 months out. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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